Klarify vs Mentalyc (2026): An Honest Comparison

Prices verified August 18, 2026.

The short answer: Choose Klarify for a permanent free plan, note formats that match your modality, custom templates on every plan, deeper client insights and clinician reflection, and a free public profile that helps attract clients; it is fully HIPAA, PHIPA, PIPEDA, Quebec Loi 25, and GDPR compliant, and Canadian clinicians get all their data stored in Canada plus a full French interface and French clinical guides on the Klarify Blogue. Mentalyc fits practices that specifically want symptom and goal tracking or need a SOC 2 report. Both write strong AI progress notes.

Every Mentalyc claim below comes from mentalyc.com or mentalyc.com/pricing; every Klarify claim comes from klarify.ca or the product itself. Prices change, so check again before you buy.

If you are weighing more than two tools, start with our roundup of the best AI therapy note tools, or see Klarify vs Upheal for the other head-to-head.

Klarify vs Mentalyc at a Glance

The one-table version: Klarify starts free, captures sessions six different ways, includes custom templates on every plan, goes past the note with client insights and clinician reflection, and adds a hosted public profile that helps fill your caseload; Canadian clinicians get all their data stored in Canada plus a full French interface. Mentalyc offers symptom and goal analytics and publishes third-party attestation. Watch the pricing units, though. Klarify counts sessions per month, Mentalyc counts notes.

Pricing and claims verified on both companies’ public pages, August 18, 2026.

What Is Mentalyc?

Mentalyc is an AI documentation platform for therapists. Its tagline: “Be fully present. Leave with everything done.” It generates progress, intake, and supervision notes from four capture modes: live recording (in person or telehealth), audio upload, dictation, or a typed summary. On top of notes, it tracks symptoms and goals automatically without questionnaires and produces Alliance Genie™ therapeutic-alliance scores.

What Mentalyc offers:

• Assessment and supervision documents. Beyond SOAP/DAP-style progress notes, it generates intake notes, supervision notes, mental status exams, biopsychosocial assessments, narrative notes, and verbatim transcripts, with discharge notes listed as coming soon.

• Symptom and goal analytics. Symptom and goal progress tracked across sessions without administering questionnaires, plus alliance scoring.

• Compliance attestation. SOC 2 Type 2, a BAA, and named claims for HIPAA, PHIPA, PIPEDA, PIPA, PHIA, and Australia’s APP. It also states that session audio is processed and immediately deleted and that your data is never used to train AI models.

• Client types covered: individual, couples, families, group, child, and supervisee.

The trade-offs: no permanent free plan, USD-only pricing, self-declared US data residency, no mention of French anywhere on its homepage or pricing page, and nothing that helps clients find you.

Best for: practices that specifically want symptom and goal tracking with their documentation, or that require a SOC 2 report.

What Is Klarify?

Klarify is an AI assistant for therapists in the US and Canada. It is built in Canada, stores all its data in Canada, and is fully HIPAA, PHIPA, PIPEDA, Quebec Loi 25, and GDPR compliant. It captures sessions any way you run them: record in-person audio in the browser (up to 3 hours each), capture virtual meeting audio, dictate, upload handwritten notes, upload audio files up to 5 GB, or paste a transcript up to 300,000 characters. Klarify then drafts your note in your chosen format and detail level (brief, detailed, or very detailed).

What you get beyond the note itself:

• 21 built-in formats plus custom templates on every plan. SOAP, DAP, BIRP, GIRP, PIE, and CBT are there, and so are modality-specific formats most tools skip: IFS, ACT, EFT, SFT, Gottman, EMDR, plus couple, family, and group notes and an insurance-friendly format. Custom templates can be generated from an existing note, a partial template, or a plain description, and no upgrade is required.

• Klara, the built-in assistant. Session prep (“what should I focus on with this client?”), drafting and editing notes in any format, client emails, referral letters, return-to-work reports, and treatment plans by modality.

• Client insights that go deeper than the note. After each session, Klarify surfaces session context and recurring themes, builds a visual mindmap of client themes, and drafts reflection prompts for the clinician, which you can also share with the client. Mentalyc writes the note; Klarify also helps you think about the work.

• Insurance support is built in as well, with an insurance-friendly note format and insurance claim filing.

