Celo vs Crypho

Celo is a collaboration platform for healthcare teams communicating and coordinating patient care. It supports one-to-one and group messaging, notifications, read receipts, and delivery status. Teams can share photos, videos, and documents in a library separate from a user's personal gallery, and use patient-specific case files and secure external chat with patients, families, and other stakeholders. Celo AI Scribe records patient conversations, generates clinical notes, and lets users review and share them with the team. Celo Connect is in beta and lets patients, families, and referrers start a HIPAA-compliant conversation from a team's homepage. Celo says it supports EHR integration through FHIR or HL7 and RESTful APIs, with authentication options including API keys, mutual SSL, and IP restrictions. It says patient information is encrypted and not stored permanently on a user's device, and describes HIPAA, HITECH, and GDPR compliance. The service runs on Android, iOS, and web. Plans include Free for up to 10 users, Growth for up to 20, and paid tiers starting at $49 per month billed annually.

Crypho is an end-to-end encrypted communications service for chat, file sharing, and video conferencing. Persistent group chats include a shared file folder and are available only to invited members. The service supports encrypted calls and video calls, guest access, and apps for Android, iOS, macOS, Windows, and the web. It uses TOTP two-factor authentication, with tokens available by SMS or mobile app, and offers Norwegian BankID identification for company and customer processes. Crypho lists authenticated AES with 256-bit keys in CCM mode, El-Gamal elliptic-curve 384-bit encryption, and scrypt among its cryptographic methods. The company says user data is hosted on dedicated servers in Norway, without cloud services. The free plan is for personal use, limited to one group and files up to 3 MB. Pro costs €379 a month and allows up to 25 team members, 100 groups, and files up to 100 MB. Enterprise pricing is available by contacting Crypho; listed features include files up to 2 GB, unlimited groups, and an optional on-premise server.