How Cadence ABA compares to the rest.
Most ABA software is built around tapping forms on a tablet. Cadence lets clinicians run the session out loud: they speak through each trial, and Cadence uses AI to structure the data, suggest phase changes, read the trend, and draft the billable note. A clinician reviews and signs every output.
Pick a comparison
CentralReach
The largest end-to-end ABA platform - practice management, clinical data, billing, assessments, and staff training in one enterprise system.
Catalyst
A long-established, highly configurable ABA data-collection tool, now sold as Ensora Data Collection within the Ensora Health ABA suite.
Rethink Behavioral Health
An all-in-one ABA platform pairing clinical programming and data collection with billing, scheduling, and a large RBT training library.
Motivity
A clinically-driven, modern ABA platform connecting real-time data collection, scheduling, billing, and revenue-cycle management.
Hi Rasmus
A mobile-first clinical platform combining flexible data collection, telehealth, supervision, and AI-assisted documentation.
Theralytics
A budget-friendly, all-in-one ABA platform covering scheduling, data collection, documentation, and billing with simple per-client pricing.
Raven Health
A mobile-first, AI-driven all-in-one ABA platform for startups and growing clinics, with the software offered free under a managed-billing model.
Bring your history
Cadence imports clients, targets, and past session data from CSV, with column presets for CentralReach, Catalyst, Rethink, Motivity, and Raven Health exports.
Common questions
- What is the best ABA data collection software?
- The best fit depends on what a team optimizes for. CentralReach and Rethink Behavioral Health lead on enterprise breadth; Catalyst (now Ensora Data Collection) leads on configurable data collection; Motivity, Hi Rasmus, and Theralytics offer modern, transparently-priced platforms; Raven Health pairs free software with managed billing for new providers. Cadence ABA is the voice-first, AI-assisted option: clinicians speak through a session and Cadence structures the data, suggests phase changes, interprets trends, and drafts the billable note for review and signature.
- What makes Cadence ABA different from other ABA software?
- Two things. First, capture is voice-first - clinicians talk through the session instead of tapping forms, so their attention stays on the child - with a tap grid that runs fully offline when the room has no signal. Second, Cadence uses AI to help with the clinical reasoning and the paperwork: it suggests mastery and phase changes, interprets trends in plain language, and drafts the session's SOAP note. Every output is a suggestion a clinician reviews and signs - nothing reaches a claim unsigned.
- Does Cadence ABA replace my practice management or billing system?
- Partly. Cadence covers the clinical core - capture, clinical reasoning, and documentation - plus scheduling on every plan and supervision from Clinical. Practice adds authorization and unit tracking, CPT mapping, and pre-billing validation, and exports claim drafts as an 837P file for a biller to upload. It is not a full-service revenue-cycle (RCM) system: there is no managed claim submission, ERA posting, or denial workflow, so practices that need those keep a dedicated billing solution alongside it.
Also asked
The same answers as on pricing and the product tour, where each question has its one canonical answer.
- How much does Cadence ABA cost?
- Pricing is public and a single number per plan: Capture is $18 per active client per month, Clinical is $36, and Practice is $42. That is the whole price - users are unlimited on every plan, so RBTs, BCBAs, admins, and billers cost nothing extra, and there is no platform fee, no per-seat charge, and no setup fee. Practice bills a minimum of 15 active clients. A 12-month commitment takes 2 months off the rate.
- Is Cadence HIPAA compliant?
- Yes. Cadence is HIPAA-compliant and BAA-backed. Client PHI is encrypted at the field level with AES-256-GCM, model calls carry a de-identified token instead of a client's name, access is role-scoped for RBTs, BCBAs, directors, and auditors, and every PHI read and write and every AI suggestion is written to an append-only audit log that can be exported.