Doximity Scribe vs ScribeMD (2026)
Two products a clinician can start using today without asking anyone. Doximity is free to every verified United States clinician, covers all users under a business associate agreement, stores no audio and names the processor, which is a stronger data position than several paid products manage. ScribeMD publishes a complete ladder including a free tier, names its certification directly and makes the most specific multi speaker capability claim in the category, which matters when the room contains a family member or an interpreter. Ignore the accuracy percentages circulating for ScribeMD, which have no methodology behind them. The practical dividing line is the same as across this whole tier: neither integrates deeply with a record system, so if you are retyping the note into the chart, you have not finished solving the problem.
- It is free to every verified United States clinician with a business associate agreement covering all users, which removes the question that gates most free clinical software.
- No audio is stored or retained, recordings are processed in real time and discarded once the note is generated, and the processor is named.
- Distribution runs through an account most United States physicians already hold, so nothing has to be procured or installed.
- The published ladder is complete with limits stated, including a free tier, so a clinician can start at zero and see the ceiling before paying.
- Certification is named directly rather than described in near attestation language, which is unusual at this end of the market.
- The multi speaker claim is the most specific in this category, which matters for family visits, interpreter present encounters and team based care.
This comparison is published by AI Health Index, an independent research platform that compares healthcare AI vendors objectively. Doximity Scribe and ScribeMD are each graded against the same capability taxonomy, from each vendor's own public materials and the regulatory record, under the AI Health Index verification standard. No vendor pays for placement, and no vendor has reviewed this page. How this evidence is graded
Plain facts
| Fact | Doximity Scribe | ScribeMD |
|---|---|---|
| Primary category | Ambient Scribes | Ambient Scribes |
| Founded | 2010 | 2023 |
| Headquarters | San Francisco, California, United States | Los Angeles, California, United States |
| Website | doximity.com | scribemd.ai |
Side by Side
Each record in one paragraph
Written to be quoted whole. Each paragraph states what the AI Health Index verified about the vendor, with the caveats attached. Generated from this pair’s live capability grades, so it moves when a grade moves.
The AI Health Index awards Doximity Scribe its top capability grade on AI Safety and PHI Stewardship and Commercial Transparency. Set against ScribeMD, Doximity Scribe grades higher on several axes, including Model Supply Chain Disclosure, Clinical and Operational Evidence and AI Safety and PHI Stewardship. Its thinnest published disclosure sits on AI Liability and Recourse. Grades reflect evidence the AI Health Index could verify at the last review, so a low grade records disclosure the vendor has not published rather than a capability it has been shown to lack.
Source: AI Health Index, August 2026
The AI Health Index awards ScribeMD its top capability grade on AI Centrality and Commercial Transparency. Set against Doximity Scribe, ScribeMD grades higher on AI Centrality and AI Liability and Recourse. Its thinnest published disclosure sits on Model Supply Chain Disclosure, Clinical and Operational Evidence and AI Governance and Bias Disclosure. Grades reflect evidence the AI Health Index could verify at the last review, so a low grade records disclosure the vendor has not published rather than a capability it has been shown to lack.
Source: AI Health Index, August 2026
Questions buyers ask
Should we choose Doximity Scribe or ScribeMD?
On the axes where the AI Health Index separates them, Doximity Scribe grades higher on several axes, including Model Supply Chain Disclosure, Clinical and Operational Evidence and AI Safety and PHI Stewardship, and ScribeMD grades higher on AI Centrality and AI Liability and Recourse. Doximity Scribe leads on the greater share of scored axes, but the split means the decision turns on which constraint is binding rather than on an overall winner.
Where do Doximity Scribe and ScribeMD differ most?
The widest separation the AI Health Index records between Doximity Scribe and ScribeMD is on Model Supply Chain Disclosure, where Doximity Scribe grades C and ScribeMD grades D. That axis sits in the AI Capability group, so it should carry the most weight for a buyer whose binding constraint is how much of the work the model itself is trusted to do.
Where do Doximity Scribe and ScribeMD grade the same?
The AI Health Index grades Doximity Scribe and ScribeMD the same on several axes, including Autonomy and Oversight Model, Model and Technology Transparency and HIPAA and BAA Posture. Neither holds an advantage the index can evidence on those axes, so they should not carry weight in a selection between these two.
What have Doximity Scribe and ScribeMD not disclosed?
At the last review, at least one of Doximity Scribe and ScribeMD published thin or absent detail on several axes, including Model Supply Chain Disclosure, Clinical and Operational Evidence and AI Governance and Bias Disclosure. The AI Health Index treats an absent disclosure as a gap in the public record rather than a failure of the product, so these are the axes to get in writing during diligence instead of inferring from the grade.
Related comparisons
Other published head to head assessments involving these vendors or their closest peers. The full set for this category is on the Ambient Scribes page.
The accuracy and latency figures circulating for ScribeMD carry no methodology, reference standard or denominator and should not be relied on. Doximity publishes no accuracy study, no described review gate and no confidence or edit burden figure, which is a conspicuous set of absences for a product distributed to a very large share of United States clinicians, and it has no located record system integration. Neither publishes a subgroup or accent performance analysis. For either product, get the business associate position for your actual tier in writing before recording a patient.