Freed
AI medical scribe priced for individual clinicians and small practices.
why this verdict
Downgrade — pay for the workflow, not the AI
Heidi covers the headline feature free, so the $99/mo is now paying for the workflow around it.
- A named launch, not a vibe named, unlinked
- EHR vendors and Microsoft bundling ambient scribing so clinicians never buy it separately. Microsoft, May 6, 2025 — no announcement link recorded yet.
- How much of the job it covers headline only editorial call
- The headline feature, but not the workflow, data or integrations around it.
- Is there a free way to do it? yes
- 1 of 3 listed replacements have a usable free tier: Heidi.
- What the call is worth $1,188/yr
- $99/mo at the entry paid tier — $1,188 a year per seat.
- Threatened by
- Microsoft
- Since
- May 6, 2025
- List price
- $99/mo
- Per year
- $1,188
The backstory
Freed sells directly to clinicians rather than through hospital procurement, at a price a single doctor can approve without a committee, which built adoption fast in independent practice. That go-to-market is also the vulnerability: individual buyers are the first to stop paying when the EHR they are already required to use includes a scribe at no extra cost. The independent practice market is real and shrinking, as consolidation moves more clinicians inside systems that buy centrally.
Escape hatches
switching could free up $1,188/yrFree tier and strong international coverage
heidihealth.com open_in_newBroader platform with practice and hospital support
nabla.com open_in_newEnterprise option for larger organisations
abridge.com open_in_new1 of 3 replacements have a usable free tier.