Blueprint vs Mentalyc
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.
Side-by-Side
| Axis | B Blueprint |
M Mentalyc |
|---|---|---|
| AI Centrality | ||
| Autonomy and Oversight Model | ||
| Model and Technology Transparency | ||
| Clinical and Operational Evidence | ||
| AI Safety and PHI Stewardship | ||
| HIPAA and BAA Posture | ||
| Security Certifications and Trust Center | ||
| FDA and Regulatory Status | ||
| AI Governance and Bias Disclosure | ||
| EHR and Interoperability Depth | ||
| Deployment Model and Data Residency | ||
| Commercial Transparency | ||
| Setting and Specialty Coverage |
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.