Best AI Medical Scribe in 2026: 15 Scribes Compared

The short answer: there is no single best AI medical scribe. The right one depends on where you work and how your notes reach the chart.

• Solo and small practices that sign up online can compare Vero, Freed, Heidi, Twofold and Commure Scribe.
• Free options: Heidi has a free plan with unlimited ambient documentation, and Doximity Scribe is free for verified US clinicians.
• Canada: Tali and Scribeberry connect to Canadian EMRs, and Heidi and Tali are certified in Québec.
• Health systems on Epic can choose Abridge, Dragon Copilot, Ambience and Suki, which are sold through sales teams.

Vero makes one of the scribes on this list. Every price, plan and integration below comes from each vendor's own pages, checked October 21, 2026. We compared what each vendor publishes; we did not test note accuracy.

The 15 AI scribes at a glance

How to choose an AI medical scribe

1. Start with your EHR. If you work inside Epic, the scribes built into it (Abridge, Dragon Copilot, Ambience, Suki and DeepScribe) are bought by your organization, not by you. On a browser-based EHR, Freed pushes notes in with one click on its Premier plan. Tali, Scribeberry and DeepCura connect to specific EMRs. On entry plans, most other self-serve scribes, Vero included, have you paste or export the finished note.
2. Price the plan you would actually use. Caps matter: Freed Starter allows 40 notes a month, Tali Starter allows 40 scribes, and DeepCura meters 1,000 credits a month per seat. Yearly billing cuts the monthly price by 12% to 35% on the plans above.
3. Ask what happens to audio and notes. Vero never keeps live visit audio, and Twofold never stores recordings. DeepCura keeps visit audio unless you turn that off, Commure Scribe keeps audio, transcripts and notes for 6 years, Doximity deletes notes after 29 days, and Nabla keeps notes for 14 days by default.
4. Match the languages you hear. Vero works in 60+ languages, up to three in one visit. DeepScribe lists 110+ languages, Commure Ambient AI 100+, Nabla 35+ and Abridge 28+. Suki hears 80 languages but writes notes in English, and Tali writes notes in English or French only.
5. In Canada, check certification and where data lives. Heidi and Tali are certified in Québec. Vero, Tali and Dragon Copilot keep Canadian data in Canada, and Heidi hosts Canadian patient data in Québec. Our Canadian AI scribe guide covers privacy rules and provincial billing in more depth.

For plan-by-plan costs, caps and a monthly cost calculator, see the AI medical scribe pricing guide.

Scribes you can sign up for yourself

Vero

• Choose it if you want notes in your own templates, cited clinical evidence, PDF forms filled from the visit, code suggestions and an AI chat in the note, all on every plan. Vero is SOC 2 Type II certified, never keeps live visit audio, and runs on the web, iPhone, Android and Mac. See its AI scribe pages by specialty and note type, from primary care and pediatrics to SOAP notes.
• Know first: Vero works alongside your EHR rather than inside it. You copy the finished note in, or export it as a PDF or Word file.

Freed

• Choose it if you are a US clinician on a browser-based EHR. Freed answers questions from 50+ trusted sources inside the note, learns your style from your edits, and on Premier suggests ICD-10 and CPT codes at the justified E/M level.
• Know first: Starter caps notes at 40 a month, coding and dictation are on Premier and Groups, and there is no free plan after the 7-day trial except Core for students and trainees.

Heidi

• Choose it if you want a free plan with unlimited ambient documentation. Heidi answers clinical questions from the full text of journals such as NEJM and Cochrane, and is certified in Québec as Heidi Santé Canada.
• Know first: the free plan includes only a trial of Heidi's agents, routines and dictation, coding is on paid plans, and EHR integration is on the Teams plan, priced on request.

Doximity Scribe

• Choose it if you are a verified US physician, NP, PA, CRNA or student and want a free scribe. Doximity Ask is built into the note, including a check against clinical guidelines, and it works during Doximity Dialer telehealth calls.
• Know first: notes and transcripts are deleted after 29 days, so copy them to your EHR in time. It isn't open to clinicians outside the US.

