Arztbrief.ai vs. Dragon Medical One

Performance Comparison

1. Accuracy & AI Performance

Arztbrief.ai

Modern AI with medical expertise

Trained with 680,000 hours of audio data. Recognizes technical terms and automatically sets punctuation.

Works without speech training and with various accents and languages.

Dragon

Specialized speech recognition

Up to 99% accuracy through 25 years of development and extensive technical vocabulary.

Requires Windows environment and separate software.

2. Functionality

Arztbrief.ai

Complete medical letter in two modes

Creates complete medical letters, not just transcriptions.

Modes: Exact (verbatim) or Free (optimized). Translation into 20 languages with one click.

Dragon

Real-time dictation with voice commands

Dictation directly into EHR, but no finished letter.

Voice commands for navigation and formatting. Smartphone usable as microphone (with additional license).

3. User-friendliness

Arztbrief.ai

Ready to use immediately

Usable in browser or as app without installation.

5 free test dictations without registration. No training needed - intuitively usable.

Dragon

Setup with learning curve

Installation on Windows PC required.

Special microphone hardware recommended. Training in voice commands necessary.

4. Integration

Arztbrief.ai

Flexible integration

Modern interfaces (API, HL7, FHIR) available.

Simple export as PDF or Word. Usable without complex IT integration.

Dragon

Deep EHR integration

Optimized for health systems like Epic or Cerner.

Only available in Windows environments. Requires technical setup by IT staff.

5. Cost & License

Arztbrief.ai

Affordable & flexible

From €49/month (100 documents) to €99 (unlimited).

Monthly cancellation, no minimum term. No additional costs for hardware.

Dragon

More expensive with annual commitment

Approx. €70 per user/month with annual contract.

Additional costs for microphone hardware. Higher total costs with multiple users.

6. Data Protection

Arztbrief.ai

GDPR compliant & EU AI Act ready

Fully GDPR compliant with Privacy-by-Design.

No permanent storage of patient data. Optimized for European data protection requirements.

Dragon

Secure cloud solution

User profiles stored in Microsoft cloud.

Patient data remains in local EHR. TLS encryption and EU data centers.