Scribble vs ScribeMD
Scribble offers tiers with a person in the loop. Now is fully automated, Swift adds a human scribe, and Pro adds a clinician scribe who reviews and posts to the EHR, with E&M coding included. Select lets the clinician pick a tier per encounter, and templates cover 30-plus specialties. A note can be regenerated without re-recording. IKS Health publishes a client story about a multi-specialty group that gained 9.34% more RVUs, $106k net per physician yearly. That story is vendor-run, with no method given.
ScribeMD drafts SOAP and H&P notes in under 30 seconds by its own claim, suggests ICD-10 and CPT codes, and names Epic, Cerner, athenahealth and Veradigm. It shows a SOC 2 Certified badge with no type given, and an individual doctor pays nothing. A single doctor who wants to start drafting today is the buyer.
For a physician group that bills E&M levels and wants a clinician to review every note, ScribeMD ranks below Scribble. Pro includes E&M coding by a clinician scribe, while ScribeMD offers code suggestions.
AI medical scribes · Reviewed November 2, 2026
When to pick each one
Scribble
- Clinician scribe reviews and posts to EHR
- E&M coding included in Pro
- Select tier chosen per encounter
ScribeMD
- SOAP and H&P drafts, under 30 seconds per vendor
- ICD-10 and CPT code suggestions
- Epic, Cerner, athenahealth, Veradigm named
Score
Each row shows points earned of points available under the published rubric.
Scribble
35of 100
ScribeMD
52of 100
| Dimension | Scribble | ScribeMD | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| HIPAA / SOC2 / BAA | 13 / 13 | 13 / 13 | 0 |
| EHR integrations (count) | 6.3 / 21 | 10.5 / 21 | -4.2 |
| Top-3 EHR coverage (Epic / Oracle / Athena) | 4.8 / 12 | 12 / 12 | -7.2 |
| 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 | 3 / 12 | 3 / 12 | 0 |
| Pricing transparency | 2.5 / 5 | 5 / 5 | -2.5 |
| Years in market | 0 / 6 | 0 / 6 | 0 |
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Pricing
Scribble
| Tier | Monthly | Annual | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enterprise | n/a | n/a | No public price. Four tiers are named (Scribble Now, Swift, Pro and Select) and differ in human review. |
ScribeMD
| Tier | Monthly | Annual | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Individual doctor | n/a | n/a | Free forever, no credit card required. The pricing page does not state what the free tier limits. |
| Enterprise | n/a | n/a | No public price. Custom per organization for groups, clinics and health systems, with no trial clock or visit limits, a custom contract and a BAA. |
Compliance and integrations
Documented from each vendor’s own pages.
| Spec | Scribble | ScribeMD |
|---|---|---|
| Free tier | ||
| HIPAA | ||
| SOC 2 Type II | ||
| EHR integrations | Epic | Epic, Cerner, athenahealth, Veradigm |
| Founded | n/a | n/a |
| HQ | n/a | n/a |
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Common questions
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