AI Medical Scribe
Chartnote vs Nabla
Scores are legacy evidence and documentation scores, not product-performance ratings. How it is computed
Nabla posts no price. Its terms describe a monthly per-user fee in euros, and third-party estimates of $119 to $239 per clinician per month are probably stale. What it has is a randomized trial in NEJM AI (December 2025) that split 238 outpatient physicians at a California academic system across Nabla, DAX Copilot and usual care. Nabla users spent 9.5% less time in the note than the control group, the tool was used in about 29.5% of visits, and about 15% of treatment physicians never used either tool. Nabla sells to health systems and raised a $70 million Series C in June 2025. It says its dictation is built into Epic, and a third-party summary reports it joined Epic's ambient voice toolbox in October 2025.
Chartnote has a free Basic plan with 15 notes a month and offers a BAA. Notes and recordings can be set to auto-delete after 1 to 30 days, and the vendor says clinical content is never used to train models. For an outpatient physician paying personally, Nabla loses: no price is posted, while Chartnote's Basic plan is free.
AI medical scribes · Reviewed November 2, 2026
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Chartnote
by Chartnote, Inc. · founded 2019
AI medical scribe that turns a recorded patient encounter into a structured SOAP note, with dictation and templates.
Nabla
by Nabla · founded 2018
Clinical AI layer for health systems: ambient documentation, dictation and coding suggestions, plus the Nabla Connect API for partners.
When to pick each one
Chartnote
- Free Basic plan, 15 notes monthly
- BAA offered, auto-delete set to 1 to 30 days
- Vendor says content never trains models
Nabla
- Randomized trial in NEJM AI, December 2025
- Vendor says dictation is built into Epic
- Contract pricing, monthly per-user fee in euros
Score
Each row shows points earned of points available under the published rubric.
Chartnote
Nabla
| Dimension | Chartnote | Nabla | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| HIPAA / SOC2 / BAA | 13 / 13 | 13 / 13 | 0 |
| EHR integrations (count) | 0 / 21 | 0 / 21 | 0 |
| Top-3 EHR coverage (Epic / Oracle / Athena) | 0 / 12 | 0 / 12 | 0 |
| Bidirectional write-back | 0 / 5.2 | 0 / 5.2 | 0 |
| Peer-reviewed papers | 0 / 7 | 0 / 7 | 0 |
| RCT / meta-analysis / systematic review | 0 / 3 | 0 / 3 | 0 |
| Funding & adoption signal | 8.4 / 12 | 8.4 / 12 | 0 |
| Pricing transparency | 5 / 5 | 2.5 / 5 | +2.5 |
| Years in market | 4.2 / 6 | 6 / 6 | -1.8 |
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Pricing
Chartnote
| Tier | Billing period | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Basic | per month | Free | per clinician. 15 AI Scribe notes per month, no credit card required |
| Pro | per month | $39.99 | per clinician. Up to 100 AI Scribe notes per month, unlimited Copilot tools, priority support, Free Trial. Monthly toggle shown; yearly price not captured |
| Max | per month | $99.99 | per clinician. Unlimited AI Scribe notes (asterisk: reflects typical full-time use, see fair use policy), up to two 1:1 expert support sessions, Free Trial for first-time subscribers. Monthly toggle shown; yearly price not captured |
Verified November 2, 2026 from chartnote.com (opens in new tab).
Nabla
| Tier | Monthly | Annual | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enterprise | Not stated | Not stated | No public price: nabla.com/pricing returns a 404 page with a contact form. Terms of Sale state a monthly fee per authorized user, in euros excluding VAT. |
Verified October 14, 2026 from nabla.com (opens in new tab).
Compliance and integrations
Documented from each vendor’s own pages.
| Spec | Chartnote | Nabla |
|---|---|---|
| Free tier | Yes | No / unverified |
| HIPAA | Yes | Yes |
| SOC 2 Type II | Yes | Yes |
| EHR integrations | Not stated | Not stated |
| Founded | 2019 | 2018 |
| HQ | US | FR |
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Open the full AI medical scribes comparison
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