The answer
The strongest alternative to Accurx Scribe for a private clinic is wai, which drafts the note, letters and codes in 60 languages for the doctor to sign and runs the front desk, booking, payments and the patient app on one record. The table sets wai beside Accurx Scribe and the other UK names buyers compare, each read from its own pages on 24 October 2026.
Accurx Scribe is priced per registered NHS patient and saves its notes to the two NHS GP record systems, so a private clinic looking for a scribe is usually looking for something built for private practice. Every rival cell in the table is footnoted to that company's own page as it read on 24 October 2026, and the wai cells come from our own product and pricing pages.
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| What you get | Accurx | Heidi | TORTUS | wai |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Published price | 40p to 50p per registered patient a year, by list size8 | UK page lists a £0 tier, Clinician £70 a month or £55 billed yearly, Practice £65 billed yearly, Enterprise custom9 | Not published. NHS trusts request a demo, and GPs get it through X-on Surgery Connect10 | Clinician Plus $550 and Clinician $350 a clinician a month, both published |
| Note drafted from the consultation | Yes, consultation notes from the consultation or dictation11 | Yes, on every plan9 | Yes, structured notes from speaker-diarised audio, approved by the clinician10 | Yes, in the room or on video, for the clinician to sign |
| Referral and clinic letters | Documents drafted in a chosen style11 | Yes, referrals and letters drafted from the note12 | Letters and referrals drafted with the note10 | Referral and clinic letters, prescriptions and result explanations |
| Coding suggested from the note | SNOMED coding included8 | Coding on Practice in the UK plan table9 | Clinical codes suggested alongside the note10 | Yes, drafted from the note for the clinician to sign |
| Cited answers to clinical questions | Not listed on its site11 | Yes, Heidi Evidence, with cited answers9 | Not listed on its site10 | Yes, cited to current guidance and peer-reviewed papers |
| Calls and patient messages answered | Online Patient Triage and SMS messaging. Accurx Bell, an AI phone assistant, is described as coming13 | Patient recaps drafted for approval and US eligibility checks. No phone answering listed12 | Not listed on its site. Telephony integrations are for clinical hubs10 | Calls, email, web forms and WhatsApp in one thread per patient, replies drafted for approval |
| Patients book online | Yes, Self-Book invites patients to book their own appointments13 | Not listed on its site. Schedules sync from the EHR14 | Not listed on its site10 | Yes, booking links that read each doctor's calendar, with waitlist backfill |
| Deposits and payments at booking | Not listed on its site15 | Not listed on its site12 | Not listed on its site10 | Yes, deposits, invoices and memberships through the clinic's own Stripe |
| Connects to records systems | Notes save to EMIS and SystmOne in one click11 | EHR integration add-on on Practice and Enterprise. Epic, Oracle Cerner, athenahealth, EMIS and Semble among those listed16 | Epic, EMIS, TPP SystmOne, Oracle Health, Access Rio and Medicus named10 | Google, Outlook and Apple calendars connected. Signed notes and letters export to your record |
Why wai is the alternative to start with
A scribe writes the note. wai runs the clinic. From one consultation, in the room or on video, wai drafts the note, the referral and clinic letters, prescriptions, result explanations, the coding and cited answers for the clinician to sign.
The front desk on the same record. Calls, email, web forms and WhatsApp land in one thread per patient with replies drafted for approval. Patients request appointments through links that read each doctor's calendar, cancellations backfill from the waitlist, and deposits and invoices run through the clinic's own Stripe.
Every AI action that affects a patient is drafted for a person to review and approve. The clinician signs the note, the letter and the codes, and the front desk approves each reply before it goes. The Accurx Scribe comparison sets the two side by side row by row.
Why private clinics look beyond Accurx Scribe
Accurx prices its scribe at 40p to 50p per registered patient a year, by list size, which is a price built for an NHS practice list rather than a private clinic's clinicians. Its notes save to EMIS and SystmOne in one click, its own pages list no cited answers and no payments, and its AI phone assistant is described as coming.
The evidence behind wai's method
The note is one part of the day the evidence measures. In a randomised trial of 238 outpatient physicians across 14 specialties at UCLA Health, the ambient scribe with a significant effect cut the time spent writing each note by about 41 seconds, against 18 seconds in usual care.1 At The Permanente Medical Group, 3,442 physicians used an ambient scribe across 303,266 encounters in its first ten weeks, and reported more personal conversations with patients and less clerical work after hours.2 wai is built on that finding, so it takes on the letters, the replies, the booking and the follow-up as well as the note.
