Agentic Index
AlethianAI vs DeepCura (2026)
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AlethianAI and DeepCura both sell connected AI agents for medical practices on one patient record, and they do much the same job. That verdict is the Agentic Index coverage score, graded from each vendor's own published materials.
AlethianAI runs a receptionist, a live scribe with clinician sign off, revenue cycle, eFax and SMS agents, integrated with more than 18 EHRs, with a full audit trail on every action, sold through sales. DeepCura runs seven agents, including a scribe, receptionist, AI nurse, coding and inbox, that write back to the major EHRs, with every chart, outbox and claim change approved by a person, at $129 per provider a month, or $999 for a year, after a free trial. DeepCura lets clinicians pick OpenAI, Claude or Gemini models for the scribe, where AlethianAI names no model choice. Choose AlethianAI for a full audit trail across its agents. Choose DeepCura for a public price and a choice of model.
On the Agentic Index healthcare agent ranking, neither AlethianAI nor DeepCura clears the bar, which asks for all five chart loop capabilities documented in full. AlethianAI does not document knowledge grounding and RAG in full, nor security and identity governance; DeepCura documents two of the five in full. 4 of the 69 vendors in the lane clear it. See the healthcare agent ranking
This comparison is published by Agentic Index, an independent agentic AI vendor research platform. AlethianAI and DeepCura are each graded against the same 14 capability Agentic Index taxonomy, from the vendor's own public materials under the Agentic Index verification standard, alongside 1,084 researched vendors. No vendor pays for placement and no vendor has reviewed this page. How this evidence is graded
Choose AlethianAI if
- Every action by every agent should leave a full audit trail.
- eFax and SMS belong in the same agent set as the receptionist and scribe.
- You buy through sales as a clinic group, MSO or hospital.
Choose DeepCura if
- You want a public price of $129 per provider a month and a free trial.
- Your team should choose the model behind the agents.
- Every chart, outbox and claim change should wait for a person's approval.
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Integrations & Tool Calling Ability to connect agents to real systems through native integrations, OAuth-authenticated actions, custom tools, APIs, webhooks, or MCP-compatible tools. |
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AlethianAIIntegrations & Tool Calling Integrates with 18+ EHRs, among them Epic, AdvancedMD, eClinicalWorks, athenahealth, Tebra, ModMed and Open Dental, with bidirectional exchange. Agents schedule, handle refills, prepare the record before the encounter and send encounter codes on to claims. The receptionist books, reschedules and cancels appointments by voice, and AI RCM brings remittance, claim matching and review status into one view. SourceAlethianAI, alethian.com, /ai-receptionist and /ai-rcmread 2026-10-05 |
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DeepCuraIntegrations & Tool Calling Writes back to athenahealth, eClinicalWorks, AdvancedMD and OptiMantra and integrates with Epic, Practice Fusion, Charm Health and OpenEMR, plus Google Calendar, Gmail, Stripe, iFax and Zendesk. The receptionist books into the calendar and texts intake and payment links. Veradigm is now among the EHRs, notes write straight to the chart, schedules sync every 15 minutes, and the integrations are free on all plans. SourceDeepCura, deepcura.comread 2026-10-05 |
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Workflow Orchestration Ability to sequence, branch, retry, route, and combine deterministic workflow nodes with autonomous agent steps. |
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AlethianAIWorkflow Orchestration Five connected agents, from the Receptionist to RCM, share one patient record and pass work from scheduling and intake through documentation to billing with fewer manual handoffs. A Communication Hub joins the voice, fax and SMS work in one workspace, and codes captured in Live Scribe pass straight to AI RCM for claims. SourceAlethianAI, alethian.com and /ai-live-scriberead 2026-10-05 |
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DeepCuraWorkflow Orchestration Seven AI agents on one platform hand work across the day. The receptionist books a caller and texts the intake link, the AI Nurse collects intake and screeners, the scribe charts, the coder proposes the level, and the inbox agent turns faxes, email, calls and texts into one checklist of proposed actions. Ultra Review then checks the visit against peer reviewed literature, guidelines and FDA labels, and Emily, the AI setup consultant, configures templates, EHR connections and intake forms by voice during a five minute onboarding. SourceDeepCura, deepcura.comread 2026-10-05 |
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Triggers & Channel Coverage How agents wake up and where they work: schedules, webhooks, message events, CRM events, inbox events, chat, email, voice, and collaboration tools. |
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AlethianAITriggers & Channel Coverage Inbound calls, faxes and texts start the agents, as do scheduling and refill requests, and outbound confirmations and follow ups go out automatically. The receptionist answers around the clock, evenings and weekends included, in multiple languages. SourceAlethianAI, alethian.com and /ai-receptionistread 2026-10-05 |
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DeepCuraTriggers & Channel Coverage The AI receptionist answers the practice's forwarded number 24/7 and books callers, and faxes, emails, missed calls and texts arrive in the AI Inbox already read, summarized and matched to the chart. The receptionist also routes patients and collects payments through Stripe, and the AI Nurse sends consent forms, intake questionnaires and screeners such as PHQ-9 and GAD-7 before the visit. SourceDeepCura, deepcura.comread 2026-10-05 |
