Playback Health vs Suki
Suki's price is known only through third parties, who put it at about $299 to $399 per user per month and enterprise contracts at $350 to $500 or more. Suki's buyer is an Epic, Oracle Health, athenahealth or MEDITECH organization that wants ambient notes, dictation and assisted revenue cycle in one product, with the vendor saying its integrations with those four EHRs are deep and real-time. The company announced a $90 million Series E on October 12, 2026, which matters to a health system weighing how long a vendor will be around. Playback's buyer is a surgical or neurosurgery service that wants the clinician's explanation replayed for patients, with a Pro scribe that the vendor says generates ICD-10 and CPT codes and handles 15+ languages. Two 2024 papers cover the platform, a retrospective HCAHPS comparison of seven neurosurgery providers and a Cureus paper on resident communication, and neither tests the scribe. A MEDITECH hospital finds Meditech in Playback's logo strip with no integration depth given, against Suki's four-EHR statement, so Playback ranks second there.
AI medical scribes · Reviewed November 2, 2026
Playback Health
by Playback Health, Inc. · founded 2018
Ambient AI scribe for hospitals, plus a patient app that replays clinician care instructions after the visit.
Suki
by Suki AI · founded 2017
Ambient documentation, dictation, assisted revenue cycle and clinical reasoning for clinicians.
When to pick each one
Playback Health
- Pro scribe generates ICD-10 and CPT codes, per vendor
- Two 2024 papers on the platform, neither testing the scribe
- Pro handles 15+ languages, per vendor
Suki
- Epic, Oracle Health, athenahealth, MEDITECH named by vendor
- SOC 2 Type 2 and HIPAA, vendor-stated
- Third-party estimates $299 to $399 per user monthly
Score
Each row shows points earned of points available under the published rubric.
Playback Health
67of 100
Suki
59of 100
| Dimension | Playback Health | Suki | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| HIPAA / SOC2 / BAA | 13 / 13 | 13 / 13 | 0 |
| EHR integrations (count) | 14.7 / 21 | 10.5 / 21 | +4.2 |
| Top-3 EHR coverage (Epic / Oracle / Athena) | 12 / 12 | 12 / 12 | 0 |
| 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 | 3 / 12 | 8.4 / 12 | -5.4 |
| Pricing transparency | 2.5 / 5 | 0 / 5 | +2.5 |
| Years in market | 6 / 6 | 6 / 6 | 0 |
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Pricing
Playback Health
| Tier | Monthly | Annual | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enterprise | n/a | n/a | No public price. The Pro page offers Start free trial and Book a demo; trial length and price are not shown. |
Suki
Quote only, no public price.
Evidence
Playback Health
Suki
No FDA decision, peer-reviewed study or community post in our record.
Compliance and integrations
Documented from each vendor’s own pages.
| Spec | Playback Health | Suki |
|---|---|---|
| Free tier | ||
| HIPAA | ||
| SOC 2 Type II | ||
| EHR integrations | Epic, Cerner, Allscripts, athenahealth, eClinicalWorks, NextGen, Meditech, DrChrono | Epic, Oracle Health, athenahealth, MEDITECH |
| Founded | 2018 | 2017 |
| HQ | US | US |
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Common questions
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