Accrue vs ELC and Tevera
A school-run placement system and a trainee's own hours record, compared on who buys each, what it tracks and what it costs you.
The short answer
ELC, Lumivero's Experiential Learning Cloud, is bought by schools to manage placements, evaluations and accreditation reporting, and Lumivero says it was built from the capabilities of its Sonia and Tevera products. Its product page lists no student price or trial. Accrue is bought by the trainee, tracks hours against cited board and program rules, and keeps going after graduation. If your program requires ELC, you still need it. Accrue can keep your own record beside it.
Side by side
| Feature | ELC | Accrue |
|---|---|---|
| Who it is for | Schools and their placement programs. Lumivero's site describes students, placement sites, supervisors, faculty and program leaders using it, in fields such as teacher education, social work and counseling. | Therapy trainees and associates in marriage and family therapy, professional counseling, clinical social work and doctoral psychology. Schools can ask for a program package. |
| License types and states | Not described by state or license. Lumivero calls it a configurable system, and programs set it up for their own requirements. | All four license families. Cited board presets in 13 states, listed on Requirements by state. Every other state gets a labeled placeholder ledger with no invented figures. |
| Platforms | Web. Lumivero's FAQ calls it fully responsive and mobile-accessible, and users can also act from email. | iPhone, Android and the web, on one account. |
| Logging | Students log hours and submit evidence. Supervisors can log hours from mobile devices. | A plus button with remembered choices, a session timer, and site schedules and class meetings confirmed in one tap. |
| Board and program requirement tracking | Dashboards, competency tracking and accreditation reporting for faculty and program leaders. Its site does not describe licensing board ledgers for an individual trainee. | One logged activity counts toward several independent board and program ledgers, each under its own cited rule. Accrue is a record-keeping aid and does not decide whether hours are accepted. |
| Supervisor signatures | Approval workflows and evaluations are listed, and supervisors can submit evaluations. How a supervisor signs is not described on the product page. | The supervisor signs a weekly summary on the trainee's phone with a drawn signature. |
| Forms and exports | Lumivero's FAQ says reports export in multiple formats, including Excel and PDF. | Weekly summaries, a comprehensive PDF, CSV hours, the California BBS weekly log and experience verification forms filled in, and filing guidance for Texas LPC and New York LCSW. Review every form with your supervisor. |
| Moving your hours in | Not described on its site. Ask your program whether you can export your record before you leave. | Imports its own CSV template, free at the clinical hours log template. A file from another tracker can be rearranged into that template first. |
| Price | Not listed. It is sold to institutions, and the product page gives no student price. | $4.99 a month, $49.99 a year or $89.99 once. See pricing. |
| Trial | Not listed. | 7 days on the monthly plan and 14 days on the annual plan. The one-time purchase has no trial. |
Prices and features checked 13 November 2026; they change, so check each product's own site.
Where ELC is stronger
- It manages the whole placement: site matching, approval workflows, evaluations and faculty dashboards. Accrue does not match students to sites.
- Lumivero says it supports over 800 placement programs worldwide, so your program may already require it.
- It gives faculty and program leaders competency tracking and accreditation reporting across a cohort.
- Faculty dashboards read the records in it, which a personal app cannot offer.
Where Accrue is stronger
- You own the account. It does not depend on a school buying a license, and it stays with you after graduation, through associate hours toward licensure.
- Board presets for 13 states with the rule, its source and the date checked on every ledger, applied beside your program's ledger.
- One logged activity counts toward several independent board and program ledgers.
- iPhone, Android and web apps, a session timer, and site schedules and class meetings confirmed in one tap.
- A published price you can read before you start.
Moving your hours to Accrue
Accrue does not have a direct importer for ELC. Lumivero's page does not describe what a student can export, so ask your program or check your account. If you can get your hours into a spreadsheet, you can rearrange them into Accrue's template.
Accrue imports its own CSV template today:
- Download the template and open it in Excel, Numbers or Google Sheets.
- Copy your hours in, one row per activity, with the date, activity, duration as h:mm, site and supervisor. Leave client names out.
- Save the file as CSV. In Accrue on iPhone, open Hours, tap Export, and choose Import a spreadsheet.
- Review the sites and supervisors Accrue created and any row it could not read. Importing the same file again does not add the same rows twice.
Each imported row is then counted against your program and board ledgers. Accrue does not have a direct importer for another tracker's files, and a counted hour is a record, not a sign that a board or program has accepted it. The template columns are on the template page.
Common questions
- Is ELC the same as Tevera?
- Lumivero's launch announcement for the Experiential Learning Cloud says it was built from the placement capabilities of Sonia and the assessment functionality of Tevera.
- Who pays for ELC?
- Lumivero sells it to institutions, and its product page lists no student price. Ask your program what, if anything, you pay.
- My program requires ELC. Can I use Accrue instead?
- No. Do what your program requires. Accrue keeps your own record, checked against board and program rules, and an Accrue entry is not an ELC assignment or an approval from your program.
- Can I move my ELC hours into Accrue?
- Accrue has no direct importer for ELC. If you can get your hours into a spreadsheet, you can rearrange them into Accrue's CSV template and import that file.
- Do schools use Accrue?
- Programs can ask for a program package that sets up their own requirements. See the programs page.
Sources
Sources checked
- Lumivero: Experiential Learning Cloud
- Lumivero: launch of the Experiential Learning Cloud, May 21, 2025
- Lumivero: acquisition of Tevera, April 19, 2023
- Accrue pricing
- Accrue for programs
Prices and features checked 13 November 2026; they change, so check each product's own site.
ELC, Experiential Learning Cloud, Sonia and Tevera are trademarks of Lumivero. Accrue is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by Lumivero.
Accrue is a record-keeping aid and is not affiliated with any licensing board, accreditor or school. Your board and program decide which hours they accept.