Clinic App Builder

Floot vs Jane: Clinic Software or Build Your Own? (2026)

An honest comparison of Jane, a clinic practice management system, and Floot, an AI app builder, covering what each is for, health data, pricing and when a clinic should pick one, the other or both.

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Key Takeaways

  • Jane is clinic software; Floot builds software. Jane gives you a finished practice management system. Floot gives you a way to build an app that does exactly what you describe.
  • For patient records, choose Jane. Jane offers charting, telehealth, insurance billing (as an add-on) and a BAA for HIPAA covered clinics. Floot doesn’t offer a BAA, so it shouldn’t hold PHI.
  • For workflows Jane doesn’t cover, Floot can fill the gap. Room and equipment boards, staff rotas, class timetables, internal checklists and reporting on non-PHI data are good fits for a custom app.
  • Pricing models differ. Jane is $59 to $99 a month including one practitioner, with extra licences and add-ons. Floot is free to start, $25 a month on Pro, with hosting metered by usage.
  • Many clinics would use both. Jane as the system of record for patients, and a small Floot app for the internal work that sits around it.

Quick-Start Prioritization Framework

If you need…PickWhy
Online booking, charting and intake for patientsJaneBuilt for clinics, with a BAA
Insurance billingJane (Insurance Billing add-on)Floot doesn’t do insurance billing
Telehealth video visitsJaneOne-to-one telehealth on all plans; Floot doesn’t provide video visits
A room, equipment or staff scheduling board with your own rules (no PHI)FlootBuilt around your workflow
Internal tools: checklists, rotas, inventory, non-PHI reportsFlootCustom apps from plain-English descriptions
A public class timetable or sign-up without health detailsEitherJane if it’s part of patient care; Floot if it’s standalone

Jane and Floot both come up when a clinic owner searches for better scheduling, but they are different kinds of product. Jane is a practice management system built for clinics: booking, intake, charting, telehealth, billing and payments in one place, with a business associate agreement for US clinics. Floot is an AI app builder: you describe an app in plain English and it builds a custom web app with its own database, logins and automation. This comparison explains what each does, where each is the better fit, and why, for anything involving charting, insurance billing or protected health information, a clinical system like Jane is the right choice. Floot fits the custom scheduling and internal tools around it that don’t store PHI.

What Jane is

Jane is practice management software for health and wellness clinics. Its features page lists physiotherapy, chiropractic, massage therapy, mental health, acupuncture and naturopathy among the disciplines it serves.

What it includes

Jane’s pricing page lists online booking, intake forms, charting with custom templates, outcome surveys, treatment plans and one-to-one telehealth on every plan. Practice adds unlimited staff profiles and free SMS reminders (varying by region). Thrive adds rooms and equipment, availability tagging, in-person self check-in, automated waitlist management, return visit reminders, packages, memberships, and ratings and reviews. Billing and insurance (claims, eligibility checks and balances) and Jane Payments are also part of the product, with insurance billing as an add-on.

Compliance

Jane’s pricing page lists HIPAA, PIPEDA and GDPR compliance, SOC 2-audited status and 256-bit encryption. Jane’s guide explains how US clinics sign a business associate agreement with Jane.

Pricing

Balance $59 a month (one practitioner profile, 20 appointments a month), Practice $79 and Thrive $99, each including one full-time practitioner (USD). Additional practitioners are billed as part-time or full-time licences. Add-ons include Insurance Billing ($20 a month plus $5 per additional full-time or $2.50 per part-time practitioner), AI Scribe and Group Telehealth ($15 a month per opted-in practitioner each).

What Floot is

Floot is an AI app builder. You describe the app you want in plain English, and Floot builds a full-stack web app: React screens, server code and a Postgres database for that app. You can build from ChatGPT, Claude, Claude Code, Codex or Cursor through Floot’s MCP connection, or in Floot’s own editor.

What apps can include

Each app gets its own database; sign-up and login with email, Google or Microsoft, with roles; file storage; sending and receiving email; web and phone push notifications; scheduled jobs (for example daily reminders); and realtime updates. Floot Payments handles checkout and subscriptions, paid out through Stripe. Floot can build native iOS and Android apps and submit them to the stores. Apps can run on a custom domain, publishing is free on every plan, and hosting is metered by usage.

What it is not

Floot is not a practice management system. It doesn’t provide charting templates, insurance billing, e-prescribing, EHR integration or telehealth video. Floot doesn’t claim HIPAA compliance and doesn’t offer a business associate agreement, so a clinic should not store protected health information in a Floot app.

Pricing

Free to start: 100 building actions a day and a $3 one-time hosting allowance. Pro is $25 a month with 1,000 actions a day, $10 of hosting included each month, 5,000 AI credits and custom domains with one free domain. Power is $100 a month with 5,000 actions a day, $25 of hosting and 15,000 AI credits. You can download your app’s database on every plan and its code on paid plans.

Head-to-head

A side-by-side view of what each documents. “Not offered” means the product doesn’t list it.

JaneFloot
What it isClinic practice management systemAI app builder for custom web and mobile apps
Patient online bookingAll plansYou can build booking, but not for PHI
Charting and treatment notesAll plans, with templates and AI Scribe add-onNot offered
Intake formsAll plansYou can build forms, but not for PHI
Telehealth videoOne-to-one on all plans; group as add-onNot offered
Insurance billingAdd-on ($20/mo + per-practitioner)Not offered
PaymentsJane PaymentsFloot Payments (checkout, subscriptions via Stripe)
Rooms and equipmentThrive planAny rules you describe
RemindersSMS and email (Practice and Thrive)Email, push and scheduled jobs you configure
Business associate agreementYes (per Jane’s guide)Not offered
Custom workflowsWithin Jane’s settingsWhatever you describe
Data exportReporting data listed as exportableDatabase download on every plan; code on paid plans
Price$59–$99/mo incl. one practitioner, plus licences and add-onsFree to start; Pro $25/mo; Power $100/mo; hosting metered

The core difference

Jane is a finished product with clinic workflows decided for you, and a vendor that takes on contractual obligations for patient data. That is exactly what you want for the clinical core of a practice: records, booking, billing and telehealth.

