SLPDesk vs. Presence / Kanga
Presence is built for teletherapy staffing agencies managing contractors across districts. SLPDesk is built for school districts with in-house SLP teams — AI notes, Medicaid billing, SLPA delegation, and self-serve pricing included.
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Built for In-House TeamsFree plan · Pro $24/mo ($19/mo billed annually)
Purpose-built for school district SLP teams. AI session notes, 763 activities, Medicaid billing, SLPA delegation with audit trail, district admin dashboard, and parent portal — with self-service pricing starting free.
✓ Free tier — start without a contract
Presence / Kanga
Enterprise contract
Large teletherapy platform with 10,000+ activities and 7M+ sessions delivered. Designed primarily for managed teletherapy staffing agencies. Requires enterprise contracts, no self-service pricing, no AI documentation, no Medicaid billing tools for in-house teams.
Enterprise contracts only. No self-service sign-up.
Side by side
| Capability | SLPDesk | Presence |
|---|---|---|
| At a glance | ||
| Trial data recorded during activities | ✓ Every mark is a trial on the student's goal | — |
| IEP goal tracking | ✓ | ✓ |
| Caseload & scheduling | ✓ | — |
| AI documentation (session notes) | ✓ SOAP notes drafted from session data | ✗ |
| Student device / link play | ✓ Login-free play links that record | ✓ |
| Price | Free plan · Pro $24/mo ($19/mo billed annually) | Enterprise contract |
| Documentation | ||
| AI-generated session notes | ✓ Streams as it drafts | ✗ |
| Streaming note generation | ✓ | ✗ |
| AI parent progress summaries | ✓ | ✗ |
| Medicaid billing export | ✓ ICD-10 + CPT codes | ◐ Via managed staffing workflow |
| Activity Delivery | ||
| Therapy materials library | ✓ 763 curated activities | ✓ 10,000+ activities |
| Real-time collaborative delivery | ✓ WebSocket, 4 delivery modes | ✓ |
| Student-only distraction-free view | ✓ | ✓ |
| Classroom / projector mode | ✓ | ◐ |
| Custom activity builder | ✓ | ◐ |
| IEP & Goals | ||
| IEP goal bank | ✓ | ✓ |
| Goal progress tracking | ✓ | ✓ |
| Goals auto-pulled into notes | ✓ | ✗ |
| School-Specific | ||
| District admin dashboard | ✓ Service minutes, productivity, compliance | ✗ |
| SLPA delegation + audit trail | ✓ | ✗ |
| In-house district SLP team tools | ✓ | ✗ Designed for managed staffing agencies |
| School district Medicaid billing | ✓ | ✗ |
| Platform | ||
| Self-service pricing / sign-up | ✓ | ✗ Enterprise contract required |
| Free tier | ✓ No credit card required | ✗ |
| Individual SLP pricing | ✓ | ✗ District-only enterprise contracts |
| Parent Engagement | ||
| Parent portal | ✓ Progress + session summaries | ✗ |
| Home practice assignments | ✓ | ◐ |
| Compliance | ||
| FERPA / HIPAA compliance | ✓ | ✓ |
| Compliance audit log | ✓ | ◐ |
| Service minutes reporting | ✓ | ◐ Via agency reporting |
Comparison based on publicly available information as of April 2026. "—" means we could not verify it either way. Features change — email hello@slpdesk.com if something is wrong. See every comparison.
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No managed staffing required. SLPDesk gives your district's own SLP team AI documentation, real-time delivery, and Medicaid billing — starting free.
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