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ABA data collection software compared: seven platforms, honestly

ABA data collection software records what happens in a session (DTT trials, probes, frequency, duration, ABC) and graphs it for the supervising BCBA; most products also run scheduling and billing. We compared CentralReach, Rethink, Motivity, Ensora ABA Data Collection (formerly Catalyst), Raven Health, Theralytics and ABA Matrix on data types, offline use, billing, security and price, using only what each vendor publishes. Only Motivity and Raven Health list prices.

Compare / ABA data collection software

By Ab Advany, founder of SuperChild · Published

The short answer

The short answer

For a large or multi-site clinic that wants one system for data, billing and AI notes, CentralReach or Rethink is the usual shortlist. For a small or new clinic that wants a known monthly cost, Motivity ($26 per learner for data collection) and Raven Health ($29 per client plus $500 setup) are the only two with public prices. None of the seven lists practice the learner does on their own, which is the separate job SuperChild does.

Competitor features and prices checked on against their own sites and app store listings (sources at the end).

  • All seven platforms record staff-run session data; six also sell scheduling and billing, so most clinics buy one system for both.
  • Only Motivity ($24 to $50 per learner a month) and Raven Health ($29 or from $69 per client a month) publish prices, as of November 2026.
  • Price model matters as much as price: per learner (Motivity), per client with unlimited staff (Raven Health) and per user can cost very different amounts for the same caseload.
  • Check offline mode, every data type your programs use, graphs with phase lines, and a signed BAA before you sign a 12-month contract.
  • SuperChild sits next to any of these: the learner practises VB-MAPP and ABLLS-R targets on a tablet and every trial records itself.

At a glance

ABA data collection and practice management software at a glance, November 2026

  • CentralReach

    Best for
    Large and multi-site ABA and IDD practices
    Session data collection
    Yes, mobile app with offline use and EVV
    Practice management
    Yes, with AI notes and claim checks
    Price (as of Nov 2026)
    No public pricing

  • Rethink (Rethink Behavioral Health)

    Best for
    Clinics and school districts
    Session data collection
    Yes, with analytics and ParentHub
    Practice management
    Yes, with BillAI and Session Note AI
    Price (as of Nov 2026)
    No public pricing

  • Motivity

    Best for
    Clinics that want public per-learner prices
    Session data collection
    Yes, with program builder and progress reports
    Practice management
    Yes, plus credentialing and RCM
    Price (as of Nov 2026)
    $26/learner data collection; $24 practice management; $50 all-in-one

  • Ensora ABA Data Collection (formerly Catalyst)

    Best for
    Clinics wanting VB-MAPP inside data capture
    Session data collection
    Yes, VB-MAPP integrated
    Practice management
    Through integration (AlohaABA)
    Price (as of Nov 2026)
    No public pricing

  • Raven Health

    Best for
    New and small US clinics
    Session data collection
    Yes, offline and mobile-first, with graphing
    Practice management
    Yes; managed billing option
    Price (as of Nov 2026)
    $29/client + $500 setup; Pro from $69/client

  • Theralytics

    Best for
    Small US practices
    Session data collection
    Yes, per third-party listings
    Practice management
    Yes, scheduling and billing
    Price (as of Nov 2026)
    No public pricing

  • ABA Matrix

    Best for
    US agencies wanting payroll and EVV too
    Session data collection
    Yes, offline app and live graphs
    Practice management
    Yes, billing, payroll, EVV, supervision
    Price (as of Nov 2026)
    No public pricing

  • SuperChild (different category)

    Best for
    Learner practice between sessions
    Session data collection
    No; records the learner’s own tablet trials
    Practice management
    No
    Price (as of Nov 2026)
    Priced per learner; see a demo for a quote

Prices and features from each vendor’s own site and app store listing, checked November 7, 2026. Sources at the end of the page.

Which one fits you?

  • Choose

    CentralReach or Rethink if…

    • You run a large or multi-site clinic, or serve school districts, and want one system of record.
    • You want AI help with notes, claims and audits built into the same platform.
    • You can run a demo-led buying process and negotiate a custom quote.

