Medelix vs UpToDate Expert AI
UpToDate is the classic expert-written reference, and Expert AI answers from it — behind a subscription that starts at $579 a year for individuals. Medelix answers from the live literature, guidelines and official EU drug information, cites every claim and is currently free for individual doctors.
Where Medelix is ahead
- Currently free for individual doctors — no $579-a-year subscription
- European drug information (EU SmPC and leaflets) and European guidelines, in the doctor's language
- The live literature: studies published this week can be cited this week
- Available everywhere in Europe, whatever your subscription
Medelix vs UpToDate Expert AI
| Feature | Medelix | UpToDate Expert AI |
|---|---|---|
| Price for individual doctors | Currently free for individual doctors and students; licences for hospitals and teams | Paid; individual UpToDate subscriptions from $579 a year; Expert AI is part of selected subscriptions and varies by region |
| Available in the EU | Yes — built in Vienna, for doctors across Europe | UpToDate yes; Expert AI depending on region and subscription |
| Funding & advertising | No advertising, no pharma sponsors, no sponsored answers | Subscriptions |
| Where answers come from | Guidelines, official EU drug information and peer-reviewed literature, searched live for each question; deep research also reads trusted medical websites | UpToDate's expert-written topic reviews |
| Citations | Every clinical claim links to its source; abstains when the evidence is thin | References to UpToDate content |
| Open reference pages | Drug, calculator and classification pages, open without sign-in, in six languages | — |
| Hosting | EU; answers are not generated by OpenAI, Google or Anthropic | — |
| Regulatory status | Informational tool, not a medical device | — |
| Company | Medelix, Vienna (Austria) | Wolters Kluwer (Netherlands) |
When UpToDate fits better
If your hospital already licenses UpToDate and you want long, expert-written topic reviews, it remains a deep reference.
Questions
Is there a free alternative to UpToDate?
For cited answers to clinical questions, Medelix is currently free for individual doctors and students. It answers from guidelines, official EU drug information and the peer-reviewed literature.
Does Medelix replace UpToDate?
It covers a different need: fast, cited answers from the current literature. UpToDate's strength is its long editorial topic reviews.
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This comparison is published by Medelix. Checked on 12 November 2026. Statements about other products come from their public pages, linked below. Spotted something out of date? Write to contact@medelix.ai.