Mentalyc publishes separate pricing for solo practitioners and group practices. Solo plans differ mainly by monthly note allowance, session length, supported client types, templates, treatment-planning tools, progress insights, and supervision features. The Team plan uses per-seat pricing and adds practice management functions.
The least expensive plan is not automatically the lowest-cost fit. Therapists should compare their real monthly session volume, the types of sessions they provide, the documentation formats they need, and the effect of annual billing before choosing a tier.
All figures in this article were checked on the official Mentalyc pricing page on September 15, 2026. Prices are shown in U.S. dollars and can change, so confirm the checkout total and current terms before subscribing.
Mentalyc pricing at a glance
| Plan | Monthly billing | Annual billing rate | Monthly allowance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mini | $19.99 per month | $14.99 per month, billed annually | 40 notes and transcripts |
| Basic | $39.99 per month | $29.99 per month, billed annually | 100 notes and transcripts |
| Pro | $69.99 per month | $59.99 per month, billed annually | 160 notes and transcripts |
| Super | $119.99 per month | $99.99 per month, billed annually | 330 notes and transcripts |
Mentalyc states that subscriptions can be paid monthly or annually and can be managed from the account. Annual rates require an annual billing commitment even though the page expresses them as a monthly equivalent.
The practical cost per available note
Dividing the published plan price by the included monthly allowance provides a simple utilization benchmark. It is not an invoice estimate, because unused credits, workflow time, taxes, and plan rules can change the effective cost.
| Plan | Monthly billing benchmark | Annual billing benchmark |
|---|---|---|
| Mini | About $0.50 per available note | About $0.37 per available note |
| Basic | About $0.40 per available note | About $0.30 per available note |
| Pro | About $0.44 per available note | About $0.37 per available note |
| Super | About $0.36 per available note | About $0.30 per available note |
These figures are calculated from the public prices and allowances, rounded to the nearest cent. A clinician using only half of the allowance would face roughly twice the benchmark cost per completed note.
Choose the plan from the caseload upward
Mini
Mini includes 40 notes and transcripts per month and a maximum session length of 75 minutes. The page lists individual adult therapy, SOAP, DAP, and intake notes, along with core capture options. It is the clearest starting point for a light individual caseload that does not require advanced client types or extensive template customization.
Basic
Basic raises the allowance to 100 notes and transcripts per month while retaining the 75-minute maximum session length. It adds limited Alliance Genie access and the AI Treatment Planner. It may fit a fuller individual caseload when treatment-planning support matters, but it does not unlock the broader client types listed for Pro.
Pro
Pro includes 160 notes and transcripts per month and supports sessions up to 130 minutes. The official comparison lists child, couple, and family client types, selected modalities, more than 100 custom templates, progress tracking, coding-related features, full Alliance Genie access, and supervision functions.
Super
Super includes 330 notes and transcripts per month, sessions up to 130 minutes, group therapy documentation, and priority onboarding and support. It is positioned for high-volume use and for workflows that require notes for individual group members.
Mentalyc Team pricing
Mentalyc lists a Team plan with unlimited notes subject to a fair usage policy, access to the plan’s feature set, seat administration, and visibility into team members’ client information and note status. The official page shows promotional pricing for new teams.
| Billing option | Displayed standard price | Displayed new-team price |
|---|---|---|
| Monthly | $119.99 per seat per month | $59.99 per seat per month |
| Annual | $99.99 per seat per month, billed annually | $49.99 per seat per month, billed annually |
Because the lower amount is labeled as available only for new teams, buyers should confirm eligibility, promotional duration, renewal price, minimum seat count, fair-usage terms, and what happens when clinicians join or leave the practice.
The 14 day trial
Mentalyc advertises a 14-day trial with full Pro access, 15 notes, and no credit card requirement. A useful trial should reproduce the real mix of sessions rather than use only straightforward individual appointments.
• Test an ordinary individual session in the practice’s required note format.
• Include the longest common session to check the applicable duration limit.
• Test telehealth with the normal browser, device, headphones, and workflow.
• Include a complex but appropriately authorized or simulated case to assess attribution and clinically sensitive language.
• Measure editing time from generated draft to approved record, not generation time alone.
ClinicFrame’s discussion of therapy progress notes explains how DAP, BIRP, and other structures serve different documentation purposes and why the therapist must review the final clinical meaning.
Estimate the right monthly allowance
Start with the number of sessions that will actually produce a note, then add a measured buffer for intakes, regenerated notes, supervision, group work, cancellations that still require documentation, and seasonal variation. Confirm directly with Mentalyc how credits are counted, whether they roll over, and how additional usage is handled.
| Example caseload | Approximate monthly sessions | Published allowance to inspect |
|---|---|---|
| 8 sessions per week | About 35 | Mini, with limited buffer |
| 15 sessions per week | About 65 | Basic |
| 25 sessions per week | About 108 | Basic or Pro, depending on buffer and features |
| 35 sessions per week | About 152 | Pro, with limited buffer |
The monthly estimates use 4.33 weeks per month and are illustrations, not plan recommendations. Session type and required features can move a clinician to a higher tier even when a lower allowance would cover the volume.
