Side-by-side comparison
Mena vs Psiconecta
AI session documentation vs practice administration
Psiconecta is a Portuguese platform for psychologists covering bookings, online payments, automatic invoicing and integrated video calls. Mena is an AI clinical assistant that records and transcribes the session, drafts the note, and recalls context across sessions. Psiconecta's public pages state no AI features, so the two products cover different halves of the same working day.
The short answer
Psiconecta is the stronger choice if your priority is filling the diary and collecting the money: it takes payment at the moment of booking on Portuguese rails, has a genuinely free tier, and starts at €20 per month. Mena is the stronger choice if your priority is the clinical work itself — Psiconecta publishes no AI capability of any kind, so every note is still written by hand.
Choose Mena if
- You want the session documented for you. Psiconecta states no transcription, no summaries and no AI anywhere on its site.
- You want clinical depth — session themes, thinking-pattern notes, and your notes recalled across sessions.
- You want fiscal documents communicated to the Autoridade Tributária automatically, not just issued.
- You work in more than Portuguese. Psiconecta is Portuguese-only, with no language switcher.
Choose Psiconecta if
- You want to start at zero cost. Psiconecta has a real €0 tier; Mena has none.
- You want the patient to pay when they book, by card or MB Way, with the money landing in your account automatically.
- Budget is the binding constraint: €20 per month against Mena's €39.99.
- You want longer to evaluate: Psiconecta offers 30 days, Mena offers 14.
Feature comparison
Where each product is strong, based only on what each vendor publishes on its own site.
| Feature | Mena.ai | Psiconecta |
|---|---|---|
| Clinical documentation | ||
| AI-Drafted Clinical Notes | Yes | Not stated |
| Session Recording & Transcription | Yes | Not stated |
| Session Analysis (CBT) | Yes | Not stated |
| Cross-Session Clinical Memory | Yes | Not stated |
| Practice management | ||
| Online Scheduling | Yes | Yes |
| Built-in Video Sessions | Yes | Yes |
| Patient Forms & Questionnaires | Yes | Yes |
| Automatic SMS & Email Reminders | Yes | Yes |
| Team & Clinic Management | Yes | Yes |
| Online Patient Payments | Yes | Yes |
| Portugal & compliance | ||
| Portuguese AT-compliant invoicingBoth reach compliance through certified third-party software: Mena via Cegid Vendus, Psiconecta via Invoice Express, Moloni, Sage, Vendus or Cegid. | Yes | Yes |
| Automatic filing with the AT portal | Yes | Not stated |
| Stated Encryption of Clinical Notes | Yes | Yes |
| Stated GDPR / RGPD Compliance | Yes | Yes |
| Stated EU Data Residency | Yes | Not stated |
| Plans & pricing | ||
| Free Plan | Partial | Yes |
| Free Trial Length | 14 days | 30 days |
| Starting Price | €39.99/mo | Free / €20/mo |
Clinical documentation
- AI-Drafted Clinical Notes
- Mena.aiYesPsiconectaNot stated
- Session Recording & Transcription
- Mena.aiYesPsiconectaNot stated
- Session Analysis (CBT)
- Mena.aiYesPsiconectaNot stated
- Cross-Session Clinical Memory
- Mena.aiYesPsiconectaNot stated
Practice management
- Online Scheduling
- Mena.aiYesPsiconectaYes
- Built-in Video Sessions
- Mena.aiYesPsiconectaYes
- Patient Forms & Questionnaires
- Mena.aiYesPsiconectaYes
- Automatic SMS & Email Reminders
- Mena.aiYesPsiconectaYes
- Team & Clinic Management
- Mena.aiYesPsiconectaYes
- Online Patient Payments
- Mena.aiYesPsiconectaYes
Portugal & compliance
- Portuguese AT-compliant invoicingBoth reach compliance through certified third-party software: Mena via Cegid Vendus, Psiconecta via Invoice Express, Moloni, Sage, Vendus or Cegid.
- Mena.aiYesPsiconectaYes
- Automatic filing with the AT portal
- Mena.aiYesPsiconectaNot stated
- Stated Encryption of Clinical Notes
- Mena.aiYesPsiconectaYes
- Stated GDPR / RGPD Compliance
- Mena.aiYesPsiconectaYes
- Stated EU Data Residency
- Mena.aiYesPsiconectaNot stated
Plans & pricing
- Free Plan
- Mena.aiPartialPsiconectaYes
- Free Trial Length
- Mena.ai14 daysPsiconecta30 days
- Starting Price
- Mena.ai€39.99/moPsiconectaFree / €20/mo
Comparison based on Psiconecta's own public pages (psiconecta.pt), read on 17 August 2026. Capabilities Psiconecta does not publicly document are shown as not stated rather than unavailable. Pricing and features change — please verify current details with each vendor.
