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Best AI patient triage and engagement, before the visit

Symptom checkers, voice agents, intake automation, post-discharge messaging. Tools that reduce front-desk load, improve access, and route patients to the right care setting.

Updated October 20, 2026

The shortlist

Which patient triage are worth shortlisting in 2026?

Four tools survived our 2026 review for clinical use: Infermedica for clinically-validated triage engine; Ada Health for white-label deployment; Hippocratic AI for voice-agent nurse workflows; Hyro for call deflection at scale.

Four tools we actually recommend

Each pick wins a specific use case. The wrong question is “which is best”. The right question is “which fits my situation”. Skip past the ones not matching yours.

  1. Top-ranked 01  ·  Best clinically-validated triage engine

    by Infermedica

    Competitive· 38

    Class IIb medical device, 1:10 cost-savings ratio claim.

    Polish-origin, CE-MDR Class IIb. Powers Symptomate and many B2B deployments. Strongest evidence base.

    Pricing
    Enterprise (quote).
    Compliance
    EU MDR Class IIb / UK MHRA registered / ISO 27001:2022
  2. Top-ranked 02  ·  Best for white-label deployment

    by Ada Health GmbH

    Competitive· 37

    Most-downloaded consumer symptom checker with white-label B2B API.

    Bayesian probabilistic engine. CE-MDR. Berlin-based.

    Pricing
    No public price. The website offers a partner contact route and an app download link.
    Compliance
    EU MDR Class IIa (CE 0123) / ISO 27001 / ISO 13485
  3. Top-ranked 03  ·  Best for voice-agent nurse workflows

    by Hippocratic AI

    Tracked· 11

    Patient-facing voice agents for triage, follow-up, screening.

    $500M+ raised. Safety-trained for non-diagnostic clinical tasks. Per-hour agent pricing.

    Pricing
    No public price or rate card. Third parties report about $9 per agent-hour, billed for active agent time (third-party, not confirmed by the vendor). No self-serve trial found.
    Compliance
    —
  4. Top-ranked 04  ·  Best for call deflection at scale

    by Hyro

    Tracked· 10

    85%+ call deflection claim for high-volume health systems.

    Healthcare-industry voice agent. Strong enterprise traction in scheduling + access.

    Pricing
    No public price. Request a demo.
    Compliance
    —

Buyer’s guide

What should clinicians look for when buying patient triage?

The right tool depends on your workflow, your specialty, your budget, and your scale. Five criteria do most of the work narrowing your shortlist.

  1. Criterion 01

    Workflow integration depth

    How deeply does it sit inside your existing workflow? Tools that require copy-paste eventually get abandoned. Tools with native bidirectional sync into your EHR or platform stay.

  2. Criterion 02

    HIPAA + compliance attestation

    Non-negotiable for any clinical use. Look for explicit HIPAA + SOC2 + signed BAA. Free general-purpose LLMs are NOT compliant out-of-the-box.

  3. Criterion 03

    Pricing transparency

    Vendors that publish per-seat or per-encounter pricing on their site are easier to evaluate than enterprise-only quotes. If you can't get pricing without a sales call, factor that friction in.

  4. Criterion 04

    Specialty and language fit

    Performance varies materially by specialty and patient population. Aggregated reviews often look fine but mask specialty-level variance. Pilot in your own workflow before committing.

  5. Criterion 05

    Vendor stability

    This is a multi-year commitment in practice. Funding stage, leadership continuity, enterprise references, and platform partnerships matter. Pre-Series-B vendors carry more risk.

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Full comparison

How do all 16 platforms compare side-by-side?

Pricing from vendor documentation, certifications verified against public attestations. Highlighted rows were directly evaluated by an MD on our editorial team within the past six months.

RefToolFromScoreCompliance / EHRFoundedAction
PT-001
Ada Health logo

Ada Health GmbH

AI Patient Triage

No public price. The website offers a partner contact route and an app download link.
37/100Competitive
EU MDR Class IIa (CE 0123)ISO 27001ISO 13485
2011Visit
PT-002
Assort Health logo

Assort Health

AI Patient Triage

No public price. The site offers a demo only.
5/100Tracked
—Visit
PT-003
Buoy Health logo

Buoy Health

AI Patient Triage

Free to use. The site shows no price.
8/100Tracked
—Visit
PT-004
Clearstep logo

Clearstep Inc.

AI Patient Triage

No public price. Billing period, trial and refund not stated.
15/100Tracked

EHR: Epic

—Visit
PT-005
Commure Engage logo

Commure

AI Patient Triage

No public price. Contact the vendor.
8/100Tracked
—Visit
PT-006
Hippocratic AI logo

Hippocratic AI

AI Patient Triage

No public price or rate card. Third parties report about $9 per agent-hour, billed for active agent time (third-party, not confirmed by the vendor). No self-serve trial found.
11/100Tracked
2023Visit
PT-007
Hyro logo

Hyro

AI Patient Triage

No public price. Request a demo.
10/100Tracked
—Visit
PT-008
Infermedica logo

Infermedica

AI Patient Triage

Enterprise (quote).
38/100Competitive
EU MDR Class IIbUK MHRA registeredISO 27001:2022
2012Visit
PT-009
Iris Medical logo

Iris Medical

AI Patient Triage

$1/mo
10/100Tracked
2023Visit
PT-010
K Health logo

K Health

AI Patient Triage

$49/mo
24/100Niche fit
2016Visit
PT-011
Luma Health logo

Luma Health

AI Patient Triage

No public price. Demo request only (the pricing page returns a 404).
22/100Niche fit
HITRUST (vendor-stated: "HITRUST CSF Certified")ISO 27001 (vendor badge)TX-RAMP (vendor badge)

EHR: athenahealth, MEDITECH, Epic

—Visit
PT-012
Mediktor logo

Mediktor (Teckel Medical S.L.)

AI Patient Triage

No public price found. Contact the vendor. Billing period, trial and refund terms are not stated.
21/100Niche fit
ISO 13485 (UKAS badge on vendor page)HIPAA (vendor-stated)
—Visit
PT-013
Microsoft Healthcare Agent Service logo

Microsoft

AI Patient Triage

Flat $0.01 per Action, pay as you go, since early November 2025. A classic message costs 1 Action, a customer-source answer 2, a credible-source answer 5 and a triage session 18. The old S1 tier ($500 per month) is deprecated for new agents. Prices are estimates. A quote can be requested.
8/100Tracked
—Visit
PT-014
Sensely logo

Mediktor

AI Patient Triage

No public price. The site shows no plan, billing period or trial.
5/100Tracked
—Visit
PT-015
TriageLogic logo

TriageLogic

AI Patient Triage

No public price. Request a 15-minute walk-through.
12/100Tracked
SOC 2 Type II (vendor badge)URAC accredited (vendor badge)
—Visit
PT-016
Ubie Health logo

Ubie

AI Patient Triage

$850/mo
10/100Tracked
—Visit

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Frequently asked

What do clinicians ask about patient triage?

Sourced from access-center operators, ED admins, and patient-facing voice-AI deployments.

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