Why coaches choose Vibly over Practice Better
Vibly is the Practice Better alternative built around coaching: video, courses, group coaching, and AI in one intuitive platform, HIPAA-compliant everywhere, from $20/month with no client caps. Less admin, fewer tabs, more coaching.
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You shouldn’t need an EHR to run a coaching practice.
Practice Better describes itself as an all-in-one EHR and practice management platform, and it is a good one. Charting, ePrescribe, insurance billing, and faxing are essential if you run a medical practice. If you are a coach, they are complexity you pay for and never use.
Vibly is a coaching platform, full stop. Scheduling, payments, video sessions, secure messaging, courses, and group coaching live behind one login, with AI built in, from $20/month and no client caps. Coaches who want software that fits the work they actually do choose Vibly.
A fundamentally different experience for coaches
Clinic-grade EHRs
Built for charting, prescriptions, and insurance paperwork. Powerful, but in their own users’ words “a little overwhelming,” with client caps on entry plans and prices that climb as you grow.²
The Vibly experience
Everything a coaching practice runs on, in one place from day one: scheduling, payments, video, messaging, courses, and AI. No client caps, no storage caps, no clinical add-ons to decode. Set up in an afternoon, not a training course.
Vibly is a coaching-native alternative to Practice Better, chosen most often by coaches who want HIPAA compliance, built-in video, AI doing the admin, and courses and group coaching in one place, from $20/month.
Sessions, courses and events, sold in one place
Vibly turns what you offer into bookable products: 1-to-1 packages, group programs, live events, and full courses, all delivered through one portal your clients sign into.
- Services, meetings, events & courses in one catalog
- Scheduling, payments & e-signed agreements built in
- Clients book, pay & sign in one flow
AI that’s built in, never metered.
AI-powered session summaries, drafted messages, and smart nudges cut busywork for coaches, while session insights and progress reporting show engagement and outcomes for every client. The AI Coach Assistant is one flat $20/month add-on with the first month free, so your bill never grows with your session count. Practice Better prices its AI Summary by usage.¹
- AI session summaries & drafted follow-ups cut post-session admin
- Smart nudges keep clients on track between sessions
- Session insights & progress tracking across clients & programs
Built for how coaches and clients work now
From 1-to-1s to cohorts and workshops, every session, message, and course lives in Vibly: scheduled, delivered, and documented in one place.
- Group scheduling & group messaging for cohorts & workshops
- Courses & programs delivered right alongside coaching
- Built-in video & HIPAA-safe messaging; no external tools
An experience clients actually enjoy
Clients get one secure portal for everything: join sessions in one click, message their coach, work through courses, and watch their own progress build.
- One-click video; call links appear right in the portal
- Progress clients can see, session by session
- Courses, resources & messaging in the same place they book
HIPAA-compliant, without the EHR overhead
Your clients trust you with sensitive conversations. Vibly is HIPAA-compliant across the whole platform, so privacy is built in, not bolted on. And when you’re ready to add coaches, Vibly grows with you instead of making you start over.
- HIPAA-compliant across the whole platform
- Add coaches anytime; no separate accounts
- Teams & Enterprise plans ready when you are
Vibly vs Practice Better
| Capability | Vibly | Practice Better |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing & value | ||
| Starting price | From $20/mo | From $25/mo billed annually; $35 monthly¹ |
| Clients on the entry plan | Unlimited | 10 clients¹ |
| Price for unlimited clients | $20/mo | From $89/mo (Plus tier)¹ |
| Free trial | 14 days | 14 days; 30 on Team¹ |
| Coaching & delivery | ||
| Built-in video sessions | ✓ | ✓¹ |
| Secure in-app client messaging | ✓ | ✓¹ |
| 1-to-1, group coaching & workshops | ✓ | ✓¹ |
| Courses | ✓ | ✓ Programs & courses¹ |
| AI & admin | ||
| AI session summaries, drafting & smart nudges | Flat $20/mo add-on | AI Summary priced by usage¹ |
| Scheduling & calendar sync | ✓ | ✓¹ |
| Custom forms & intake | ✓ | ✓¹ |
| Built around | Coaching | Clinical care: charting, ePrescribe, insurance, fax¹ |
| Trust & growth | ||
| Platform-wide HIPAA compliance | ✓ | ✓¹ |
| Storage limits | None | 1–5 GB until the Plus tier¹ |
| Add coaches as you grow | ✓ Teams plans | ✓ Team plan¹ |
Last updated: June 2026. Sources: ¹ practicebetter.io pricing, features & plan pages, June 2026. ² Practice Better reviews on G2 (4.7/5, 298 reviews), June 2026.