Floot is a way to make software that doesn’t exist yet. It is useful when your clinic has a workflow no product handles well and the data involved isn’t PHI. The trade-off is responsibility: you decide what the app does, test it with your staff, and keep it away from patient health information.

So the honest answer for most clinics isn’t one or the other. Jane, or another clinical system with a BAA, runs patient care. Floot can build small tools around it.

Health data: the deciding factor

If your clinic is a HIPAA covered entity, a booking system holds PHI: a patient’s name linked to an appointment at your clinic is individually identifiable health information. Any vendor that stores it for you is a business associate, and HHS guidance says you need a business associate agreement with that vendor even if the data is encrypted.

Where Jane fits

Patient booking, intake, charting, telehealth and billing all involve PHI. Jane documents a BAA, so it can hold them under the agreement.

Where Floot fits

Data that isn’t PHI: staff schedules (employment records are excluded from PHI), room and equipment availability without patient names, class timetables, internal checklists, supply inventory, and reports built from counts with no identifiers. If an idea needs patient names linked to care, it belongs in Jane or another system with a BAA.

Cost compared: a worked example

A two-practitioner physio clinic, using published prices. These are illustrative; check current prices and your own needs.

Jane

Thrive at $99 a month includes one full-time practitioner. The second practitioner’s licence is billed separately at Jane’s current rate. With the Insurance Billing add-on ($20 plus $5 for the additional full-time practitioner), the clinic pays $124 a month before the second licence and card processing, or $1,488 a year.

Floot alongside Jane

If the clinic also wants a custom room and equipment board for staff, beyond what Thrive’s rooms and equipment features cover, it could build one on Floot’s Free plan and move to Pro at $25 a month ($300 a year) if it needs more building actions, included hosting or a custom domain. A small internal app with a handful of staff users typically uses little hosting, but hosting is metered, so check your usage in the first month.

What you can’t compare

Floot can’t replace Jane’s charting, telehealth or insurance billing, so “Floot instead of Jane” isn’t a like-for-like saving for a clinic that needs those.

When to pick Jane

Choose Jane, or another clinical system with a BAA, when any of these are true.

  • You need patient online booking, intake and charting in one place.
  • You bill insurance or need eligibility checks.
  • You offer telehealth video visits.
  • You are a HIPAA covered entity and the data involves patients.
  • Your workflows match how Jane is designed, which you can test in a trial with your three hardest appointment types.

When to pick Floot

Choose Floot for a specific tool when all of these are true.

  • The workflow isn’t handled well by your clinical system or by an off-the-shelf tool.
  • The data involved isn’t protected health information.
  • You want the tool to follow your rules exactly, and someone on the team can describe them and test the result.
  • You want to own the data, with a database download on every plan.

Using both together

A practical split for a clinic that uses both: Jane holds every patient, appointment, note and invoice. A Floot app holds staff-facing operational data, such as which room has the shockwave machine this week, the opening and closing checklist, the staff training log or supply reorders.

To start a Floot app, connect Floot from the Claude connector directory (claude.ai/directory/connectors/floot-mcp-updated), the ChatGPT app directory or the Cursor Marketplace (cursor.com/marketplace/floot), and describe the tool. A good first prompt: “Build a staff-only app for our clinic to book three treatment rooms and two pieces of equipment by half-hour slot. Physios can book; the practice manager can block rooms for maintenance. No patient information.”

Common mistakes

These are the errors to avoid when combining a clinical system with custom tools.

Putting patient names in a custom app

A room board that says “Mrs Patel, 10:00, shockwave” is now holding PHI. Use the practitioner’s name or a booking reference, not the patient’s.

Rebuilding what Jane already does

Check Jane’s plan features first; Thrive covers rooms and equipment, waitlists and packages. Build only the gap.

Two sources of truth

Decide which system owns which data, and don’t duplicate patient appointments in a second tool.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Floot an alternative to Jane?

Not for clinical work. Jane is a practice management system with charting, telehealth, billing and a BAA. Floot is an AI app builder for custom apps and doesn’t offer a BAA, so it suits internal tools that don’t store PHI rather than replacing Jane.

Is Jane HIPAA compliant?

Jane’s pricing page lists HIPAA, PIPEDA and GDPR compliance, and Jane’s guide explains how clinics sign a business associate agreement. Compliance also depends on how your clinic uses it.

Is Floot HIPAA compliant?

Floot doesn’t claim HIPAA compliance and doesn’t offer a business associate agreement. Don’t store protected health information in a Floot app.

How much does Jane cost compared with Floot?

Jane is $59, $79 or $99 a month including one practitioner, with extra licences and add-ons. Floot is free to start, $25 a month on Pro and $100 on Power, with hosting metered by usage. They do different jobs, so many clinics would pay for both.

Can Floot connect to Jane?

Floot doesn’t offer a Jane integration. Keep patient data in Jane and use a Floot app only for data that isn’t PHI.

What kinds of clinic tools are good to build with Floot?

Room and equipment booking for staff, rotas, opening and closing checklists, training logs, supply inventory, class timetables and reports from counts with no patient identifiers.

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