  • Choose

    Motivity or Raven Health if…

    • You want to see the price before the demo: Motivity from $24 per learner, Raven Health from $29 per client.
    • Your caseload is small or growing and you want cost to scale with learners, not staff.
    • You may add billing later, or (with Raven Health) hand billing to the vendor for a share of claims.

  • Choose

    Theralytics, ABA Matrix or Ensora if…

    • You are a solo BCBA or small US agency and want scheduling, billing and data in one tool.
    • You need payroll and EVV handled too (ABA Matrix lists both).
    • You want VB-MAPP scoring tied into data capture (Ensora ABA Data Collection).

  • Choose

    SuperChild if…

    • You already have, or will choose, one of the platforms above and want learners to get more trials between sessions.
    • Your targets come from the VB-MAPP or ABLLS-R and you want ready-made practice for them.
    • You need EU hosting with GDPR and HIPAA, or you supervise home programs at a distance.

What to look for in ABA data collection software

Good ABA data collection software captures every data type your programs use (DTT, probes, frequency, duration, ABC), graphs it with phase lines, works offline, and handles supervision, HIPAA and billing to the level your clinic needs, at a price model that fits your caseload.

Every product on this page can record a discrete trial. The differences show up at the edges: the duration program that only times one behavior at once, the tablet that loses a session when the Wi-Fi drops in a family’s home, the graph that cannot show a phase change. Bring two real programs from your caseload to every demo and run them start to finish on the vendor’s app.

Two data rules apply whatever you buy. Operational definitions have to be clear enough that two people would score the same response, and you check that with interobserver agreement (our free IOA calculator works out all nine methods). And a graph is only as good as the decisions it supports, so look at how fast a BCBA can spot a stalled target.

Data types
DTT trial by trial with prompt levels, cold probes, frequency and rate, duration and latency, interval recording, and ABC narrative data. Task analysis scoring if you teach chains.
Graphing
Graphs that update during the session, with phase lines, condition labels and mastery criteria you set per target.
Offline mode
Home and community sessions often lose signal. Raven Health, ABA Matrix and the CentralReach mobile app list offline use.
Billing and EVV
Authorizations, claims and electronic visit verification. Essential for a US insurance-funded clinic; irrelevant for many schools and most of Europe.
Supervision
Supervision hours, fidelity checks and IOA in the same place as the data, so RBT supervision requirements are easy to document.
Security
HIPAA with a signed business associate agreement (BAA); for EU or UK learners, GDPR and where the data is hosted.
Price model
Per learner (Motivity), per client with unlimited staff (Raven Health) or per user. Model it on your real caseload and staff count.
Left: a generic sketch of the screen an RBT taps during a session, drawn for this page and not taken from any product. Right: the checks worth running in every demo.

The seven ABA software platforms, one by one

CentralReach and Rethink are the large all-in-one platforms; Motivity and Raven Health are the ones with public prices; Ensora ABA Data Collection (formerly Catalyst by DataFinch) is a data tool with VB-MAPP built in; Theralytics and ABA Matrix aim at small and mid-size US practices.

Each summary uses only what the vendor shows on its own site, app store listing or press releases as of November 2026. Where a feature is not listed, we say so rather than assume it is missing. Ask in a demo.