Features can matter more than volume
Mentalyc does not organize its solo tiers only by note count. The choice may change when a practice needs couples, family, child, group, psychiatry, EMDR, play therapy, custom templates, treatment plans, progress tracking, or supervision workflows. Check the live feature matrix before subscribing, because a sufficient note allowance does not guarantee that the required workflow is included.
A therapist comparing formats can use ClinicFrame’s overview of SOAP, DAP, and BIRP notes to decide which structure the practice actually needs before paying for a larger template library.
Add the time cost to the subscription
The relevant economic measure is the cost of producing a reviewed, appropriate progress note. Track setup, consent, capture, correction, transfer, quality review, and exception handling during the trial. A cheaper tier can cost more in practice if its limits or formats create manual rewriting.
• Monthly subscription or annualized commitment.
• Clinician minutes spent reviewing and correcting each note.
• Time required to move the final note into the clinical record.
• Administrative work for templates, client records, supervision, and billing management.
• Unused allowance in quieter months and additional capacity in busier months.
Treat psychotherapy notes and progress notes differently
A pricing decision should not encourage a practice to create or retain more sensitive detail simply because the plan includes transcripts, longitudinal context, or higher limits. Define which output belongs in the clinical record and which material should not be created or retained.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services explains that psychotherapy notes receive distinct treatment under HIPAA when they meet the definition and are maintained separately from the medical record. Practices should apply the rules for their jurisdiction, setting, and records workflow.
When ClinicFrame may be the simpler fit
Therapists who want a focused documentation workflow can evaluate ClinicFrame for in-person, telehealth, and dictated sessions, with DAP, BIRP, SOAP, and custom note templates. The comparison should use the same session types, privacy requirements, correction rules, and transfer steps.
The ClinicFrame workflow for private practice therapists also provides a practical way to test consent, telehealth capture, note quality, review time, and ongoing privacy controls without reducing the decision to a feature count.
Final recommendation
Choose a Mentalyc plan by combining expected monthly note volume with session duration, client type, documentation format, supervision needs, and the features required in routine practice. Monthly billing offers flexibility, while annual billing lowers the displayed monthly equivalent but creates a larger commitment.
ClinicFrame is worth evaluating when the priority is a focused clinical documentation workflow for therapy. Compare the cost per approved note, review time, privacy process, and fit with the actual record rather than selecting solely on the advertised allowance.
How to validate the price before you decide
A published number is the beginning of a buying decision, not the whole decision. Start by recording the billing unit, the billing cadence, the minimum term, renewal mechanics, taxes, and any usage boundary. Then map those terms to a representative month in your practice. A solo clinician with a light caseload may care about a free tier or a low monthly commitment. A full schedule may make note caps, included transcripts, advanced actions, or per-encounter charges more important than the headline subscription. This matters especially when evaluating mentalyc pricing.
Ask for the current terms in writing when the vendor uses a demo or quote process. Confirm whether implementation, onboarding, integrations, support, security review, training, and data migration are included. For annual plans, calculate the cash paid up front and the cost of changing tools before renewal. For usage-priced plans, ask what counts as a session, note, minute, user, or advanced action, and how overages are handled.
Price should also be compared with the work left for the clinician. A lower subscription can be more expensive if the draft requires extensive correction, manual chart transfer, duplicate documentation, or a second system for context and history. Use ClinicFrame’s medical scribe cost guide, AI medical scribe checklist, and accuracy evaluation guide to keep subscription, workflow, review, and transfer costs in the same comparison.
Finally, verify privacy and contract terms before entering protected health information. Review the Business Associate Agreement, retention and deletion language, subprocessors, encryption, model-training terms, support access, and account controls. The vendor’s official HHS privacy guidance is useful context, but the vendor’s current official pricing or contact page remains the evidence for the amount; it is not evidence of clinical quality, regulatory suitability, or fit for every practice.
Write down the decision assumptions, the source date, the expected monthly volume, and the condition that would trigger a recheck. That record makes a future price change easier to spot and prevents a temporary promotion, regional price, or annual-equivalent display from being mistaken for a permanent plan feature.
For mentalyc pricing, also separate a promotional price from the ordinary renewal price and distinguish a plan that is available today from a feature described as coming later. If a sales representative gives a different number than the public page, retain both records and ask which one governs the agreement.
A useful comparison also includes the cost of review, training, support, and operational change. Note how the plan handles corrections, template ownership, user provisioning, exports, cancellation, and data return. These details determine whether the displayed price translates into a sustainable workflow for the practice.
Before choosing mentalyc pricing, compare the ordinary monthly scenario, the busiest realistic month, and the exit scenario. A simple spreadsheet of users, notes, sessions, and transfer steps often exposes a cost difference that is invisible in a plan card.
Use the same assumptions when comparing annual and monthly views. Multiply the monthly price by the number of required users, include any setup or support fee, and note whether the displayed annual equivalent is prepaid. Then compare the result with the time saved after review, not with transcription speed alone. A transparent decision record protects the practice when a plan changes or a quote expires.
Before comparing mentalyc pricing with another scribe, model the practice’s actual volume rather than relying on a representative example. List the number of clinicians, expected encounters, specialties, recording patterns, and months with unusually high demand. Check whether the plan remains predictable when clinicians share coverage, add users, change templates, or need to export older notes. A short written worksheet can expose a meaningful difference between a low entry price and a low total cost of ownership.