• Retention controls. Auto-delete audio only, transcript plus audio, or the whole session, either immediately or after 1, 7, 14, 30, or 180 days. Session audio is purged from storage within 14 days regardless.

• French, properly. The full interface ships in English and French, and Français (Canada) is a supported session and note language (multi-language sessions are plan-gated; Spanish and Italian are also supported).

• A free public profile. Every therapist gets a Psychology Today-style page hosted on klarify.ca, with built-in marketing features for attracting clients. Mentalyc offers nothing equivalent.

Samantha Short, Counsellor, MA, MSEd, RCC, writes on klarify.ca: “Klarify has been an absolute game changer for my clinical practice! Without a doubt the session recording and note taking have saved me countless hours.”

Best for: US and Canadian therapists who want a free tier to start on, an assistant that covers the paperwork around the note, and a profile page that brings clients in. Canadian clinicians, especially bilingual or francophone ones, also get all their data stored in Canada and a full French interface.

How Do Klarify and Mentalyc Prices Compare?

Klarify starts free and undercuts Mentalyc’s month-to-month prices at the entry and mid tiers, but the units differ: Klarify meters sessions per month, Mentalyc meters notes and transcripts per month. For a typical solo caseload where one session produces one note, the tiers line up roughly as shown below. Klarify’s $16 plan covers 70 sessions where Mentalyc’s $19.99 plan covers 40 notes.

Klarify (monthly; USD shown here, CAD prices via the currency toggle on the pricing page):

Uploading existing audio and multi-language sessions are plan-gated on Klarify; custom templates come with every plan. Check the live pricing page for current gating.

Mentalyc (USD only):

Three observations:

• The free tier is the structural difference. Klarify’s Seed plan is $0 indefinitely at 10 sessions a month, enough for a small caseload or a slow migration. Mentalyc’s 14-day trial (full Pro access, 15 notes, no credit card) ends after two weeks.

• Per-unit cost favors Klarify at the entry tiers: roughly $0.23 per session ($16 ÷ 70) against Mentalyc’s roughly $0.50 per note ($19.99 ÷ 40). The gap narrows at the mid tiers ($32 for 130 sessions vs $39.99 for 100 notes) but doesn’t close.

• Klarify’s displayed prices are monthly; Mentalyc discounts annual billing. Mentalyc’s annual billing takes 14-25% off, depending on the tier, and it offers a pre-licensed therapist discount by application.

Pricing verified August 18, 2026. Both vendors change prices and promos, so confirm on their live pricing pages before purchasing.

Which Note Formats Does Each Tool Support?

Klarify ships 21 built-in formats plus custom templates; Mentalyc covers the classic acronym formats plus assessment-style documents. The short version: Klarify is stronger on modality-specific therapy formats (IFS, ACT, EFT, SFT, Gottman) and relational session types (couple, family, group), and it is the only one of the two with custom templates, included on every plan. Mentalyc covers assessment and supervision documents (MSE, biopsychosocial, supervision notes).

If your notes need to reflect how you actually practice (an EFT session documented as EFT, not squeezed into SOAP), Klarify’s modality formats and custom templates are the better fit. If your documentation load is heavy on intakes, assessments, and supervision, Mentalyc’s list maps to it.

Which Tool Is Better for Canadian Therapists?

Klarify, and not by a small margin. Mentalyc claims PHIPA and PIPEDA compliance. Klarify is PHIPA, PIPEDA, and Quebec Loi 25 compliant, stores all its data in Canada, ships a full French interface, and prices in CAD. Mentalyc states US-based data residency on its own homepage, bills in USD only, and doesn’t mention French.

Worth unpacking:

• Residency. Mentalyc says, verbatim, “US-based data residency.” That isn’t automatically disqualifying, but it changes your consent conversation and your college’s risk calculus. Klarify stores all its data in Canada, always.

• Your college still sets the record-keeping standard. CRPO, OPQ, OCSWSSW, and BCACC each publish their own expectations for records and third-party tools. Check yours rather than assuming any vendor’s compliance page settles it.

• For OPQ or OTSTCFQ members, or any clinician practicing in French, the gap is wide: Klarify’s interface is fully bilingual, Français (Canada) is a supported session and note language, and Quebec Loi 25 compliance is in place. Mentalyc’s homepage and pricing page are silent on French.