CentralReach
Calls itself an AI-powered EMR for autism and IDD care and says 4,000 ABA and multidisciplinary practices trust it. The CR Mobile App handles session data, offline use, AI-assisted notes and EVV, and is rated 4.6 from 652 App Store ratings. A suite of AI tools covers scheduling, notes and claims. No public pricing. We compare it with SuperChild in detail in CentralReach vs SuperChild.
Rethink (Rethink Behavioral Health)
Data collection, analytics, scheduling, practice management, ABA billing and ParentHub, plus newer AI products for billing and session notes. Serves clinics and school districts, and shows HIPAA and HITRUST CSF badges. No public pricing.
Motivity
Real-time data collection, program building and progress reports, with scheduling, billing, authorizations, credentialing and revenue cycle management available. Development was funded by NIMH research awards. Public prices: $26 per learner a month for data collection, $24 for practice management, $50 for all-in-one, on a 12-month standard agreement with a month-to-month option.
Ensora ABA Data Collection (formerly Catalyst by DataFinch)
datafinch.com now redirects to Ensora Health (formerly Therapy Brands). The product records in-person session data and has had the VB-MAPP integrated since 2022; it also integrates with AlohaABA for practice management. A per-client price appears in third-party listings, but we could not confirm one on Ensora’s own pages.
Raven Health
Built for new and growing ABA providers: mobile-first data collection with offline mode and real-time sync, treatment plans, graphing, scheduling and claims, plus AI session notes drafted from trial data. Platform is $29 per client a month with unlimited staff licences and a $500 implementation fee; Platform Pro starts at $69. Concierge plans hand billing to Raven for 5% or 7% of claims paid. Annual contract.
Theralytics
Practice management for small ABA practices: scheduling, billing, data collection and documentation, according to its Capterra listing. The vendor’s pricing page was not reachable when we checked, so we list no price.
ABA Matrix
From Hex Matrix: data collection with live graphs, treatment plans, supervision, billing through ClaimMD, payroll, EVV, an offline data collection app and a caregiver portal. Available only in the United States. No public pricing; offers a 14-day trial.

ABA software pricing: what is public in 2026

As of November 2026, only Motivity ($24 to $50 per learner a month) and Raven Health ($29 per client a month plus a $500 implementation fee, or from $69 for Platform Pro) publish prices; CentralReach, Rethink, Ensora, Theralytics and ABA Matrix quote on request.

For a 10-learner caseload, Motivity’s data collection plan comes to $260 a month and Raven Health’s Platform to $290 a month plus the one-time $500 fee. At that size the gap between the two is small; the bigger difference is what each includes and the contract term (Motivity’s standard agreement is 12 months with a month-to-month option; Raven Health’s plans are annual).

Pricing per learner or per client favors clinics with many staff per learner (Raven Health includes unlimited staff licences). Per-user pricing does the opposite. When a vendor quotes, ask for the total at your current caseload and at double it, and whether implementation, training and data export cost extra.

Only list prices the vendors publish on their own pricing pages, checked November 7, 2026. Motivity is billed monthly with a 12-month standard agreement; Raven Health plans run on an annual contract. The 10-learner column is simple multiplication before any discount.

Best ABA data collection software by clinic size and use case

Solo BCBAs and new clinics usually fit Raven Health, Motivity or Theralytics; growing insurance-funded clinics that need payroll and EVV can look at ABA Matrix or Motivity All-In-One; large and multi-site groups usually shortlist CentralReach and Rethink.

Funding matters more than size. A US clinic billing Medicaid and commercial insurance needs authorizations, claims and often EVV, while a school, a private-pay practice or a European home program may need only good data and graphs.

  1. 1Solo BCBA or consultantStart with paper or our free ABA data sheets and graph maker until your caseload justifies software. When it does, a per-learner tool with a public price (Motivity or Raven Health) keeps costs predictable.
  2. 2New clinic, under about 25 learnersRaven Health and Motivity both publish prices and include data collection with optional billing. Raven Health’s managed billing (a share of claims) suits owners who would rather not run revenue cycle in-house.
  3. 3Growing clinic with payroll and EVVABA Matrix lists billing, payroll and EVV in one system for US agencies; Motivity All-In-One adds credentialing and revenue cycle management. Ensora ABA Data Collection suits teams that want VB-MAPP inside data capture and already use AlohaABA.
  4. 4Large or multi-site group, or a school districtCentralReach and Rethink are built for scale, with analytics, AI documentation and (for Rethink) school-district products. Expect a custom quote and a longer implementation.
  5. 5Any size, when learners need more practiceWhatever you pick for session data, independent practice between sessions is a separate job. That is where SuperChild fits, alongside your platform.
An illustrative schedule. Session data and billing live in the clinic’s data platform; the short independent blocks on off days are where SuperChild records trials; the BCBA reviews both.

Where paper data sheets and free ABA tools still fit

Paper data sheets and free tools still make sense for a solo BCBA, a parent-implemented program, a school team without an ABA platform, and as a backup when the app is down; the trade-off is hand graphing and late data.

Plenty of good ABA runs on clipboards. Paper costs nothing, works offline by definition, and every RBT knows it. What it costs is time: someone has to total the sheets, graph them and file them, and the BCBA sees the data days later instead of during the session.

