Freed alternatives: 11 AI medical scribe tools compared
Clinicians look for a Freed alternative when the plan ladder stops fitting: a Starter capped at 40 notes a month, a seven-day trial that ends before a real caseload has been tested, or two prices per plan that make the bill hard to predict. Others want a free plan, a vendor that names its country, or pricing per clinic rather than per person.
Short answer: Looking for a replacement for Freed? Tandem Health, Upheal and Scribeberry come first in our AI medical scribe software ranking. Where a category has smaller vendors worth recommending, they occupy the first three places and the big brands come below them. Start with Tandem Health if you want unlimited notes on a free plan and euro pricing. Each of the 11 alternatives sits in Best AI Medical Scribe Software in 2026 and is described against Freed.
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Pricing: Published per-clinician plans, monthly or annual; 7-day trial only; Groups quoted
Established in: United States
Built for: Individual clinicians who want unlimited notes and a trainee route to Core.
Not for: Anyone who needs a permanent entry tier without a note cap.
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Why buyers look past Freed
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The note cap pushes busy clinicians up a tier
Freed lists Starter at up to 40 notes per month. Unlimited note generation starts at Core, and Premier adds visit summaries, letters and referrals, EHR push, dictation and coding. A clinician who sees more than 40 patients a month is therefore choosing between plans from the first week.
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Only a short trial is on offer
The pricing page offers seven days free with no card. Residents, students and trainees can request Core at no cost through a form, and students can ask for 50% off the monthly plan, but other clinicians have no standing free plan to keep using while they compare tools.
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The page leaves some questions open
The pricing page shows two dollar figures for each plan without saying which one is current, and no currency code. It says the technology does not store patient recordings, while the FAQ says audio is saved temporarily and then deleted. Read both statements before you sign.
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What each one does differently
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Tandem Health
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Tandem Health AB, going by its copyright line, gives its free plan unlimited note generation, two custom templates and a limited daily allowance of Pro Actions. Pro costs EUR 125 per user per month billed yearly and adds transfer into more than 100 record systems. A monthly Pro price is not shown, and the country is not stated.
Switch from Freed if you want unlimited notes on a free plan and euro pricing.
Upheal, Inc. is based in Miami and writes its notes for individual therapy. Its free tier turns text, dictation and uploads into AI notes. A flat AI Notes plan at 39 dollars a month has unlimited sessions, and EHR billing can run at 1 dollar per session with no minimum. The chat assistant has a usage limit on the free tier.
Switch from Freed if you are a therapist who wants a flat price or pay per session.
ScribeBerry Ltd. says in its Business Associate Agreement that it is incorporated in Alberta, Canada, and lists Canadian data hosting on every plan. Pro is 99 dollars a month, or 999 a year, with unlimited use. Enterprise is 79 dollars per user for five or more providers and includes API access. The trial is three days, then 20 uses a month.
Switch from Freed if Canadian hosting and an API for a small group matter to you.
Twofold's homepage names Ravel Technological Solutions LTD as the entity and gives no country. It offers a free plan without a card, and the homepage advertises seven days of full features. The personal plan shows 69 dollars struck through to 19.49 for the first month billed annually. Group prices come only from a booked demo, and data sits on US infrastructure.
Switch from Freed if a low entry price and a free plan to test come first.
Mentalyc Inc. prices solo plans by notes per month: Mini allows 40, Basic 100, Pro 160 and Super 330, from 19.99 dollars monthly upward. Only Super covers group clients. The 14-day trial includes 15 notes. A team plan is per seat with fair-use unlimited notes. Choosing a tier means estimating your caseload in advance.
Switch from Freed if you do therapy and want to match the price to a known note count.
Tali says recordings and notes are stored and processed in Canada, and names EMR links such as PS Suite and Accuro. Prices are in Canadian dollars. The Personal plan is free for five AI scribes a month. The pricing page shows two overlapping plan sets, and the terms page returned a 404, so the legal entity is unconfirmed.
Switch from Freed if you practise in Canada and need EMR links with in-country processing.
Lyrebird has the longest ladder here. The free plan gives 50 transcribe or dictate actions a month. Pro is 160 dollars monthly or 1,920 yearly with a 14-day trial, and four clinic tiers start at 299 dollars plus GST. Enterprise states Australian data hosting. The country of establishment is not stated, and only a dollar sign shows the currency.
Switch from Freed if you run a clinic and want published tiers by seat mix.
