Honest comparison
If you run your practice on SimplePractice, the free website add-on is tempting: it's included, it pulls your details automatically, and it takes an afternoon. For many new practices, it's the right first step.
But EHR websites are built for administration, not persuasion. Here's an honest look at where the included site stops — and what a purpose-built site adds when you're ready.
SimplePractice's included site is a fine placeholder — free with your EHR. When you're ready for a site that actually persuades, Ground8 builds it from your words for $57/mo all-inclusive.
| Criterion | SimplePractice | Ground8 |
|---|---|---|
| Purpose | Administrative extension of your EHR: bio, services, booking link. Functional, not persuasive. | Built to convert visitors into inquiries: specialty pages, honest FAQs, and copy that sounds like you. |
| Copy | Your text in their boxes — most end up short and clinical. | Warm, ethically-worded copy drafted from your briefing and refined by a human. |
| Design range | Clean but unmistakably SimplePractice — clients who've seen one recognize them all. | Individual build per practice; no platform fingerprints. |
| Cost | Included with your EHR subscription — genuinely free at the margin. | $57/mo all-inclusive, no setup, files downloadable anytime, cancel anytime. |
| SEO | Basic presence; limited control over structure, metadata, and local optimization. | Human-reviewed local SEO on every page before launch. |
Stay with the EHR site while you're validating the practice. Move to a purpose-built site when most of your inquiries come from the web and your current pages aren't converting them.
Absolutely — your Ground8 site links to your SimplePractice portal for intake and booking. We replace the persuasion layer, not your practice management.
Often yes. The upgrade moment is when you're getting traffic but not inquiries — that's a copy and trust problem the EHR template can't solve.
Done properly, no — domains transfer and redirects preserve what you've earned. A better-converting site usually improves effective rankings by earning more engagement.
15 minutes for the briefing. Compare that with the weekends most therapists spend trying to make EHR templates sound human.
Answer a 15-minute briefing in your own words. Our AI drafts your site, a human QA expert refines every line for warmth and ethics compliance, and you approve before launch. $57/mo all-inclusive, no setup — your files downloadable anytime.