Cass vs Noa by Anshap

Cass is a web-accessible AI mental-health assistant offering wellness chatbot support around the clock. People can use SMS or Facebook Messenger without downloading an app, creating an account, or joining a waitlist. Its knowledge engine covers 800 topics and more than three million variations. Cass offers personalised conversations, recommendations, resources, surveys, guided exercises, follow-ups, goals, referrals, and self-assessments including GAD-7 and PHQ-9. It flags crises, verifies severity, and can engage a crisis professional within 20 seconds. Users may connect on demand with 5,000 coaches across all 50 states, and the service supports seven languages. Cass can be embedded in websites, portals, Google Home, Instagram, WhatsApp, and other channels. It provides an insights dashboard with database or EHR integration. Cass states HIPAA compliance and SOC 2 certification, with encryption and daily server audits, but communications through SMS, Messenger, and WhatsApp are outside HIPAA coverage except Signal.

Noa by Anshap is a mental-wellbeing assistant that uses AI to listen and provide support, built by psychologists and grounded in evidence-based approaches such as CBT. It can connect users with matched, credential-verified specialists; the first consultation is free. The maker says conversations are end-to-end encrypted and personal data is not sold, shared, or used for advertising. Psychologist-hosted Circles are one-hour, audio-only group sessions where participants can listen or type without using their real names. Live channels include WhatsApp, iOS, and Android, while Microsoft Teams is in pilot. For organisations, Noa supports configurable handoffs to EAP providers, internal counselling teams, and Anshap's specialist network, along with region-aware routing to iCALL, Vandrevala, and AASRA crisis hotlines. Live reporting includes a web leadership dashboard, PDF cohort reports, and CSV/API exports of aggregated cohort metrics. Exported reports are cohort-level and anonymised at source. Anshap describes an eight-week organisational pilot with no commitment, designed with the organisation.