• Currency. Mentalyc bills in USD only, so your subscription cost floats with the exchange rate. Klarify’s pricing page has a currency toggle; Canadians pay in CAD.

How Do Privacy and Security Compare?

Both vendors say the right things about your data; they differ on breadth and paperwork. Klarify covers more privacy regimes (HIPAA, PHIPA, PIPEDA, Quebec Loi 25, GDPR), stores everything in Canada, offers a BAA on request, and lets you set retention yourself. Mentalyc publishes third-party attestation (SOC 2 Type 2) and deletes session audio immediately. Both state plainly that your data is never used to train AI models.

Two caveats. First, Mentalyc’s immediate audio deletion is the stricter default. Klarify’s default is 14 days, and you have to set auto-delete to “immediately” yourself if that’s your standard. Second, Klarify offers a BAA on request but doesn’t publish a SOC 2 report; if your practice or group requires that attestation, Mentalyc has it today. Whichever tool you pick, your own record-keeping obligations still apply: in the US they vary by state and licensing board, and in Canada your college publishes its own standard. For a broader look at how note tools handle recordings and PHI, see our guide to HIPAA-compliant dictation apps for therapists.

The Verdict

Choose Klarify if…

• You want a real free plan ($0, 10 sessions a month) rather than a time-boxed trial.

• Your notes should match your modality (IFS, ACT, EFT, SFT, Gottman, EMDR) or your own custom template, which every plan includes.

• Your sessions don’t all look the same. Klarify captures in-person audio, virtual meeting audio, dictation, handwritten notes, uploaded transcripts, and uploaded audio.

• You want more than the note itself: session prep, referral letters, treatment plans, client insights with session context, visual mindmaps of client themes, clinician reflection prompts, and insurance claim filing.

• You’d like help filling your caseload. Every therapist gets a free Psychology Today-style public profile on klarify.ca, with built-in marketing features for attracting clients.

• You want retention on your terms: auto-delete audio, transcripts, or entire sessions on the schedule you choose.

• Compliance certainty matters. Klarify is fully HIPAA, PHIPA, PIPEDA, Quebec Loi 25, and GDPR compliant, and all data is stored in Canada.

• You work in French, or you pay in CAD. The interface is fully bilingual, Français (Canada) is a supported session language, and the pricing page has a currency toggle.

Choose Mentalyc if…

• Your practice or the insurers you bill require a SOC 2 Type 2 report, which Mentalyc publishes and Klarify does not. (Both offer BAAs; Klarify signs one on request.)

• You want symptom and goal tracking without questionnaires, plus alliance scores, alongside your notes.

• Your workload is heavy on intakes, MSEs, biopsychosocial assessments, or supervision notes.

• You need a named EHR integration. SimplePractice, TherapyNotes, and Jane App are on its list.

Klarify drafts your progress notes while you stay with the client. Start on the free plan. Ten sessions a month, free for as long as you need it, with your data stored in Canada from day one.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Mentalyc available in Canada?

Yes. Mentalyc works for Canadian therapists and claims PHIPA, PIPEDA, PIPA, and PHIA compliance. Two things to weigh: its pricing is in USD only, and its homepage states US-based data residency, so your session data lives on American infrastructure. Whether that’s acceptable depends on your college’s record-keeping standard and your own consent language.

Does Mentalyc have a free plan?

No. Klarify is the only one of the two with a permanent free plan: the Seed tier is $0 indefinitely and includes 10 sessions per month. Mentalyc offers a 14-day trial with full Pro access and 15 notes, no credit card required, but no free tier after that.

Can Klarify write therapy notes in French?

Yes. Klarify’s interface ships fully in English and French, and Français (Canada) is a supported session and note language alongside English, Spanish, and Italian. Multi-language sessions are a plan-gated feature, so check which plan includes it. Mentalyc’s homepage and pricing page don’t mention French.

Does Mentalyc store data in Canada?

No. Mentalyc’s own homepage states “US-based data residency.” Klarify stores all of its data in Canada, always, and is built and secured in Canada.

Is Klarify SOC 2 certified?

Klarify is fully HIPAA, PHIPA, PIPEDA, Quebec Loi 25, and GDPR compliant, stores all data in Canada, and offers a BAA on request. Mentalyc publishes a SOC 2 Type 2 claim, which matters if your practice requires that third-party attestation.