Confidant vs Berries
Confidant runs on your computer.
Berries runs on theirs.
Berries processes therapy sessions in the cloud and charges $99 per month. Confidant runs on your computer and costs $29.99/mo ($24.99/mo billed annually), or $359 once if you'd rather own it. No third-party vendors, no server pipeline. If you need a cloud-based notes tool you can access from any device, Berries offers that. Confidant does one thing: generates your notes privately, on your computer. Here's what that difference actually means.
Compliant doesn't mean private.
Berries is HIPAA compliant and offers a BAA. Their terms state they don't retain session recordings after processing and don't use identifiable PHI to train AI, but they do allow de-identified or aggregated data to be used for analytics or service improvement. De-identified data can often be re-identified, particularly when it contains detailed narrative content from therapy sessions. The identifiers HIPAA requires removed are not the only way to recognize someone in a transcript. Confidant never receives your session data in the first place. There's nothing to de-identify because nothing ever leaves your device.
Berries' AI runs in the cloud. Confidant's runs on your computer.
Confidant has no servers. Your audio, transcripts, and notes never go anywhere, not because we have good security, but because there's nowhere for them to go. We can't sign a BAA because we're not a Business Associate under HIPAA. We never touch your clients' PHI. You can verify this by turning off your wifi. Confidant works exactly the same.
Privacy policies change. Architectures don't.
Cloud platforms' terms change, sometimes quietly, especially after an acquisition or a new round of funding. When they do, data already collected gets brought under the new terms. That's often how it gets monetized: a policy update lands in an inbox, nobody reads it, and the data quietly moves. Confidant is bootstrapped. Two people, no investors, no acquirer who might renegotiate what happens to your data. And more to the point: our architecture can't change without you noticing. Confidant runs on your computer. That's not a policy. It can't be overridden by a board decision.
The subscription math.
Berries charges $99/month, or $1,188 per year. Confidant is $29.99/month, or $24.99/month billed annually ($299.88/yr), with unlimited notes, every feature, and every update included. That's about a quarter of what Berries costs. Prefer to own it? Buy Confidant once for $359. The optional update plan ($179/yr) adds new software features after year one, but Confidant keeps working whether or not you add it.
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Common questions
Note: Pricing and feature information is based on publicly available data as of June 2026 and is subject to change. Please consult each company's website for current details. Disclaimer: This comparison is for informational purposes only and does not constitute legal or compliance advice. Consult professional guidelines and your relevant regulatory bodies for specific HIPAA requirements.