Clare vs Mithra by MannSetu

Clare is a conversational self-help service intended to support people through mental health concerns. Users can speak with Clare by phone or send WhatsApp messages, follow a weekly call schedule, or start a call when they choose. It offers reflection exercises and coping tools drawing on self-compassion, stress management, positive psychology, resilience, and meditation. The maker says psychologists curate the content and advisors oversee it. Clare is available on Android, iOS, and web; phone calls, WhatsApp, and SMS are listed access options. The maker also presents a clinical AI for clinic and practice admissions, including automated intake assessment that it says saves practitioners 60 minutes. Clare says it processes health information only with explicit consent, does not sell user data or use it to train its systems, and deletes data on request. It states that it is HIPAA and GDPR compliant. Clare does not provide or replace traditional psychotherapy and recommends professional help for persistent or strong anxiety symptoms. Its terms exclude people under 18 and certain acute or serious conditions.

Mithra by MannSetu is an AI wellness companion for voice or text conversations and mood support. It offers mood tracking, journaling, progress summaries, and voice emotion analysis alongside CBT-based exercises, behavioural activation, breathing, and grounding practices adapted for Indian contexts. It supports Hindi and English, including Hinglish code-switching, and is available on Android, iOS, macOS, web, and Windows. MannSetu says each message passes a risk screen and crisis support can surface Tele-MANAS 14416 and emergency number 112. The maker says Mithra does not diagnose or replace professional therapy, and no licensed clinician reviews conversations. MannSetu states that data is encrypted at rest with AES-256 and in transit with TLS 1.3; application-layer encryption remains in progress. Data is currently hosted in AWS us-east-2 in Ohio, with migration to AWS Mumbai in progress and no firm date. The free plan has daily limits for text and voice, plus mood tracking, journaling, and seven-day session history. Student is ₹199 a month plus 18% GST, and Premium is ₹399 a month plus 18% GST. Premium has a 14-day free trial. Campus Shield is ₹50 a year for institutions.