Freed vs free AI scribes

Free gets you the note, not the chart.

Freed codes the visit, pushes it into your EHR, and writes the letters. From $39/month.

ICD-10 and CPT included

One-click EHR push

Live US-based support

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26k+

clinicians

100+

specialties supported

1,300+

U.S. clinics

Free scribes got good in 2025. Ambient transcription has been commoditized, so the question isn't whether a free scribe can draft a note — it's what happens to that note next, and what the free version quietly costs you.

What free means. What Freed means.

How Freed compares to the free AI scribes clinicians ask about most.

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Freed compared with OpenEvidence, Doximity Scribe, Heidi Free, and Carepatron Free.
Feature	Freed	OpenEvidence	Doximity Scribe	Heidi (Free)	Carepatron (Free)
Note lands in your EHR	One-click push	Copy-paste	Copy-paste	Paid tier only	It replaces your EHR
ICD-10 + CPT coding	Included	Launched 2026	None	Practice tier only	None
Patient instructions, letters, referrals	Included	Not shipped	None	Burns monthly credits	Limited
Usage limits	Unlimited from $79	Not published	140 min per session	10 advanced actions / mo	1GB + “1M AI tokens”
How long your notes are kept	Your choice	Not published	Deleted after 29 days	Not published	Until you hit 1GB
Who pays for the tool	You do	Pharmaceutical advertisers	Pharma & recruiters	You, later	You, at 1GB
Live human support	US-based, every plan	Email only	In-app help centre	Paid tier only	Advanced tier only

Sourced from each vendor’s own pricing page and help centre, verified August 2026. Doximity recording cap and 29-day note deletion: Doximity Support. Heidi coding and EHR tier gating: Heidi feature dictionary. Freed pricing: getfreed.ai/pricing.

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When free is genuinely enough

If you're a resident, student or trainee, take a free tier — or take ours. Freed Core is free for trainees, no strings. And if you only need a transcript you were going to retype anyway, a free scribe is fine. Come back when you want the note to land in the chart by itself.

Why clinicians pay for a scribe

You're the customer, not the audience

Freed has one revenue line: clinicians paying for software. The free scribes are free because pharmaceutical advertisers and recruiters are paying for access to you.

It finishes the chart

Note, ICD-10 and CPT, patient instructions, referral letters, and one-click push into your EHR. One tool, not a note plus five tabs.

No credit counter

Unlimited notes from $79. No monthly action allowance, no recording cap, and no storage ceiling that quietly ends the free ride.

Someone picks up

US-based live support on every plan. Schedule a call, join live office hours, or watch a walkthrough whenever it suits you.

Trusted

by providers and their teams

Goodbye to the avalanche of charts! Freed is a game-changer, costs a fraction of what others charge, with no real training needed.

Dr. Maryam Zarei

Allergy/Immunology

Freed has truly freed me from hours of writing notes!

Julie Bailey

Therapist

I get to go home to my family earlier each night thanks to Freed, and my patients get face-to-face contact with me.

Dr. Dave James

Naturopathic Physician

32,589,627

patient visits transcribed in 2025

5.9 million

hours returned to our clinicians each year

26,000+

happy clinicians