Boost vs AlohaABA
Choosing ABA software comes down to more than a feature list. Boost and AlohaABA both handle scheduling, authorizations, billing and data collection. This page compares them across the workflows that decide whether your claims get paid, so you can see which fits your practice.
Key Takeaways
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Boost is RCM-first. Sessions are made compliant at booking, so claims are clean before they're created. Under 2% payer denials and 99.4% clean claim rate, on average for all clients in Q1 of 2026.
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Boost rebuilds the day after a callout. When a therapist calls out, the Scheduling Agent re-optimizes around one cancellation or a dozen, reasoning in chains rather than one-for-one swaps, then publishes in real time for a person to approve.
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Compliance goes past credentialing. One roster across payers, plus scope of practice, specialized training and certifications, with expiration alerts.
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Analytics cover unit economics, by service, payer and location, alongside caseload and performance management, on the same system of record as scheduling and billing.
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Workflow means defined process steps, with event-based prompting that raises the next action to the right person rather than waiting for someone to run a report.
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Boost prices as a percentage of claims, not per seat, so your bill tracks revenue instead of headcount.
Where Boost is different
Boost is built RCM-first: every session is made compliant at the moment of booking, so claims are clean before they're created. Credentialing, authorizations, and scheduling all check the same payer rules, which is how Boost holds payer denials under 2% on average for all clients in Q1 2026. AlohaABA offers claim pre-scrubbing, authorization-hour limits, and credential expiration reminders, with data collection as an add-on. The difference is timing: AlohaABA's checks catch problems at billing, while Boost's prevent them at booking.
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Most ABA software gives you menus for specific tasks and labels you can sort, filter, and report on. That tells you what happened. Boost is built around defined process steps with proactive, event-based prompting, so when an authorization is running out of hours or a credential is approaching expiration, the system raises it to the right person at the moment it matters rather than waiting for someone to run a report and notice.
Pricing
Boost charges a percentage of claims, not a per-seat fee, so cost tracks with revenue instead of headcount. AlohaABA prices Practice Management at $29.99 per staff member per month with unlimited clients, and clinical Data Collection is a $10 to $12 per-client-per-month add-on. Transparent and easy to budget, but a per-staff bill rises with headcount as you grow, while Boost's tracks collected revenue.
How engaged your vendor stays
Boost engages with customers more often, and at a higher level, than others in this category. RCM holds a weekly call. Implementation and customer success hold a weekly call. Problems get solved before they become tickets, and the team is reachable in the moment through chat rather than only through a queue. That is white-glove treatment in every department, not just support. AlohaABA holds weekly calls during a 4 to 6 week onboarding, then offers support and training as needed.
Who each platform is best for
Who Boost is best for
Practices that want to continuously improve rather than hold steady: that need to grow without adding overhead cost at the same rate, that would rather prevent denials upstream than chase them at month end, and that want scheduling, compliance, analytics, and billing working off one source of truth. If you are evaluating platforms for the first time, standing up a new location, or feeling the cost of stitching tools together, Boost is built for exactly that.
Who AlohaABA is best for
Small and mid-size ABA practices that want an approachable, all-in-one practice-management tool with transparent per-staff pricing. If a simpler platform currently meets your needs, that is a reasonable place to be.
When to consider a switch
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Claims and denials are getting harder to track.
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You are using spreadsheets to connect data across AlohaABA.
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Credentialing or auth windows slip and cost you billable hours.
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You're paying per staff as you grow, but revenue isn't tracking with it.
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Billing and clinical data live in separate workflows.
Frequently asked questions
How is Boost different from AlohaABA?
Boost is RCM-first: it makes each session compliant at booking and runs credentialing, scheduling, and billing off the same payer rules. AlohaABA offers all-in-one practice management for ABA, including native data collection and a compliance tracking feature; Boost's difference is validating compliance upstream at booking, across every payer, in one system of record.
How does Boost pricing compare to AlohaABA?
AlohaABA charges $29.99 per staff member per month for Practice Management, plus $10 to $12 per client per month for Data Collection. Boost charges a percentage of claims rather than per seat, so cost scales with revenue instead of headcount.
Does Boost handle credentialing and authorizations?
Yes. Boost tracks provider-by-payer credentialing status with expiration alerts, and shows authorized, scheduled, and remaining hours in one view, so you protect the auth window and time-to-bill.
Can Boost replace our current billing setup?
Yes. Boost includes full-service billing support from ABA operators and ties claims directly to session data, so you can run billing end to end or alongside your existing tools.
