Inspiren vs Sage (2026)
Senior living operators use Inspiren and Sage to connect resident alerts with care activity data. Inspiren builds around its AUGi room device and linked sensors; Sage starts with nurse call, task documentation and care coordination, with optional camera based fall monitoring. Inspiren's AUGi detects falls and risky movement, giving staff blurred images, event replay and two way voice. Pendants, help buttons, sensors and staff beacons connect to the same system. Inspiren HQ uses events and apartment care time for staffing and care planning, supported by a clinician led success team. Its promise that every care moment is logged goes beyond available evidence on missed activity. Sage brings planned tasks and unplanned incidents into a caregiver app. Sage Detect alerts staff to apparent bedroom falls and provides incident clips, with alerts escalating until a caregiver reaches the resident. Sage Insight analyzes care demand and changing needs. Its claims that no fall goes undetected and every recommendation is accurate exceed the available evaluation; staff still decide and deliver care. Both report named community outcomes, with limited denominators and no broad performance guarantee. Inspiren fits communities seeking a room device and sensor system with visual response tools and clinical support. Sage fits operators unifying nurse call and care tasks while adding optional fall cameras and portfolio analytics.
- A room device should coordinate visual alerts and connected sensors.
- Staff need event replay and two way voice during response.
- Beacon recorded care time should inform staffing reviews.
- A clinician led success team is part of the desired service.
- Nurse call and planned care tasks should share one staff workflow.
- Bedroom camera monitoring should be optional by resident consent.
- Fall alerts should escalate until staff reach the resident.
- Operators need community and portfolio views of care demand.
This comparison is published by AI Health Index, an independent research platform that compares healthcare AI vendors objectively. Inspiren and Sage 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 | Inspiren | Sage |
|---|---|---|
| Primary category | Home Care Operations | Remote Monitoring & Chronic Care |
| Headquarters | Brooklyn, New York | New York, New York, United States |
| Website | inspiren.com | sagehealth.com |
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Inspiren sells an AI-powered safety and operations system to senior living operators, for assisted living and memory care communities. AUGi, a wall mounted room device, detects falls and risky movement and captures blurred images for alerts, a privacy-protected live view and event replay; it links help buttons, resident pendants, Sense sensors and staff beacons.
Source: AI Health Index, October 2026
Sage provides software and connected devices for senior living and skilled nursing teams. Its care platform combines nurse call, resident alerts, care coordination, task documentation, and operational dashboards. Residents can request help through call hardware, while caregivers receive events in a mobile app and record the assistance they provide.
Source: AI Health Index, October 2026
Questions buyers ask
How do Inspiren and Sage work with the EHR?
Inspiren's own pages say care time is auto-tracked 'and sync[ed] to the EHR' and that it 'Connects with leading EHRs and data systems', naming none, and a customer quote describes integration with an operator's business intelligence platform. What leaves Inspiren for the resident record is not documented for any named system, so falls and care findings may live only in Inspiren HQ.
With Sage, the November 2025 integration update describes resident profile and care level synchronization, with timing varying between systems. The current tasking product adds bidirectional EHR connections and point of care task recording, joining planned work with unplanned care activity. From the AI Health Index, drawn from each vendor's own published materials and the regulatory record, verified October 15, 2026. No vendor pays for placement.
How are Inspiren and Sage priced and sold?
In Inspiren's case, care level determines a resident's monthly fee, so a system that finds care levels set too low raises residents' bills; nothing published says how often care levels were adjusted down.
For Sage, the June 2026 agreement specifies $300 for an extra phone beyond the included allocation, plus its data charges. It also describes a 45 day initial trial, with trial fees becoming payable if use continues. From the AI Health Index, drawn from each vendor's own published materials and the regulatory record, verified October 15, 2026. No vendor pays for placement.
How do Inspiren and Sage handle patient data?
The AUGi page says the device 'Maintains resident privacy with AI-powered blurred image capture', with Live View and replay described as privacy-protected, so what is captured in a bedroom or bathroom is a blurred image rather than footage; the September 2026 release refers to residents who opted into Inspiren, which indicates participation is by choice.
In Sage's case, the current resident explanation describes short clips, privacy blurring, and no human watching of live feeds. From the AI Health Index, drawn from each vendor's own published materials and the regulatory record, verified October 15, 2026. No vendor pays for placement.
What evidence is published for Inspiren and Sage?
Inspiren's March 2026 release reports a 10 month study at Solera Senior Living's Lumina Las Vegas memory care community (January to October 2025): 48 percent fewer falls, 54 percent fewer emergency room visits and hospitalizations, 50 percent faster staff response, and occupancy up 24 percent to 93 percent.
With Sage, the findings describe that community's experience, without independent validation or results from other facilities. From the AI Health Index, drawn from each vendor's own published materials and the regulatory record, verified October 15, 2026. No vendor pays for placement.
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Both companies are based in New York, with Inspiren in Brooklyn. Hardware, software and service pricing are quoted. Their community case studies show results at particular sites rather than universal detection or documentation accuracy, and care level analysis can affect resident charges.