Move your team from DeepScribe to Freed.
Each person gets a short interview, then a personalized step-by-step guide showing exactly where their saved work, prompts, and projects land in Freed — and the few things that need a manual step, walked through. You send one invite; nobody becomes the help desk, and nothing in DeepScribe is changed or cancelled. Want to see where you’re paying for both first? Run the free audit.
Both tools capture the natural patient-clinician conversation and produce a structured clinical note without dictation. To move from DeepScribe to Freed: download any existing notes or transcripts you need to retain from DeepScribe before cancelling (DeepScribe does not provide a bulk export; pull notes from your EHR). Install the Freed app (iOS or Android) and tap 'Capture conversation' at the start of your next visit — no wake words or dictation needed, same ambient-passive pattern. Freed auto-deletes audio after note generation by default, matching DeepScribe's privacy posture. Going the other direction, DeepScribe requires an enterprise onboarding process and EHR sync setup before first use; Freed is self-serve and can be trialled immediately without IT involvement.
- Warning: DeepScribe targets enterprise and specialty-group deployment with dedicated implementation support; Freed is self-serve, so solo and small-group practices will onboard faster on Freed but larger orgs lose the white-glove implementation layer.
- Warning: DeepScribe markets support for 110+ languages with a Spanish-plus-beta posture; Freed supports 90+ languages including mid-visit code-switching, which may matter for high-volume bilingual practices.
- Warning: DeepScribe cites ~2.2 hours saved per provider per day and 85–89% adoption rates; Freed publishes 2M+ notes/month and 26,000+ clinicians but does not publish equivalent per-provider time-savings benchmarks, making direct before/after comparison hard.
DeepScribe uses bi-directional API integration that writes notes and codes directly into discrete EHR fields; Freed uses a Chrome browser extension that transfers the finished note into any browser-based EHR with one click, requiring no EHR API or IT approval. To migrate from DeepScribe to Freed: install the Freed Chrome extension (under a minute setup), open your EHR in Chrome, and use the one-click EHR Push after each note is approved. Going the other direction (Freed to DeepScribe) requires engaging DeepScribe's sales team to establish an API connection with your EHR — plan 4–8 weeks for Epic or athenahealth API approval and IT review. Historical notes stay in the EHR either way; neither tool migrates past note history from one system to the other.
- Warning: DeepScribe's EHR push writes to discrete structured fields (bi-directional API); Freed's Chrome extension pastes note text into the open EHR browser tab — no structured discrete-field mapping. Practices relying on structured data (e.g. problem lists, order entry) lose that automation when moving to Freed.
- Warning: Freed's EHR push is gated to the Premier tier and Groups; the base Core tier requires manual copy-paste. Budget for Premier if one-click push is non-negotiable.
- Warning: Freed's extension is Chrome-only and requires the EHR to be open in Chrome; desktop EHR clients (e.g. Epic Hyperspace native app) are not supported by the extension.
- Warning: DeepScribe supports Epic, athenahealth, eClinicalWorks, ModMed, DrChrono, AdvancedMD, Flatiron OncoEMR, and Ontada iKnowMed. Freed names SimplePractice, PracticeFusion, Tebra, Elation, TherapyNotes, Athena, Optimantra, Kipu, Aarista, and DrChrono. The two lists have limited overlap, so verify your EHR is supported before switching.
Both tools surface medical code suggestions from the visit conversation. DeepScribe generates E/M, ICD-10, and HCC code recommendations in real time and pushes them into the EHR via bi-directional API, with audit-ready supporting documentation per code. Freed surfaces ICD-10, CPT, and E/M code suggestions inline in the generated note for the clinician to review and accept before billing. When switching from DeepScribe to Freed: verify your billing workflow — on DeepScribe, codes land automatically in the EHR coding fields; on Freed, the clinician reviews codes in the note and the billing team must pull them from there (or use the EHR push extension). Going from Freed to DeepScribe: DeepScribe's HCC capture and MEAT-criteria prompting (via DeepScribe Assist) go significantly beyond Freed's inline code suggestions; expect a capability upgrade if your practice does value-based care.
- Warning: DeepScribe includes real-time HCC capture with MEAT-criteria tracking for value-based care; Freed does not publish HCC-specific or value-based care coding functionality.
- Warning: DeepScribe cites a ~34% increase in ICD-10 codes captured after implementation; Freed does not publish equivalent coding-capture lift benchmarks.
