Free and Low-Cost AI Scribes for Solo Practices (2026)
AI scribes in our directory with a free tier or an entry plan of $50/month or less, with their limits, BAA statements and sources. An admin guide for solo and small practices.
Key takeaways
- Free options in this directory come in a few forms: free access for verified clinicians (OpenEvidence Visits, Doximity Scribe), free plans or tiers (Heidi Health, Upheal, Berries; the limits differ), and a pay-as-you-go plan with no monthly fee (YUNG Sidekick Flexible). Tools whose BAA we could not confirm are in a separate table, “BAA not confirmed in our checks”.
- The cheapest paid plans listed here start at $9.99 a month (YUNG Sidekick Starter, session-capped), about $19–$20 (AutoNotes, Mentalyc, Supanote) or $0.99 per session (Blueprint). Several cheapest tiers cap notes, for example at 40 a month.
- Limits matter more than the price tag: compare the monthly cap and the features the free or cheapest plan leaves out.
- BAA statements vary: some vendors say their BAA covers every account; the tools in the “BAA not confirmed in our checks” table are unverified. Confirm the BAA for the exact plan before any patient information goes in.
- Prices and plans change. Every figure on this page comes from the tool's listing, with the date we last checked it and a link to the vendor's pricing page.
Tools in this guide
PatientNotes
Documentation & AI ScribesAI medical scribe for solo and small practices that records visits on iPhone or web, drafts SOAP/H&P/progress notes with ICD-10 and CPT suggestions, and copies into any EHR. Non-recording staff seats are free; clinician reviews every note.
Mentalyc
Documentation & AI ScribesAI therapy notes for mental health clinicians, with treatment plans, progress tracking and note transfer into your existing EHR, such as SimplePractice or TherapyNotes (vendor pricing page).
Heidi Health
Documentation & AI ScribesAmbient AI scribe with free and paid tiers. Integrates with athenahealth, Epic and eClinicalWorks for write-back; SimplePractice via copy-paste (vendor site / help).
HealOS (formerly ScribeHealth)
Documentation & AI ScribesLow-cost AI medical scribe with ICD-10 coding and a Chrome extension; the Plus plan syncs appointments and sends notes to select EHRs such as athenahealth, AdvancedMD, DrChrono and eClinicalWorks.
Upheal
Documentation & AI ScribesAI therapy notes plus an EHR for scheduling and billing.
SimplePractice Note Taker
Documentation & AI ScribesAI note-taker add-on inside SimplePractice EHR. Writes into the existing SimplePractice chart after clinician review (vendor site).
YUNG Sidekick
Documentation & AI ScribesAI therapy-notes assistant that turns session audio or a short dictated recap into SOAP, DAP, BIRP and EMDR notes, treatment plans and progress reports for therapists.
Blueprint
Documentation & AI ScribesAI documentation (notes, treatment plans, client letters), clinical support, billing and insurance help, marketing help and client-communication drafts. Use it alongside your EHR (you copy notes into your EHR) or as an all-in-one EHR that adds scheduling, intake & forms, telehealth, a client portal, insurance billing, and invoices & payments (vendor pricing page).
Supanote
Documentation & AI ScribesAI therapy note-taker that drafts progress notes and treatment-plan-aware documentation from recorded or dictated sessions.
Berries
Documentation & AI ScribesMental health AI scribe for clinicians: session notes, treatment plans, ICD-10 suggestions, patient instructions and pre-session summaries. Recordings are not retained.
Twofold Health
Documentation & AI ScribesAI therapy notes. Works with SimplePractice and TherapyNotes via copy-paste; direct EHR integrations available ad hoc (vendor help).
Freed
Documentation & AI ScribesAmbient AI scribe for solo and small practices, with specialty templates, ICD-10/CPT coding help and one-click push to browser-based EHRs on Premier. Freed also sells a separate front-desk AI receptionist product (from $149/mo).
OpenEvidence Visits
Documentation & AI ScribesAmbient AI scribe inside OpenEvidence: records visits on the web or the mobile app (a telehealth mode in Chrome also captures video-call audio) and drafts an editable note from your own templates. Finished notes leave by copy and paste (rich or plain text); the vendor's Visits pages name no EHR integration.