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Knowledge Grounding & RAG Ability to ground agent behavior in company data through document ingestion, retrieval, external knowledge APIs, semantic search, or RAG layers. |
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AlethianAIKnowledge Grounding & RAG Agents work from one patient record prepared by scheduling and intake before the encounter, and AlethianAI describes no retrieval structure it maintains over the practice's knowledge. Live Scribe links each suggested ICD-10 and CPT code to the encounter documentation. SourceAlethianAI, alethian.com and /ai-live-scriberead 2026-10-05 |
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DeepCuraKnowledge Grounding & RAG Agents work from the practice's own chart data, which Ambient Data turns into coded, trended values that population panels can query, and Ultra Review cites findings to the literature. The chart data is the practice record, and DeepCura names no knowledge base it maintains for the agents to retrieve from. Ultra Review searches peer reviewed literature, guidelines and FDA labels for each visit. SourceDeepCura, deepcura.comread 2026-10-05 |
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Memory & State Persistence Ability to persist context across a run, conversation, workflow, user, team, or longer-term memory layer. |
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AlethianAIMemory & State Persistence The patient record the agents work from is the practice's business record, and AlethianAI names no memory the agents keep of their own beyond it. That shared record connects every workflow, from the first call to the claim. SourceAlethianAI, alethian.comread 2026-10-05 |
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DeepCuraMemory & State Persistence The agents have no memory that DeepCura names, and nothing is said about what one would hold or for how long. Values charted from the visit are the patient record. Ambient Data turns those values into trends and population panels the practice can export. SourceDeepCura, deepcura.comread 2026-10-05 |
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Human Oversight & Guardrails Approval steps, consent checkpoints, escalation rules, structured guardrails, policy constraints, and pause/resume controls. |
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AlethianAIHuman Oversight & Guardrails The Live Scribe workspace carries provider edits and clinician sign off before the note is final, and agents prepare next steps for clinician review where needed. Providers review and edit the draft, confirm refills and prefilled lab orders and sign off on the note, and the receptionist brings in the team when human input is needed. SourceAlethianAI, alethian.com, /ai-live-scribe and /ai-receptionistread 2026-10-05 |
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DeepCuraHuman Oversight & Guardrails Suggested chart updates wait for the clinician's click, the inbox agent's proposed actions run only after confirmation with items that can be unchecked, and the coder proposes a level and waits for approval, so a person approves whatever reaches the chart, the outbox or the claim. The coder's E&M level comes with its reasoning from time and medical decision making, along with ICD-10 codes. SourceDeepCura, deepcura.comread 2026-10-05 |
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Security, Identity & Governance RBAC, SSO, auditability, encryption, least-privilege tool access, compliance posture, and data handling policy. |
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AlethianAISecurity, Identity & Governance Alethian is built for HIPAA and encrypts data in transit and at rest. SOC 2 is still in its observation period, so there is no attestation yet. Alethian names no access controls for the customer. The receptionist verifies each patient's identity by the clinic's configured process. SourceAlethianAI, alethian.com and /ai-receptionistread 2026-10-05 |
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DeepCuraSecurity, Identity & Governance DeepCura claims HIPAA and PIPEDA compliance with a BAA included, holds a CASA Tier 2 verification (all 14 OWASP categories passed), uses 256 bit encryption and never trains models on PHI. Seats are paid for each user of the AI features, and team members get free read or edit access. DeepCura names no SSO or role model, and its trust center is at trust.deepcura.com. SourceDeepCura, deepcura.com and /plans-pricingread 2026-10-05 |
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Observability & Auditability Traces, logs, execution histories, metrics, audit events, and debugging detail for production agent behavior. |
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AlethianAIObservability & Auditability Every action is logged in a full audit trail. AI RCM shows remittance information, claim matching and review status in one view, and suggested codes stay linked to the encounter documentation. SourceAlethianAI, alethian.com, /ai-rcm and /ai-live-scriberead 2026-10-05 |
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DeepCuraObservability & Auditability Each suggested chart update carries its verbatim quote and the exact second of audio behind it, and the inbox agent lists every proposed action before it runs. Ultra Review files its findings by risk tier, Critical, High, Medium or Low, with inline citations. DeepCura names no lasting audit log of what the agents did after approval. SourceDeepCura, deepcura.comread 2026-10-05 |
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Deployment & Data Residency Deployment modes and options, including SaaS, dedicated cloud, VPC, on-prem, hybrid, local runtime, and self-hosting. |
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AlethianAIDeployment & Data Residency Alethian names no hosting region and no option to run in the customer's own environment. Clinics keep their existing phone numbers when the agents go live. SourceAlethianAI, alethian.com and /ai-receptionistread 2026-10-05 |
