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At a glance
- Verdict
- Berries is a mental-health-only scribe with a real free tier, a $79 unlimited plan, a no-training commitment, optional 30-day auto-delete, and treatment plans and ICD-10 suggestions. EHR transfer is copy and paste, with one-click push still in limited beta.
- Best for
- Therapists, psychologists, counselors and PMHNPs who want a low-cost scribe with treatment plans, session prep and a written no-training commitment.
- Skip if
- You need notes written into your EHR today, a native Epic integration, or a SOC 2 Type 2 report you can confirm from public pages.
- Entry price
- Free trial (first 20 sessions, then 10 per month); Pro $99/month billed monthly, or $948/year billed annually ($79/month) [8][1]; Group Practice custom [1].
- BAA
- Yes. Every clinician who signs up is covered by the published BAA, part of the Terms of Use [2][3].
- Research score
- 70/100. Berries is ranked #7 among vendors with a documented BAA.
- Page updated
- 2026-10-23
- Vendor facts verified
- 2026-10-23
Research scores are not clinical performance scores. They rate what each vendor publicly documents about pricing, EHR integration, privacy and security, specialty fit and workflow features. They do not measure note accuracy, clinical safety or patient outcomes, and we did not test any product hands-on. How research scores work
What changed
- 2026-10-17: Dates: the page now shows Page updated (the last edit to this page) and Vendor facts verified (2026-10-23, the newest check of Berries's official pages, from the dated Sources list) instead of one date, and a note explains that research scores are not clinical performance scores. Scores, ranks and facts unchanged.
- 2026-10-23: Initial review published, score 70/100, rank #7.
Full history on the corrections page.
Who it is for
Who Berries is for
Therapists, psychologists, counselors and PMHNPs who want a low-cost scribe with treatment plans, session prep and a written no-training commitment.
Who should skip Berries
You need notes written into your EHR today, a native Epic integration, or a SOC 2 Type 2 report you can confirm from public pages.
Pricing
Trial: free for the first 20 sessions, then 10 sessions a month, no credit card [1][8]. Pro: $99 per user billed monthly, or $948 per user billed annually, which is the $79/month shown on the pricing page [8][1]. Pro includes unlimited sessions, personalized templates, treatment plans, instruction emails, pre-session highlights, ICD-10 codes and AI chat; cancel anytime [1]. Group Practice: custom pricing [1]. Student and early-career discounts are available on request; amounts not published [8].
EHR integration depth
Berries works alongside any EMR by copy and paste or PDF export [4]. One-click EMR Push through a Chrome extension is in limited beta for unnamed browser-based mental health EMRs [7]. No Epic or other named native integration is published.
Security and privacy
Berries says it complies with HIPAA, HITECH and PHIPA, is SOC 2 certified (report type not stated), encrypts data in transit and at rest, and stores data in the United States [2]. It says it never uses PHI or personal data to train its models [2]. Session notes can be deleted at any time or set to auto-delete after 30 days [2]. The BAA says Berries will not use PHI to train AI models, may use de-identified data to operate and improve the services, and stores PHI, including backups, in the United States [3].
Specialty suitability
Built only for mental health clinicians, with 20+ built-in templates, treatment plans and patient instructions [1]. Session recordings are not stored (vendor-reported) [2]. The BAA (last updated 2026-10-11) says that for 42 CFR Part 2 records, Berries acts as a qualified service organization bound by Part 2, and the program must notify Berries before submitting such records [3].
Workflow and UX
Works in the browser on desktop and mobile, and an iOS app captures in-person sessions [5][6]. Supports in-person and virtual sessions [5]. Suggests ICD-10 codes and drafts patient instructions [1].
Score items
| Rubric item | Points | Basis |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing transparency and value (15/20) | ||
| Prices published | 5/5 | $99/month monthly or $948/year [8] |
| Free plan or trial | 5/5 | 20 sessions, then 10/month free [1] |
| Published entry price at or under $100/mo | 5/5 | $99/month monthly ($79/month on annual billing) [8] |
| Contract terms disclosed | 0/5 | Only 'cancel anytime' on pricing page: ask vendor [1] |
| EHR integration depth (0/20) | ||
| Notes delivered into EHR (push or writeback) | 0/5 | Copy/paste or PDF; push in limited beta [7] |
| Epic integration | 0/5 | Not published Ask vendor |
| Other named native integration | 0/5 | Not published Ask vendor |
| Bidirectional or in-chart workflow documented | 0/5 | Not published Ask vendor |
| Privacy and security (15/20) | ||
| BAA publicly documented | 5/5 | Published BAA covers every sign-up [3] |
| SOC 2 Type 2 | 0/5 | SOC 2 stated, type not published [2] |
| Retention and deletion controls documented | 5/5 | Manual delete or 30-day auto-delete [2] |
| Model training policy (5 no training, 3 de-identified only) | 5/5 | Never uses PHI to train models [2] |
| Specialty and psychiatry fit (20/20) | ||
| Psychiatry or behavioral health support documented | 5/5 | Mental health only [1] |
| Audio deleted by default | 5/5 | Recordings not stored (vendor-reported) [2] |
| Short note retention the clinician can set | 5/5 | 30-day auto-delete option [2] |
| 42 CFR Part 2 controls documented | 5/5 | BAA: qualified service organization terms for Part 2 records [3] |
| Workflow features (20/20) | ||
| Mobile capture | 5/5 | iOS app [6] |
| Telehealth capture | 5/5 | In-person and virtual sessions [5] |
| Coding help | 5/5 | ICD-10 suggestions [1] |
| Patient instructions or letters | 5/5 | Patient instructions [1] |
| Research score | Total of the five categories above (rubric v2). Berries is ranked #7 among vendors with a documented BAA. | |
Methodology
Facts come from Berries's public pricing, security, legal and help pages, checked on the dates listed below. We did not test the product hands-on and had no vendor calls or demo accounts. Items the vendor does not publish score 0 and are marked Ask vendor. Read the full methodology and editorial policy.
Sources and last checked
- 1. Berries pricing. Checked 2026-10-23.
- 2. Berries Security Center. Checked 2026-10-23.
- 3. Berries Business Associate Agreement. Checked 2026-10-23.
- 4. Berries Help Center: Getting started. Checked 2026-10-23.
- 5. Berries Help Center: FAQ. Checked 2026-10-23.
- 6. Berries Help Center: iOS app. Checked 2026-10-23.
- 7. Berries EMR Push (beta). Checked 2026-10-23.
- 8. Berries Help Center: Berries Pricing. Checked 2026-10-23.