Blueprint vs Mentalyc (2026)
Two solo practitioner documentation tools with published pricing, split on the question that matters most when the input is recorded therapy: what happens to the data. Mentalyc holds the strongest privacy position in behavioral health, stating plainly that it does not train on client data and does not retain recordings, backed by a completed SOC 2 Type II and PHIPA certification, exactly the disclosures Blueprint lacks while therapists publicly ask whether their notes train models that could displace them. Blueprint answers a different need: it has the deepest EHR workflow in the pair with one click transfer and its own AI native EHR, the largest peer base at more than 70,000 clinicians, and the same transparent pricing. If your dealbreaker is whether your session audio is retained or used for training, start with Mentalyc. If you want the smoothest integrated workflow and the biggest adoption, start with Blueprint, and press it on its training data position.
- The smoothest workflow into an existing system: a browser extension plus EHR integrations with one click note transfer, graded A on interoperability, where Mentalyc is typically used alongside a separate EHR with no named integrations and grades C, and Blueprint also ships its own AI native EHR for practices that want to switch.
- The largest peer base in the category, more than 70,000 mental health professionals, and published self serve pricing with a free EHR on ramp and no credit card trial, graded A on commercial transparency.
- Broad modality depth across individual, couples, family, and group therapy plus psychiatry, with note structures tailored to each including a couples format that generates a note per client.
- The strongest privacy position of any behavioral health vendor indexed here: Mentalyc states plainly that it does not train on clinician or client data and does not retain session recordings, graded A on PHI stewardship, which is precisely the disclosure Blueprint lacks, where therapists have publicly asked whether their notes train models, holding Blueprint to C.
- A completed security attestation: SOC 2 Type II specifically, graded A, plus HIPAA and PHIPA certification for Canada, where Blueprint has no located third party attestation.
- Recording is optional, since notes generate from uploaded audio, dictation, transcripts, or typed summaries, which matters for the many clinicians who will not record a therapy session.
This comparison is published by AI Health Index, an independent research platform that compares healthcare AI vendors objectively. Blueprint and Mentalyc are each graded against the same capability taxonomy, from each vendor's own public materials and the regulatory record, under the AI Health Index verification standard. No vendor pays for placement, and no vendor has reviewed this page. How this evidence is graded
Plain facts
| Fact | Blueprint | Mentalyc |
|---|---|---|
| Primary category | Behavioral Health AI | Behavioral Health AI |
| Founded | 2018 | Not recorded |
| Headquarters | Chicago, Illinois, United States | New York, New York, United States |
| Website | blueprint.ai | mentalyc.com |
Side by Side
Each record in one paragraph
Written to be quoted whole. Each paragraph states what the AI Health Index verified about the vendor, with the caveats attached. Generated from this pair’s live capability grades, so it moves when a grade moves.
The AI Health Index awards Blueprint its top capability grade on AI Centrality, EHR and Interoperability Depth and Commercial Transparency. Set against Mentalyc, Blueprint grades higher on EHR and Interoperability Depth. Its thinnest published disclosure sits on Model Supply Chain Disclosure and AI Liability and Recourse. Grades reflect evidence the AI Health Index could verify at the last review, so a low grade records disclosure the vendor has not published rather than a capability it has been shown to lack.
Source: AI Health Index, July 2026
The AI Health Index awards Mentalyc its top capability grade on several axes, including AI Centrality, AI Safety and PHI Stewardship and HIPAA and BAA Posture. Set against Blueprint, Mentalyc grades higher on several axes, including Model Supply Chain Disclosure, AI Safety and PHI Stewardship and HIPAA and BAA Posture. Its thinnest published disclosure sits on AI Liability and Recourse. Grades reflect evidence the AI Health Index could verify at the last review, so a low grade records disclosure the vendor has not published rather than a capability it has been shown to lack.
Source: AI Health Index, July 2026
Questions buyers ask
Should we choose Blueprint or Mentalyc?
On the axes where the AI Health Index separates them, Blueprint grades higher on EHR and Interoperability Depth, and Mentalyc grades higher on several axes, including Model Supply Chain Disclosure, AI Safety and PHI Stewardship and HIPAA and BAA Posture. Mentalyc leads on the greater share of scored axes, but the split means the decision turns on which constraint is binding rather than on an overall winner.
Where do Blueprint and Mentalyc differ most?
The widest separation the AI Health Index records between Blueprint and Mentalyc is on EHR and Interoperability Depth, where Blueprint grades A and Mentalyc grades C. That axis sits in the Integration and Deployment group, so it should carry the most weight for a buyer whose binding constraint is how the product lands in the stack already in place.
Where do Blueprint and Mentalyc grade the same?
The AI Health Index grades Blueprint and Mentalyc the same on several axes, including AI Centrality, Autonomy and Oversight Model and Model and Technology Transparency. Neither holds an advantage the index can evidence on those axes, so they should not carry weight in a selection between these two.
What have Blueprint and Mentalyc not disclosed?
At the last review, at least one of Blueprint and Mentalyc published thin or absent detail on Model Supply Chain Disclosure and AI Liability and Recourse. The AI Health Index treats an absent disclosure as a gap in the public record rather than a failure of the product, so these are the axes to get in writing during diligence instead of inferring from the grade.
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Other published head to head assessments involving these vendors or their closest peers. The full set for this category is on the Ambient Scribes page.
Both are solo and small practice documentation tools, both grade A on AI centrality and on commercial transparency with published pricing, so the decision turns on a single axis that matters more in this category than almost anywhere in the index, because the raw input is recorded psychotherapy audio.
Mentalyc holds the clearest data position located in behavioral health, an explicit does not train and does not retain commitment plus a completed SOC 2 Type II, both independently corroborated. Blueprint publishes neither, and the concern is live rather than hypothetical, raised directly by therapists on the company's own marketing. Blueprint's countervailing strengths are real: deeper EHR workflow, its own AI native EHR option, and far larger adoption. Both grade C on clinical evidence, with no peer reviewed study located for either, and both grade C on governance for unexamined speech model performance across dialect and atypical speech.