# Kibu vs Giv

> Kibu is built around the note itself: a DSP speaks Quick Notes into their phone and Magic Pen turns them into the service record, Clara turns documentation into audit-ready reports, and 600+ classes give the program day something to run on. Giv puts scheduling, EVV, documentation, billing, and payroll in one system.

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## Summary

- **The note gets written for the DSP.** A Kibu DSP speaks Quick Notes into their phone in any of 200+ languages, and Magic Pen turns them into a structured service record. A Giv DSP can dictate answers to the questions an admin assigned, and the app records what they said.
- **The program day comes included.** Kibu ships 600+ classes, daily live sessions, and Kibu Create alongside the documentation, and is used by 480+ provider organizations across 48 states. Content for the people served is not part of Giv.
- **Where Giv still fits.** Giv also includes shift scheduling and payroll. If you want those in the same system as your documentation, that matters. For everyone else, Kibu covers the documentation and adds the program day.

## Feature comparison: Kibu vs Giv

### What a DSP touches every shift

| Capability | Kibu | Giv |
|---|---|---|
| Writes the note for you from speech | Yes. A DSP speaks or types Quick Notes into their phone, in 200+ languages, and Magic Pen turns them into a full, structured service record. | Partial. DSPs can dictate with the phone's microphone, which records what they said. Nothing published describes AI writing or structuring the note. |
| AI quality check on documentation | Yes. Built into Magic Pen: the note is checked as it is written, and compliance dashboards surface gaps across a program. Kibu still advises a human review before submitting. | No. Giv's published AI generates reports from data already recorded. Nothing published describes it reviewing notes. |
| Mobile app for documenting in the field | Yes. iOS and Android app for notes, service documentation, and attendance. | Yes. iOS and Android apps are available for users. |
| Daily notes and shift logs | Yes. Case notes, progress notes, and shift notes, written by voice or typed, either on desktop or on the mobile app. | Yes. Shift notes, with questions assigned per client by an admin. |
| ISP goal tracking | Yes. Goal and outcome tracking against each person's service plan. | Yes. ISP goals live in a Client Plan, with progress tracked per goal. |
| Medication administration (eMAR) | Yes. Electronic medication administration records built in. | Yes. Electronic medication administration records built in. Pharmacy sync is a paid add-on. |
| Incident reporting | Yes. Log incidents and track them to resolution for state and HCBS requirements. | Yes. Incident reports submitted from the app, with admin notification. |
| Support for multilingual staff | Yes. Speech-to-text and translation across 200+ languages, at the moment the note is written. | Not published. Giv does not publish a translation or non-English speech feature, and does not list the languages its app supports. |

### Programming and engagement

| Capability | Kibu | Giv |
|---|---|---|
| On-demand class library | Yes. 600+ video classes covering life skills, fitness, job readiness, communication, safety, and social growth. | No. Giv's published feature list covers documentation, scheduling, billing, payroll, and reporting. Content for the people served is not part of the product. |
| Live coach-led sessions | Yes. Daily live interactive sessions run by real coaches. | No. Not part of the product. |
| Ready-made lesson plans and worksheets | Yes. Pre-built plans and materials so programming does not start from a blank page. | No. Not part of the product. |
| Custom activities built around a goal | Yes. Kibu Create generates activities, games, and stories tailored to an individual's interests and ISP goals. | No. Not part of the product. |

### Compliance, billing, and admin

| Capability | Kibu | Giv |
|---|---|---|
| Electronic visit verification | Yes. EVV built into the platform. | Yes. EVV available in the platform. |
| Medicaid and HCBS waiver billing | Yes. Billing support for Medicaid and HCBS waiver services. | Partial. Claims generate from shift data, but the standard workflow has the agency upload a CSV to its payer. Direct submission is a paid add-on. |
| Audit-ready compliance reporting | Yes. Clara generates audit-ready compliance reports in minutes from documentation already in the system. | Yes. Reports export from the dashboard. Giv labels its AI report generation as in beta. |
| Breadth of configurable modules | Yes. Documentation, compliance, billing, and a 600+ class content library in one platform. | Yes. Six hubs covering clients, staff, scheduling, reporting, revenue, and guardians. |

