Apps and online care
Open Path Collective vs Brightside Health
They differ on 8 of 10 things we check. No winner here: the better one is the one that fits what you need and how you'd pay.
Open Path Collective
You browse Open Path's directory, pay a one-time $65 membership, and contact a therapist who offers reduced-fee sessions online or in person.
Brightside Health
You complete an online assessment, then see a prescriber by video once a month, a therapist weekly, or both, and message your care team in between.
Where they differ
- Kind of help
- Open Path Collective: A therapist
- Brightside Health: A therapist, Medication
- Good for
- Open Path Collective: People who are uninsured or underinsured and need lower-cost therapy; People who want to choose their own therapist, online or in person
- Brightside Health: Adults with depression or anxiety who want medication management by video; People who want therapy and psychiatry from the same service
- Cost
- Open Path Collective: $65 one-time membership, then $30–$80/session
- Brightside Health: Copay with insurance; $95/month psychiatry or $299/month therapy self-pay
- How you pay
- Open Path Collective: I'll pay myself
- Brightside Health: Insurance
- Where
- Open Path Collective: Web
- Brightside Health: iPhone, Android, Web
- Research
- Open Path Collective: Not stated
- Brightside Health: Some research support
- Privacy
- Open Path Collective: Grade B
- Brightside Health: Grade C
- HIPAA
- Open Path Collective: Not stated
- Brightside Health: Yes
The same for both: probably not for (anyone in crisis: call or text 988), sells your data (no).
In crisis or thinking about suicide? In the US, call or text 988. This page is information from our reviews, not medical advice.