Abridge vs Suki
Two Clinical Documentation & AI Scribes vendors, side by side. Facts from public sources; judgments are ours.
At a glance
Derived from public facts · a rough scale, not a ranking
| Abridge | Suki | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | Enterprise contract (custom) · reported $200-800 per clinician monthly | Subscription (per user or PMPM) · reported $299-399 per clinician monthly |
| Speed to go live | Epic-integrated enterprise rollout over weeks to months | days on athenahealth, weeks on Epic |
| Automation model | AI copilot · ambient clinical documentation | AI copilot · voice assistant plus ambient notes |
| Built for | Enterprise systems, Mid-size groups | Small practices, Mid-size groups, Enterprise systems |
| Security posture | SOC 2 Type II, HIPAA | SOC 2 Type II, HIPAA |
| Company maturity | 8 yrs (est. 2018) | 9 yrs (est. 2017) |
| Financial backing | $750M+ · Series E | $168M · Series D |
| Named customers | 5 named | 4 named |
| Published results | Specific numbers public | No public numbers |
| Documented integrations | 2 listed | 4 listed |
| Third-party validation | KLAS / analyst cited | None found |
Bottom line
- Pick Abridge if you are a large Epic health system that wants the most deeply embedded ambient documentation vendor.
- Pick Suki if you want ambient documentation plus voice commands at a lower per-clinician price across mixed EHRs.
Abridge
Ambient AI documentation deployed across major health systems
- Founded
- 2018
- HQ
- Pittsburgh, PA
- Stage
- Series E
- Raised
- $750M+
What it does
- Ambient capture of visits into draft clinical notes
- Supports 55+ specialties and 28+ languages
- Generates billing codes and orders from the encounter
- Pre-visit patient summaries pulled from the EHR
- Contextual reasoning links note text to billing evidence
- Prior authorization workflows via Availity partnership
Where it's strong
- The category's enterprise leader, live at 150+ health systems including the largest and most complex Epic shops.
- Best in KLAS for ambient AI in revenue cycle two years running, with the deepest Epic integration in the market.
- A $750M+ war chest and partnerships with Nvidia and Eli Lilly mean it can outspend rivals on R&D.
What buyers should weigh
- Built and priced for large enterprise health systems; small groups are not the target buyer.
- The product surface is expanding fast beyond documentation, so evaluate what is shipping versus keynote roadmap.
- Heavily Epic-centric; organizations on other EHRs get less of the deep-integration story.
Named customers
Kaiser Permanente · Duke Health · Johns Hopkins Medicine · Mayo Clinic · UNC Health
Integrations
Suki
AI assistant for clinical documentation and dictation
- Founded
- 2017
- HQ
- Redwood City, CA
- Stage
- Series D
- Raised
- $168M
What it does
- Ambient note generation from patient conversations
- Voice dictation and voice commands inside the EHR
- ICD-10 and HCC coding assistance
- Patient summaries and chart Q&A via Google Cloud
- Suki Platform lets other vendors embed its AI
- Nursing documentation platform in development
Where it's strong
- The widest deep EHR coverage in the category, including MEDITECH Expanse, which opens community hospitals rivals ignore.
- More than an ambient scribe: dictation, voice commands, and coding assist make it a broader clinical assistant.
- A Premier group purchasing agreement and an athenahealth preferred partner slot simplify procurement.
What buyers should weigh
- Total funding of $168M is a fraction of Abridge's or Ambience's, a real gap in a capital-heavy race.
- Growing reliance on white-label and platform deals (Zoom, Amwell, Sevocity) means some roadmap serves partners, not direct customers.
- Enterprise deployments like MedStar roll out in phases; ask for realistic timelines rather than announcement-day scope.
Named customers
MedStar Health · Rush University System for Health · St. Mary's Healthcare · Decatur County Memorial Hospital
Integrations
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