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AMicrosoft Dragon Copilot vs SOAPNoteAI
Pricing, features, platforms and who each one suits — side by side.
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Choose Microsoft Dragon Copilot if…
- you work on Android, Windows
- you're in its core audience: physicians, nurses
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Choose SOAPNoteAI if…
- you want to trial it before paying
- you're in its core audience: therapists and counselors, nurse practitioners
Side by side
Feature Microsoft Dragon Copilot SOAPNoteAI
Pricing modelContact for pricingFree trial
Starting price—$16.67/mo
Free plan
Free trial
API
Open source
Trains AI on your content—No
Data retention—Audio deleted in 24-48 hours; notes and Penny chats 30 days; summaries 12 months
Security and complianceGDPRHIPAA
PlatformsWeb, iOS, Android, WindowsWeb, iOS
CategoryMedical ScribesMedical Scribes
CompanyNuance Communications, Inc.Modi Labs LLC
Based inUnited StatesUnited States
Founded——
Part ofMicrosoft—
Key features
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- Ambient capture of multi-party, multilingual clinical conversations
- Specialty-specific clinical note generation
- Cited answers from transcripts, notes and medical references
- Coding suggestions, referral letters and after-visit summaries
- Nursing flowsheet documentation from ambient capture
- Radiology report drafting and prior-report summaries (preview)
- Embedded in EHRs such as Epic
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- Session recording AI scribe up to 2 hours
- Telehealth session recording
- Audio dictation to structured SOAP note
- Shorthand and bullet-point text to SOAP note
- Penny AI assistant to edit and refine sections
- AI clinician review flags missing assessment elements
- Referral letters and treatment plans from a note
- Document versioning with restore
Plans and prices
From each vendor's site. Prices change — confirm before buying.
Microsoft Dragon Copilot
EnterpriseCustom
SOAPNoteAI
Lite$200/year ($16.67/mo billed yearly)
Standard$600/year ($50/mo billed yearly)
Pro$700/year ($58.33/mo billed yearly)
Ultra Pack$59
Strengths and limitations
Microsoft Dragon Copilot
- Separate workflows for physicians, nurses and radiologists
- Works inside EHRs such as Epic
- Answers include citations to sources
- Physician version is available in 10 countries
- No public pricing; you have to contact sales
- Nurse version is available only in the US
- Radiology features are still in preview in the US
SOAPNoteAI
- First 20 notes free with no credit card required
- Five input methods, including telehealth recording and uploads
- Students, trainees and residents get 50% off
- Pay-as-you-go packs for people who don't want a subscription
- Notes are accessible for only up to 30 days on the listed plans
- Text/shorthand notes are included only in the Pro subscription
- Lite plan caps audio notes at 30 per month
- Subscription prices are shown for annual billing
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