QliqSOFT is a clinical communication and patient engagement platform for home health, hospice, home care and health systems, sold by quote with a one-time implementation fee and a BAA for every customer. Yodl is self-serve team chat with a signed BAA for $10 a month, bought with a card in minutes. Pick QliqSOFT if you need patient and family conversations, virtual visits and integrations across an organization; pick Yodl if you need staff chat for a small office this week.
At a glance
QliqSOFT (often written Qliq) sells QliqCHAT secure team texting, Quincy patient-facing AI agents and patient engagement tools, mostly to home-based care organizations and hospitals. Yodl is Slack-style team chat for small healthcare teams. In the table, BAA means Business Associate Agreement, the contract in which a vendor agrees to protect patient information. Here is how they compare for a five-person team.
| What matters | Yodl | QliqSOFT |
|---|---|---|
| Price for a 5-person office | $10 a month (5 users and one location included) | Quote-based; no dollar amounts published; priced per seat per month plus a one-time implementation fee |
| How it is priced | Flat per location; $2 per extra user; $10 per extra location | QliqCHAT and Quincy agents per seat per month; patient engagement per active patient per month; implementation fee sized to your organization; longer terms and volume discounted |
| Signs a BAA, and on which plans | Yes, every plan, including the $10 plan | Yes; a BAA is included with every customer relationship |
| Free tier or trial | No free plan or trial | No free tier; pricing is built in a demo |
| Built for | Staff-to-staff chat in small healthcare teams and small businesses | Home health, hospice and palliative care, home care, home infusion, specialty pharmacy, behavioral health, hospitals and ambulatory care |
| File storage | 20 GB per location | Not published |
| API | $20 a month per workspace (REST API, webhooks, bot users) | Not mentioned on the pages we read; QliqSOFT has an Integrations page |
| Apps and devices | Any browser on phone or computer; Mac app; iPhone app (beta) | QliqCHAT on mobile, desktop and Chromebook |
Pricing in detail
As of November 2026, QliqSOFT publishes no dollar amounts. Its pricing page says pricing is by quote, built in the demo. QliqCHAT team collaboration is priced per seat per month on a monthly subscription, with longer terms discounted. Quincy agents, the patient-facing AI agents, are also per seat per month. Patient engagement is priced per active patient per month. There is a one-time implementation fee sized to your organization, and volume commitments get discounted rates. There is no free tier. Prices change, and since none are published you will need a quote; verify everything with QliqSOFT.
Yodl is $10 a month for one location, with 5 users and 20 GB of file storage included. Extra users are $2 each per month. Each additional location is another $10 a month with 5 more users and 20 more GB. API access is $20 a month per workspace, and Enterprise is custom pricing with a dedicated instance. You check out on the pricing page with a card; no sales call. There is no free trial.
The practical difference is the buying process. QliqSOFT means a demo, a quote, an implementation fee and a contract, which is normal for a platform with integrations and patient-facing tools. Yodl means a card and a workspace the same afternoon.
HIPAA and the BAA
HIPAA requires a Business Associate Agreement (BAA) before a vendor handles protected health information (PHI). PHI is any health information tied to a person: a patient's name, a wound photo, a note about a visit. The BAA is the contract in which the vendor agrees to protect that information and accept its share of responsibility.
QliqSOFT's FAQ says a Business Associate Agreement is included with every customer relationship, so you do not have to ask for it or pay extra. The company describes per-user public and private key encryption, 2048-bit RSA for messages and 256-bit AES for attachments, is SOC 2 Type II attested, and shows a HIPAA Compliant badge on its pricing page. HIPAA does not certify software, so treat the badge as the vendor's statement; the BAA plus your own policies are what count.
Yodl signs a BAA with every customer on every plan, including the $10 plan. Data is encrypted in transit and at rest on HIPAA-eligible infrastructure with subprocessor BAAs. The two vendors take different approaches to encryption: QliqSOFT publishes per-user key encryption, while Yodl is not end-to-end encrypted, by design, the same model as Slack and Microsoft Teams, so that search, retention, the audit viewer and admin controls can work. Both sign the BAA; the question is which controls your organization needs to show.