Twofold

• Choose it if you want one flat plan with unlimited notes and ICD-10 and CPT suggestions. Twofold captures live sessions, dictated summaries, typed notes or uploaded recordings in formats such as SOAP, DAP, BIRP and GIRP, and never stores recordings.
• Know first: its SOC 2 Type II certification is still in progress, notes are pasted into your EHR, and leaving a yearly plan early adds a $138 fee.

Commure Scribe

• Choose it if you want ICD-10 and CPT suggestions on every plan from a vendor that also sells to health systems. Commure's health-system product, Ambient AI, integrates with 60+ EHRs and is in Epic's Toolbox.
• Know first: Commure Scribe writes into the EHR only on its Enterprise plan, from $9,000 a year, keeps audio, transcripts and notes for 6 years, and gives no refunds.

Tali AI

• Choose it if your Canadian clinic runs Accuro, CHR, Healthquest, Med Access, Oscar Pro, Profile, Medesync or PS Suite. Tali submits OHIP claims for eligible Ontario clinicians, is certified in Québec, and keeps Canadian users' data in Canada.
• Know first: notes and forms come out in English or French only, EMR integration is on Pro and Enterprise, and Starter caps scribes at 40 a month.

Scribeberry

• Choose it if you fill Canadian forms such as the CRA disability tax credit form, or look up billing codes for Ontario, BC, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba. Its Berry agent pre-charts your day, faxes referrals and sends patient intakes, with your approval.
• Know first: the free tier is 20 uses a month after 3 days of unlimited use, without custom templates or dictation, and Scribeberry isn't on Québec's list of certified AI scribes.

DeepCura

• Choose it if you want a scribe, an AI receptionist with a phone number, fax, intake and billing for one price per seat. It writes notes, diagnosis entries and orders into athenahealth, eClinicalWorks and AdvancedMD.
• Know first: DeepCura isn't SOC 2 certified yet, keeps visit audio by default unless you turn that off, meters use at 1,000 credits a month per seat, and asks for 30 days' notice to cancel.

Nabla

• Choose it if your health system runs Epic or Oracle Cerner and you want ambient notes and dictation inside the EHR, with E/M and ICD-10 suggestions, in 35+ languages.
• Know first: Nabla sells mainly to health organizations and has no pricing page, data for clients outside the US is stored in the EU, and notes are kept 14 days by default.

Scribes sold to health systems

Abridge

• Choose it if your health system runs Epic. Abridge is built into Epic, including inpatient and outpatient orders, with ICD-10, HCC and E/M at the point of care, in 28+ languages.
• Know first: it is sold to health systems with no public price, self-serve sign-up or trial, Epic is the only commercial EHR it names an integration with, and data is stored in US data centers.

Dragon Copilot

• Choose it if your organization already uses Dragon Medical One and wants dictation and ambient notes in one product, embedded in Epic or alongside MEDITECH. Microsoft keeps Canadian data in Canada and US data in the US.
• Know first: no per-user price is published, every user needs a license bought through Microsoft, nurses can use it in the US only, and radiology is in US preview.

DeepScribe

• Choose it if you run an oncology or specialty practice. DeepScribe is built into Flatiron OncoEMR, iKnowMed and Epic, suggests E/M, ICD-10 and HCC codes, and lists 110+ languages.
• Know first: there is no public price, contracts renew automatically, and its SmartPrep chart summary works only on the two oncology EHRs.

Suki

• Choose it if your health system runs Epic, Oracle Health, athenahealth or MEDITECH. Suki writes structured data back, offers ambient notes and dictation with ICD-10, HCC, CPT and E/M coding, and its assistant answers questions using UpToDate Expert AI.
• Know first: it is sold through its sales team with no public price or trial, and it writes notes in English even when the visit is in another language.

Ambience

• Choose it if you are a large health system that wants coding and documentation integrity checks at the point of care, with fees tied to agreed outcomes rather than seats.
• Know first: Ambience is enterprise only, deployed with its own teams inside each health system, publishes no language count, and translates other languages into English.

