ScribeMDPro vs Abridge
Abridge is sold to hospitals and health systems through enterprise agreements. ScribeMDPro is bought the way a clinic buys software: a published $49 monthly price, 15 free consultations to test it, and documentation you can start generating this afternoon.
A side-by-side look at the five decisions that matter for independent clinics.
| Metric | ScribeMDPro | Abridge |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | Flat $49/mo, unlimited consultations | Pricing not published — quoted per organisation |
| Form factor & workflow | Web app + Chrome Extension — record, review, export | Enterprise EHR deployment led by the health system |
| Data retention | Zero-storage: audio purged after transcription | Governed by the health system's enterprise agreement |
| Multilingual support | English plus Yoruba, Hausa and Swahili in one note | Focused on major languages for US health systems |
| Contract terms | Month-to-month, cancel anytime | Enterprise agreement via procurement |
Abridge does not publish per-clinician pricing. It is bought through an enterprise agreement negotiated by a health system, which means a sales call, a security questionnaire and a procurement cycle before a single note is written. A solo clinician or a five-doctor clinic rarely clears that process. ScribeMDPro publishes its price — $49 per month, or $500 per year — and gives every new account 15 AI consultations to trial before paying anything.
Abridge's strength is deep integration with large EHR deployments, delivered as part of a system-wide rollout with implementation and change-management support. That is the right shape for a hospital and the wrong shape for a clinic that just wants today's notes finished. ScribeMDPro is self-serve: record or paste the consultation, review the structured draft, then copy it into the chart or export a branded PDF with your clinic name and logo.
Both products treat clinical audio as sensitive. The difference is who holds the governance burden. Abridge's model assumes a health system with an information-security team to run the review. ScribeMDPro keeps the footprint small enough for a clinic to explain on its own: accounts are authenticated, database access is governed by row-level security scoped to your account and clinic, clinic access is invitation-controlled, and files sit in access-controlled storage. Ask us for the specifics if you need them for a governance review.
Vendor pricing changes — check both vendors' current pricing pages before you switch.
| Item | ScribeMDPro | Abridge |
|---|---|---|
| Published price | $49 per clinician per month | Not published — quoted per organisation |
| Annual option | $500 per year | Enterprise agreement |
| Free trial | 15 AI consultations, no card | Evaluation via sales process |
| Time to first note | Minutes after signup | After contracting and rollout |
The honest verdict: Choose Abridge if you are a hospital or health system with a procurement team, an enterprise budget and a system-wide EHR rollout to attach it to. Choose ScribeMDPro if you are an independent clinician or a small clinic that wants a published price, a real trial and multilingual documentation you can start using today.
Create an account and spend the 15 trial consultations on real sessions. No card, no contract, nothing to migrate.
Run it on a long or multilingual visit rather than a simple one — that is where the difference between scribes actually shows.
Set your clinic name and logo once so exported notes and letters come out on your own letterhead.
Clinic access is invitation-controlled, so you can add colleagues when you are ready without opening the account to anyone else.