Abridge vs Athelas Ambient AI vs Augmedix vs Suki AI
A side-by-side look at scores, pricing and features — with RECATOOLS' ASEAN-aware verdict for each.
Abridge
Ambient AI scribe for clinicians — 200+ health systems, Best in KLAS
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Athelas Ambient AI
Ambient AI scribe covering pre-visit intake through post-visit coding
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Augmedix
Real-time medical scribing now folded into Commure's AI suite
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| RECATOOLS Score | 8.2 / 10 | 7.2 / 10 | 6.9 / 10 | 7.8 / 10 |
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| Pricing | Enterprise | Enterprise | Enterprise | Enterprise |
| Free tier | None — enterprise contracts only, no self-serve or trial tier | — | — | No free tier; demo only via sales contact |
| Paid from | Enterprise quote only; no public self-serve pricing (12-month minimum) | — | — | ~$299/clinician/month (Compose); ~$399/clinician/month (Assistant) |
| Has API | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
| Open source | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Free to use | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Users | 200+ health systems; ~50-80M clinical conversations/year | — | — | 350+ health systems; tens of thousands of clinicians |
| Founded | 2018 | — | — | 2017 |
| Maker | Abridge AI, Inc. (independent) | — | — | Suki AI, Inc. (independent; strategic investor: Zoom Ventures) |
| Verdict | Abridge is the clear market leader in ambient AI documentation for large US health systems, validated by more peer-reviewed research than any competitor, Best in KLAS two consecutive years, and deployments at the most pr... |
What sets this apart from a plain ambient scribe like Abridge or Nabla is scope: it doesn't stop at generating a note, it also chews through pre-visit chart prep, fires off post-visit orders and referrals, and attempts a... |
Augmedix predates the current ambient-scribe boom — it was doing live remote medical scribing years before Abridge, Nabla and the rest turned it into a crowded category. That history shows in its "Augmedix Live" option:... |
Suki AI is among the most capable ambient clinical documentation tools available, with genuinely deep EHR integrations — particularly its Epic "INSIDE" embedding and first-mover status on MEDITECH Expanse's documentation... |
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Comparisons cover up to 4 tools. Scores are RECATOOLS editorial assessments; verify current pricing on each vendor's site.