Talkspace
Online therapy platform with licensed therapists, psychiatry, and Tee, a clinically-safe AI agent.
About
Talkspace is a publicly traded online therapy company (NASDAQ: TALK) founded in 2012 that connects members with licensed therapists through messaging, audio, and video. Plans include unlimited daily messaging plus live sessions, with out-of-pocket pricing from about $69 to $109 a week and most insured members paying small copays; psychiatry with medication management is available for adults. The company reports more than 1.2 million members and over 60,000 five-star reviews.
In June 2026 Talkspace launched Tee, an AI agent for daily mental health challenges that the company describes as clinically safe, with human oversight and crisis escalation, available on a $19.99 monthly subscription after a trial. Talkspace is also covered by Medicare and accepts FSA and HSA funds. Press coverage has raised questions about pricing transparency and past privacy controversies, which the company has had to answer publicly.
What it can do
- Licensed therapist messaging and video
- Couples and teen therapy
- Psychiatry and medication management
- Tee AI agent for daily challenges
- Insurance, Medicare, FSA/HSA coverage
- Therapist switching at no cost
- AI-generated Talkcast engagement podcasts
Setup
Take the 5-minute matching questionnaire on the site or app, get matched with a licensed therapist, choose a plan.
Prerequisites
18+ for psychiatry; insurance or out-of-pocket payment.
Use cases
Works with
Trust score — 7/10
Scored 7/10 (TIER verified, metrics-v1). Evidence: public-company status (NASDAQ: TALK) and the June 2026 Tee launch are confirmed via press; company blog confirms $69-$109/week pricing bands; 1.2M members and 60,000 reviews are company-reported. Strengths: licensed-clinician model, insurance and Medicare coverage, regulated public-company disclosure. Docked for: (1) press-documented privacy controversies and pricing-transparency complaints; (2) member and review counts are vendor-reported. License: proprietary.
How the trust score is built
Full methodology →- Adoption · stars/downloads, log-scaled vs peers
- 9.0/10
- Maintenance · recency, releases, issue load
- 8.0/10
- Openness · license + docs
- 4.0/10
- Manual review · sanity read + red-flag check
- 7.0/10
- · Licensed-clinician model with insurance, Medicare, FSA/HSA coverage
- · Tee AI agent launched June 2026 at $19.99/mo; 1.2M members and 60,000 reviews are company-reported
- · Press-documented pricing-transparency and privacy controversies noted
Sources
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