# Cliniko review (2026): is it worth $45 a month?

> Practice management for allied health clinics, priced by practitioners

Checked Oct 24, 2026 · graded Oct 24, 2026 by ToolGPA.

Cliniko is practice management software for clinics and allied health practitioners in many countries. It covers the appointment calendar and online bookings, telehealth, customizable treatment notes and patient forms, invoicing, payments and stock. Every feature is on every plan; the price depends only on how many practitioners the clinic has.

- **Category:** Therapy & Clinic Software
- **Made by:** Cliniko (since 2011)
- **Website:** https://www.cliniko.com
- **Runs on:** Web
- **Who should skip it:** Not for you if you bill US insurance from inside the app, as claims come only through third-party apps.
- **Facts last checked:** Oct 24, 2026

## Pricing

As of Oct 24, 2026, Cliniko is a paid product with a free trial, starting at $45 per month (1 practitioner).

- **Pricing model:** Free trial
- **Free plan:** None.
- **Free trial:** 30-day free trial, no payment details needed.

| Plan | Price | What you get |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1 practitioner | $45 per month for 1 practitioner | Every feature, with unlimited patients, admin and reception users, locations and file storage. |
| 2 to 5 practitioners | $95 per month for up to 5 practitioners | Same features as every plan; the price covers any number of practitioners from 2 to 5. |
| 6 to 8 practitioners | $145 per month for up to 8 practitioners | Same features as every plan, for clinics of 6 to 8 practitioners. |
| 9 to 12 practitioners | $195 per month for up to 12 practitioners | Same features as every plan, for clinics of 9 to 12 practitioners. |
| 13 to 25 practitioners | $295 per month for up to 25 practitioners | Same features as every plan, for clinics of 13 to 25 practitioners. |
| 26 to 200 practitioners | $395 per month for up to 200 practitioners | Same features as every plan, for clinics of 26 to 200 practitioners. |

Read from https://www.cliniko.com/pricing/ on Oct 24, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Cliniko before buying.

## Ways to pay less

- **One month free with annual billing** (Annual discount): Cliniko's pricing FAQ says paying annually gives one month free every year, on top of the initial trial. Source: https://www.cliniko.com/pricing/
- **Free for charities and educational institutions** (Nonprofit): Registered charities and educational institutions can use Cliniko free; they arrange the free subscription by contacting the company. Source: https://www.cliniko.com/pricing/

## Key features

- **Calendar and online bookings:** Clients book and cancel online around the clock. The calendar handles repeat appointments, wait lists, multiple locations, time zones, and groups or classes such as pilates.
- **Telehealth:** Video consultations are built in. During the free trial they unlock only once a credit card is on file.
- **Treatment notes and forms:** Fully configurable note templates, body charts, draft notes, letters and medical alerts, plus online intake forms and questionnaires that save to the patient record.
- **Invoicing, payments and stock:** Invoices from the calendar, online payments, prepayments, concessions, statements, product sales with stock levels, expenses, and automatic sync to Xero.
- **Reminders and SMS:** Automated SMS and email reminders and follow-ups, bulk SMS and two-way replies logged on the client record, using prepaid credits at 10¢ a message.
- **API and connected apps:** A public API, and a directory of 94 connected apps, mostly third-party, for AI notes and receptionists, booking sites, exercise programs and reporting.

## Good for

- Allied health clinics that run classes as well as one-on-one visits
- Clinics with many reception and admin staff, who are not charged
- Practices that want every feature without plan tiers

## Worth knowing

- Prices step up in bands: a clinic with 6 practitioners pays $145 a month, the same as one with 8.
- SMS reminders use prepaid credits at 10¢ per message; connected third-party apps may charge their own fees.
- Cliniko's feature pages list no insurance claim filing or AI scribe of its own; those come from third-party connected apps.
- There are no native mobile apps; the calendar and notes are mobile-friendly pages in the browser.

## ToolGPA grades

**GPA: 2.4 out of 4**, graded Oct 24, 2026. Cliniko gives every clinic every feature, priced only by how many practitioners it has, from $45 a month for one. It has no insurance claims or AI scribe of its own, no mobile apps, and texts cost 10¢ each, so a US therapy practice ends up leaning on connected apps that charge their own fees.

- **Value for money: B.** $95 a month covers two to five practitioners, so $19 each for a clinic of five, inside this category's cheaper quarter ($25). One practitioner pays $45, above the middle ($39), and the bands jump: six pay the same $145 as eight.
- **Free plan and trial: C.** A 30-day trial with no payment details. Telehealth stays locked until you put a card on file, though, and there's no free plan unless you're a charity or a school.
- **Features: C.** Calendar, online bookings, classes, telehealth, configurable notes with body charts, forms, invoicing, stock and a public API. The listing's own gap keeps it here: no insurance claim filing or AI scribe of its own, only through third-party apps.
- **Ease of use: C.** No App Store rating on record. Note templates, forms and SMS credits need setting up, and claims or AI notes mean picking and linking a connected app.
- **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web, with a public API, Xero sync and a directory of 94 connected apps. There are no native mobile apps; the calendar and notes are pages in a phone's browser.

These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Cliniko's own pages on 24 October 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews.

## Where it stands among therapy and clinic software

- Cliniko's GPA of 2.4 is higher than 8 of the 12 other therapy and clinic software we grade, and level with 1.
- It stands best on value for money (B, above 11 of 12) and worst on features (C, above 0).
- Its paid plans start at $45 a month, against a middle price of $39 for the category: 6 of the 10 others that charge start lower.
- On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. 4 tools score higher and cost less.

The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/therapy-clinics

## Keep it, or make your own?

**Keep it.** To replace Cliniko you would be making video sessions that meet health privacy rules. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one. It is one of the better ones too: its GPA of 2.4 is higher than 8 of the 12 other therapy and clinic software we grade. It costs $540 a year.

- You could make: Appointment booking, clinical notes, class booking and invoicing: an app builder makes these well.
- You could not: Video sessions that meet health privacy rules.
- You could not: It plugs into other products, Xero among them, and has an API.

A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it.

## Works with

Xero

**Tags:** Appointment booking, Clinical notes, Telehealth, Class booking, Invoicing, Public API

## Alternatives

- [Jane](https://toolgpa.com/tools/jane): Booking, charting and payments for multi-practitioner health clinics. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/cliniko-vs-jane)
- [Zanda](https://toolgpa.com/tools/zanda): Browser-based practice software for allied health and therapy clinics. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/cliniko-vs-zanda)
- [SimplePractice](https://toolgpa.com/tools/simplepractice): Practice management and EHR for private-practice therapists. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/cliniko-vs-simplepractice)
- [Carepatron](https://toolgpa.com/tools/carepatron): Practice management with a free plan, AI scribe and telehealth. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/carepatron-vs-cliniko)
- [Practice Better](https://toolgpa.com/tools/practice-better): Practice software for nutrition, wellness and therapy, with programs. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/cliniko-vs-practice-better)

## Sources

The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Oct 24, 2026:

- https://www.cliniko.com/pricing/
- https://www.cliniko.com/features/
- https://www.cliniko.com/features/appointments/
- https://www.cliniko.com/features/health-records/
- https://www.cliniko.com/features/transactions/
- https://www.cliniko.com/features/business-management/
- https://www.cliniko.com/connected-apps/

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