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How is Vibly different from Practice Better?
Practice Better is an EHR-first platform serving ten kinds of practitioners, nine of them clinical: doctors, nurse practitioners, dietitians, chiropractors, and more (per practicebetter.io, June 2026).¹ Coaches are welcome there, but the product is shaped around clinical care: charting, ePrescribe, insurance billing. Reviewers rate it highly for depth (4.7/5 on G2), and the same reviews describe it as “a little overwhelming,” mention needing tutorials to use it fully, and call out “the cost and rising prices,” with one writing that “the version I needed was more than I could afford.”²
Vibly is shaped around coaching: built-in video, secure messaging, courses and group programs, and HIPAA compliance across the whole platform, with no platform fee on client payments and no client caps. AI is built into the workflow itself, with session summaries, drafted messages, and smart client nudges for one flat monthly price, while Practice Better prices its AI Summary by usage.¹
Loved by coaches
Vibly is intuitive for coaches and clients! The ease of use allows me to spend more time coaching and connecting while spending less time with other (more clunky) systems.
Vibly is very robust and brings everything together onto one beautifully designed platform that does everything you could ask for.
Ready to make the switch from Practice Better?
Questions coaches ask us
We know switching platforms is a big decision. Here are answers to the concerns we hear most.
Is Vibly a good Practice Better alternative?
Yes. Vibly covers what coaches use Practice Better for (scheduling, payments, video sessions, secure messaging, forms, and programs) and leaves out the clinical EHR layer, starting at $20/month with no client caps.
How is Vibly different from Practice Better?
Practice Better is an EHR-first platform shaped around clinical care: charting, ePrescribe, insurance billing, and faxing. Vibly is built around coaching alone: the same HIPAA-grade privacy and built-in video, with courses, group programs, secure client messaging, and AI session summaries and smart nudges, all in one intuitive platform from $20/month with no client caps.
How does Vibly’s pricing compare to Practice Better’s?
Vibly starts at $20/month billed annually ($25 monthly) with a 14-day free trial, unlimited clients, and no platform transaction fees. Practice Better starts at $25/month billed annually ($35 monthly) with a 10-client cap, and unlimited clients requires its Plus tier at $89/month (per practicebetter.io, June 2026). Vibly’s Teams and Enterprise plans are ready as you grow.
Is Vibly HIPAA compliant?
Yes. Vibly is HIPAA-compliant platform-wide, including messaging, video, session notes, and records. Practice Better is also HIPAA compliant; the difference is what surrounds the compliance. Vibly pairs it with a coaching-native workflow instead of a clinical EHR.
Does Vibly include video calls?
Yes. Video sessions are built into Vibly with one-click join for you and your clients, fully HIPAA-compliant. No external video tools and no per-session add-ons.
Can multiple coaches work in one Vibly account?
Yes. Vibly’s Teams plans support multiple coaches in one account, with shared scheduling, group programs, and admin tools, so you never have to manage separate accounts as you grow.
What does implementation and onboarding look like?
Solo coaches and growing practices can self-serve from day one with a 14-day free trial. Teams and Enterprise plans include dedicated onboarding and training with a customer success manager.
Can we migrate from Practice Better to Vibly?
Yes. Book a demo and the Vibly team will map your current setup (clients, packages, forms, and contracts) to Vibly and support the transition during onboarding.
Does Vibly include client messaging?
Yes. Secure, HIPAA-safe messaging is built into every Vibly plan, so client conversations stay in the platform. Practice Better communicates with clients through automated email workflows and does not list in-app messaging.
Does Vibly support group coaching and workshops?
Yes. Vibly supports 1-to-1 services, group coaching, workshops, and courses in one platform.
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