AutoNotes vs Scriber
Honest comparison of AutoNotes and Scriber. Pricing, EHR integration, telehealth support, BAA, note formats, STT engines, and where each tool wins for behavioral health clinicians.
AutoNotes vs Scriber — Which AI Medical Scribe Is Right for You?
AutoNotes and Scriber both target behavioral health clinicians who want to stop writing notes the hard way. The surface-level similarity is real: both are HIPAA-compliant AI scribes that capture session audio, delete it after generating a note, and route output to whichever EHR you use via copy-paste. The differences emerge when you look at what each vendor has actually shipped: the depth of integrations, the number of transcription engines, the maturity of the feature set, and how seriously the vendor is investing in the behavioral health market specifically.
This page compares both tools honestly. AutoNotes has real strengths — most importantly, simplicity and a clean onboarding experience for solo clinicians who do not need a deep feature set. Where Scriber is the stronger choice, we say so directly. Where AutoNotes is ahead or equal, we say that too.
Quick verdict
Choose AutoNotes if you want the most frictionless entry point in the AI scribe market — the product is simple, the pricing is clear, and there is nothing complicated about getting started. Choose Scriber if you use Doxy.me for telehealth, if you want access to multiple transcription engines so you can optimize for speed or accuracy based on session type, or if you are running or growing a group practice and need a vendor who is actively building multi-clinician features. Both tools are appropriate for a solo behavioral health clinician; Scriber is more appropriate for clinicians with more complex workflow requirements.
Side-by-side comparison
| Feature | AutoNotes | Scriber |
|---|---|---|
| Free tier | Yes | No (7-day trial) |
| BAA at signup (all tiers) | Yes | Yes |
| Audio retained after note | No | No |
| Direct EHR integrations | None productized (copy-paste compatible) | None productized (copy-paste compatible) |
| Direct telehealth integration | No | Yes — Doxy.me (shipped April 2026) |
| Note formats supported | SOAP, DAP, BIRP, progress notes, intake | SOAP, DAP, BIRP, GIRP, SIRP, intake, biopsychosocial, treatment plan, mental status exam, discharge |
| Number of STT engines | Not publicly disclosed | 7 (xAI, Azure, MAI, Speechmatics, Deepgram, AssemblyAI, Microsoft AI) |
| Multi-language support | Limited | Yes (engine-dependent) |
| Custom templates | Limited | Yes |
| Clinical content library | Small | Growing (newer content surface) |
| Group / practice features | Not prominently featured | Active Phase 1 roadmap investment |
| Clinician count claimed | Not publicly stated | Not publicly stated |
| Time in market | Newer entrant | Newer entrant |
Where AutoNotes wins
AutoNotes' primary advantage is simplicity. If you are a solo clinician who wants an AI scribe that works without a long configuration process, AutoNotes delivers that. The product does not ask you to choose between transcription engines, manage a settings panel, or configure advanced options before you record your first session. That is a genuine benefit for clinicians who want to start generating notes immediately without a learning curve.
Clean onboarding. AutoNotes is built for the path of least resistance. Signup, record a session, get a note. For a solo private-practice therapist who sees a predictable caseload of individual clients and does not need telehealth integration or multi-engine transcription, AutoNotes accomplishes what it sets out to do without unnecessary complexity.
No upsell pressure. Neither vendor tries to upsell you into enterprise pricing to access basic features.
Low commitment to evaluate. AutoNotes offers a free tier that lets you generate notes without a credit card. If you want to evaluate the product, the barrier is low. Scriber offers a 7-day trial instead, but it is worth noting that neither vendor walls off the evaluation behind a sales call.
Where Scriber wins
Scriber's advantages are most visible for clinicians with specific workflow requirements: telehealth practices running on Doxy.me, sessions that benefit from optimized transcription, and group practices that need more than a single-clinician tool.
Direct Doxy.me telehealth integration. As of April 2026, Scriber is the only AI scribe with a native Doxy.me integration. The clinician opens a Doxy.me session from inside Scriber, and the audio flows directly into the transcription and note-generation pipeline. There is no second device, no screen-recording workaround, and no copy-paste step when the session ends. AutoNotes does not have this integration. For clinicians whose telehealth practice runs on Doxy.me — which is widely used in behavioral health specifically because of its HIPAA-compliant, no-download-required design — this difference is operational. It removes a manual step from every telehealth session.
