EkaScribe vs Augnito vs Patient Square (2026)

EkaScribe, Augnito, and AI Scribe by Patient Square solve overlapping but different problems. EkaScribe is an India-native ambient scribe wired into ABDM. Augnito is medical dictation, where you speak the note. AI Scribe by Patient Square is an ambient scribe built around code-mixed consults and prescription safety. No independent comparison of the three exists, so here's an honest one, built only on what each vendor publishes.

Key takeaways

• Augnito is dictation (you speak the note); EkaScribe and Patient Square are ambient (they listen to the consult).
• EkaScribe publishes ₹1,499/month; Patient Square ₹1,199 launch annual ex-GST; Augnito publishes no price at all.
• For live ABDM/ABHA linking today, EkaScribe is the better fit. Our ABDM integration is roadmap, not shipped.
• All three deserve a trial on your own patient mix before you commit; that's the only fair accuracy test.

Dictation or ambient: which problem are you solving?

This is the first fork, and it matters more than price. Augnito's core product is medical dictation: the doctor speaks the note aloud, something like "new paragraph, assessment, type 2 diabetes, comma, suboptimal control," and it's transcribed with voice commands, in the lineage of Dragon-style tools. It's fast and accurate for clinicians who already narrate, and Augnito's marketing cites a large hospital footprint and high accuracy (claims we'll attribute to them rather than test ourselves).

EkaScribe and AI Scribe by Patient Square are ambient. They listen to the actual conversation between you and the patient and draft the note from it, so you don't dictate. AI Scribe by Patient Square is an ambient AI medical scribe that 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. If you want to stop narrating notes entirely, you want ambient. If you like dictating and just want it faster, Augnito's category is the one to shortlist.

How do they compare, line by line?

All figures from each vendor's own pages and listings in June 2026; confirm before buying. Two cells deserve plain talk.

Where EkaScribe is the better choice

If linking records to ABHA under ABDM is something you need today, EkaScribe wins. It's in the ABDM ecosystem now, and we are not. Our ABDM integration is on the roadmap; we won't dress that up. eka.care is also India-native, publishes its price openly, and names a deep list of Indian languages. For a clinic whose buying decision turns on ABDM readiness, that's the honest recommendation, and the broader India scribe roundup says the same.

One thing the SERP won't tell you, because eka's review results are all self-published: user reviews on the app stores report friction around renewal sales calls and post-payment activation. Worth reading the store reviews yourself before you commit, and that's true of any vendor, us included.

Where Augnito is the better choice

If you're a dictation loyalist who already speaks your notes, wants a fast, accurate Dragon-style tool, and isn't after ambient listening, Augnito is built for exactly that, with a substantial Indian hospital footprint. The catch is price discovery: there's no public number, so you'll go through sales. The only verifiable figures are the App Store India in-app purchases (₹1,199, ₹3,299, ₹11,900), and even those don't label their billing periods. If transparent pricing matters to you, that's a real friction.

Where AI Scribe by Patient Square fits

The code-mixed, prescription-heavy clinic. If your consults are Hinglish, with Hindi and English braided together, and you need the note in clean English plus a prescription draft that passes a deterministic safety screen before you sign, that's what we built. We publish every number in rupees (₹1,199 launch annual, ex-GST, about ₹1,415 with 18% GST), gate no features between tiers, and run a 7-day full-featured trial with no card. The audio is never stored, which is also the cleaner answer under the DPDP Act.

The deciding move is the same for all three: run them on your own OPD. Take our 7-day trial, no card, alongside EkaScribe's free tier and an Augnito demo, and let your actual patients, accents, and prescriptions pick. For the full price picture first, the India rate card lays out every figure with GST; for the language question, Hindi and Hinglish handling has a worked example.