Jane App vs Cliniko for Canadian clinics
Both are excellent practice management platforms. We compared them on what actually matters for a Canadian clinic: insurance direct billing, charting, accounting integration, and price. Here is which one to pick.
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Jane for insurance, Cliniko for solo and Xero
The pick for Canadian clinics that bill insurance. TELUS eClaims direct billing, discipline-specific charting, telehealth, and support across North America in one platform.
The pick for a solo or cash-pay practice on a budget, or a clinic that wants a direct Xero accounting sync. Clean, affordable, lighter on Canadian insurance.
Jane App vs Cliniko, feature by feature
How we compared: a CPA compared both from each vendor’s own pages, checking insurance billing workflows, charting, the path to Xero or QuickBooks, and data residency. Prices checked at jane.app/pricing and cliniko.com/pricing on October 8, 2026. Cliniko shows visitors in Canada its prices in Canadian dollars; visitors elsewhere see other currencies, such as $45 USD for one practitioner. Cliniko’s note templates are fully customisable, but you build your own; Jane adds a library of more than 10,000 chart templates.
What Jane App and Cliniko cost for your team
Cliniko costs $49 CAD a month for one practitioner and $99 for two to five, with every feature included. Jane Practice costs $79 CAD for the first full-time practitioner plus $35 for each additional one. Jane’s Insurance Billing add-on, which bills TELUS eClaims, Teleplan and Pacific Blue Cross directly, adds $20 a month plus $5 per additional full-time practitioner.
| Full-time practitioners | Cliniko | Jane Practice | Jane Practice with Insurance Billing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $49 | $79 | $99 |
| 3 | $99 | $149 | $179 |
| 5 | $99 | $219 | $259 |
| 8 | $149 | $324 | $379 |
Monthly prices in Canadian dollars. Jane totals match Jane’s pricing calculator; a part-time practitioner costs $17.50 a month on Practice, plus $2.50 with Insurance Billing. For one practitioner with up to 20 appointments a month, Jane Balance costs $59 a month but cannot add Insurance Billing. Cliniko’s bands continue at $199 for 9 to 12 practitioners, $299 for 13 to 25 and $399 for 26 to 200. Cliniko charges 15 cents per SMS; Jane Practice includes unlimited SMS reminders where Jane offers SMS.
Cliniko is the cheaper subscription at every size in the table, and the gap grows with the team: at five full-time practitioners it is $99 a month against $219 for Jane Practice. Jane earns the difference if you bill extended health insurance, because Cliniko’s connected apps include no claiming tool for Canadian insurers. Every Jane plan and add-on is in our Jane App pricing guide.
Which one should you choose?
- You bill extended health insurance (RMT, physio, chiro, counselling)
- You run a multi-practitioner or multi-disciplinary clinic
- You want discipline-specific charting for every practitioner in the clinic
- You want a Canadian-built platform with support across North America
- You are solo or cash-pay and want the lowest cost
- You want a direct Xero integration with no manual export
- You do little or no Canadian insurance direct billing
- You prefer a lighter, simpler interface
Switching from Cliniko to Jane
These are Jane’s published terms, from the FAQ at jane.app/faq, read on September 25, 2026. The advice underneath is ours.
What Jane says it does
- Free data imports from most major practice management systems. Jane brings over appointments, patient profiles, clinical notes and documents.
- Most imports are completed within a few business days, with no work required on your end. Jane’s pricing page adds that imports are booked around 10 days ahead.
- Month to month, with no long-term contract, no setup fee and no cancellation penalty.
- If you leave, Jane helps you export everything in a portable format, with no exit fees.
Sign up a couple of weeks before your go-live date and book the import the same day. That leaves time to set up services, fees and insurers and to train the front desk before the first full day on Jane. Save your old system’s billing and payment reports for your own records before you cancel it, and reconcile open invoices at the cutover. New clinics enter LEDGERLOGIC1MO in the Grace code field at signup for one month free.
Most Canadian clinics should pick Jane
If you bill insurance, Jane App wins decisively: the TELUS eClaims direct billing and Canadian focus save real hours every month, and that is what most clinics here need.
Cliniko is the smarter pick for a lean, cash-pay solo practice that values a direct Xero sync over insurance features. Whichever you choose, pair it with Xero and a monthly bookkeeper so the numbers stay clean.
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