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Zanda Health
Practice management and clinical notes for allied health clinics, formerly Power Diary
As of 31 August 2026, Zanda Health starts at $19/month. An Australian practice management system for physiotherapy, psychology, podiatry and similar allied health disciplines. Softwr lists it under Healthcare. Zanda Health is available on Web, iOS, Android.
Overview
What Zanda Health does
Zanda Health handles calendars, client records, clinical notes, invoicing, online booking, SMS reminders and practitioner rostering for small and mid sized allied health practices. It was built in Australia and sells hardest into Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom, with Medicare, DVA and Australian health fund workflows built in rather than bolted on. The distinguishing commercial fact is the pricing shape. The Growth plan charges a base fee plus a per practitioner fee, and administrative users are unlimited and free. A clinic with three physiotherapists and four receptionists pays for three people, not seven. Most competitors in this segment count every login as a seat, so the gap widens with every non clinical staff member you employ. It is bought by owner operated clinics of one to about twenty practitioners who want Australian billing to work without configuration. The trade off is regional depth. Outside Australia and the UK the billing integrations thin out considerably, and North American buyers will find no clearinghouse, limited superbill handling and a support team working Australian hours.
What people use it for
- A five physiotherapist clinic in Melbourne that bulk bills Medicare and wants claiming inside the diary rather than a separate portal
- A psychology group practice with more reception staff than clinicians, where per seat pricing elsewhere would double the bill
- A UK osteopathy practice moving off paper diaries that needs online booking and card payment without an implementation project
- A multi site podiatry business that needs room and equipment allocation alongside practitioner availability
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Where it falls short
Concrete and checkable, so you can decide whether any of them matter to you. This is the half of a review a vendor will not write about Zanda Health.
- The 2024 rename from Power Diary means most third party reviews, integration guides and community answers still sit under the old name, so buyers researching Zanda Health find a thin trail and may wrongly conclude it is a new and unproven product.
- North American billing is not properly served: there is no claims clearinghouse and superbill handling is basic, so a United States practice will need a separate revenue cycle tool and will pay for two systems.
- Pricing is quoted in United States dollars while the company, support hours and product depth are Australian, so buyers outside those two time zones get support with an overnight lag on urgent clinical scheduling problems.
- SMS is billed per message beyond the plan allowance and a dedicated number is required in the United States and Canada, so a busy clinic sending reminders and follow ups accumulates a variable monthly cost that is not visible in the headline plan price.
- Reporting is adequate for a single clinic but weak for a group: cross site financial consolidation and practitioner productivity comparison generally end up exported to a spreadsheet, which becomes a monthly manual job as soon as you pass a handful of locations.
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What people choose instead of Zanda Health
Each pairing was judged by two reviewers asking whether a buyer would genuinely weigh the two against each other. The ones that failed were deleted rather than published.
- Zanda HealthvsSimplePractice
SimplePractice: Better if you are a United States behavioural health practice needing real insurance claim submission
- Zanda HealthvsJane App
Jane App: Stronger for North American clinics that want online booking, charting and integrated payments in one product
Pricing
What Zanda Health costs
Taken from the vendor's own pricing page. Prices move, so check before you buy.
Starter
$19 /mo
- One practitioner
- One administrative user
- 1,000 appointments per year
- Online booking
- Clinical notes and invoicing
Growth
$49 /mo
- Base fee plus 19 USD per additional practitioner per month
- Unlimited free administrative users
- Unlimited appointments
- Multiple locations
- Full reporting
Telehealth Pro add-on
$9 /mo
- Per practitioner
- Unlimited video consultations
- Recording and waiting room
Capabilities
Features
Unlimited admin users
Reception and billing staff do not consume a paid practitioner licence
Australian funder billing
Medicare, DVA, bulk billing and private health fund claiming built in
Clinical note templates
Discipline specific templates with a form builder for custom intake and outcome measures
Two way SMS
Appointment reminders with replies received free of charge
Telehealth Pro
Built in video calling at a per practitioner monthly add on rate
Practitioner rostering
Availability, room and equipment allocation across multiple locations
Client portal
Self service booking, intake forms and invoice access
BizzyAI Scribe
Consultation transcription billed by the transcription hour
Answered, with sources
Questions people ask
Each answer names the page it came from, so you can check it rather than take our word for it.
Is Zanda Health the same as Power Diary?
Yes. Power Diary rebranded to Zanda Health in 2024. Same company, same product line, same data.
Do receptionists count as paid users?
No. On the Growth plan administrative users are unlimited and free. Only practitioners are charged.
Does it handle Medicare bulk billing?
Yes, Medicare Online, DVA and bulk billing claims are submitted from within the platform for Australian practices.
Is it suitable for a United States practice?
Only partly. Charting, scheduling and telehealth work, but there is no claims clearinghouse, so US insurance billing needs a separate system.
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