A draft stays a draft until a person signs it. Article 14 of the EU AI Act requires high-risk AI systems to be designed so that people can oversee them effectively,3 and in the UK the MHRA and NHS England publish guidance on ambient voice technology in health and care.45 wai holds every draft until the doctor signs it, and every reply until a person at the clinic sends it.
The patient's own language. In a systematic review of 33 studies, 76% found at least one outcome better when patient and physician shared a language other than English.6 wai works in 60 languages, so the consultation can happen in the patient's own and the signed note is still written for the record.
Measured in a working clinic. At The Wellness in London, which runs on wai every day, every clinician has 15 hours a week back, as published in the customer story.7
Moving from Accurx Scribe to wai
Start with one clinician, alongside what you use today. Request a demo and bring one real consultation. In fifteen minutes you see the note, the letter and the codes it produces, on your own workflow.
Nothing has to be switched off on the first day. wai connects to Google, Outlook and Apple calendars, and signed notes and letters export to the record you already keep, so Accurx Scribe can run in parallel while you compare. The guide to switching scribe without losing records covers the order of steps.
Then a 90 day pilot shaped around your team, which ends with three numbers from your own clinic, revenue, hours saved and patients cared for. The decision is then made on your data, not ours.
What it costs
wai publishes its prices. Clinician Plus is $550 a clinician a month, with bespoke templates, a records sync and a larger allowance, and Clinician is $350, with the note, letters, coding and cited answers from every consultation. Admin, the front desk, is priced per location after a demo.
Each price, or the absence of one, as its own page showed it on 24 October 2026, is in the first row of the table with its source. Set the seat against what it replaces. An hour of a clinician's evening, a letter that waits a day, a call that goes to voicemail and a patient who requests an appointment elsewhere each cost more than the line on the invoice.
For the rest of the field, the UK scribe roundup and the AI scribe price index list every major scribe with its source and the day it was read. The AI scribe for UK clinics page has the whole product, and wai compared lists every comparison.
Would one real consultation settle it? Bring one, and see the note, the letter and the codes it produces.
Frequently asked questions
What is the best alternative to Accurx Scribe?
For a private clinic, wai. It drafts the note, letters and codes in 60 languages for the doctor to sign, and runs the front desk, booking, payments and the patient app on one record, at published prices.
How much does Accurx Scribe cost?
Accurx, from its own page on 24 October 2026. 40p to 50p per registered patient a year, by list size. wai Clinician Plus is $550 and Clinician is $350 a clinician a month, both published, and Admin, the front desk, is priced per location after a demo.
Is there an Accurx Scribe alternative for private clinics?
Yes. wai began inside The Wellness, a private clinic in London, and runs its diary, front desk, records, notes, payments and follow-up every day, and every clinician there has 15 hours a week back, as published in the customer story.
Which Accurx Scribe alternatives answer the phone?
wai answers calls, email, web forms and WhatsApp in one thread per patient, with replies drafted for approval. Heidi, from its own pages on 24 October 2026, lists no phone answering. TORTUS, from its own pages on 24 October 2026, lists no front desk, and its telephony integrations are for clinical hubs.
Can we switch from Accurx Scribe without losing records?
Yes. Start with one clinician alongside what you use today. Signed notes and letters export to the record you already keep, so nothing has to be switched off on the first day, and a 90 day pilot ends with revenue, hours saved and patients cared for from your own clinic.
Is wai secure?
wai holds a SOC 2 Type II report, sent on request. Records are encrypted, every access is logged against a named account, and each clinic's records are hosted in its own country.
Sources
- Ambient AI Scribes in Clinical Practice, A Randomized Trial, read 24 October 2026
- Ambient Artificial Intelligence Scribes to Alleviate the Burden of Clinical Documentation, read 24 October 2026
- Regulation (EU) 2024/1689, the Artificial Intelligence Act, Article 14, human oversight, read 24 October 2026
- Ambient voice technology enabled products, read 24 October 2026
- Guidance on the use of AI-enabled ambient scribing products in health and care settings, read 24 October 2026
- A Systematic Review of the Impact of Patient-Physician Non-English Language Concordance on Quality of Care and Outcomes, read 24 October 2026
- The Wellness, customer story, read 24 October 2026
- Accurx, accurx.com/scribe-pricing, read 24 October 2026
- Heidi, heidihealth.com/en-gb/pricing, read 24 October 2026
- TORTUS, tortus.ai, read 24 October 2026
- Accurx, accurx.com/scribe, read 24 October 2026
- Heidi, heidihealth.com, read 24 October 2026
- Accurx, accurx.com/primary-care, read 24 October 2026
- Heidi, heidihealth.com/integrations, read 24 October 2026
- Accurx, accurx.com, read 24 October 2026
- Heidi, heidihealth.com/en-gb/integrations, read 24 October 2026
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