Apps and online care
Eleanor Health vs Bicycle Health
They differ on 6 of 10 things we check. No winner here: the better one is the one that fits what you need and how you'd pay.
Eleanor Health
You meet with an Eleanor prescriber, therapist and peer recovery coach, mostly by video, for medication treatment and counseling for opioid, alcohol or other substance use.
Bicycle Health
You book a video visit with a Bicycle Health clinician, who can prescribe buprenorphine (Suboxone), often the same day, and you keep regular check-ins plus optional coaching and support groups.
Where they differ
- Good for
- Eleanor Health: Adults with opioid use disorder who want buprenorphine (Suboxone) with counseling; People with alcohol or other substance use plus anxiety or depression
- Bicycle Health: Adults with opioid use disorder who want to start buprenorphine (Suboxone) quickly by video; People with commercial insurance, Medicaid or Medicare in one of Bicycle's 27 states
- Probably not for
- Eleanor Health: Anyone in crisis or at risk of overdose: call 911, or call or text 988
- Bicycle Health: Anyone in crisis or overdose: call 911, or call or text 988
- Cost
- Eleanor Health: Copay with insurance; $249/month self-pay medication program
- Bicycle Health: Copay with insurance (most pay under $35/month); $249/month self-pay
- Research
- Eleanor Health: Early research
- Bicycle Health: Limited research
- Privacy
- Eleanor Health: Not graded
- Bicycle Health: Grade C
- Sells your data
- Eleanor Health: Not stated
- Bicycle Health: No
The same for both: kind of help (a therapist), how you pay (insurance), where (web), hipaa (yes).
In crisis or thinking about suicide? In the US, call or text 988. This page is information from our reviews, not medical advice.