Colib vs EdgeCase Equalizer

Colib is a bilingual practice management and electronic medical record platform for Canadian therapists and health and wellness practitioners. Its calendar supports recurring appointments, room management, online booking, waitlists, and two-way Google Calendar and Outlook sync. Practitioners can create or upload intake forms, collect electronic signatures, and keep client files with notes, documents, family relationships, goals, and scores. AI can prepare note drafts from telehealth sessions or in-person recordings using templates such as SOAP, DAP, BIRP, and GIRP; practitioners review and sign each draft. Browser-based video sessions work on computers, phones, or tablets without a download and support recording, screen sharing, waiting rooms, transcripts, and messaging. Billing tools include invoices, online payments, Interac e-Transfer reconciliation, split payments, and QuickBooks invoice export. Colib says databases and files are hosted in AWS Canada, with encryption protections, and that it helps practices address several Canadian privacy obligations. It cautions that compliance also depends on each practice’s own policies and practices. Practitioner costs $75 CAD per month, billed month-to-month.

EdgeCase Equalizer is free, open-source practice management software for solo therapists who want local control of their records and tools. Client files combine sessions, communications, absences, items, and uploads in timelines with full edit histories. Billing handles per-client fees, sliding scales, guardian splits, couples and family therapy, statements, partial payments, and write-offs. Income and expenses can be recorded with receipts and category reports. An optional local AI scribe drafts or edits session notes while session content stays on the computer. Data is stored in encrypted SQLite with encrypted attachments; backups can remain local or sync to a cloud folder, and restoration is available from the login screen. Appointments export as .ics or can be added to Apple Calendar. It runs on macOS and Linux, with source for Python 3.11+ on any platform, and is licensed AGPL-3.0.