Criterion by criterion
What each platform actually does
Both are Portuguese and both are built for psychologists. The two products solve genuinely different halves of the same practice, which is what this table is for.
| Criterion | Mena.ai | Psiconecta |
|---|---|---|
| AI clinical documentationThe single largest difference between the two products. | Records and transcribes the session, drafts the clinical note, and organises the themes and thinking patterns you confirm — each tied to the quote it came from. Included in every paid plan. | Not stated. A keyword check across eight Psiconecta pages found no occurrence of IA, inteligência artificial, AI, transcrição, resumos or gravação. Notes are written by hand. |
| Clinical recordBoth hold notes; the depth differs. | Psychology-specific documentation with structured session themes, an optional vocabulary of thinking patterns, validated questionnaires and clinical memory carried between sessions. | Clinical notes encrypted with AES-256, custom patient forms, and daily patient activities with progress tracking. A solid record, without the structured clinical layer. |
| Payments and collectionPsiconecta wins this outright. | Invoices and receipts are issued from the practice record. Mena does not collect the payment at the moment the patient books. | The patient pays when booking, by card or MB Way, and the money moves to your account automatically. Processing costs 1.5% plus a per-transaction fee falling by tier from €3.00 to €0.70 to €0.25. |
| Portuguese invoicingParity on compliance. The difference is what happens after the invoice exists. | Fiscal documents are generated through Cegid Vendus, an AT-certified provider, and communicated to the Autoridade Tributária portal automatically. Invoicing is a tiered add-on from €14.99 per month. | Invoices are issued as soon as the session ends, and Psiconecta names integrations with Invoice Express, Moloni, Sage, Vendus and Cegid — the same class of certified third party. It states no AT-portal communication. |
| Front office and schedulingPsiconecta's breadth here is real and worth weighing. | Scheduling, built-in video sessions, patient portal and automated reminders, built around the clinical workflow rather than around patient acquisition. | One-click booking on a shareable link with live availability, native video with a virtual waiting room, SMS and email reminders, patient forms, team practice with shared records and centralised payments, and a custom subdomain. |
| LanguageRelevant only if you work outside Portuguese. | Interface and clinical AI operate in European Portuguese, English, Spanish, French, German and Italian. | Portuguese only. No language switcher was found on the site. |
| What neither publishesHeld against both sides equally. | Mena states EU hosting concretely, which is the one commitment Psiconecta does not make. | No data-residency or hosting-location commitment. No mobile app, API or calendar sync stated. Four candidate terms and privacy URLs returned 404 on 17 August 2026 — treat as unverifiable, not as absent. |
Psiconecta claims taken from its own public pages, read on 17 August 2026. Capabilities Psiconecta does not publicly document are shown as not stated rather than unavailable. Parts of its site render client-side, so a capability may exist without appearing in its published pages.
What it costs
Pricing, both sides, in full
Both vendors publish their prices, which makes this an unusually clean comparison. Figures exclude VAT and are as published on 17 August 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it includes |
|---|---|---|
| Essential | €39.99/mo | Scheduling, video sessions, patient portal, billing, and the full clinical AI suite — recording, transcription, drafted notes, session themes and cross-session memory. |
| Intelligent | €79.99/mo | Everything in Essential, plus the advanced tooling for growing practices and small teams. |
| Enterprise | Custom | For clinics and organisations needing custom integrations, on request. |
| Plan | Price | What it includes |
|---|---|---|
| Grátis | €0 | A genuinely free tier. Mena has no equivalent, and for a psychologist just starting out this is a real advantage. |
| Pro | €20/mo + €5 | €20 base per month plus €5 for each additional team member. Half Mena's entry price. |
| Clínica | €60/mo + €5 | €60 base per month plus €5 per additional member, for clinic administration across a team. |
- The subscription is not the whole cost
- Psiconecta's payment collection carries a processing charge of 1.5% plus a per-transaction fee that falls by tier — €3.00, then €0.70, then €0.25. On a practice billing several thousand euros a month, that is a real line item and should be modelled against the lower subscription price rather than ignored.
- Mena's invoicing is an add-on
- Portuguese fiscal invoicing on Mena is tiered: €14.99 per month for up to 170 documents, €49.99 per month for unlimited. Stated plainly, because the honest comparison is Mena's €39.99 plus €14.99 against Psiconecta's €20 plus processing fees.
- Psiconecta's trial is longer
- Psiconecta offers 30 days of free trial for new therapist accounts. Mena offers 14 days and starts with a setup call. If you want a long, unaccompanied evaluation, that is a point for Psiconecta.
- Annual billing
- Mena's annual billing saves 20%, bringing Essential to €31.99 per month (€383.90 per year) and Intelligent to €63.99 per month (€767.90 per year).
Mena prices from mena-ai.pt/pricing. Psiconecta prices from psiconecta.pt/specialists/pricing. Note that Psiconecta's /specialists page says 'Sem mensalidades' while its pricing page publishes monthly plans; the pricing page is the figure used here.
Two approaches
Two products for two halves of the day
Psiconecta handles the administrative side of a Portuguese psychology practice: filling the diary, taking the payment, issuing the invoice. Mena handles the clinical record that follows each session. Neither replaces the other outright, and the honest question is which half costs you more time today.
