SimplePractice alternative
You left the medical model. Your software should too.
SimplePractice is a therapy records and billing system. If you have moved into coaching, Hubabble gives you the structure you are used to without the clinical baggage: packages, a coach website, and your own branded video room.
Two weeks free, cancel anytime. You are not charged until your trial ends.
Side by side
Hubabble vs SimplePractice, at a glance
SimplePractice is excellent at what it is for, which is clinical therapy practices. This table walks the same list of jobs a coaching practice actually needs and shows which tool covers each one. The green checks mark what Hubabble includes that a records system was never meant to.
| Capability | Hubabble | SimplePractice |
|---|---|---|
| Built for | Coaching practices, start to finish | Therapy and behavioral-health practices, the clinical and insurance world |
| Coaching packages and programs | Native packages, multi-session programs, and client goals | No packages or programs. Built around clinical sessions and claims |
| Getting new clients | A coach website and a booking link that help clients find you, built in | No marketing or website tools |
| Video sessions | Your own branded video room, built in | Session tools built for clinical care |
| AI help | Robin is included in every plan | AI notes are a paid add-on |
| What you keep from each payment | No cut of your coaching revenue | Card processing runs 3.15% plus 30 cents per charge |
| Clinical records and insurance claims | None. Client data kept private and secure, for coaching | A full clinical stack with claims and billing |
| Monthly price | From $99/mo, three plans | $49 to $99/mo per practitioner, add-ons on top |
| Free to try | Two weeks free, cancel anytime | Free trial available |
SimplePractice details are current as of July 2026, from simplepractice.com. We keep this honest. If something here is out of date, tell us at hello@hubabble.com.
Why coaches switch
Why coaches move to Hubabble
You left the medical model
SimplePractice is the records system therapists reach for, and reaching for it again after you start coaching is natural. It brings a diagnosis-and-claims world with it: intake for medical histories, insurance billing, clinical notes. Coaching does not run on any of that. Hubabble keeps the professionalism and the boundaries you are used to and leaves the clinical machinery behind.
Packages instead of visit codes
Coaching sells in packages and programs, with clients working toward goals over weeks and months. SimplePractice is organized around individual clinical sessions and what an insurer will reimburse. Hubabble is built the way you actually sell: a six-session package, a three-month program, a clear agreement, one place your client signs and pays.
Room to grow, not just record
A therapy practice fills through referrals and a directory. A new coaching practice has to go find its clients. SimplePractice offers nothing for that. Hubabble folds in a coach website and a booking link so people can find you and book you, with Robin drafting the site in your voice and included in your plan.
Feature by feature
A fair, plain look at each piece
SimplePractice earns its reputation with clinically trained people, and where it is the stronger choice we say so plainly. Here is a fair, piece-by-piece look for someone building a coaching practice.
- How the work is structured
- SimplePractice organizes a practice around clinical sessions, treatment records, and what an insurer will pay for. That is the right shape for therapy. Coaching has a different shape. Hubabble is built around packages, multi-session programs, and the goals a client is working toward, so the software matches how you sell and how you coach instead of asking you to bend coaching into a records system.
- Finding your next clients
- This is the gap that shows up fastest. SimplePractice has no marketing or website tooling, because a therapy practice rarely needs it. A coaching practice does. Hubabble gives you a coach website, a simple contact form, and a bookable profile that work together, so visitors can turn into conversations without you piecing three tools together.
- Video sessions
- Every Hubabble session opens in your own branded video room, right alongside the booking and the client notes, with nothing extra to set up. SimplePractice builds its session experience for clinical care inside its records system. If you want the video to carry your name and sit next to everything else in your practice, that is where Hubabble is a cleaner fit for coaching.
- AI and what it costs
- SimplePractice offers AI note-taking, and it sits behind a paid add-on, the way ePrescribe and other clinical extras do. Hubabble includes Robin in every plan. Robin drafts your website, helps set up your booking and agreements, and answers questions as you go, with nothing extra to buy on top of your monthly price.
