Behavioral health that helps your people, and pays for itself
Care that helps your employees recover, backed by peer-reviewed clinical outcomes and pricing with fees at risk. When their lives improve, your costs come down too.
0:10:1 ROI in year one
$0$0 per participant medical cost saving in the first year
Pay for outcomes, not access
Most behavioral health is priced on who can reach it, not whether people get better. The result? You add vendors and spend keeps climbing. Untreated substance use quietly inflates your largest medical claims, from cardiovascular to musculoskeletal.
net-new healthcare spend per million employees added by digital EAPs
legacy EAP utilization
of those with mental illness go untreated
more in annual medical spend for employees with untreated substance use disorder
The economics, the evidence, and the engagement to back it up
Fees at risk, tied to ROI and outcomes
Per-participant case rate with performance guarantees and 100% fees at risk.
Savings your CFO can actually audit
Independent actuarial and peer-reviewed validation, with savings concentrated in the chronic conditions driving your trend: MSK, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease.
A benefit your employees actually use
Predictive targeting finds risk before it becomes a claim. AI-led care reaches the 60% who’d never book an appointment, and 97% of members enroll without a prior diagnosis.
Evidence-based care, with a safety net built in
16 peer-reviewed studies, including two randomized controlled trials. Sona is supervised by licensed clinicians and outperforms every frontier model on clinical safety benchmarks.
Case Studies
Everyone's different and everyone is in a different part of their journey. Pelago has met a need that wasn't satisfied in the market prior where they can actually take somebody no matter where they are in the stage of their journey.
Tammy Fennessy
Director of Benefits
One vendor, every level of care your team needs
Drinking, smoking, prescription pain medication, cut back or quit, it's your call
Real tools and real support, on your terms. Members see a 70% reduction in drinking frequency within 60 days.
Stress, anxiety, low mood, sleep, whatever's weighing on you
Simple, self-guided tools and someone to talk to when you need it. Members see a 67% average reduction in depressive symptoms.
When a habit stops feeling like a choice
Gambling, gaming and other compulsive behaviors are treatable, with the same evidence-based, judgment-free care Pelago built for substance use. No diagnosis needed to start.
And members love it
I would without hesitation recommend Pelago to anybody that wants to make even a small change in their life.
Steve
Pelago Member
At first, the idea of using AI for my mental health, I had a little bit of reluctance about it. But after using Sona, I'm a believer.
Matthew
Pelago Member
[Pelago's] been a really great and active, consistent support, and that consistency and stability has meant quite a lot.
Lee
Pelago Member
There's more to life than drinking and going out. Since starting my life isn't as centered around alcohol. Having the support system ... having my counselor has been the change that I needed.
Crystal
Pelago Member
My relationship with alcohol is now more intentional and on my own terms ... So I feel a lot happier and healthier and more in control
Tressy
Pelago Member
If anyone I knew was trying to quit, I would point them in this direction.
Nicholas
Pelago Member
I would definitely recommend this program. I'm grateful I took that leap of faith ... here I am 10 times better.
Andrea
Pelago Member
The app is a beginner-friendly way of looking into addiction, keeping track of yourself, keeping yourself accountable.
Sean
Pelago Member
I took every single one of Sona's recommendations, and I worked on it. I feel overall so much better.
Sharyn
Pelago Member
What happens when behavioral health care actually works
avg. medical cost savings per participant over 12 months
ROI in year one (incl. program fee)
lower medical spend, fewer inpatient, outpatient & ER claims
PMPY medical cost reduction
ROI
participants, matched control
Savings across
- MSK ($44K)
- diabetes ($29K)
- cardiovascular ($19K)
Four steps from contract to outcomes
Integrate
Fits your existing ecosystem, from medical claims billing to your PBM and digital health stack.
