Cadence ABA vs Theralytics
Theralytics is a budget-friendly, all-in-one ABA platform covering scheduling, data collection, documentation, and billing with simple per-client pricing. Cadence ABA takes a different approach to the clinical core: voice-first capture and AI-assisted clinical reasoning, with a clinician signing every output.
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Which should you choose?
Theralytics is the better fit for cost-conscious and startup practices that want everything in one affordable subscription. Cadence ABA is the better fit for clinical teams whose priority is the clinical core: capturing sessions by voice without losing presence with the child, getting phase-change and trend reads suggested for them (Clinical and up), and finishing with a billable note ready to sign.
Cadence focuses on clinical capture, reasoning, documentation, and compliance - not full revenue-cycle billing. Teams that need managed claim submission may pair it with a dedicated billing system.
Cadence ABA
- Approach
- Voice-first capture + AI-assisted clinical reasoning
- Pricing
- $18/active client per mo (Capture), $36 (Clinical), $42 (Practice, 15-client minimum) - unlimited users, no platform fee, published publicly
- Free trial
- 14-day free trial, self-serve, no credit card (Capture and Clinical)
- Best for
- Clinical teams who want presence with the child and notes that draft themselves
Theralytics
- Approach
- Tap capture; offline mobile app
- Pricing
- $20/client per mo (Data Collection or PM); $30 bundle; $200-$300/mo minimum
- Free trial
- BCBA startups: free for 6 months or until the first paying client (1-year term)
- Best for
- Cost-conscious and startup practices that want everything in one affordable subscription
Where Theralytics stands out
- Low, transparent per-client pricing with no setup fees
- Offline mobile capture with GPS-stamped e-signatures
- Optional full-service billing (4.5% of receivables) and AI narrative session summaries
Where Cadence is different
- Cadence captures by voice, hands-free - Theralytics is tap-based collection.
- Cadence's AI suggests phase changes and reads trends, beyond AI narrative summaries.
- No monthly minimum on Capture or Clinical - you pay per active client from the first one.
Every one of those AI suggestions is one a clinician accepts or rejects - how we keep the AI accurate explains the guardrails, and HIPAA & BAA covers the compliance posture behind them.
Cadence ABA vs Theralytics: questions
- Is Cadence ABA worth it compared to a low-cost tool like Theralytics?
- Theralytics competes on price and breadth - an affordable all-in-one with optional full-service billing. Cadence competes on the clinical core: voice-first capture that keeps clinicians present, AI that suggests phase changes and interprets trends, and SOAP notes drafted and ready to sign. Teams choose Cadence when capture speed and clinical presence matter most.
- Can I move my data from Theralytics to Cadence ABA?
- Cadence imports clients, targets, and past session data from CSV, so records exported from Theralytics as CSV files can come with you, and historical graphs continue rather than restarting at your go-live date. For any column it does not recognize, Cadence suggests a mapping and flags rows that need a decision; nothing is committed until you confirm. CSV import is included on every plan.
For what Cadence costs and how it handles PHI, the pricing FAQ and the product FAQ hold the canonical answers.
Theralytics details reflect publicly available information as of the date above and may change; where those materials did not settle a capability, the table says so. Verify current specifics with the vendor. Cadence figures come from our published pricing.