Switching from SimplePractice
What SimplePractice's own pages say it does, beside what Practice Pillar does, and how to bring your records over. Each quote links to its page, with the day it was read.
SimplePractice and Practice Pillar, row by row
Price for a group
SimplePractice
Groups with 6+ practitioners are eligible to speak with a sales consultant to discuss your workflow needs and challenges in order to create a plan that's right for you.
(SimplePractice pricing, read October 23, 2026)Practice Pillar
Every price is published, for practices of up to 50 clinicians.
Bringing your records in
SimplePractice
Import your client data for free.
(SimplePractice plan comparison, read October 23, 2026)Practice Pillar
You import clients, appointments with their outcomes and balances yourself, and check every row before anything is saved.
A new inquiry
SimplePractice
Online appointment requests
(SimplePractice pricing, read October 23, 2026)Practice Pillar
An urgent inquiry stays where it is until someone records what was done about the client's safety.
Psychotherapy notes
SimplePractice
use private psychotherapy notes with enhanced privacy protections for safekeeping
(SimplePractice therapy notes, read October 23, 2026)Practice Pillar
Psychotherapy notes are a separate record. Only their author reads them, and no export includes them.
Liability for your records
SimplePractice
IN NO EVENT WILL SIMPLEPRACTICE'S CUMULATIVE LIABILITY TO YOU EXCEED ONE HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS (U.S. $150.00).
(SimplePractice terms of service, read October 23, 2026)Practice Pillar
The published terms set the limit for a claim about data protection or security at no less than $1,000,000.
A price change
SimplePractice
We may, at any time, add new services for additional fees and charges, or prospectively modify fees and charges for existing services (including prospectively charging fees for the Services not previously charged for) on notice as provided herein.
(SimplePractice terms of service, read October 23, 2026)Practice Pillar
A price changes at most once a year, with 60 days' notice.
After you cancel
SimplePractice
all User Data in Your Account will be accessible to You no more than sixty-four (64) days after termination or expiration of this Agreement.
(SimplePractice terms of service, read October 23, 2026)Practice Pillar
After you cancel, you can sign in and export every record for 90 days.
Clinician licenses
SimplePractice
Not on its pricing or plan comparison pages. (SimplePractice plan comparison, read October 23, 2026)
Practice Pillar
A license counts as current only when the board's status and the expiration date both say so.
A weekly scorecard
SimplePractice
Not on its pricing or plan comparison pages. (SimplePractice plan comparison, read October 23, 2026)
Practice Pillar
A scorecard shows each clinician on their own, and leaves a week blank when nobody entered its number.
Onboarding a new clinician
SimplePractice
Not on its pricing or plan comparison pages. (SimplePractice plan comparison, read October 23, 2026)
Practice Pillar
Each new clinician's onboarding carries their own caseload ramp, from the offer to a full caseload.
What SimplePractice does that Practice Pillar does not yet
Electronic claims
SimplePractice
Electronic claim submission costs $0.39 per claim, with volume discounts beginning after 250 claims per month.
(SimplePractice insurance billing, read October 23, 2026)Practice Pillar
No clearinghouse is connected yet. Practice Pillar prints claims on the CMS-1500 today.
Card payments
SimplePractice
Store and process credit cards
(SimplePractice plan comparison, read October 23, 2026)Practice Pillar
No card processor is connected yet.
E-prescribing
SimplePractice
an additional cost of $49/month per clinician, plus a one-time setup fee of $89 per clinician
(SimplePractice ePrescribe, read October 23, 2026)Practice Pillar
Not yet. Prescribing opens from the chart in a certified partner's screen, and that partner is not chosen yet.
Getting your records out of SimplePractice
- Ask SimplePractice for every export it offers, and open each file to count its rows.
- If the client list arrives as a folder of contact cards, choose the whole folder at once. Practice Pillar reads the cards as your clients file.
What comes over into Practice Pillar lists each record the import reads, and what stays behind.
Sources
- SimplePractice pricing, read October 23, 2026
- SimplePractice plan comparison, read October 23, 2026
- SimplePractice therapy notes, read October 23, 2026
- SimplePractice insurance billing, read October 23, 2026
- SimplePractice ePrescribe, read October 23, 2026
- SimplePractice terms of service, read October 23, 2026
Priced by the size of your practice
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