Comparison
Metanoa vs Halaxy: which fits your pediatric therapy practice?
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Halaxy is a practice management system for more than 90 healthcare professions, with a free core platform and paid credits for extras like text messages, telehealth and AI notes. Metanoa is built for pediatric speech, OT, ABA and PT, from a solo therapist starting out to a clinic with several departments, with goals, AI notes and parents at the center.
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Goals and session plans for pediatric therapy
Therapists pull goals from a bank filtered by discipline and turn the day's goals into a session plan. Halaxy offers more than 700 clinical tools and templates across many professions.
Parents involved in every goal
The Family Portal shares session reports with parents, lets them comment on a specific goal and gives families with two children in therapy one login for both.
AI notes and text reminders in one price
Metanoa's plans include AI note drafts and text reminders. On Halaxy, the core is free, but AI Scribe, text messages and telehealth are paid for with credits.
Metanoa vs Halaxy at a glance
| Compare | Metanoa | Halaxy |
|---|---|---|
| Built for | Pediatric therapists and clinics serving children with developmental needs, from solo practices to multi-location centers | More than 90 healthcare professions, including GPs, psychologists, physios and speech pathologists |
| Clinic structure | Branches and departments, with department-level access | Unlimited practitioners and locations on the free core |
| Goals | Shared goal bank filtered by discipline, with baselines and session plans from goals | More than 700 clinical tools and templates |
| AI notes | Included on every plan | AI Scribe, paid with credits |
| Parent access | Family Portal: session reports, comments on a specific goal, one login for siblings | Patient Personal Health Record |
| Reminders | Included, text and email | Email reminders free, text messages paid with credits |
| Online booking | Online appointment form | Included in the free core |
| Telehealth | Not supported | Paid with credits |
| Funding and insurance claims | Not supported | Medicare, DVA, HICAPS and NDIS claiming |
| Price | Solo $15 a month, team plans quoted | Core free, extras from AUD $0.15 to $0.22 per credit |
| Free trial | 15 days, no credit card | Free core, no credit card |
Which one should you choose?
Choose Metanoa if:
- You run a pediatric speech, OT, ABA or PT practice and want goals and session plans set up for those sessions.
- You want every therapist writing goals from the same bank, with each department keeping its own team, prices and forms.
- Parents are part of the therapy, and you want them reading session reports and commenting on specific goals.
- You want AI notes and text reminders included in one monthly price, with no credits to track.
- Your therapists dictate in Spanish, Arabic or Hindi and need notes written in your clinic's language.
Choose Halaxy if:
- You want the core of your system free, with unlimited practitioners and locations.
- You claim from Medicare, DVA, HICAPS or NDIS and want it built in.
- You see clients over video and are happy to pay for telehealth as you use it.
- Your practice covers many professions, from GPs to allied health.
- You'd rather pay only for the extras you use than a fixed monthly plan.
How they compare, feature by feature
Goals and session plans
Metanoa
Therapists pull goals from a shared bank filtered by discipline, record baselines and generate a session plan from the goals they pick for that day. Because therapists in the same discipline start from the same bank, goals are worded the same way across your team.
Halaxy
The free core includes patient records and more than 700 clinical tools and templates for its 90-plus professions (Halaxy). If goal tracking matters to your practice, ask how a child's goals are written and tracked across sessions and therapists.
AI notes
Metanoa
Dictation or jottings from a session become a SOAP, DAP, GIRP or BIRP draft, and nothing is saved until the therapist reviews and confirms it. It captures speech in languages such as Spanish, Arabic and Hindi and writes the note in your clinic's language. AI notes are included on every plan.
Halaxy
AI Scribe is a paid extra, charged in credits like its other add-ons. Check its credits guide for how many credits a scribed session uses.
Keeping parents in the loop
Metanoa
The Family Portal is built around the child's goals. Parents get session reports, comment on a specific goal, sign forms on their phone and see photos or moments the therapist shares. A parent with two children in therapy uses one login for both.