- Still doing clinical work? Stay with SimplePractice
- If you still see clients clinically, take insurance, or need to keep medical records, this is not a close call. SimplePractice is excellent at exactly that, with a mature clinical stack, claims and billing, and years of trust from clinically trained professionals. Hubabble is not built for clinical or insurance work and does not try to be. For that part of your practice, SimplePractice is the right tool.
Pricing
Pricing, in plain language
On paper SimplePractice can start below Hubabble. Before you compare, look at what a coaching practice actually gets for the money and what it still has to buy or bolt on.
Hubabble
From $99 / month
Three plans from $99 to $399 a month, each a complete practice. Two weeks free to start, cancel anytime. Never a per-client fee or a cut of your coaching revenue.
SimplePractice
$49 to $99 / month
Per practitioner, across three plans, with a free trial. AI notes and ePrescribe are paid add-ons on top, and card processing runs 3.15% plus 30 cents per charge. Much of what you pay for is the clinical and insurance machinery a coaching practice never uses.
So the real comparison is not just the sticker price. It is a clinical records system with coaching pieces missing, plus add-ons, versus a complete coaching practice for one flat price. Hubabble is two weeks free, then one monthly plan with Robin, automations, a website, and your branded video room already included, and no cut of your client payments.
Honest fit
Who each one is best for
We would rather you land in the right place than just sign up. Here is the honest version.
Hubabble is a great fit if
- You have moved fully into coaching and want software shaped around packages, programs, and goals.
- You need to find your next clients, and a coach website plus a booking link would help.
- You want your video sessions branded and sitting alongside the rest of your practice.
- You would rather have AI help included than pay for it as an add-on.
SimplePractice might fit better if
- You still see clients clinically and keep treatment records as part of your work.
- You take insurance and need claims, billing, and the paperwork that comes with it.
- Your practice depends on a full clinical records system and the trust it carries.
We move you in
Switching is the easy part
The worry with any move is losing your clients or your history in the shuffle. You will not. Here is how we bring your practice over.
- 1
Send us a CSV of your clients and we bring them in for you, notes and history included where you have them.
- 2
We help set up your coach website, booking page, packages, and agreements so your practice is ready to run.
- 3
Your existing booking and payment links keep working while you settle in. Nothing goes dark on your clients.
Common questions
Questions coaches ask
Still deciding? Send a note to hello@hubabble.com. A real person answers.
Is Hubabble a good alternative to SimplePractice for coaching?
Yes, if you have moved from clinical work into coaching. SimplePractice is a therapy records and billing system, so a coaching practice inherits intake, claims, and clinical notes it will never use. Hubabble is built for coaching from the start: packages and programs, a coach website that helps clients find you, your own branded video room, and Robin included. If you still do clinical work, SimplePractice remains the better fit for that side.
I trained as a therapist. Why not just keep using SimplePractice to coach?
You can, and many people try it first out of habit. The friction is that SimplePractice is organized around the medical and insurance model: diagnoses, treatment records, claims. Coaching sells in packages and programs and does not touch any of that, so a lot of the tool sits unused while the parts you need for coaching, like a website and packages, are not there at all. Hubabble gives you the professional structure without the clinical overhead.
Does Hubabble handle insurance and clinical records?
No, and that is on purpose. Hubabble is coaching software, not clinical or insurance software. Your client data is kept private and secure, but there are no claims, no medical records, and no billing codes. If your practice needs any of that, SimplePractice is built for it and Hubabble is not the right tool.
How does the cost really compare?
SimplePractice runs $49 to $99 a month per practitioner, with AI notes and other clinical features as paid add-ons on top, and card processing at 3.15% plus 30 cents per charge. Hubabble starts at $99 a month for a complete coaching practice, with Robin and automations already included and no cut of your coaching revenue. You pay the standard card processing fee, the same one any card charges.
Can I move my practice from SimplePractice to Hubabble?
Yes, and moving out of a clinical records system is a common step when you shift into coaching. Export a CSV of your clients from SimplePractice, send it over, and we bring them in for you, then help set up your coach website, booking page, packages, and agreements. Your existing booking and payment links keep working while you settle in, so clients stay booked and paid throughout the move.
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