last updated september 29, 2026
Cerebral is an online mental health company that sells therapy, medication management with a licensed prescriber, or both, on a monthly subscription. veisund is not a substitute for that. we don't have clinicians, we don't prescribe, and we don't bill insurance. what we can do is lay out what Cerebral publishes about its plans, what federal regulators have recorded about it, and when free peer support is what you were actually looking for.
| Cerebral | veisund | |
|---|---|---|
| what it is | online therapy and medication management | peer support by post and reply, plus an evidence library |
| published plan prices | Medication: $180 every 3 months. Therapy: $295/month. Medication + Therapy: $365/month | free. no subscription, no ads |
| who provides care | a licensed prescriber on the medication plan; a therapist on the therapy plan | other members. no clinicians |
| format | 45-minute video or phone therapy sessions (phone where permitted); prescriber check-ins | written posts and replies, not live |
| controlled substances | their medication pages say they do not prescribe them | no prescribing of any kind |
| insurance | in-network with some commercial plans; terms say Medicare, Medicaid and Tricare members may not use the service | no billing, nothing to cover |
| minimum age | terms allow users 6 and older through a parent or guardian | 18 |
Cerebral's plan pages list three services: Medication at $180 every 3 months ("an average of $60/month"), described as an evaluation and medication guidance from a licensed prescriber; Therapy at $295/month, with 45-minute video or phone sessions; and Medication + Therapy at $365/month. the pages advertise savings on 3-month packages. its medication pages state: "We do not prescribe controlled substances (like Adderall or Xanax)." its terms (last revised September 17, 2025) say that if the service is in network with your plan you may pay a reduced subscription fee, and that the Cerebral Medical Groups are not enrolled with Medicare, Tricare, CHAMPUS or Medicaid, so people covered by those programs "are not permitted to use the Services." checked on 2026-09-29 against each company's own site.
April 15, 2024: the FTC announced a proposed order, filed by the Department of Justice on the FTC's referral, settling charges against Cerebral, Inc. over the handling of health data and cancellation practices. under it Cerebral would pay nearly $5.1 million for partial consumer refunds and a $10 million civil penalty, suspended after a $2 million payment, and would be permanently banned from using or disclosing consumers' health information for most advertising purposes. May 8, 2025: the FTC reported more than $5 million in refunds sent to 40,249 consumers. November 4, 2024: the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York announced that Cerebral entered a non-prosecution agreement, agreed to forfeit $3,652,000 in connection with practices from 2019 to 2022 involving the distribution of controlled substances, and had a further $2,922,000 fine deferred for the agreement's term. this is the record as those agencies published it; read the linked releases for the full terms.
if you want a licensed clinician to evaluate you, diagnose, and manage a prescription, Cerebral is the kind of service built for that, and veisund isn't. same if you want weekly therapy by video or phone with one therapist, or care billed to a commercial insurance plan it's in network with. decisions about starting, stopping or changing a medication belong with a prescriber who knows your history, not with a peer community and not with this page.
veisund is free peer support. you post what you're going through under a handle, with no real name and no phone number, and other members who've lived something similar reply when they read it. it isn't live and nobody is on call; the community is still small, so replies can take a while. if a reply helps, you mark the post resolved and credit it. the web side has plain-language study summaries with evidence grades, and a lookup of drug-company payments to your own doctor from federal Open Payments data, which some people use before a prescribing appointment. if you're in crisis, call or text 988, or text HOME to 741741.
Cerebral's plan pages list Medication at $180 every 3 months, Therapy at $295 a month, and Medication + Therapy at $365 a month, with savings advertised on 3-month packages. Its terms say in-network insurance can reduce the subscription fee, with copays, medication and lab costs billed separately.
No. Cerebral's terms say its medical groups are not enrolled with Medicare, Tricare, CHAMPUS or Medicaid, and people covered by those programs are not permitted to use the services.
Cerebral's medication pages say it does not prescribe stimulants or other controlled substances (they name Adderall and Xanax as examples). For any medication question, talk to a prescriber.
In April 2024 the FTC announced a proposed order settling charges over Cerebral's handling of health data and cancellations: nearly $5.1 million for refunds, a $10 million civil penalty suspended after $2 million, and a ban on using health information for most advertising. In May 2025 the FTC reported more than $5 million in refunds sent to 40,249 consumers.
Not for prescribing or therapy. Those require licensed clinicians. If what you want is to talk with people who have been through it, veisund is free peer support. For low-cost licensed care, community mental health centers and sliding-scale therapists are worth checking.
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get veisund — it's freenot sure whether what you need is a therapist or people? six questions, two minutes — no diagnosis, no email.