Halaxy
It lists a Patient Personal Health Record and online booking, with some patient engagement features paid in credits. To compare them fairly, sign in as a parent with two children in care, book a session, open a session report and sign a consent form on your phone in each system.
Running a team or more than one location
Metanoa
A clinic is organized into branches and departments, with department-level access, rate plans and form libraries by department, and billing analytics broken down by department.
Halaxy
The free core includes unlimited practitioners and unlimited locations, with no per-practitioner fee (Halaxy). For a growing team, that's one of its strongest points.
Scheduling and reminders
Metanoa
Text and email reminders are included on every plan, families can request appointments through an online form, and it runs in the browser on any phone, tablet or laptop.
Halaxy
The calendar, online booking and email reminders are free (Halaxy). Text messages are paid with credits, and two-way calendar sync is a subscription feature (Halaxy).
Telehealth and claiming
Metanoa
Metanoa doesn't file insurance claims or offer telehealth. Its billing is built for families who pay directly, with each signed session priced from a rate plan and a wallet for each client.
Halaxy
Telehealth is available as a paid extra, and it handles invoicing and claiming with Medicare, DVA, HICAPS and NDIS (Halaxy). Its pricing page doesn't mention US insurance claims. If your practice depends on video sessions or funding-body claims, choose Halaxy or another tool that has them.
Try it with your own goals
Set up your practice in the trial, add a few goals and invite a parent to the Family Portal.
What each costs
| Compare | Metanoa | Halaxy |
|---|---|---|
| Core platform | Solo $15 a month, team plans quoted | Free, unlimited practitioners and locations |
| AI notes | Included | Paid with credits |
| Text reminders | Included | Paid with credits, email free |
| Telehealth | Not supported | Paid with credits |
| Claims | Not supported | Medicare, DVA, HICAPS and NDIS |
| Credits | None | AUD $0.15 to $0.22 each, subscription features from 25 a month |
| Payment processing | Ask for your quote | From 1.5% per transaction |
| Free trial | 15 days, no credit card | Free core, no credit card |
Frequently asked questions
Is Halaxy free?
Its core platform is free, including the calendar, online booking, email reminders, patient records, invoicing and unlimited practitioners and locations (Halaxy). Text messages, telehealth, secure messaging, AI Scribe and subscription features are paid with credits at AUD $0.15 to $0.22 each (Halaxy), and card payments carry a processing fee.
Can Metanoa bill insurance?
No. Metanoa doesn't file claims, post ERAs, check eligibility or connect to a clearinghouse. If funding-body or insurance claims are a large part of your income, choose a system built for them.
Does Metanoa have telehealth?
No. Metanoa is built for in-clinic sessions. Halaxy offers telehealth as a paid extra.
Is Halaxy good for pediatric speech therapy?
Halaxy supports speech pathologists among its 90-plus professions and keeps its core free. It's built for many kinds of practice, so check how it handles a child's goals, session plans and parent updates before you commit.
Which is better for a solo pediatric therapist?
If you want the lowest starting cost or need telehealth and funding-body claims, Halaxy. If families pay you directly and you want goals, session plans, AI notes, text reminders and a parent portal in one price, Metanoa's Solo plan is $15 a month.
How does pricing compare for a team?
Halaxy charges no per-practitioner fee for its core, and you pay credits for the extras each person uses. Metanoa quotes team plans for each clinic, with AI notes and reminders included.
Is Metanoa HIPAA compliant?
Yes. Metanoa is HIPAA compliant, with encrypted storage, access controls and audit logs.
See how your practice would run on Metanoa
If you work with children in speech, OT, ABA or PT and want therapists and parents working from the same goals, start with a few of your own goals in the trial.
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How we compared
We compared both products using Halaxy's pricing page and Metanoa's own docs, both checked on October 29, 2026. Halaxy doesn't yet have user reviews on the major review sites, so this comparison uses product facts only. Metanoa is our product, so we've linked every Halaxy fact to its source and named the areas where Halaxy is the better choice. Prices change often, so confirm them with each vendor before you decide.