Heidi gives its free tier a weekly allowance for Agent tasks, while scribing and clinical evidence queries are stated not to count against it. The homepage lists pre-charting, repeat prescriptions, referral triage and dictation on any screen. Clinician and Practice plans come with a 14-day trial but show no price, so a quote is needed.
Switch from Freed if you want tasks around the visit as well as the note.
Sunoh has one offering and no tiers: 149 dollars per user a month as a promotion for a limited time, with 199 struck through as the regular price. It names athenahealth, Cerner, eClinicalWorks and Epic among its EHR links, and an EHR Sync extension is included. It runs on Azure. Trial length and legal entity are not stated.
Switch from Freed if you want EHR sync under one simple per-user price.
Nabla publishes no prices and sends buyers to its team, though a try-it option links to the web app with no stated length. The homepage lists HIPAA, SOC 2 Type 2, ISO 27001 and GDPR, and calls data retention configurable. Offices are shown in Brooklyn and Paris, while the country of registration is not given.
Switch from Freed if audit certificates and retention settings decide the purchase.
Suki AI, Inc. shows no pricing page on the pages we read, only a contact form. Neither a free plan nor a trial is mentioned there. Its privacy policy says personal data may be transferred to servers in the United States. The incorporation country is not stated, so this is a quote-first purchase for larger buyers.
Switch from Freed if you buy through a sales process and want a quote to compare.
You see more than 40 patients a month and want unlimited notes for free
Tandem Health: The free plan allows unlimited note generation with two custom templates; Pro is EUR 125 per user per month billed yearly.
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You are a therapist who wants a flat price
Upheal: The AI Notes plan is a flat 39 dollars a month with unlimited sessions, or 1 dollar per session with no minimum.
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You work in Canada and want in-country hosting
Scribeberry: Canadian data hosting is listed on every plan, and Pro is 99 dollars a month with unlimited use.
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You run a clinic and want published tiers
Lyrebird Health: Four clinic tiers start at 299 dollars plus GST a month, and the free plan gives 50 transcribe actions.
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You want help with tasks around the visit as well
Heidi Health: The homepage lists pre-charting, referral triage and dictation, and a free tier has a weekly Agent allowance.
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When Freed is still the right choice
Freed stays a sound choice for an individual clinician who wants a published per-clinician price, unlimited notes from Core, and a vendor that states SOC 2 Type II and HIPAA compliance. Premier adds EHR push, letters and coding on the same plan ladder. If your volume stays under 40 notes a month, Starter may already cover you, so check the live figures before leaving.
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What moving off Freed involves
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Templates and phrases need rebuilding
Freed lets you build templates and, on Premier, saved phrases. Copy your most-used templates and phrases out before cancelling, and expect to rebuild them in the new tool. Run both tools side by side on a week of real visits and compare the notes.
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Check where past notes live
Freed says it does not store recordings, so the notes you keep sit in your record system or your own files. Confirm that every note you want to keep has been pushed or exported before the subscription ends, and ask the new vendor how its notes reach your record system.
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Questions about replacing Freed
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What does Freed cost?
Freed lists Starter, Core and Premier per clinician per month, plus custom Groups pricing. Each plan shows two dollar figures and no currency code, and the page does not say which is current. Confirm the figure at checkout.
Is there a free plan for Freed?
The page offers a seven-day trial without a card. Residents, students and trainees can request Core at no cost through a form. Among the alternatives, Tandem Health, Upheal, Twofold, Tali, Lyrebird and Heidi each list a free plan or tier.
Which alternatives publish a price?
Upheal, ScribeBerry, Mentalyc, Tandem Health, Twofold, Lyrebird, Tali and Sunoh show amounts on their pages. Heidi, Nabla and Suki do not show prices on the pages we read. Currencies are sometimes shown only as a dollar sign.
Which alternatives mention Canadian hosting?
ScribeBerry lists regional data hosting in Canada on every plan, and Tali states recordings and notes are stored and processed within Canada. Check the vendor's data terms for your own regulator before you start.
Does Freed store recordings?
The pricing page says the technology does not store patient recordings, while its FAQ says audio is saved temporarily until the summary and quality checks finish and is then deleted. Ask Freed for the retention terms in writing.
Which alternative suits therapists?
Upheal and Mentalyc both aim their notes at therapy. Upheal offers a flat plan and a per-session option, while Mentalyc sells tiers capped by monthly notes, with group clients only on the top tier.
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Checked 10 November 2026
Freed pricing: Plans, 40-note Starter cap, 7-day trial, trainee offer, two figures per plan, SOC 2 and recordings statements.
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Written, edited and fact-checked by Sebastiaan Smits. Last reviewed 10 November 2026. How we review.
