Ambience Healthcare vs Regard (2026): Pricing, Features & Which to Choose

Who comes out ahead

Based only on the facts in our directory. The right pick still depends on the job you need done.

Lower starting price
Not comparable
Not comparable: Ambience Healthcare does not list a price
Free plan
Tie
Neither has one
Higher rating
Ambience Healthcare
4.4 against 4.1
Same job?
Yes
Both are Healthcare AI tools

Side by side

Compared on	Ambience Healthcare	Regard
Our rating	4.4Better	4.1
Starts at	Not listed	Not listed
Free plan	No	No
Category	Healthcare AI	Healthcare AI
Plans	See pricing	See pricing
Key features	Ambient documentation across outpatient, emergency, and inpatient settings Coding-aware notes generated across 100+ medical specialties Won an exclusive 5-year Cleveland Clinic contract after a head-to-head pilot $313M raised total, $1.25B valuation as of its July 2025 Series C Health system clients include Houston Methodist and St. Luke's Health System	Reviews the entire patient chart, not just a single conversation, for missed diagnoses Combines EHR chart data with physician-patient conversation data Surfaces conditions like malnutrition, sepsis risk, and undiagnosed hypertension $61M Series B led by Oak HC/FT, with Cedars-Sinai Health Ventures participating Over $100M raised total as of 2026
Pros	Validated in a direct competitive pilot against four other ambient scribes Coverage across outpatient, emergency, and inpatient settings in one platform Strong recent funding at a meaningful valuation supports continued investment	Full-chart review catches diagnostic gaps a single conversation-based tool would miss Backed by Cedars-Sinai, a health system with direct clinical validation credibility Combines documentation generation with genuine diagnostic-insight surfacing
Cons	Enterprise pricing requires a sales conversation, no published self-serve rate Younger company than some competitors, with a shorter overall track record Best suited to health systems ready for an enterprise-scale deployment	Enterprise quote-based pricing requires a sales conversation, no published rates Requires deep EHR integration across a health system to deliver full value Smaller company scale than the largest ambient documentation competitors
Company	Ambience Healthcare, founded 2020	Regard, founded 2016

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FAQ

Questions people ask

Is Ambience Healthcare better than Regard?

In our reviews Ambience Healthcare scores 4.4 and Regard scores 4.1. The better pick depends on the job. Ambience Healthcare: Won a 5-year exclusive Cleveland Clinic contract after beating 4 rival ambient scribes head-to-head. Regard: Reviews the entire patient chart to surface diagnoses clinicians might otherwise miss.

Which is cheaper, Ambience Healthcare or Regard?

Ambience Healthcare: see pricing. Regard: see pricing.

Do Ambience Healthcare and Regard have free plans?

Neither lists a free plan.

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