Psiconecta strengths:
- Built in Portugal specifically for psychologists, with a Portuguese-language interface
- Patients pay at the moment of booking by card or MB Way, with the amount credited automatically
- Integrated video calls with a virtual waiting room and one link per session
- A genuinely free €0 plan, with paid plans from €20 per month plus €5 per extra member
- A 30-day free trial — longer than Mena's 14 days
Mena strengths:
- An AI clinical assistant that drafts your session note for review
- Automatic session recording with real-time transcription
- CBT session analysis that organizes the themes and thinking patterns you note
- Cross-session clinical memory that recalls your earlier notes as you prepare
- Fiscal documents generated and filed with the AT portal automatically, through certified Cegid Vendus
- Stated EU data residency, with GDPR and EU AI Act alignment
The honest part
When Psiconecta is the better choice
Psiconecta is a serious Portuguese product built by people who understand this market. There are practices for which it is straightforwardly the right purchase.
- You are just starting out
- Psiconecta has a real €0 tier and a €20 entry plan against Mena's €39.99, plus a 30-day trial against Mena's 14. If you are building a caseload from nothing and every euro is committed, the cheaper product that fills the diary beats the better-documented one you cannot yet afford. That is not a close call.
- Collecting payment is your actual problem
- If your difficulty is chasing money after the session rather than writing the note, Psiconecta solves your problem directly and Mena does not. Payment at the moment of booking, by card or MB Way, with automatic transfer to your account, is a capability Mena has no equivalent of. Weigh the processing fees, then buy the thing that fixes the bottleneck.
- You already use Moloni, Sage or Invoice Express
- Psiconecta names integrations with the Portuguese certified-invoicing incumbents, so your existing fiscal setup carries over rather than being replaced. Mena routes invoicing through Cegid Vendus as a paid add-on. If you are happy with your current invoicing software and do not want to move it, Psiconecta is the lower-friction path.
- You want front-office breadth over clinical depth
- Booking links, virtual waiting room, SMS reminders, patient forms and activities, clinic administration and a custom subdomain add up to a complete front office. If your notes are already fast and what you need is everything around the session, Psiconecta covers more of that surface than Mena does.
The dividing line is honest and fairly simple: Psiconecta is built around getting the patient booked and paid, Mena around what happens in the session and the record it leaves. If documentation is where your hours go, that is the case for Mena — and if it is not, it genuinely is not.
When Mena fits
When Mena is the right fit
Psiconecta is a sound choice for a Portuguese practice that mainly needs bookings, payments and invoicing, and it is cheaper to start. Mena fits clinicians whose bottleneck is writing up sessions rather than filling the diary.
- The half that admin tools leave out
- Psiconecta organizes your bookings, payments and invoices. Mena works on the session itself: recording, transcription, a drafted summary, and the themes and thinking patterns you note.
- The note is drafted for you
- Mena captures the session and prepares a summary you review and approve, so writing up takes minutes instead of evenings. You remain the author of every clinical judgement.
- Invoicing that files itself
- Both platforms reach Portuguese fiscal compliance through certified third-party software, so neither is more compliant than the other. The difference is automation: Mena generates each fiscal document and communicates it to the AT portal without a manual step, taking the filing work out of the week.
- EU data residency, stated
- Mena stores data in the European Union and is aligned with GDPR and the EU AI Act, with transparent AI usage and audit logs. Psiconecta states AES-256 encryption and RGPD conformity but does not publish a hosting location.
Questions
Frequently Asked Questions
- What is Psiconecta and who is it for?
- Psiconecta is a Portuguese platform for psychologists and clinics. It handles online booking, patient payments by card or MB Way, automatic invoice issuing, integrated video calls with a virtual waiting room, custom patient forms and team management. Its own pages describe it as the simplest way to manage patients, appointments and payments.
- Does Psiconecta include AI clinical notes or transcription?
- Psiconecta's public pages state no AI features. Across its site on 17 August 2026 we found no mention of AI, transcription, session recording or automatic summaries. Mena records and transcribes the session, drafts the note for your review, and recalls context from earlier sessions. Clinical decisions always remain yours.
- How does invoicing compare?
- Both route Portuguese fiscal compliance through certified third-party software: Mena through Cegid Vendus, Psiconecta through Invoice Express, Moloni, Sage, Vendus or Cegid. Neither is more compliant than the other. What differs is automation, because Mena generates the fiscal document and communicates it to the AT portal without a manual step.
- Is Psiconecta cheaper than Mena?
- On list price, yes. Psiconecta publishes a free €0 plan, Pro at €20 per month and Clínica at €60 per month, each plus €5 per extra member, with a 30-day trial. Mena's paid plans start at €39.99 per month with a 14-day trial, and include the AI clinical layer.
- Can I use Mena alongside Psiconecta?
- Yes. Some practices keep an existing booking and payment tool and add Mena purely for session documentation. Mena also covers scheduling, video sessions, patient portal and invoicing if you would rather run one system. Our team can help import patients and appointments if you decide to consolidate.
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