Medplum vs Epic Systems
Side-by-side comparison of AI visibility scores, market position, and capabilities
"Firebase for healthcare" open-source FHIR EHR API infrastructure; YC S22 $550K with $1.2M revenue serving thousands of health tech developers competing with Google Cloud Healthcare API for HIPAA-compliant infrastructure.
About
Medplum is a San Francisco-based open-source EHR and healthcare API infrastructure company — often described as "Firebase for healthcare" — providing FHIR-compliant API infrastructure, clinical data management, and workflow tools that healthcare developers use to build EMR-adjacent applications, care management platforms, and health tech products without building from scratch the compliance, data modeling, and interoperability layers that healthcare applications require. Founded in 2021 and backed by Y Combinator (S22) with $550,000 raised, Medplum achieved $1.2 million in revenue in 2024 serving thousands of developers globally building on the open-source platform.
Epic holds over 42% of U.S. acute care hospital EHR market share and is embedding AI across 150+ clinical workflows for 2026, while facing antitrust scrutiny.
About
Epic Systems Corporation was founded in 1979 by Judith Faulkner and is headquartered in Verona, Wisconsin, remaining privately held with Faulkner as majority owner. The company develops large-scale electronic health record systems and reports that more than 305 million patients have a record in Epic, covering the majority of U.S. academic medical centers and large health systems including Kaiser Permanente, Mayo Clinic, Johns Hopkins, and Cleveland Clinic. Epic commands approximately 42% of U.S. acute care hospitals and nearly 55% of acute care hospital beds, making it the undisputed market leader in enterprise EHR.
AI Visibility Head-to-Head
Key Details
Capabilities & Ecosystem
Capabilities
Integrations
Also Compare
Track AI Visibility in Real Time
Monitor how your brand performs across ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, Claude, and Grok daily.