Abridge vs Commure Scribe
Two products carry the Commure Scribe name. The self-serve app lists ScribeCore free for 7 days, ScribePro at $89 per month or $59 per month billed annually ($708 per year), and a custom Enterprise tier. The other is enterprise Ambient AI, quote-only, which includes the Augmedix lineage. Abridge also sells through enterprise sales, with third-party estimates of $208 to $600 per clinician per month.
The self-serve app syncs with athenahealth, eClinicalWorks, Elation, Tebra and SimplePractice, and Epic is named on neither Commure page. That fits a small practice that wants a known price before any call. Abridge runs inside Epic for departments that buy through sales. A four-clinician practice on eClinicalWorks that wants a fixed price rules out Abridge, whose eClinicalWorks support rests on a third-party claim and whose price is a sales conversation. Commure's 99.4% transcription accuracy and 95% coding alignment are its own numbers, and the coding figure comes with no method.
AI medical scribes · Reviewed November 1, 2026
Abridge
by Abridge AI Inc. · founded 2018
Enterprise ambient scribe with Linked Evidence traceability.
Commure Scribe
by Commure · founded 2012
Hybrid AI + human-in-loop scribe, now part of Commure.
When to pick each one
Abridge
- Epic departments buying through sales
- Vendor-described Linked Evidence tracing
- Quote-only, $208 to $600 per month estimated
Commure Scribe
- Self-serve ScribePro, $59 monthly billed annually
- 7-day free ScribeCore trial
- Syncs with athenahealth, eCW, Elation, Tebra
Score
Each row shows points earned of points available under the published rubric.
Abridge
63of 100
Commure Scribe
38of 100
| Dimension | Abridge | Commure Scribe | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| HIPAA / SOC2 / BAA | 13 / 13 | 13 / 13 | 0 |
| EHR integrations (count) | 6.3 / 21 | 0 / 21 | +6.3 |
| Top-3 EHR coverage (Epic / Oracle / Athena) | 12 / 12 | 0 / 12 | +12 |
| Bidirectional write-back | 0 / 5.2 | 0 / 5.2 | 0 |
| Peer-reviewed papers | 4.9 / 7 | 0 / 7 | +4.9 |
| RCT / meta-analysis / systematic review | 0 / 3 | 0 / 3 | 0 |
| Funding & adoption signal | 12 / 12 | 8.4 / 12 | +3.6 |
| Pricing transparency | 0 / 5 | 5 / 5 | -5 |
| Years in market | 6 / 6 | 6 / 6 | 0 |
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Pricing
Abridge
Quote only, no public price.
Commure Scribe
| Tier | Billing period | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| ScribeCore | 7 days free | Free | unlimited notes for 7 days with full feature access. No credit card needed until you upgrade |
| ScribePro, annual billing | per month, billed annually at $708 per year | $59 | page label says 30% off a struck-through $1,068 per year. The numbers shown imply about 34% off ($1,068 minus $708, divided by $1,068) |
| ScribePro, monthly billing | per month | $89 | struck-through price on the annual card. Commure's own roundup states $89 per month |
Verified October 14, 2026 from getscribe.commure.com (opens in new tab).
Evidence
Abridge
Peer-reviewed
4 PubMed records name Abridge.
- Enhancing clinical documentation with ambient artificial intelligence: a quality improvement survey assessing clinician perspectives on work burden, burnout, and job satisfaction. (opens in new tab)
- Ambient listening implementation in primary care and changes in electronic health record documentation metrics: Pre-post study of an ambient listening tool. (opens in new tab)
- Crossover Evaluation of Two Ambient AI Scribe Tools in the Emergency Department. (opens in new tab)
Community
22 posts sourced: 4 positive, 16 neutral, 2 negative.
Commure Scribe
No FDA decision, peer-reviewed study or community post in our record.
Compliance and integrations
Documented from each vendor’s own pages.
| Spec | Abridge | Commure Scribe |
|---|---|---|
| Free tier | ||
| HIPAA | ||
| SOC 2 Type II | ||
| EHR integrations | Epic, Cerner, Athena | Not specified |
| Founded | 2018 | 2012 |
| HQ | US | US |
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Common questions
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