Free tools close part of that gap. Print the sheet your program needs, graph the totals in a minute, and check agreement between two observers before you trust a new definition. If your team is studying for the exam, our RBT practice test covers measurement and data collection too.

ABA data collection software vs practice software for learners

ABA data collection software records the trials an RBT runs. Learner practice software like SuperChild adds independent practice on the targets the BCBA assigns and records those trials itself, so clinics use the two side by side.

Every platform above is built around an adult running the session and tapping the data. That is the right design for table-time, NET and behavior reduction, and SuperChild leaves all of it to your platform. It has no in-person DTT capture by an RBT, billing, scheduling, payroll, EVV, insurance claims or assessment scoring.

What none of the seven lists on its site (as of November 2026) is practice the learner does on their own. A new tact or listener response can take hundreds of trials to master, and a 3-hour session only holds so many. SuperChild gives the learner short 5 to 20 minute tablet blocks on the targets you choose, so practice continues on days without a session. See how it works.

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Where SuperChild fits

Where SuperChild fits next to your ABA software

SuperChild is a learner practice tool, built to sit beside a data collection or practice management platform. Keep CentralReach, Rethink, Motivity or whichever system runs your sessions and claims. SuperChild adds practice volume on top. The learner practises on a tablet with an AI coach, and every trial is recorded automatically for you.

You pick targets from 342 ready-made trainings, 159 mapped to VB-MAPP milestones and 183 to ABLLS-R tasks (the VB-MAPP goal mapper helps you choose). Each training runs 10 levels: 6 teaching levels, 3 generalization levels with new exemplars and 1 assessment level. The dashboard shows accuracy, stuck targets and mastered targets per learner, and you keep every clinical decision.

At Emirsfoundation, a Dutch youth-care provider, 23 children completed 50,194 learning trials, 44 times more practice per child than standard group care, with the same staff (read the case study). SuperChild is EU-hosted, GDPR and HIPAA compliant, and ISO 27001 and ISO 9001 certified (security). It is priced per learner; staff and parent accounts do not add cost. Request a demo to see it with one of your learners’ goals.

It is the wrong fit for learners who cannot yet tap or select on a screen, for articulation work, and for any team looking for billing, scheduling or an EHR.

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A young child tapping a picture on a tablet during a short practice session

FAQ

Questions people ask before choosing

What is the best ABA data collection software for a small clinic?
For a small US clinic, Raven Health and Motivity are the two with public prices: Raven Health Platform is $29 per client a month plus a $500 implementation fee, and Motivity data collection is $26 per learner a month. Theralytics and ABA Matrix also target small practices but quote on request. Run two of your real programs through each demo before choosing.
How much does ABA data collection software cost?
Public prices in November 2026 range from $24 to $50 per learner a month at Motivity and from $29 to $69 or more per client a month at Raven Health, plus a $500 implementation fee at Raven. CentralReach, Rethink, Ensora, Theralytics and ABA Matrix publish no prices, so ask each for a written quote at your current caseload.
Is Catalyst still available after DataFinch?
Yes. Catalyst by DataFinch is now sold as Ensora ABA Data Collection by Ensora Health, formerly Therapy Brands, and datafinch.com redirects to Ensora. Its VB-MAPP integration was announced in 2022, and a 2024 integration connects it to AlohaABA for practice management.
Do I need practice management software or just data collection?
If you bill insurance in the US, you need authorizations, claims and often EVV, so practice management pays for itself. A school team, a private-pay consultant or a European home program can often run on data collection and graphing alone, or even on paper data sheets.
Can I collect ABA data without software?
Yes. Paper data sheets work for DTT, frequency, duration, interval and ABC data, and you can graph totals by hand or with a free graphing tool. The cost is the time spent totaling and graphing, and data the BCBA sees days later.
Does SuperChild replace CentralReach, Rethink or Motivity?
No. SuperChild does no billing, scheduling, payroll, EVV, claims or in-person DTT data capture by an RBT. It adds independent tablet practice on VB-MAPP and ABLLS-R targets with every trial recorded, and clinics use it next to their data platform.

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