Seven transcription engines. Scriber exposes seven STT engines on a single subscription: xAI, Azure Speech, Microsoft AI, Speechmatics, Deepgram, AssemblyAI, and MAI. AutoNotes does not publicly disclose its transcription infrastructure, which means you cannot know whether its accuracy is optimized for behavioral health vocabulary — diagnostic terms, medication names, DSM-5 language — or whether you have any recourse when accuracy drops on a difficult session. Scriber's engine transparency lets you choose: xAI processes a 50-minute session transcript in approximately three seconds, while engines like Speechmatics and Azure Speech trade some speed for stronger performance on specialized vocabulary. That flexibility matters when a session involves dense psychopharmacology content or a client with an accent that particular engines handle better.
Broader note format support. Scriber supports SOAP, DAP, BIRP, GIRP, SIRP, intake, biopsychosocial, treatment plan, mental status exam, and discharge summary. AutoNotes covers the core therapy formats but does not publish a comparable depth of supported templates. For clinicians who rotate between multiple note types — intake on first sessions, BIRP for ongoing therapy, biopsychosocial for managed care reviews — Scriber's format library is more complete.
Group and multi-clinician investment. AutoNotes does not prominently feature group practice tools or a group-admin roadmap. Scriber's Phase 1 roadmap includes group-admin features, supervision workflows, and multi-clinician account management as explicit deliverables. If you are a practice administrator evaluating a scribe for a team of clinicians, AutoNotes does not address this use case directly. Scriber is actively building for it.
AdvancedCare ecosystem adjacency. For practices using AdvancedCare for RCM, claims processing, or eligibility verification, Scriber's position within that ecosystem creates natural workflow adjacency between documentation and billing. AutoNotes has no comparable ecosystem connection.
Pricing
AutoNotes offers a free tier and Scriber offers a 7-day trial for evaluation. Neither gates compliance features behind a premium tier — BAAs are available to all paid users at signup on both platforms. See scriberapp.com/pricing for current Scriber plan pricing.
For group pricing, AutoNotes does not prominently publish group plans. Scriber is actively building group features, and group pricing is available on request. If you are evaluating for a practice of five or more clinicians, Scriber is the more viable choice to grow into.
Compliance
Both AutoNotes and Scriber are HIPAA-compliant and offer BAAs at signup. Both delete session audio after generating the note and do not retain audio for model training. On the core compliance fundamentals, both tools meet the baseline requirements for behavioral health practice.
One note specific to Scriber: the xAI transcription engine is available but disabled for production use by default until a BAA covering xAI's infrastructure is separately executed. All other Scriber engines — Speechmatics, Microsoft AI, Azure Speech, MAI, Deepgram, and AssemblyAI — are covered under the standard Scriber BAA signed at signup. Clinicians who want to use xAI should confirm BAA status before processing PHI through that engine.
For clinicians practicing in substance use disorder treatment, both tools' default audio-deletion behavior is compatible with 42 CFR Part 2 requirements. State-level privacy rules that exceed federal HIPAA requirements — California, New York, Illinois, Massachusetts — should be reviewed with your compliance officer regardless of which scribe you use.
AutoNotes is a newer vendor. Before signing a BAA with any AI tool, verify the current terms directly with the vendor rather than relying on marketing copy. BAA scope and indemnification terms vary meaningfully between vendors in this space.
When to pick AutoNotes over Scriber
- You want the simplest possible onboarding with no configuration decisions before your first session.
- Your telehealth practice does not run on Doxy.me, and native telehealth integration is not a priority.
- You see a predictable individual therapy caseload and do not need a wide range of note formats beyond SOAP, DAP, and BIRP.
- You are a solo clinician and have no plans to grow to a group practice in the near term.
- You prefer a very focused product with fewer options rather than a more feature-complete one.
When to pick Scriber over AutoNotes
- You use Doxy.me for telehealth and want the session and the scribe in a single window without a manual recording step.
- Transcription accuracy or speed matters to you and you want the option to switch engines based on session type rather than relying on a single undisclosed infrastructure.
- You rotate between multiple note formats — biopsychosocial, mental status exam, treatment plan, intake, ongoing therapy notes — and need a broader template library.
- You run or are growing a group practice and want a vendor actively building group-admin, supervision, and multi-clinician features.
- You are in the AdvancedCare ecosystem and want your documentation workflow adjacent to your RCM and billing workflow.
- You want a vendor whose transcription infrastructure is transparent and auditable, so you understand exactly which system is processing your session audio.
Try both before you commit
Both tools let you evaluate the product on real sessions before committing. The most reliable evaluation method is to run the same session type through both scribes in the same week: use your actual note format, your actual clinical vocabulary, and if you do telehealth, test that workflow specifically. Draft note quality, which is the thing that actually determines whether a scribe saves you time or creates more editing work, is most visible on your specific session content.
Start your 7-day Scriber trial at scriberapp.com/signup. If you use Doxy.me, test the native integration on your first session — that single workflow test will tell you more about whether the Doxy.me integration matters for your practice than any feature comparison table can.
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