# Karpa Health vs OpenLoop

**Author:** Chad H., Co-founder, Karpa Health  
**Last reviewed:** October 15, 2026

Karpa Health (https://karpahealth.com) vs OpenLoop (https://openloophealth.com). A head-to-head on the decisions that determine which platform fits a clinic launching a peptide, GLP-1, TRT, or HRT program.

## How to choose
**Karpa Health** is a turnkey program launcher: you own the patient relationship and the revenue, set your own prices against pass-through pharmacy costs, and launch under your own brand. Its starting price is published: the Launch plan is $297/mo plus a one-time implementation fee, and Growth and Scale are priced on a call. Karpa is LegitScript certified, and every Full Clinic plan includes a custom website, patient portal, and intake forms.

**OpenLoop** fits best for organizations that want to offer virtual care under their own brand without hiring clinicians, from first-time operators to clinics, medspas, gyms, and health systems.

## How much does OpenLoop cost?
OpenLoop pricing, as of October 15, 2026: Not publicly listed; OpenLoop states pricing varies based on the services added and directs buyers to sales. For comparison, Karpa Health's Launch plan is $297/mo plus a one-time implementation fee, month to month.

## Side by side
**Type:** White-label telehealth infrastructure (clinicians, technology, pharmacy, and billing).  
**Best for:** Organizations that want to offer virtual care under their own brand without hiring clinicians, from first-time operators to clinics, medspas, gyms, and health systems.  
**Physician model:** OpenLoop-provided nationwide clinician network; the site states 50-state coverage and thousands of licensed clinicians.  
**Pricing:** Not publicly listed; OpenLoop states pricing varies based on the services added and directs buyers to sales. Pricing model: varies.  
**Patient ownership:** Unknown.  
**White-label branding:** Yes.  
**LegitScript certified:** Yes.

## What Karpa offers
Karpa Health is a turn-key platform built for two types of operators: licensed clinicians who want to add cash-pay GLP-1, TRT, peptide, or HRT programs to their existing practice, and entrepreneurs or multi-state operators who want to launch a fully branded telehealth clinic without a medical license. Independent licensed providers in Karpa's 50-state network review patients and prescribe under the operator's white-label brand, so non-clinicians can launch without a medical license. Both include patient intake, an automated eligibility screen, and direct compounding pharmacy integration with one-click ordering. Karpa Health is a LegitScript Certified Healthcare Merchant and a LegitScript Enterprise Certification Partner, which speeds up and lowers the cost of a partner's own LegitScript certification.

## About OpenLoop
OpenLoop is a Des Moines, Iowa white-label telehealth infrastructure company. It describes itself as providing clinicians, technology, pharmacy, and billing across all 50 states, with patient-facing surfaces built under the client's brand. Its listed programs include peptides, GLP-1 weight loss, hormone therapy, sexual health, dermatology, diagnostics, sleep apnea testing, dietitians, and behavioral health. Its Launchpad platform bundles intake, patient portal, EHR, payment processing, and AI support. In 2026 it acquired Season Health (registered dietitians) and Hey Revia (AI patient communications).

**Why each is used:**
- **Karpa:** Custom marketing website, patient portal, and intake forms built for you on every Full Clinic plan
- **OpenLoop:** Broad program catalog beyond weight loss, including peptides, hormone therapy, dermatology, diagnostics, sleep testing, and behavioral health
- **OpenLoop:** OpenLoop supplies the clinician network, stated as 50-state coverage, so operators do not recruit or credential clinicians

## OpenLoop: limitations
- Pricing and contract terms are not publicly specified
- OpenLoop is the merchant of record: its terms of use say OpenLoop (or its payment processor, Stripe) charges the patient's payment method; patient data ownership is not publicly specified
- Whether partners can prescribe through their own clinicians on the platform is not publicly specified
- Compounded GLP-1 availability varies by state, per OpenLoop

Karpa wrote this comparison and is one of the platforms compared. Every competitor fact comes from a public source cited below, reviewed October 15, 2026. “Not publicly specified” means we could not verify that detail from a public source. Spot something wrong or out of date? Contact us at https://karpahealth.com/contact with a public source, and we’ll review it and update the page.

Last reviewed: October 15, 2026

## Sources
- [OpenLoop homepage and FAQ](https://openloophealth.com/)
- [OpenLoop Launchpad](https://openloophealth.com/technology-platform/)
- [OpenLoop Terms of Use, Section 10: Payment](https://openloophealth.com/terms-of-use/)
- [OpenLoop Clinician Network](https://openloophealth.com/clinician-network/)
- [OpenLoop Pharmacy and Diagnostics](https://openloophealth.com/pharmacy-and-diagnostics)
- [OpenLoop Program Overview](https://openloophealth.com/program-overview)
- [OpenLoop Medical Weight Loss](https://openloophealth.com/medical-weight-loss)
- [OpenLoop AI and Operations](https://openloophealth.com/ai-operations/)
- [OpenLoop for clinics and local businesses](https://go.openloophealth.com/brick-mortar/)
- [OpenLoop earns LegitScript certification (April 2023)](https://openloophealth.com/news/openloop-earns-legitscript-certification)
- [OpenLoop raises $8M Series A (March 2022)](https://openloophealth.com/news/openloop-raises-8-million-series-a-to-expand-full-stack-whitelabel-telehealth-services)
- [OpenLoop raises $15M Series A (March 2023)](https://openloophealth.com/news/openloop-raises-15-million-series-a)
- [This Is Iowa: OpenLoop founded January 2020](https://www.thisisiowa.com/?p=3695)
- [OpenLoop Team](https://openloophealth.com/team/)
- [OpenLoop H1 2026 recap](https://openloophealth.com/news/openloop-health-closes-first-half-of-2026-with-strategic-acquisition-new-partnerships-and-growing-industry-presence)
- [HLTH: OpenLoop acquires Hey Revia](https://hlth.com/insights/news/openloop-acquires-hey-revia-to-expand-ai-powered-telehealth-communications)

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