The features a small practice actually uses
QliqSOFT's list is wide. QliqCHAT secure team texting runs on mobile, desktop and Chromebook. Quincy handles patient and family conversations with no app for the patient to install. There are virtual visits and patient texting, real-time translation, a HIPAA-compliant camera for patient photos, a bereavement outreach meter for hospice teams, an integrations page, and a Trust Center with SOC 2 reports. For a hospice or home health agency with nurses in the field, several of those are daily tools.
Yodl's list is narrower and aimed at the office:
- Public and private channels, direct messages, group DMs, threads, reactions, @mentions and saved messages.
- Channel roles: Manager, Member and Viewer, so a scheduler can read the clinical channel without posting in it.
- File previews for images, PDFs, spreadsheets and voice notes, a team files library with 20 GB per location, and full-text search scoped to your rooms.
- An audit viewer with CSV export, retention controls and legal hold, passkeys (Face ID or Touch ID), a 15-minute inactivity lock, and a 13-gate HIPAA readiness checklist in the admin panel.
- Any browser on a phone or computer, a Mac app, an iPhone app in beta, and an optional AI teammate from PhiClaw that is a separate product, not part of the $10 plan.
Yodl has no patient or family messaging, no virtual visits, no translation and no calls. It is the staff room, not the front door.
Where QliqSOFT is the better choice
QliqSOFT is the right buy when patients and families are part of the conversation and the organization is big enough to run an implementation.
- Home health, hospice and palliative care, home care or home infusion organizations that need patient and family conversations alongside staff chat.
- Teams that want virtual visits, patient texting, real-time translation and a camera built for patient photos in one platform.
- Organizations with integration needs and a procurement process that expects a demo, a quote and an implementation plan.
- Hospitals and ambulatory groups buying for many departments at once.
Where Yodl is the better choice
Yodl is the right buy when the job is staff chat for a small office and you want it running today.
- A small office that needs staff chat with a signed BAA now, without a demo or an implementation fee.
- A team of five to twenty that wants a flat, published price: $10 a month, $2 per extra user, $10 per extra location.
- Owners who want roles, an audit log with CSV export, retention and legal hold they can set up themselves.
- Teams that already have patient engagement handled elsewhere and only need the internal side, with month-to-month billing instead of a contract.
Who should choose which
| Team type | Better fit | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Hospice or home health agency with field nurses and family contact | QliqSOFT | Patient and family conversations, virtual visits, camera, translation |
| Small home care office that only needs staff chat | Yodl | Signed BAA for $10 a month, self-serve |
| Hospital or multi-department health system | QliqSOFT | Quote-based platform with integrations and implementation |
| Behavioral health group of 6 to 12 staff | Yodl | Channels, roles, audit log; no implementation fee |
| Clinic that wants to be running by this afternoon | Yodl | Card checkout, no sales call |
If the staff room is what you need, see Yodl pricing: $10 a month for 5 people, a signed BAA.
QliqSOFT is a quote-based clinical communication and patient engagement platform with a BAA for every customer, built for home-based care organizations. Yodl is self-serve staff chat with a signed BAA for $10 a month, built for small offices.
Frequently asked questions
Is QliqSOFT HIPAA compliant?
QliqSOFT includes a BAA with every customer relationship, publishes per-user key encryption, is SOC 2 Type II attested and shows a HIPAA Compliant badge. HIPAA does not certify software, so treat that as the vendor's statement backed by the BAA; your own policies complete the picture.
How much does QliqSOFT cost for 5 users?
QliqSOFT does not publish prices. As of November 2026 its pricing page says pricing is by quote, per seat per month, plus a one-time implementation fee. Ask for a quote and verify on its site. Yodl is $10 a month for 5 users.
Does QliqSOFT have a free trial?
No free tier is listed; pricing is built in a demo. Yodl has no free trial either; plans are month to month.
Can a small home care agency use Yodl instead of QliqSOFT?
For staff-to-staff chat, yes: Yodl signs the BAA and works in any phone browser. If you also need patient and family messaging, virtual visits or translation, Yodl does not do those.
Is QliqSOFT's encryption better than Yodl's?
They are different designs. QliqSOFT publishes per-user public and private key encryption. Yodl encrypts in transit and at rest and is not end-to-end encrypted, by design, so that search, retention, audit and admin controls work. Both sign a BAA.