Suki AI vs Microsoft Dragon Copilot (formerly Nuance DAX Copilot) vs Abridge vs Freed
A side-by-side look at scores, pricing and features — with RECATOOLS' ASEAN-aware verdict for each.
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Microsoft Dragon Copilot (formerly Nuance DAX Copilot)
Microsoft's ambient clinical documentation, merging DAX and Dragon
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Abridge
Ambient AI that drafts clinical notes and codes from the patient conve...
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Freed
AI medical scribe built for solo and small-practice clinicians
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| RECATOOLS Score | 7.8 / 10 | 7.9 / 10 | 8.2 / 10 | 7.4 / 10 |
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| Pricing | Enterprise | Enterprise | Enterprise | Subscription |
| Free tier | — | None; sold to healthcare organisations via Microsoft and authorised partners | — | No free plan. 7-day free trial with Premier features, no card needed. Eligible students, residents and trainees get 12 months of Core free |
| Paid from | Not published, quoted by Suki's sales team | — | Quoted on request (health-system contracts, no published price) | From $39/mo (Starter, 40 notes/mo); Premier $119/mo or $104/mo billed annually |
| Has API | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Open source | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Free to use | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Users | 350+ health systems; tens of thousands of clinicians | — | 200+ health systems; ~50-80M clinical conversations/year | — |
| Founded | 2018 | 2020 | 2018 | 2023 |
| Maker | Punit Soni (CEO), Karthik Rajan | Microsoft Corporation | Dr. Shivdev Rao (CEO), Sandeep Konam (CTO), Florian Metze (CSO, departed 2019) | Independent (Freed Inc.) |
| Verdict | Suki is one of the most deeply embedded ambient scribes in US healthcare: notes, orders, coding and patient instructions land inside Epic, Oracle Health, athenahealth and MEDITECH, and since August 2026 dictation can be... |
Dragon Copilot is the most widely deployed ambient documentation tool, backed by Nuance's long history in medical speech and Microsoft's reach, and it now combines ambient notes with dictation, Epic integration and nursi... |
Abridge is one of the most widely deployed ambient scribes in US healthcare, with more than 300 health systems by its own count, KLAS's top Ambient AI ranking in the Revenue Cycle category two years running, and a platfo... |
Freed is one of the most accessible AI scribes for small practices, with simple published pricing, no long contracts and a free year for trainees. Its review base is still tiny, its scale figures are its own, and the fea... |
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Comparisons cover up to 4 tools. Scores are RECATOOLS editorial assessments; verify current pricing on each vendor's site.