Doximity Scribe
Documentation & AI ScribesFree AI scribe for eligible verified Doximity members: U.S. physicians, NPs, PAs, CRNAs and students. Produces notes you paste into your EHR (vendor help center).
AutoNotes
Documentation & AI ScribesAI progress-note generator for therapists that turns typed or dictated session summaries into structured notes.
Scribeberry
Documentation & AI ScribesCanadian-built AI medical scribe that turns live visits and dictation into structured notes for clinician review, with custom templates, form auto-fill, pre-intake AI agents, 40+ languages and smart pull/push into web EMRs such as Jane App. Audio is not retained.
Tali AI
Documentation & AI ScribesAmbient AI scribe and medical dictation with a medical question search and an EMR assistant, from a Canadian company. Its FAQ says data for US users is stored on US servers.
VoiceboxMD
Documentation & AI ScribesAmbient scribe with no note cap; higher tiers add billing codes.
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Free access, a free plan, or a plan with no monthly fee, as listed on each tool page. Limits differ a lot: read the cap before you rely on it.
| Tool | Free option | BAA (as stated on the listing) | Checked · pricing source |
|---|---|---|---|
| OpenEvidence Visits | Free for verified US healthcare professionals | Yes – vendor's Terms of Use say PHI that US covered entities enter is handled under its Business Associate Agreement, which the terms incorporate by reference; accounts under an institutional agreement use that organization's BAA instead (vendor terms) | · www.openevidence.com |
| Doximity Scribe | Free for eligible verified Doximity members | Yes – Doximity says it enters into a BAA with each user at registration, and its Terms of Service name Scribe among the tools covered by that BAA (vendor security page and terms) | · support.doximity.com |
| Heidi Health | Free plan Cheapest paid: Clinician $110/user/mo billed annually ($150 monthly) | Yes – vendor says it makes a BAA available to every covered entity it works with; accepting the agreement includes the BAA, no separate signature (vendor HIPAA page and BAA terms). Confirm it covers the plan you use | · www.heidihealth.com |
| Upheal | Free $0/mo (text/dictation/upload notes) Cheapest paid: AI Notes $39/mo (unlimited) | Yes – BAA accepted at signup by every practice (vendor) | · www.upheal.io |
| Berries | Free: first 20 sessions, then 10 sessions/mo Cheapest paid: Pro from $79/mo | Yes – BAA automatically covers every customer at signup; SOC 2 certified (vendor help center) | · heyberries.com |
| YUNG Sidekick | Flexible $0/mo pay as you go Cheapest paid: Starter $9.99/mo (up to 67 sessions) | Yes – vendor FAQ says covered entities automatically agree to its BAA at signup; BAA published on its site (vendor site) | · yung-sidekick.com |
Low-cost paid plans ($50/month or less, some only when billed annually)
Cheapest published plan or per-session price from the vendor’s pricing page. Monthly and annual prices differ; the cheapest tier often caps notes.
| Tool | Entry option | BAA (as stated on the listing) | Checked · pricing source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blueprint | $0.99/session alongside your EHR (no subscription for per-session credits) | Yes – vendor says new accounts get a BAA automatically at signup, and a signable copy is available (vendor privacy & security page) | · www.blueprint.ai |
| AutoNotes | Notes $19/mo ($16 billed annually) | Yes – vendor signs a BAA with customers using PHI (vendor trust center) | · www.autonotes.ai |
| Mentalyc | Mini $19.99/mo (40 notes) | Yes – vendor says every account is covered by its BAA, created at signup and downloadable from profile settings (vendor security page) | · www.mentalyc.com |
| Supanote | Starter $19.99/mo (40 notes) | Yes – every account is covered by a BAA at onboarding; custom BAA for group practices (vendor) | · www.supanote.ai |
| SimplePractice Note Taker | $35/clinician/mo add-on, on top of a SimplePractice EHR plan (from $49/mo) | Yes – covered under SimplePractice BAA accepted at signup; AI addendum applies (vendor support) | · support.simplepractice.com |
| Freed | Starter $39/mo (up to 40 notes) | Yes – BAA included in Platform Terms of Use at signup, including trial; signed copy on request (vendor help) | · www.getfreed.ai |
| HealOS (formerly ScribeHealth) | Core $49/mo (unlimited patient visits) | Yes – vendor signs BAAs with every customer; SOC 2 Type II (vendor site) | · www.healos.ai |
| Twofold Health | Personal $49/mo billed annually ($69 monthly) | Yes – signed BAA included on every account (vendor pricing FAQ) | · www.trytwofold.com |
| PatientNotes | Team $50/user/mo billed annually ($70 monthly) | Yes – BAA included with every paid Team/Enterprise plan at no extra cost (vendor pricing/security) | · patientnotes.ai |
BAA not confirmed in our checks
We could not confirm that these vendors sign a BAA with US customers. Ask for one in writing before recording any patient.
