If you’re pricing Augnito against an AI scribe, start with the honest gap: Augnito doesn’t publish a price. Its Spectra pricing page sends you to a contact-sales form, so the number arrives by quote. An ambient AI scribe publishes its: Patient Square’s Assist plan is ₹1,599 per doctor per month, annual, ex-GST, unlimited notes, no metering. You can see the India pricing right now without a call.
But price isn’t the real story here, because these two tools do different jobs. Augnito is dictation you drive. An ambient scribe drafts the whole note from the conversation. Line up what each costs and what each does, then decide which one your day actually needs.
Key takeaways
- Augnito is quote-only: its Spectra pricing page redirects to contact-sales, so you get a number after a demo, not before.
- Third-party directories benchmark voice-AI tools of this class around $50 to $200 per user per month, but that’s an outside estimate, not an Augnito figure.
- Patient Square publishes ₹1,599 per doctor per month (Assist, annual, ex-GST), unlimited notes, no per-line metering.
- Augnito turns your voice into EMR text. An ambient scribe turns the consult into a structured SOAP note, ICD-10 suggestions, and an Rx draft.
- Augnito wins for doctors who prefer to dictate and want word-for-word control.
Augnito Spectra pricing: contact-sales only, no published per-user price
Patient Square Assist, per doctor, annual, ex-GST, unlimited notes
From visit end to a reviewable SOAP note with the ambient scribe
What does Augnito actually cost?
Nobody outside Augnito’s sales team knows your number, and that’s the first thing to say plainly. The Spectra pricing page redirects to a contact-sales form, verified July 2026, so pricing is demo-led and quote-based. That’s normal for enterprise clinical software, but it means you can’t compare Augnito to anything until you’ve been through a sales cycle to learn what it costs.
Third-party directories fill the vacuum with estimates. Capterra and similar benchmark voice-AI documentation tools of this class in a rough $50 to $200 per user per month band. Be careful with that: it’s an outside directory estimate across a category, not an Augnito quote, and India pricing may differ from a dollar benchmark. Use it as a directional anchor, nothing firmer. If you want to compare Augnito against the broader alternatives field rather than just on price, Augnito alternatives covers the full comparison including when dictation is the right call over ambient capture.
The practical cost, before any rupee changes hands, is the friction. Having to phone someone to learn a subscription price is itself a tax on your time. Transparent pricing removes it. Book a demo with us and the number is already on the page you came from.
How is the ambient scribe priced instead?
Published, flat, and unlimited. Patient Square’s Assist plan is ₹1,599 per doctor per month on an annual plan, ex-GST. With 18% GST that’s ₹1,887. Unlimited visits and notes, no per-line or per-minute charge, no setup fee. The bundled AI Copilot EHR turns on one tier up, in the Copilot plan.
| Plan | Price (annual, per doctor, ex-GST) | With 18% GST | What you get |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assist | ₹1,599/mo | ₹1,887/mo | AI Medical Scribe, ICD-10 suggestions, eRx drafts, scheduling |
| Copilot | ₹2,399/mo | ₹2,831/mo | Everything in Assist, plus bundled AI Copilot EHR and WhatsApp |
| Autopilot | ₹3,999/mo | ₹4,719/mo | Everything in Copilot, plus AI Receptionist, follow-ups, analytics |
On the number Patient Square publishes, the scribe is a known cost you can budget. Whether Augnito’s quote lands above or below ₹1,599 depends entirely on what you negotiate, and you won’t know until you’ve asked. Confirm current figures on the pricing page.
Dictation or a drafted note: what are you buying?
This is the part the price tag hides. Augnito and an ambient scribe aren’t two versions of the same tool.
Augnito is speech recognition. You dictate, it transcribes your spoken words into your EMR, quickly and with strong medical vocabulary. You decide every phrase; the software types it. The work of composing the note, structuring it, and pulling the diagnosis is still yours. You’ve traded typing for talking, which is a real gain, but you’re still the author driving every line.
The AI Medical Scribe is one module inside Patient Square’s Practice Copilot: it listens during the visit and hands back a structured SOAP note, ICD-10 suggestions, and a prescription draft, ready to review and sign about two minutes after the visit. You don’t dictate. You have the consult; it drafts the note from the conversation. You review, edit, and sign.
| Augnito (dictation) | Patient Square (ambient scribe) | |
|---|---|---|
| How you use it | You dictate; it types | You consult; it drafts |
| Output | Your spoken words as EMR text | Structured SOAP note + ICD-10 + Rx draft |
| Your effort during the visit | Compose and dictate each line | Just talk to the patient |
| Pricing | Quote-only (contact sales) | Published: from ₹1,599/mo, ex-GST |
| Indian-language capture | Indian-accented English, clinical vocab | English, Hindi, Hinglish, 20+ languages, code-mixed |
The honest trade: dictation gives you word-for-word control; the ambient scribe gives you your attention back during the visit. Neither is strictly better. They fit different doctors. For the wider field, our India AI scribe comparison and Augnito alternatives coverage lay out more options side by side.
When is Augnito the better fit?
When you genuinely prefer to dictate. Some doctors think out loud and want exact control over every word in the note. For them, a fast, accurate dictation engine isn’t a compromise, it’s the workflow they want, and Augnito is a mature product built precisely for that. If your EMR is already where you want your spoken text to land and you like being the author, dictation earns its place. That’s not a concession; it’s a real preference, and the ambient approach doesn’t serve it.
Choose the ambient scribe if you’d rather not dictate at all, want the note drafted from a normal conversation, need multilingual capture, and want a price you can see before a sales call. That’s most OPD doctors who are tired of both typing and talking to a machine.
How to decide in a week
- Decide first whether you want to dictate or not. If dictating with full control appeals, put Augnito on your list and ask for its India quote in writing.
- If you’d rather just talk to the patient, shortlist ambient scribes with published prices.
- Match the output honestly: EMR text versus a structured note with codes and an Rx draft. They’re not the same deliverable.
- Trial on real visits. A scripted demo flatters every tool; a busy Tuesday tells the truth.
- Confirm Patient Square’s current price and GST on the pricing page, then book a short demo to see a finished note against your own visit type.
The encryption, access, and audio-retention receipts are on the security page. Audio is processed in memory and discarded once the note drafts, so nothing is retained. If dictation is the workflow you want, Augnito is a strong tool. If you’d rather have the note handed to you at a price you can already see, that’s the other bet.