The best AI medical scribes in the United States

Our 2026 Editor's Pick — the only ambient scribe shipping the full HIPAA + SOC 2 Type II + GDPR + ISO 27001 quartet with no audio stored by default and a real free tier.

Best for: Clinicians who want a real free entry point without compliance trade-offs

Ambient scribe inside Commure's $7B AI-native RCM and EHR platform — strongest US-market note quality we've tested, with HIPAA + SOC 2 + onshore data + audio-not-stored built in.

Best for: US clinicians and health systems who want enterprise-grade note quality with a self-serve entry price

A "team of AI employees" for healthcare — seven specialized agents (Scribe, Receptionist, Coder, Nurse Triage, Pharmacist, Consultant, Interpreter) on one stack, with the broadest published compliance posture in the field.

Best for: Clinics that want automation across the front desk, exam room and back office — not just the note

The broadest-reach ambient scribe in the field — 110 languages across 116 countries, 2M+ consults/week, the best community-shared template system in the category, plus a separate clinical Q&A surface (Heidi Evidence).

Best for: Clinicians who want the broadest template library in the field, a real free plan and global reach

The US enterprise ambient-scribe front-runner — $5.3B valuation, 200+ health systems, the deepest Epic embed in the category and a real beyond-documentation roadmap (RCM, prior-auth).

Best for: US health systems and academic medical centers that want the deepest Epic embed and an enterprise-grade procurement path

Microsoft's unified ambient + dictation + knowledge-partner clinical AI — the lowest-friction option for health systems already standardized on the Microsoft stack.

Best for: Large health systems already standardized on Microsoft 365 and Epic that want one-vendor procurement

AI-native EHR for therapists — broadest behavioral-health compliance posture in the field (HIPAA + SOC 2 Type II + PHIPA + PIPEDA + GDPR), a real usage-capped pricing model, and deep practice-management EHR integrations.

Best for: Therapists, counselors and behavioral-health practices that want an all-in-one AI-native EHR with a real free tier and usage-capped pricing

Web-based ambient scribe with a deep Best Practice (Bp) integration and Australian data residency — multi-country availability across AU, UK and US.

Best for: Australian clinicians on Best Practice, plus AU/UK/US users who want a no-install web-based scribe

Solo-clinician ambient scribe with HIPAA + HITRUST-aligned controls, an explicit no-PHI-training position and 7-day full-feature free trial — 20,000+ clinicians on the platform.

Best for: Solo physicians, therapists and allied-health clinicians who want low flat pricing with HIPAA + HITRUST-aligned security and explicit no-training-on-PHI

Specialty-tuned ambient scribe with the strongest oncology depth in the field — 5M oncology visits captured annually, bidirectional EHR write-back, and AI coding.

Best for: Specialty practices and enterprise clinics — especially oncology and value-based-care organizations

Enterprise clinical-intelligence platform unifying EHR data across 12+ named systems — 70,000+ clinicians, 200+ specialties, US Department of Veterans Affairs as a customer.

Best for: Healthcare systems, specialty clinics and government agencies that need EHR data unification on top of an ambient-scribe layer

EHR-agnostic ambient scribe with an unusually broad compliance enumeration (HIPAA + GDPR + PIPEDA + ISO 27001 + APP) and a claimed 100+ EHR integration count.

Best for: Practices that want an EHR-agnostic deployment with a multi-jurisdiction compliance posture

AI note-taker for therapists — progress notes, treatment plans and session insights.

Best for: Solo therapists and behavioral-health practices that want a low-cost, multi-jurisdiction-compliant therapy-notes tool

Multi-modal ambient + dictation + voice-command assistant with deep real-time integration into Epic, Oracle Health, athenahealth and MEDITECH — deployed across 400+ healthcare systems.

Best for: Health systems and group practices in multi-EHR environments that want voice commands plus ambient on the same stack

Long-running ambient documentation suite, now a Commure company — HITRUST-certified, broad US enterprise EHR coverage and a flagship Augmedix Go offering.

Best for: Enterprise health systems and large provider groups that want a long-operating ambient stack with HITRUST + broad US EHR coverage

Dentistry-specialist voice AI — hands-free perio and restorative charting plus an ambient dental scribe inside the practice-management system. 10,000+ dentists and hygienists on the platform.

Best for: US dental practices that want voice-driven charting and notes inside their existing dental PMS

Ambient scribe by healow with native eClinicalWorks integration, mobile-first capture and broader EHR support across athenahealth, Epic, Cerner and ModMed — 100,000+ doctors cited.

Best for: eClinicalWorks practices and primary-care groups that want a low-friction ambient layer on an established US EHR stack

Enterprise ambient AI platform that lives inside the Epic Toolbox — documentation + coding + CDI + AVS on one stack, KLAS-verified, deployed across 200+ specialties.

Best for: Enterprise health systems on Epic that want an end-to-end ambient suite (documentation + coding + CDI) embedded in Hyperdrive and Haiku

The most transparent self-serve scribe pricing in the US market — three published tiers from $39/mo, HIPAA + SOC 2 Type II, used by 26,000+ clinicians and 1,300+ clinics.

Best for: Solo and small-practice US clinicians who want self-serve onboarding with published pricing

Behavioral-health "system of action" — scribe + compliance review + RCM + clinical insights, deployed across community behavioral-health and substance-use treatment organizations with HITRUST + SOC 2 II + ISO 27001/27799/42001.

Best for: Community behavioral-health agencies, substance-use treatment programs and care-at-home providers — not solo therapists

Ambient scribe (Playback Pro) plus patient communication, designed to never fabricate clinical content.

Best for: Hospitals and care organizations

Dentistry-purpose-built ambient scribe from VideaHealth — launched October 2025, built on a platform trained on 1B+ dental images, with Smart Ambient and Quick Dictation modes.

Best for: US dental groups and DSOs that want an ambient scribe purpose-built for the operatory rather than adapted from a general medical scribe