Augmedix started as human-assisted scribing, added ambient AI, and is now part of Commure. If you’re shopping for a scribe today, that lineage means a managed, sales-led model with no self-serve price. The alternative worth naming is fully ambient AI with no contract minimums and a number you can read. Patient Square’s scribe is $79 per clinician per month on annual billing, unlimited notes, with a bundled AI EHR from $119/mo at the Copilot tier. The note drafts the moment the visit ends, no human scribe in the loop. See the ladder on our pricing page, or book a demo.
This isn’t an Augmedix knock. It’s a fit question. Below: how the human-assisted lineage shapes the buy, a side-by-side, and when the managed model is the right call.
Key takeaways
- Augmedix grew from human-assisted remote scribing, historically listed by third parties near $1,200 to $2,000 per provider per month, and is now folded into Commure after a 2024 deal valued around $139M.
- Augmedix is sales-led with no self-serve per-provider price. Patient Square publishes $79 / $119 / $199 per clinician per month, annual.
- Patient Square is fully ambient AI: the note drafts the moment the visit ends, no human scribe, no per-hour scribe billing, no contract minimum.
- The Copilot tier bundles an AI EHR from $119/mo, so the note lands in a chart.
- When you want a managed or human-assisted service, Augmedix’s model fits. We say so below.
How does Augmedix compare to Patient Square?
Here’s the side-by-side. Augmedix’s price is a third-party or historical figure, because it’s sales-led and now consolidating into Commure.
| Augmedix | Patient Square | |
|---|---|---|
| Model | Human-assisted lineage plus ambient AI | Fully ambient AI, no human in the loop |
| Published price | No; sales-led, now via Commure | Yes. $79 / $119 / $199 per clinician/mo, annual |
| Historical price | ~$1,200–$2,000/provider/mo (third-party, scribe service) | $79/mo (Assist) |
| Contract minimums | Common in managed-scribe models | None; 7-day trial, month or annual |
| Bundled EHR | Part of the broader Commure platform | Yes, AI Copilot EHR from $119/mo |
| Best fit | Managed or enterprise documentation service | Small practices wanting self-serve ambient AI |
If you’re an independent practice, book a demo and see fully ambient AI on your own visits before committing to a managed service.
How does the human-assisted lineage shape the buy?
Augmedix built its business on remote human scribes, then layered ambient AI on top. That history matters when you buy. Managed-scribe models tend to come with contract minimums, per-hour or per-provider service billing, and an onboarding process, because there’s a service operation behind the product, not just software. Historically, third-party listings put Augmedix’s scribe service near $1,200 to $2,000 per provider per month, which reflects a staffed model, not a self-serve app. Treat that as a historical, outside figure, not a current quote.
The 2024 Commure acquisition, valued around $139 million, folds Augmedix into a broader healthcare AI platform. Practically, that means the standalone product and its price are consolidating, and increasingly what you buy runs through Commure’s sales motion.
Patient Square is the other model entirely. It’s fully ambient AI, no human scribe in the loop, no per-hour billing, no contract minimum. The note drafts the moment the visit ends. You can read all three prices on the pricing page and start a 7-day trial without talking to anyone.
What do you keep, and what do you give up?
The trade is service versus software.
You give up the managed, human-assisted layer. If you value having a service operation behind your documentation, a fully ambient tool doesn’t replicate that. It’s software you run yourself, and the note is yours to review and sign.
What you keep is speed and simplicity. The AI Medical Scribe is one module inside 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. No scribe to schedule, no minimum to hit. At the Copilot tier, a bundled AI Copilot EHR comes with it from $119/mo, so the note lands in a chart. Audio is processed in memory and discarded once the note drafts, so no recording is kept. A BAA is available for every customer.
If you’re comparing more scribes, Ambience Healthcare alternatives covers the health-system platform, and DeepScribe alternatives covers another sales-led enterprise scribe.
When is Augmedix the better choice?
It comes down to whether you want a service or a self-serve tool.
Choose Augmedix, or the Commure platform it now lives in, if you specifically want a human-assisted or enterprise-managed documentation service, or you’re standardizing a large group on Commure’s broader stack. That managed model is what the lineage is built for, and a self-serve app doesn’t replace a staffed service.
Choose a fully ambient self-serve scribe if you’re an independent practice or small group that wants a clean note in two minutes, no contract minimum, a price you can read now, and a trial you can start this week. That describes most of the practices reading this page. And if you want the chart bundled in, that’s the Copilot tier.
How to decide in a week
Run the real test.
- Decide whether you want a managed service or self-serve software. That’s the fork, and it changes everything downstream.
- If self-serve, shortlist fully ambient tools with published prices and no contract minimum.
- Match the clinical output: note plus ICD-10 suggestions plus a prescription draft, like for like.
- Ask about minimums and billing units. Per-hour or per-provider service billing behaves differently from a flat published seat price.
- Settle the audio question: stored or not, and for how long. Ours is never stored.
The receipts behind our claims are on the security page, and the price ladder with no asterisks is on the pricing page. Book a short demo to see the note against your own visit type, then run the 7-day trial on a real clinic week. If you want a managed service, Augmedix’s model fits. If you’d rather run self-serve ambient AI at a published price, that’s what you’re shopping for.