Practice Better alternatives: six practice platforms, five with their US prices

Practice Better alternatives: six platforms and their entry prices

The six alternatives to Practice Better compared here are Healthie, Kalix, Carepatron, SimplePractice, Jane (Jane App) and Nutrium.

Against Practice Better Starter at $35 a month, billed monthly, Healthie Core is lower at $19.99 a month, billed monthly, for 10 active clients, and Kalix Standard is $27 a month for unlimited clients. Prices are US dollars as read on October 30, 2026. Nutrium's price is on Nutrium's own page, so no figure is given here.

The units differ: Carepatron bills per user, Jane Balance caps appointments, and Kalix prices group practices by hours of appointments per week.

Healthie and Kalix: nutrition EHRs with lower entry prices

Healthie Core is $19.99 a month, billed monthly, or $18 a month, billed annually, for 10 active clients. Its trial runs 14 days on Plus and asks for no card. Essentials, $49.99 a month, billed monthly, adds 250 clients and data transfer support. Practice Better vs Healthie sets the two side by side.

Kalix Standard is $27 a month, billed monthly, with unlimited clients and ADIME notes. Kalix puts the client portal and smartphone app on Virtual Practice, $47 a month, billed monthly. See Practice Better vs Kalix for the full table.

Carepatron: a free plan with no client cap

Carepatron Free is the Practice Better alternative with a $0 plan and no client cap: unlimited clients, telehealth and 1 GB of storage. Plus is $39 a month, billed monthly, or $31 a month, billed yearly. Carepatron lists unlimited practitioners and bills them per user. Practice Better vs Carepatron compares its free plan with Sprout.

SimplePractice and Jane: a mental-health-led platform and one priced by practitioner

SimplePractice Starter is $49 a month, billed monthly. Its trial runs 30 days with no credit card, and a $20 yearly fee per clinician covers AMA CPT code access. SimplePractice is mental-health-led.

Jane Balance is $59 a month in US dollars, for one practitioner and up to 20 appointments a month. On Practice, $79, part-time practitioners are $17.50 a month each. Jane states that it has no free trial, points to a demo account instead and lists free data import.

Nutrium: nutrition software with its price on its own page

Nutrium offers a 14-day trial and two plan shapes, unlimited clients and 10 customers a month. Its prices are introductory, valid for the first annual subscription or up to 12 monthly ones. Nutrium says its client records are HIPAA (the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) and GDPR compliant. That is Nutrium's wording, not medical or legal advice.

When to stay with Practice Better, and what a move involves

Stay with Practice Better if booking, notes, payments, video and programs belong in one account, or if a free Sprout plan, worded for students and recent grads, suits the start. Its own trial runs 14 days on Starter, Professional and Plus and 30 days on Team, and takes a card at sign-up that is charged at the end unless you cancel.

Moving in, Practice Better's Basic Migration is free and imports the active client list, and Premium is $500. Healthie lists data transfer support on Essentials. Kalix and Jane both list free data import.

At 120 clients the monthly rates, all billed monthly, are Practice Better Professional $69, Healthie Essentials $49.99, Kalix Standard $27 and Carepatron Free $0. Billed annually, Professional is $62 a month (a beta offer for new accounts), Essentials $45 a month and Standard $270 a year. For the wider shortlist, read best software for dietitians.

• Healthie for a lower entry price and a trial with no card.
• Kalix for unlimited clients and ADIME notes.
• Carepatron for a free plan with no client cap.
• SimplePractice for a mental-health-led practice and a 30-day trial.
• Jane for pricing by practitioner.
• Nutrium for nutrition software with a 14-day trial.