Comparison
SimplePractice is designed for private practice clinicians billing insurance. SLPDesk is built for school-based SLPs — IEP goals, Medicaid billing, real-time activity delivery, and AI documentation included from day one.
Try SLPDesk freePurpose-built for school district SLP teams. AI session notes, 200+ therapy activities, IEP goal tracking, Medicaid billing, SLPA delegation with audit trail, district admin dashboard, and parent portal — starting free.
Leading practice management platform for private practice clinicians. Strong for scheduling, insurance billing, and intake forms. Not designed for school-based work — no IEP tools, no therapy activity library, no Medicaid school billing, no SLPA delegation.
Comparison based on publicly available information as of April 2026. Email us if anything is inaccurate.
SimplePractice was built for insurance billing, not IEPs. SLPDesk has a built-in goal bank, trial recording, and progress charts aligned to IEP reporting cycles.
SimplePractice has no therapy materials. SLPDesk includes 300+ curated activities with real-time delivery, flashcards, drill modes, and a custom builder.
School-based Medicaid follows a different workflow than private-pay billing. SLPDesk exports sessions with ICD-10 + CPT codes in the format districts need.
SLPDesk is the only platform built end-to-end for school-based speech-language pathologists — from IEP goals to Medicaid billing to AI notes.
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