PreceptorLink vs
Clinical Match Me

PreceptorLink doesn't publish a price, so there's no figure to quote. Its FAQ says the preceptor's honorarium sets the cost and the company adds its business expenses on top, which means the total reaches you after a preceptor accepts. What's published: a $150 non-refundable application fee, and a 15% service fee on every payment plan. Clinical Match Me publishes $1,995 for a rotation up to 250 hours.

Yes. PreceptorLink is a real preceptor matching service, founded and led by a nurse practitioner, and it holds an A rating with the Better Business Bureau. Where Clinical Match Me differs is that the price is published, you owe nothing before a match, and the refund terms are on the site to read.

PreceptorLink matches nurse practitioner students with preceptors for clinical rotations, the same category Clinical Match Me works in, and it handles school paperwork as well. The differences are in how each service charges, what's due before they match you with a preceptor, and whether the refund terms are published.

Yes. Both services pay the preceptor an honorarium, which persuades clinicians to take a student on top of a full caseload. PreceptorLink lets each preceptor set their own honorarium and adds its costs on top, which is why its total varies. With Clinical Match Me the honorarium is bundled into the single price you see.

Yes. Registration is free and carries no obligation, so you can have a request open with Clinical Match Me while you talk to PreceptorLink. You pay only if you accept an offer. Bear in mind PreceptorLink's $150 application fee applies each time you request one of its preceptors. See the full NP preceptor cost breakdown and the money back guarantee.

Not a deposit as such, but a $150 application fee that its FAQ describes as non-refundable, charged when you request a preceptor rather than when one accepts you. After that, 25% is taken when the preceptor accepts and the final 50% once the paperwork is done. With Clinical Match Me there's nothing to pay until you accept an offer.

With Clinical Match Me you choose a refund or a replacement preceptor, and any reason your school gives counts. PreceptorLink says to talk to them early, and that if they can't place you, you'll receive "a refund in accordance with our cancellation and refund policy". That policy isn't published on their site, so it's worth asking to see it before you pay.

Clinical Match Me publishes its price, so you can answer that before you commit: $1,995 flat for a rotation up to 250 hours, with no application fee and no service fee. PreceptorLink doesn't publish one, so the only figures you can compare in advance are its $150 non-refundable application fee and the 15% it adds to every payment plan.

Its FAQ advises signing up early to "avoid last-minute charges", but doesn't publish what those charges are. PreceptorLink does say last-minute rotations are one of its specialties. The Clinical Match Me price is the same whatever your timeline.

Both do. PreceptorLink divides the balance into four instalments and adds a 15% service fee to every payment plan, and you must be paid in full before the rotation starts. Clinical Match Me adds $100 for a two-payment plan, $201 for four payments, and 6% for extended plans beyond that, over terms up to 24 months.

Yes. PreceptorLink holds an A rating with the Better Business Bureau. Clinical Match Me holds an A+, the highest grade the bureau awards.