# Owl Practice review (2026): is it worth $60 a month? > Web-based practice management built for mental health therapists Checked Oct 24, 2026 ยท graded Oct 24, 2026 by ToolGPA. Owl Practice is a web-based practice management system made for mental health therapists in Canada and the US. It covers scheduling and online booking, session notes, 85+ self-scoring clinical measures, telehealth for individuals, couples and groups, secure messaging and billing. In the US it is sold as Owl Practice Suite, with insurance claim filing and the Zencare therapist directory. - **Category:** Therapy & Clinic Software - **Made by:** Owl Practice Inc. - **Website:** https://owlpracticesuite.com - **Runs on:** Web - **Who should skip it:** Tight if you're on Growth, which stops at 20 sessions a month and has no client online booking. - **Facts last checked:** Oct 24, 2026 ## Pricing As of Oct 24, 2026, Owl Practice is a paid product with a free trial, starting at CA$60 per month plus tax (Growth, up to 20 sessions a month). - **Pricing model:** Free trial - **Free plan:** None. - **Free trial:** 14-day free trial with onboarding support, no credit card required. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Growth | CA$60 per month plus tax, for up to 20 sessions a month | All core features for therapists starting out or working part-time: calendar, notes, telehealth, client portal, payments and free email and SMS reminders. | | Advanced | CA$80 per month plus tax | Unlimited sessions, client online booking, circle of care, and customizable intake and consent forms. | | Professional | CA$100 per month plus tax | Adds shareable video links, secure messaging, couples and family conversations, clinical measures and medication tracking. | | Group Plus | Custom | Negotiated by number of clinicians, for multi-therapist practices; Group Plus Video adds integrated telehealth. | Read from https://owlpractice.ca/pricing/ on Oct 24, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Owl Practice before buying. ## Ways to pay less - **60% off the first 3 months** (Other savings): On the Canadian pricing page, solo plans signed up by October 31 are 60% off for 3 months (Growth CA$24, Advanced CA$32, Professional CA$40), with a free month of Smart Notes. Source: https://owlpractice.ca/pricing/ - **$100 off for each referred therapist** (Other savings): Owl's Refer a Friend program takes $100 off the subscription for every referred therapist who signs up; partner Canadian associations also offer discounts. Source: https://owlpractice.ca/pricing/ ## Key features - **Scheduling and online booking:** Rooms, waitlists, recurring sessions, couples and family bookings, and iCal or Google Calendar sync. Client online booking starts on Advanced. - **Notes and clinical measures:** A note template library, custom and handwritten notes, supervision support, and 85+ clinical measures that score themselves, subscales included. - **Telehealth for families and groups:** Video sessions with a waiting room and in-session chat, for individuals, couples, families and groups, with a supervisor able to join. - **Secure messaging and portal:** A client portal for booking, forms and payments; Professional adds secure conversations that clients can start, with read receipts and two-way documents. - **Billing and insurance claims:** Invoices, card and ACH payments, sliding-scale fees and split billing. The US edition files claims to 5,000+ payers and checks benefits with 2,000+. - **Zencare directory (US):** Owl Practice Suite pairs the EHR with Zencare, a therapist directory and marketing service, plus out-of-network benefit checks and courtesy claims for private-pay clients. ## Good for - Therapists who see couples, families or groups - Canadian practices that need data stored in Canada and French support - Clinicians who track progress with standard outcome measures ## Worth knowing - The published prices are the Canadian site's, in CAD plus tax; the US site, Owl Practice Suite, shows no prices and offers a demo or free start. - Growth stops at 20 sessions a month; online booking needs Advanced, and secure messaging and clinical measures need Professional. - Features come only with plan tiers, with no one-off add-ons; group practices get custom quotes. - It runs in the browser; no native mobile apps are named on its pages. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.2 out of 4**, graded Oct 24, 2026. Owl Practice is made for therapists, with 85+ self-scoring measures and telehealth for couples, families and groups. Its prices are published only in Canadian dollars, from CA$60 a month plus tax for 20 sessions, the US edition shows none, and online booking, messaging and measures sit on dearer plans. - **Value for money: C.** Growth is CA$60 a month plus tax and stops at 20 sessions. Unlimited sessions and online booking need Advanced at CA$80, and messaging and measures Professional at CA$100. The US edition, Owl Practice Suite, publishes no price. - **Free plan and trial: C.** A 14-day trial with no card, and onboarding support during it. There's no free plan. - **Features: B.** Scheduling with rooms and waitlists, note templates, 85+ self-scoring measures, telehealth for couples, families and groups, a client portal, sliding-scale billing and, in the US, claims to 5,000+ payers. The therapy job is covered. - **Ease of use: C.** No App Store rating on record. Plans decide what you can switch on, and note templates, forms and claims need setting up, with onboarding support in the trial. - **Platforms and integrations: C.** Web only, with no native mobile apps named, and the listed links are Google Calendar and TELUS eClaims. No API on record. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Owl Practice'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 - Owl Practice's GPA of 2.2 is higher than 2 of the 12 other therapy and clinic software we grade, and level with 5. - It stands best on features (B, above 1 of 12) and worst on ease of use (C, above 0). The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/therapy-clinics ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** To replace Owl Practice 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. That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 5 of the 12 other therapy and clinic software grade higher. - You could make: Clinical notes and appointment booking: an app builder makes these well. - You could not: Video sessions that meet health privacy rules. - You could not: Insurance claims sent to payers through a clearinghouse. - You could not: The depth: we grade its features B, which means it covers the whole job. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. ## Works with Google Calendar, TELUS eClaims **Tags:** Clinical notes, Telehealth, Appointment booking, Insurance billing ## Alternatives - [SimplePractice](https://toolgpa.com/tools/simplepractice): Practice management and EHR for private-practice therapists. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/owl-practice-vs-simplepractice) - [Jane](https://toolgpa.com/tools/jane): Booking, charting and payments for multi-practitioner health clinics. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/jane-vs-owl-practice) - [TherapyNotes](https://toolgpa.com/tools/therapynotes): Behavioral health EHR with notes, insurance billing and client portal. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/owl-practice-vs-therapynotes) - [TheraNest](https://toolgpa.com/tools/theranest): Mental health EHR with claims, telehealth and credentialing help. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/owl-practice-vs-theranest) - [Zanda](https://toolgpa.com/tools/zanda): Browser-based practice software for allied health and therapy clinics. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/owl-practice-vs-zanda) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Oct 24, 2026: - https://owlpracticesuite.com/ - https://owlpracticesuite.com/newpractices/ - https://owlpracticesuite.com/get-paid/insurance-claim-filing/ - https://owlpractice.ca/pricing/ - https://owlpracticesuite.helpjuice.com/what-is-the-difference-in-owls-pricing-plans Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/owl-practice Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).