- Warning: DeepScribe's coding pushes into discrete EHR coding fields via API; Freed's codes appear inline in the note text and rely on the clinician or biller to transfer them — no structured code push without additional EHR integration steps.
- Warning: Freed's CPT suggestions were labeled beta at the time of verification; confirm current availability before relying on CPT coding in a Freed workflow.
Both products offer a mobile app that the clinician opens at the start of a visit to capture the ambient conversation. On DeepScribe, open the iOS app, select the patient from the synced EHR/calendar schedule, and tap to start — set the phone down and ignore it for the rest of the visit. On Freed, tap 'Capture conversation' in the iOS or Android app; patient selection and template choice happen before recording starts. To switch: install the Freed app from the App Store or Google Play, create or sign into your Freed account, and run a test visit — no EHR sync or IT approval is required for the basic capture workflow. Notes generated on mobile sync to Freed's web dashboard for editing on desktop. Going from Freed to DeepScribe: DeepScribe requires an enterprise onboarding process with EHR integration before the mobile app becomes functional as part of a clinical workflow.
- Warning: DeepScribe's mobile app is iOS-only (iPhone and iPad confirmed via App Store); an Android app is not confirmed on official DeepScribe pages. Freed offers both iOS and Android (Android 12+ required), which matters for Android-first clinicians.
- Warning: DeepScribe's mobile app requires a synced EHR schedule before first use; Freed's app works standalone without EHR integration and can be used immediately after account creation.
- Warning: DeepScribe does not support audio file upload via mobile; Freed's app supports both live recording and uploading pre-recorded audio files, which is useful for telemedicine recordings or retroactive capture.
Both tools let clinicians control note structure and style, and both learn from edits over time. On DeepScribe, open Customization Studio, adjust note structure, style/voice, and visit-type-specific logic in plain language, then click 'Learn' after each session to lock in your preferences. On Freed, go to the template library, select a specialty-specific template (or build a custom one with the Custom Template Builder), then edit generated notes and use 'Learn my format' to train Freed on your style over subsequent visits. When switching: your DeepScribe customizations live only in DeepScribe — you cannot export them. Start Freed with the closest matching specialty template, then spend 3–5 visit cycles editing and triggering 'Learn my format' to rebuild your personal style in Freed. Expect 1–2 weeks of heavier editing before the model converges on your preferences.
- Warning: DeepScribe Customization Studio operates across 50+ documented dimensions and adapts to consult vs. follow-up vs. exam visit types distinctly; Freed's Custom Template Builder is powerful but primarily controls structure/sections rather than per-visit-type behavioral rules.
- Warning: DeepScribe cites a 99.92% note-approval rate and ~1.6 min chart-closure time after calibration; Freed does not publish equivalent benchmarks, so plan for an adjustment period before hitting the same throughput.
- Warning: Freed's Custom Template Builder and AI editing assistant are gated to the Core tier and above; the Starter tier only gets pre-built specialty templates with no custom builder.
Both tools generate a patient summary before the visit so the clinician walks in prepared. DeepScribe's SmartPrep runs up to seven days in advance and auto-refreshes as new documents arrive, synthesizing labs, imaging, pathology, genetic results, outside records, and notes into a structured pre-chart with action checklists; it is currently available only through Ontada iKnowMed Generation 2 and Flatiron OncoEMR. Freed's Visit Prep surfaces prior-visit summaries, a patient context window, and follow-up items inside the Freed app before each appointment. When switching from DeepScribe to Freed: Freed's visit prep is lighter — it draws on prior Freed-generated notes, not a full EHR chart pull; if your team depends on SmartPrep's deep-history synthesis (especially oncology), expect a capability gap. Going from Freed to DeepScribe: SmartPrep availability is currently limited to specific oncology EHR platforms, so verify EHR eligibility before expecting that feature.
- Warning: DeepScribe SmartPrep is currently limited to Ontada iKnowMed Generation 2 and Flatiron OncoEMR; practices on other EHRs (including Epic) do not have access to SmartPrep as of June 2026.
- Warning: Freed Visit Prep (prior-visit summaries and patient context) is gated to the Premier tier and Groups; Core and Starter subscribers do not get this feature.
- Warning: DeepScribe SmartPrep synthesizes up to two years of EHR history including outside records; Freed Visit Prep surfaces prior Freed notes only — it does not pull from the full EHR chart independently.