### Getting started

| Capability | Kibu | Giv |
|---|---|---|
| Published pricing | No. Kibu pricing depends on size and programs, and is shared during a demo. All documentation customers receive full access to Kibu Content. | Yes. Giv publishes a starting price of $18 per active client per month for its base Essential Suite. Direct claim submission, payroll, and pharmacy integration each cost extra. |
| Data migration handled for you | Yes. Kibu's team migrates existing records, including names, personal information, and goals, even from paper. | Partial. Migration help is offered only to agencies with 30 or more clients and covers simple data imports. Smaller agencies use self-serve CSV templates, and nothing published covers migrating notes, goals, or paper records. |
| Time to go live | Yes. The content library goes live right away, with rollout support over the first week or two. Documentation rollout takes about a month, six weeks at the outside, depending on the size of the organization. | Partial. Giv describes a phased rollout in stages. No end-to-end timeline is published. |

## Where Giv is the better choice

- Published pricing: Giv publishes a starting price of $18 per active client per month for its base Essential Suite. Direct claim submission, payroll, and pharmacy integration each cost extra.

Giv also includes shift scheduling and payroll. If you want those in the same system as your documentation, that matters. For everyone else, Kibu covers the documentation and adds the program day.

## The note is written for the DSP

During the shift, a Kibu DSP speaks Quick Notes into their phone, in whichever of 200+ languages they think in, and Magic Pen turns them into a structured service record that meets documentation standards, in their own voice. A Giv DSP opens the questions an admin assigned for that client and types the answers, or holds down the microphone and gets a transcript of what they said. One is a finished note. The other still has to be written.

The QA lead stops rewriting transcripts into something a state reviewer can read. Providers on Kibu average 99.2% compliance within their first two months.

## Reports that were already written by the time you needed them

Clara builds audit-ready compliance reports out of documentation already in the system, in minutes. It is built into Kibu and providers across the country use it every day. Giv labels its own AI report generation as in beta on its pricing page, and places it in the higher of its two suites.

An audit takes a morning, and the person who used to spend a week on it goes back to their actual job.

## Staff who are not confident with technology still use it

Kibu is built for a DSP holding a phone at the end of a shift. If someone can use YouTube or Facebook, they can use Kibu, and they write the note by talking. Both products ship a native app; what matters is whether a DSP opens it without being chased.

Kibu Mobile holds 5.0 stars on the App Store. The Giv app holds 2.8 there and 3.4 on Google Play.

## What actually happens during the week

Kibu has 600+ classes, daily live coach-led sessions, ready-made lesson plans, and Kibu Create, which builds an activity around one person's interests and ISP goals. A morning stretch session, a kitchen-safety lesson, a Jeopardy game generated from a goal. Giv will tell you a shift is covered and the note is done, not what happened during those hours.

Most agencies buy programming separately or go without it. On Kibu, the activity and the documentation of that activity live in the same place.

## Switching from Giv

Nothing about moving to Kibu requires running two systems for a season or losing what you have already recorded. Kibu's onboarding team does the migration with you, whatever size your agency is, and the whole rollout takes about a month.

- **Your data comes with you.** Kibu's team handles migration: the people you serve, their personal information, and their goals. We have migrated agencies off paper, so a structured export is not the hard case.
- **Your historical records stay reachable.** Nothing about moving forward requires deleting what is behind you. We plan retention with you before anything moves.
- **Setup fits the way you work.** Kibu configures the platform around your programs and your state's rules before your team starts.
- **Training takes days.** Live walkthroughs, video guides, and in-app tips. Most teams are confident in days. The content library is live right away with a week or two of rollout support; documentation rollout takes about a month, six weeks at the outside for larger organizations.