| Tool | Free or entry option | BAA (as stated on the listing) | Checked · pricing source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tali AI | Free tier: 5 AI scribes and 60 dictation minutes a month, after a 14-day Pro trial Cheapest paid: Canadian-dollar prices conflict on the vendor page (unverified) | unverified – the vendor says it is HIPAA compliant, but we found no BAA offer on its pages. US practices should ask for a BAA in writing before using it with patient information | · tali.ai |
| Scribeberry | Free trial, then 20 uses/month ($0; the trial is 3 days unlimited) Cheapest paid: Pro $99/mo unlimited | unverified – vendor states HIPAA and PIPEDA compliance and SOC 2 Type 2, and says it has BAAs with its cloud and AI subprocessors, but we found no statement that it signs a BAA with customers; ask before recording US patients (vendor security page) | · scribeberry.com |
| VoiceboxMD | $49/provider/mo | unverified – marketing claims HIPAA orientation; no standalone public BAA page confirmed in this check | · voiceboxmd.com |
How to compare them
- Check the cap on the free or cheapest tier (notes, sessions, minutes or uses a month) against a normal week for your practice.
- Check how the note gets into your record system: copy and paste from a standalone scribe, or an add-on inside your EHR.
- Ask the vendor whether its BAA covers the exact plan you will use, including a free plan, and keep the confirmation with your records. A BAA is one item on the list; it does not settle everything else.
- Try two tools on a mock visit or a dictated admin letter before using either with real patient information.
- Check your state’s rules on recording consent before you record any session.
Not on this page: clinicalnotes.ai (its free plan and monthly prices are waiting on a re-check), and tools whose price comes only from third-party sources. See the full Documentation & AI Scribes list, or the AI scribes for therapists guide.
Frequently asked questions
Is there a completely free AI scribe?
A few in this directory have free options: OpenEvidence Visits is free for verified US healthcare professionals, and Doximity Scribe is free for eligible verified Doximity members (vendor pages). Heidi Health, Upheal and Berries have free plans or tiers; check each one's limits on the tool page and the vendor's pricing page. Free options whose BAA we could not confirm are listed separately under “BAA not confirmed in our checks”.
What is the cheapest paid AI scribe plan listed?
From vendor pricing pages: YUNG Sidekick Starter $9.99/mo (up to 67 sessions), AutoNotes Notes $19/mo, Mentalyc Mini and Supanote Starter $19.99/mo (40 notes each), and Blueprint at $0.99 per session alongside your EHR. Confirm current prices on the vendor site.
Do free AI scribes come with a BAA?
It depends on the vendor. OpenEvidence's Terms of Use say PHI from US covered entities is handled under its BAA, and Doximity says it enters into a BAA with each user at registration (vendor pages). Tools in the “BAA not confirmed in our checks” table are unverified. Ask the vendor to confirm the BAA covers the plan you use.
How should a solo practice choose between them?
Compare the monthly cap with your caseload, how the note gets into your EHR, and whether the vendor confirms a BAA for your plan. Then try two tools on a mock visit or a dictated admin letter before using either with real patient information.
Disclaimer: This site covers administrative and operational workflows only. It is not clinical, legal, or compliance advice. Pricing and plan details come from vendor sites or third-party reviews as of the date shown and can change – confirm directly with each vendor and your compliance advisor before using any tool with protected health information.