Colib vs PracticeRunner

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.

PracticeRunner brings therapy practice scheduling, clinical records, intake, billing, payments, secure communication, supervision and coordination into one system. It supports individual, couple, family, therapy-group, consultation and workshop services. Documentation includes progress notes, a Session Workspace, source material, intake forms, assessments, diagnoses and document storage. Optional AI can prepare sessions, draft notes from transcripts or other source material, extract text with OCR and revise notes; clinicians review drafts before saving or signing. Billing covers invoices, AutoPay, automatic invoicing, card and bank payments, recorded external payments, superbills, statements and CMS-1500 claims. Google Calendar sync works one way: changes there do not update PracticeRunner appointments, and Google events are not imported as appointments. Compatible calendar apps can subscribe to private, read-only feeds. The client portal, payment processing and insurance claims are listed. The Professional plan is $39/month, and the site also lists a free Starter plan for 30 days, capped at 10 active clients and one clinician. Platforms are Android, iOS and web.