What does not change: your state's requirements, your billing obligations, and the people you serve. Kibu is built for Medicaid, HIPAA, and state-specific rules, and is updated as those rules change.

## Pricing

Kibu: Kibu pricing depends on your size and which programs you run, and it is shared during a demo. All documentation customers receive full access to Kibu Content, so the programming most agencies buy separately is already included. Most providers find Kibu costs less than what they use now.

Giv: Giv publishes a starting price of $18 per active client per month for its base Essential Suite. Direct claim submission, payroll, and pharmacy integration are priced as add-ons, and the Empower Suite that bundles them is priced by feature.

## Frequently asked questions

### Is Kibu a real alternative to Giv?

For most day programs, group homes, and community services, yes. Kibu covers the documentation core: case notes, ISP goal tracking, eMAR, incidents, EVV, billing, and audit-ready reporting, plus a content library Giv does not offer. The clearest case for Giv is an agency that wants shift scheduling and payroll in the same system.

### Does Kibu's AI write the note, or report on it?

Both. Magic Pen turns the Quick Notes a DSP spoke or typed during the shift into the structured service record and checks it as it is written, and Clara turns documentation already in the system into audit-ready compliance reports. Giv's published AI generates reports from data already recorded, and Giv labels it as in beta. A Giv DSP can dictate with the phone's microphone, which records what they said.

### Giv publishes pricing and Kibu does not. How do I compare cost?

Compare what each price covers. Kibu's price includes documentation and the content library, so the programming most agencies buy separately is already in it. Giv starts at $18 per active client per month for its base suite, with direct claim submission and payroll priced as add-ons. Kibu shares pricing during a demo, and most providers find Kibu costs less than what they are paying now.

### How many agencies use each platform?

Kibu is used by 480+ provider organizations across 48 states. Giv says it supports IDD agencies in all 50 states but does not publish how many agencies use it, and the customers on its impact page are not named.

### Do DSPs like the Kibu mobile app?

By the ratings, yes. Kibu Mobile holds 5.0 stars on the App Store and has thousands of downloads across Android devices.

### Can we move our data from Giv to Kibu?

Yes, and Kibu's team does the work regardless of how many people you serve. Migration covers the people you serve, their personal information, and their goals. We have migrated agencies coming off paper records, so a structured export from an existing system is a well-trodden path.

### How long does it take to get running on Kibu?

The content library goes live right away, with rollout support over the first week or two. Documentation rollout takes about a month, six weeks at the outside, depending on the size of the organization. Giv describes a phased rollout without publishing an end-to-end timeline.

## Sources

- Giv — logging shift notes (help center): https://help.givhealthcare.com/en/articles/11139219-logging-shift-notes
- Giv — AI: https://givhealthcare.com/ai
- Giv — iOS app listing (App Store): https://apps.apple.com/us/app/giv/id6450009104
- Giv — understanding documentation (help center): https://help.givhealthcare.com/en/articles/15978211-understanding-documentation-in-giv
- Giv — managing client plans (help center): https://help.givhealthcare.com/en/articles/13622900-managing-client-plans-in-the-client-profile
- Giv — managing medications (help center): https://help.givhealthcare.com/en/articles/15297652-managing-medications-in-the-client-profile
- Giv — Reporting Hub: https://givhealthcare.com/reporting-hub
- Giv — product overview: https://givhealthcare.com/demo/overview
- Giv — FAQ: https://givhealthcare.com/faq
- Giv — managing claims and service records (help center): https://help.givhealthcare.com/en/articles/11138107-managing-claims-and-service-records-for-billing
- Giv — explore the product: https://givhealthcare.com/explore-the-product
- Giv — pricing: https://givhealthcare.com/pricing
- Giv — switching to Giv: https://givhealthcare.com/switching-to-giv
- Giv — Android app listing (Google Play): https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=giv.plus.caregiver

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