Cass vs OpenCouch
Cass
cass.aiOpenCouch
github.comSide by side
| Figure | Cass | OpenCouch |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $0/mo | — |
| Free plan | — | — |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | — | Yes |
| API | — | Yes |
| Self-hosted | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 2 | 0 |
| Spec score · AI Mental Health Chatbots | 8.3 (#6) | 7.1 (#18) |
| Deployment | Cass requires no app download, account creation, or waitlist for text messaging access. | The documented local stack uses Docker Compose with Postgres and a FastAPI backend, with an optional web container. |
| Integrations | Cass can be embedded in Google Home, Instagram, Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, websites, portals, and other communication channels. | The text runtime uses the OpenAI Agents SDK, real model runs require an OpenAI API key, and durable persistence uses Postgres. |
| Purpose | Cass is an AI mental health assistant that provides behavioral health coaching through text messaging. | OpenCouch is a chat companion for day-to-day emotional support, self-reflection, and practical coping. |
Plans
In their own words
Cass
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.