Roundup · Reviewed 2026-11-01
The leading AI medical scribes in 2026 are Doximity Scribe, OpenEvidence Visits, Freed, Heidi, Abridge and Microsoft Dragon Copilot. Doximity Scribe is free for verified U.S. clinicians, Freed starts at US$39 a month, and Abridge and Dragon Copilot sell to health systems. Arkangel AI is not a scribe: it adds cited evidence beside one.
Disclosure: Arkangel AI writes this page and is not a scribe vendor. Each scribe is described only with what its own website says on the date shown. If something is out of date, tell us and we will correct it.
Each row summarizes the vendor's own public page. “Not published” means we did not find it on that page, not that the product lacks it: ask the vendor.
| Scribe | What it does (vendor's description) | Who it is for | Published price | Privacy statement | Where the note goes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doximity Scribe | Records the visit or dictation and drafts the note; Doximity Ask sits beside the note since September 2026 | U.S. physicians, NPs, PAs and medical students with a verified Doximity account | Free for those users | Shows a “HIPAA Compliant” badge | Review, edit and send to the patient's chart; connected to Doximity Dialer |
| OpenEvidence Visits | Records encounters and generates clinical notes “enriched with evidence”, on web and mobile | Clinicians (eligibility not stated on the page) | Not published on the page | States HIPAA compliance and no AI training on PHI | Not published on the page |
| Freed | AI scribe for individual clinicians and groups | Individual clinicians and clinics; Core free for residents, students and trainees | Plans from US$39/month; 7-day free trial; Groups on custom pricing | States HIPAA compliance; organization-wide BAA on the Groups plan | One-click push to browser-based EHRs |
| Heidi | Ambient scribe and clinical AI for physicians and health systems | Clinicians and health systems | Free plan with one seat and limited usage; paid Clinician and Teams plans (prices not shown) | Shows a “HIPAA Compliant” badge linked to its Trust Center | Not specified on the pages read |
| Abridge | Ambient AI documentation; Linked Evidence ties note drafts to the source conversation | Enterprise health systems | Not published (contact sales) | States it is “100% HIPAA-compliant” | Inside Epic: capture in Haiku, review drafts in Hyperspace |
| Microsoft Dragon Copilot | Ambient capture of multi-party, multilingual conversations and orders, plus on-demand recordings | Physicians, nurses and radiologists in health organizations | Not published (contact a representative) | Not stated on the page read | Embedded in supported EHRs such as Epic; also web, mobile and desktop |
| Arkangel AI (not a scribe) | Answers clinical questions with the studies and guidelines cited; chart review for organizations | Health professionals in Latin America and the U.S.; English, Spanish, Portuguese and French | Free plan; Pro US$20/month; Team US$44 per user/month | ISO 27001:2022; HIPAA compliance and a BAA on Enterprise plans | Use next to your scribe and EHR, on the web and on WhatsApp |
Inside your EHR (Abridge and Dragon Copilot with Epic), pushed to a browser EHR (Freed), or copied and sent to the chart (Doximity). Fewer copy-paste steps means fewer errors.
Free individual tools suit solo clinicians; health systems usually need an enterprise agreement, a BAA and IT review before patient data is recorded.
A HIPAA badge is a vendor statement. Ask who signs the BAA, how long audio is kept and whether recordings or notes train models.
Test templates for your specialty and the languages your patients speak, on real-world visits, before rolling out.
Every AI-drafted note can contain errors. The clinician remains responsible for the final note.
A scribe writes down what was said in the visit. It does not tell you what the current guideline recommends, how to adjust a dose for renal function or which test best separates two diagnoses. That is the job of a clinical evidence tool.
Arkangel AI answers those questions in plain language with the studies and guidelines cited, so you can check each source before deciding. It works in English, Spanish, Portuguese and French, starts on a free plan, and Pro costs US$20 a month. Organizations add AI-assisted chart review for coding, quality and payer compliance, validated by their own team.
An AI medical scribe listens to a patient visit or a dictation and drafts the clinical note for the clinician to review and sign. Ambient scribes capture the conversation in the background. The clinician stays responsible for the final note, so every draft should be checked for omissions and errors before signing.
Doximity says Doximity Scribe is free for U.S. physicians, NPs, PAs and medical students with a verified account. Heidi offers a free plan with one seat and limited usage, and Freed offers its Core plan free to residents, students and trainees. Check each vendor's current terms and privacy agreement before recording patients.
Most scribe vendors state HIPAA compliance on their websites: Doximity, OpenEvidence, Freed, Heidi and Abridge do. A website statement is not a contract. Before recording patient visits, confirm who signs the business associate agreement, how long audio and notes are stored and whether they are used to train models.
Abridge describes an Epic workflow: capture in Haiku and review note drafts in Hyperspace. Microsoft says Dragon Copilot can be embedded in supported EHRs such as Epic. Freed pushes notes to browser-based EHRs, and Doximity Scribe lets clinicians send the reviewed note to the patient's chart. Confirm your EHR version with the vendor.
This roundup does not list Arkangel AI as a scribe. Arkangel AI answers clinical questions with cited studies and guidelines and, for organizations, reviews charts against coding, quality and payer rules. Many clinicians pair a scribe for the note with an evidence tool like Arkangel AI for the decisions behind it.
Treat every AI-drafted note as a first draft. Scribes can mishear, omit or misattribute details, especially with several speakers or specialty terms. Read the whole note, correct it and sign only what you would have written. Pilot a scribe on real visits in your specialty before relying on it daily.
Start on Arkangel AI's free plan and check the sources behind every answer, or book a demo to see chart review for your organization.
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