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DeepCuraDeployment & Data Residency Hosting region, region choice, customer environment and on premises options all go unnamed, and DeepCura's trust center is at trust.deepcura.com. Ultra Review runs asynchronously on DeepCura's servers, and EHR schedules sync every 15 minutes. SourceDeepCura, deepcura.com and /plans-pricingread 2026-10-05 |
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Prebuilt Agents, Templates & Packs Ready-made workflows, packaged employees, templates, blueprints, industry solutions, and role-specific agents that reduce time-to-value. |
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AlethianAIPrebuilt Agents, Templates & Packs Five named prebuilt agents ship, each with its own page and a separate job. AI Receptionist and AI Live Scribe cover the front desk and the visit note, AI RCM covers billing, and AI eFax and AI SMS handle faxes and texts. A Communication Hub and a Patient Intake product round out the lineup. SourceAlethianAI, alethian.comread 2026-10-05 |
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DeepCuraPrebuilt Agents, Templates & Packs Seven named AI agents each do their own job (scribe, receptionist, AI Nurse, billing and coding, inbox, Ultra Review, tasks and forms), with specialty templates for 50+ specialties. The current lineup also names Emily, an AI setup consultant, and Ambient Data builds population panels and care gap lists, such as every diabetic whose latest A1c is above 9. SourceDeepCura, deepcura.comread 2026-10-05 |
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Model Flexibility & Routing Ability to work across multiple foundation models, route tasks to different models, or let buyers bring their own providers and keys. |
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AlethianAIModel Flexibility & Routing The model behind the agents is not named, and AlethianAI does not say whether a practice can choose one. Sourcealethian.comread 2026-09-28 |
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DeepCuraModel Flexibility & Routing The plan includes all the latest AI models in one place, OpenAI, Claude and Gemini, for the scribe, so the clinician has three named providers. Emily, the setup consultant, asks which AI engine the practice prefers during onboarding. DeepCura does not say how a model is chosen for each later task. SourceDeepCura, deepcura.com/plans-pricing and deepcura.comread 2026-10-05 |
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APIs, SDKs & MCP Extensibility Composability layer: stable APIs, SDKs, MCP tool consumption/serving, custom tools, and integration into internal systems. |
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AlethianAIAPIs, SDKs & MCP Extensibility Developers get no published API, SDK or MCP server to build on. Sourcealethian.comread 2026-09-28 |
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DeepCuraAPIs, SDKs & MCP Extensibility No API, SDK or MCP server is published for the DeepCura platform. It connects through its built in EHR and app integrations, which are free on every plan. SourceDeepCura, deepcura.comread 2026-10-05 |
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Testing, Debugging & Optimization Testing, debugging, scoring, retries, fallbacks, quality gates, and optimization loops for improving agent workflows before and after deployment. |
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AlethianAITesting, Debugging & Optimization No way to test or score the agents is offered to the practice. AlethianAI reports 40% of provider time reclaimed for patient care, 13% more RVU revenue, 80% less admin staff work and 90 minutes saved per provider each day. SourceAlethianAI, alethian.com and /ai-live-scriberead 2026-10-05 |
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DeepCuraTesting, Debugging & Optimization The agents come with no evaluation harness, test cases or quality gate that DeepCura names. Codes are checked against official releases before filing. DeepCura says its agents were validated on real clinical workflows instead of synthetic data, without publishing how. SourceDeepCura, deepcura.comread 2026-10-05 |
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Browser & Computer Use Browser, desktop, or remote/local computer control for workflows that cannot be handled through stable APIs alone. |
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AlethianAIBrowser & Computer Use The agents work through EHR integrations and phone, fax and text channels, and AlethianAI names no browser or computer control. AI eFax pulls fax content into chart workflows. SourceAlethianAI, alethian.comread 2026-10-05 |
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DeepCuraBrowser & Computer Use DeepCura names no browser, desktop or computer control. AI Forms fills PDF fields from voice or chart context, which is document handling, not operating an interface. Notes reach EHRs through native integrations. SourceDeepCura, deepcura.comread 2026-10-05 |
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Pricing snapshot
Sourced from the Index pricing dataset · open each vendor's profile for full detail.
| Pricing | A AlethianAI |
D DeepCura |
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Entry price Lowest public entry point |
Contact sales | $129 per provider a month (all seven agents), or $999 a year; free trial |
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Pricing confidence How public the numbers are |
Contact only | Public, exact |
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Billing Primary billing axis |
Enterprise or per practice; sold via direct sales, specifics undisclosed. | Per provider seat per month, with an included credit balance. |
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Variable cost Workload / overage exposure |
Medium variable cost | Low variable cost |
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Free tier / trial Try before you buy |
No free tier
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Buying motion Self-serve vs sales call |
Sales call | Self-serve |
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Pricing verified When this pricing was last checked |
AlethianAI has no public price, and DeepCura prices per provider.
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