Frequently asked questions

What is the best AI medical scribe in 2026?

It depends on where you work. Solo and small practices that sign up online can compare Vero, Freed, Heidi, Twofold and Commure Scribe on price, free plan and how notes reach the EHR. Health systems on Epic can choose Abridge, Dragon Copilot, Ambience or Suki, which are sold through sales teams. US clinicians who want a free option can check Doximity Scribe.

Is there a free AI medical scribe?

Yes. Heidi has a free plan with unlimited ambient documentation, and Doximity Scribe is free for verified US physicians, NPs, PAs, CRNAs and students. Tali keeps a free plan of 5 scribes and 60 dictation minutes a month, Scribeberry keeps 20 uses a month, and Vero gives 10 free actions every month after its 7-day trial.

How much does an AI medical scribe cost?

Published prices for one clinician run from $39 to US$150 a month. Freed costs $39 to $119, Twofold $49 to $69, Commure Scribe $59 to $129, Vero US$69 to US$89, Scribeberry $99, Heidi US$110 to US$150, Nabla US$119 and DeepCura US$129. In Canada, Tali costs CA$60 to CA$130. Abridge, Dragon Copilot, DeepScribe, Suki and Ambience don't publish prices.

Which AI medical scribes work inside Epic?

Abridge is built into Epic, Dragon Copilot is embedded in Epic, and Ambience and Suki write back into Epic as well as other EHRs. DeepScribe works inside Epic Haiku, Nabla integrates with Epic, DeepCura files notes in Epic, and Commure's Ambient AI is in Epic's Toolbox.

Which AI medical scribes work in Canada?

Tali and Scribeberry connect to Canadian EMRs such as Accuro and PS Suite. Heidi and Tali are certified in Québec. Vero, Tali and Dragon Copilot keep Canadian data in Canada, and Heidi hosts Canadian patient data in Québec.

Sources

Every vendor's figures come from its own pages, read on October 21, 2026. Prices and plans change often, so check the vendor's page before you buy.

• Vero: pricing page, homepage and questions, privacy policy and the Vero Scribe page.
• Freed: home, pricing and features pages; Help Center articles on EHR Push and frequently asked questions; release notes; App Store listing.
• Heidi: US and Canadian pricing pages; Help Center article on changing a subscription; "Heidi II is here" (October 20, 2026); Canadian compliance, coding and download pages; Chrome Web Store and App Store listings.
• Doximity Scribe: Scribe page; Help Center articles on getting started, using Scribe, privacy and Doximity Ask; desktop and app pages.
• Twofold: home and pricing page; Help Center articles on pricing and subscriptions; pricing explainer; security and solutions pages.
• Commure Scribe: Ambient AI page and Epic Toolbox press release; Commure Scribe home and pricing pages; docs on plans, iOS pricing, EHR integration and security.
• Tali AI: home, FAQ, Canadian and US pricing, Billing Agent, security and install pages; Help Center article on other languages.
• Scribeberry: home, pricing, "AI scribe for Canada", Berry agent, integrations and download pages; changelog; Google Play listing.
• DeepCura: home and pricing pages; terms of service (September 23, 2026); Help Center articles on the free trial and devices; App Store listing.
• Nabla: home, EHR and dictation pages; press releases of July 21 and July 28, 2026; Help Center article on individual subscriptions; trust centre.
• Abridge: home, clinicians, orders and revenue cycle pages; VA and AltaMed press releases; contact page; App Store and Google Play listings.
• Dragon Copilot: Microsoft product page and licensing guidance; HIMSS 2026 post; Epic and MEDITECH partnership pages; privacy white paper and mobile installation guide on Microsoft Learn.
• DeepScribe: home, specialties, EHR integrations, Epic, coding, HCC, SmartPrep, AI scribe and Customization Studio pages; terms of use; Trust Center requirements; App Store listing.
• Suki: home, clinicians, solutions, MDVIP partner and download pages; press releases on standalone dictation and its October 13, 2026 funding.
• Ambience: home, informatics, business, products and emergency department pages; "The Ambience Standard" (August 19, 2026).