vioscaleAI
Comparison

Medplum vs OpenMRS

No leader: the top candidate OpenMRS has only 0.08 confidence (low), below the 0.35 needed to declare a winner. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.

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Medplum41
OpenMRS44
Score
vioscaleAI score
Medplum41 / 100medium · 62%
OpenMRS44 / 100low · 8%
Pricing
Free tier
Medplum✓
OpenMRS✓
Model
Medplumfreemium
OpenMRSopen_source
Price level
Medplumhigh
OpenMRSfree
Starting price
Medplum$2,000
OpenMRS–
Transparent
Medplum✗
OpenMRS✓
Integrations
Count
Medplum19
OpenMRS5
Security
Certifications
MedplumSOC 2, CLIA/CAP, ONC
OpenMRS–
Disclosure policy
Medplum✓
OpenMRS–
Hipaa
Medplum✓
OpenMRS–
Soc2
Medplum✓
OpenMRS–
Reliability
Status page
Medplum✓
OpenMRS✓
Market
Availability
Content
Faq
Medplum7 items
OpenMRS5 items

Features

The capabilities each product documents. These tools do not share a category taxonomy, so this aligns what each vendor states rather than a normalised feature set.

Declared feature comparison
FeatureMedplumOpenMRS
Care setting-cross
Deployment-on_prem
Interoperability-fhir
Product type-ehr
Target segment-clinic

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

Medplum

Provides a platform for healthcare application development with integrated compliance features, medical system integrations, and support for both cloud and self-hosted deployment models.

Independently observed

OpenMRS

An open-source medical records system providing flexible healthcare delivery infrastructure, helping clinics and providers manage patient information across developing regions.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

Medplum

from $2000/moSubscriptionFree tier

Free tier available for development and self-hosted use. Production cloud tier from $2,000/month. Enterprise tier pricing available upon request.

  • Free (Cloud)Free
    • 10 websocket subscriptions
    • Discord support
    • GitHub support
    • Basic compliance features
  • Production$2,000/month
    • 2000 websocket subscriptions
    • Lab/Diagnostics integrations
    • Medications/eRx integrations
    • HL7 Integration Engine
    • Discord and GitHub support with SLA
    • +5 more
  • EnterpriseContact sales
    • Custom configuration
    • Advanced compliance support
    • Enhanced SLAs
    • Dedicated support options
  • Free (Self-Hosted)Free
    • Self-hosted deployment
    • Open source option
as of verify ↗

OpenMRS

Open sourceFree tier

Free, open-source with no license fees

  • OpenMRSFree
    • Configurable for any clinical area
    • Clinical documentation and diagnosis tracking
    • Flexible forms with Form Builder
    • Patient registration, appointments, queues
    • Billing and inventory management
    • +5 more
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platforms
Web
Medplum✓
OpenMRS✓
CLI
Medplum✓
OpenMRS✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Medplum✓
OpenMRS✗
Self-hosted
Medplum✓
OpenMRS✓

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

Medplum

23 total
  • Epic
  • FHIR
  • HL7
  • DoseSpot
  • Okta
  • Azure
  • Auth0
  • Twilio
  • Sendbird
  • Qualtrics
  • Jotforms
  • Formstack
  • Redcap
  • Medidata
  • Particle
  • HealthGorilla
  • Paubox
  • ShipBob
  • Amazon
  • Lab/Diagnostics
  • Medications/eRx
  • HL7 Integration Engine
  • Azure SSO
Independently observed

OpenMRS

7 total
  • DHIS2
  • OHDSI
  • OMOP CDM
  • ERP Systems
  • Lab Systems
  • OpenELIS
  • OpenIMIS
Independently observed
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Medplum or OpenMRS: which one depends on you

A composite score cannot know your constraints. Describe them and both get re-weighted against what you actually need, with the evidence behind every position.

Free to run, no account needed to start. How the evaluation works

Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.