VRET vs Amelia (formerly Psious, now XRHealth) · 2026

Paying per headset? You’re paying twice as much.

Amelia charges about $220 per headset per month. VRET Clinic is $289/mo with 4 headsets included, clinician-led support, and a 30-day money-back guarantee on every plan. Straight up: Amelia beats us on catalog breadth (PTSD, addictions, eating disorders). We put that up front, before the demo.

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The essentials in 60 seconds

If you only read this, here’s what matters in four lines.

  • 1Amelia (formerly Psious, now part of XRHealth) charges per active headset: about $220/mo each. Two headsets is about $440/mo, four about $880/mo.
  • 2VRET Clinic: $289/mo with 4 headsets included. No per-headset fee, a 30-day money-back guarantee on every plan, and a clinical advisor on the line.
  • 3Amelia beats us on catalog: 20+ validated scenarios including PTSD, addictions, and eating disorders. If your clinical work lives there, we’ll tell you on the call and won’t switch you.
  • 4If your work is specific phobias, anxiety, and relaxation (roughly 70% of routine private practice), your bill roughly halves and you gain a responsive, clinician-led vendor.
Side-by-side comparison

VRET vs Amelia 11 points: we win 9, we lose 2.

Violet where VRET wins, amber where Amelia wins. We don’t hide what we don’t have: a broad catalog and a long track record are real Amelia advantages.

Pricing model

VRET
Per practice · all-in
Amelia
Per headset · about $220/headset/mo

Cost with 2 headsets

VRET
$289/mo (Clinic)
Amelia
About $440/mo

Cost with 4 headsets

VRET
$289/mo (Clinic)
Amelia
About $880/mo

Support

VRET
Clinician-led · under 8 business hours
Amelia
Distant time zone · 24–48h average reply

Data hosting

VRET
EU-hosted (GDPR-grade)
Amelia
US-hosted since the XRHealth acquisition

Scenario catalog

VRET
5 active + 4 more due by late 2026
Amelia
20+ validated scenarios (PTSD, addictions, eating disorders)

Track record & install base

VRET
2025 product · early customers onboarding
Amelia
10+ years, thousands of installed clinics

Contractual guarantee

VRET
30 days, every plan, no conditions
Amelia
Variable, 14–30 days, no clinical condition

Time to go live

VRET
Under 24h self-serve · first session in 14 days
Amelia
Varies by contract and inherited process

Who decides the next scenarios

VRET
Our first customers vote every quarter
Amelia
Decided at the corporate parent

Full data export if you leave

VRET
Yes (Enterprise) · full export under GDPR + templates
Amelia
Not publicly documented

Third-party prices checked on against the vendors’ own websites and commercial materials. Rates published in euros are shown converted to US dollars at 1.10; the original figure is the one the vendor publishes. Prices vary by country, volume and negotiation — always confirm with the vendor before deciding.

Clear criterion: if your work is specific phobias, anxiety, and relaxation and you run 2 or more headsets, switch to VRET. If your work depends on PTSD, addictions, or eating disorders, we recommend Amelia — no commission, no arrangement.

Switch plan

14 days from signing to your first patient session.

No three-month technical install. You self-serve in 24 hours, onboard your team in 5 days, and see your first real patient in 14 days.

  1. 1
    Day 1–2

    Qualification call + a side-by-side proposal

    30 minutes with our clinical advisor. We review your current contract, the scenarios you use, and your real volume. Within 48 hours you get a proposal with your annual savings in writing.

  2. 2
    Day 3–5

    Sign up + team onboarding

    You self-serve in under 24 hours. A 90-minute onboarding by video with your team and a quick-start guide per clinician. You reach the dashboard before your patients do.

  3. 3
    Day 6–10

    Free migration of your prior protocols

    We map your hierarchies and historical anxiety data to the VRET format. If you export your data from Amelia or Psious, we read it in and make it available in your dashboard.

  4. 4
    Day 11–14

    First real patient session + cancel Amelia

    We’re with you on the first real patient session (video or chat). Once you confirm the flow works, you give notice to Amelia. Your first month of VRET is free so the two overlap without double-paying.

Honest questions from switchers

What clinicians coming from Amelia ask

What if VRET shuts down the way Psious disappeared overnight?

Fair question, answered without spin. (1) Contractually: the right to export all your data under GDPR, plus 90 days of transition support if we shut down. (2) Your data is yours — protocols, sessions, and anxiety levels export in an open format whenever you want, no permission required. (3) We learned from Psious: if VRET were acquired or wound down, the contract guarantees the window to take everything with you. It’s in the data agreement, not a FAQ.

Will you ever have Amelia’s catalog (PTSD, addictions, eating disorders)?

Straight answer: not in 2026. The published roadmap puts PTSD in Q1 2027 and addictions in Q2 2027, and only if our first customers prioritize them in the quarterly vote. Amelia clearly beats us on breadth today. If your clinical work depends on PTSD, addictions, or eating disorders, staying on Amelia or waiting is the right call — we say so on the demo, no reservations.

Does my current Amelia contract let me switch?

Most Amelia/XRHealth contracts allow you to leave with 30–60 days’ notice; some carry an annual lock-in. On the call we review your specific contract and tell you whether the best date is now, in 30–60 days, or at renewal. If you have fewer than 90 days left, it’s worth moving before it auto-renews.

Do I lose historical patient data when I switch?

No. GDPR requires Amelia/XRHealth to give you an export of your data. We load it into VRET at no cost on Clinic, or we point you to templates if you’d rather do it yourself. Your patients and their historical anxiety data stay yours.

My team is used to Amelia’s interface. How long does VRET take to learn?

A 90-minute onboarding per clinician plus a quick-start guide. VRET’s interface is deliberately simpler. A clinician with prior Amelia or Psious experience is fully operational in VRET in about a week.

Other comparisons

Still evaluating vendors? Here’s the honest set.

The other alternative pages, each with the same honest side-by-side structure — including the rows they win.

VRET vs Psious
The historical brand

Founded in Bilbao in 2014, acquired by XRHealth in 2024. For anyone tracing the origin.

VRET vs XRHealth
The group that absorbed Psious

If you care about the corporate parent, not the historical brand.

VRET vs C2Care
A broader European catalog

When C2Care fits better than VRET (PTSD, addictions, eating disorders).

VRET vs oVRcome
Self-help vs clinical software

oVRcome is patient self-help. VRET is for the clinician in session.

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