CompareCoherent vs PhysioFunnels

Coherent vs PhysioFunnels

The PhysioFunnels alternative for patients already in your diary.

PhysioFunnels is a marketing system for private practices: websites, ads, workshop funnels and a CRM that sends email and text nurture. Coherent is built for follow-up: it works from your PMS diary, contacts patients who cancelled, lapsed or never finished a course, answers the replies and puts approved bookings back in your PMS. Many clinics need both.

30 minutes. Bring your current setup, not patient details.

Which fits your clinic?

Tick what's true for you.

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Both have a place: PhysioFunnels for new patients, Coherent for patients already in your diary.

What we hear from physio clinics

Sound familiar?

Three things physio clinics tell us when their nurture runs through a marketing system.

1

Nurture on a timer

Emails went out at fixed points after a visit, the same for every patient, whatever brought them in.

CoherentTiming and wording from each patient's visit history.

2

Email first. Patients are on WhatsApp.

Nurture went out by email. Patients wanted to reply on WhatsApp or by text, and messages sent at the weekend waited for Monday.

CoherentWhatsApp, text, email and calls, with a coordinator owning every reply.

3

Busy front door. Quiet back door.

Marketing kept new patients coming. Patients who stopped after a few sessions, or never used their last authorised session, heard nothing.

CoherentProgrammes for lapsed patients and unfinished courses.

Side by side

Different jobs, side by side.

Every PhysioFunnels row links to PhysioFunnels' own published information, checked on the date shown. If something has changed, tell us and we'll update it.

PhysioFunnels
Coherent
Built for
Private practices in physio, chiro and related fields1
Private clinics and the patients already in their diary
What it covers
Websites, ads, social content and workshop funnels, plus a CRM1
Recall, cancellation, enquiry and assessment follow-up
Who follows up
CRM automations, with your front desk calling leads from the dashboard1
We set up and run each programme with you
When patients hear from you
Emails and texts triggered by lead behaviour1
Timed from each patient's visit history in your PMS
Replies
A shared inbox and live chat for your team1
Answered to your clinic's rules, a coordinator approving each one
Your PMS
No PMS connection named on their site1
Works from your PMS diary; approved bookings go back in
Pricing
Quoted after a demo2
One monthly price covering the platform and coordinators, quoted after a demo

Where each is stronger

Pick by the job you need done.

If you need more new patients, PhysioFunnels is built for that. If follow-up starts in your diary and someone has to handle the replies, Coherent is.

PhysioFunnels is stronger at

Bringing new patients in

  • Websites built for private practices
  • Google and Facebook ads run for you
  • Workshop and seminar funnels
  • Social content each month

Coherent is stronger at

Patient follow-up, done for you

  • Running follow-up for you, with nothing to build or maintain
  • Starting from your PMS: who cancelled, who lapsed, who never finished a course
  • Replies answered to your rules, approved bookings into your PMS
  • Platform and coordinators in one monthly price

Running both

New patients from PhysioFunnels. Follow-up from Coherent.

Many clinics need both: PhysioFunnels to bring new patients in, Coherent for the patients your diary says need a next step.

PhysioFunnels

New patients

  • Ads and workshops
  • Website and landing pages
  • New-lead nurture

Your PMS

Diary and records

  • Appointments and their status
  • Patient files and notes
  • Invoices

Coherent

Patient follow-up

  • Reactivation
  • Cancellation follow-up
  • Initial assessment follow-up

Agree who sends what, so no patient hears from both on the same day.

On TM3, Cliniko or another PMS? See how Coherent works with yours.

The systems we work with, and how your team grants access.

Works with your PMS

Questions

What clinics comparing PhysioFunnels ask us first.

Competitor facts checked against PhysioFunnels' own pages on the publish date. Last updated 11 November 2026.

Ask us your own question
Is Coherent a PhysioFunnels alternative?

For follow-up with patients already in your diary, yes. For new-patient marketing, no: PhysioFunnels builds websites, runs ads and workshop funnels, and Coherent doesn't do any of that.

Can we use both?

Yes, and many clinics should. PhysioFunnels brings new patients in; Coherent follows up the patients your PMS says need a next step. We map what PhysioFunnels already sends, so no patient hears from both.

Does Coherent replace our marketing agency?

No. We don't run ads, websites or social content. We work alongside your agency, and tell them when patients keep asking a question an ad should answer.

Does PhysioFunnels connect to our PMS?

We couldn't find a PMS connection named on their site, so ask them about your system. Coherent works from your PMS diary: see the systems we work with on our PMS page.

Which costs more?

They're priced for different jobs. PhysioFunnels quotes after a demo for its marketing package. Coherent is one monthly price per programme that includes the coordinators, quoted after a demo.

Is this comparison fair?

We've tried to be. Every PhysioFunnels fact links to its own published information, with the date we checked it. If something has changed, tell us and we'll correct it.

30minutes

Comparison call

Bring your setup. We'll show where each tool fits.

A walkthrough of what PhysioFunnels sends for your clinic today, which follow-up Coherent would run from your PMS, and what stays where it is.

What matters most to you?

See Coherent with your PMS