Artisight vs Caregility
Updated October 16, 2026
Hospitals building virtual nursing and remote observation programs usually compare Artisight and Caregility. Artisight installs sensors and devices in rooms to support virtual nursing alongside wider smart hospital tools, while Caregility runs its connected care platform on bedside cameras and carts for virtual nursing, observation, tele-ICU, and consults. Your ambitions beyond virtual nursing help separate them.
Our analysts compared Artisight and Caregility on room hardware, virtual nursing, patient observation, EHR ties, and evidence, using the HIR review of each company and each vendor's news pages. In the following sections, we compare them in one table, describe the hospital each fits, and list each company's news this year.
Artisight vs Caregility at a glance, October 2026
| What buyers weigh | Artisight | Caregility |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | Smart hospital contracts, usually multi-year, with separate charges for hardware and services. | Custom contract quoted by Caregility, combining software subscriptions and bedside devices. |
| What drives cost | How many sites and rooms you equip, sensor hardware, network upgrades, and the work of changing clinical routines. | The number of rooms and devices, which programs are run (virtual nursing, observation, tele-ICU, and consults), AI features, and integration with nurse call and EHR systems. |
| Main job | In-room sensors, virtual nursing, and smart hospital tools tied to nursing and room operations. | Bedside cameras and software for virtual nursing, patient observation, tele-ICU, consults, and hospital at home. |
| Who it fits | Hospitals with nursing and facilities leaders ready to change sensors, networks, and clinical work together. | Systems building virtual nursing or tele-ICU across many hospitals; says it has more than 30,000 connected devices in 1,500 hospitals. |
| Operational results | Scores 7.3 on nursing and room operations outcomes. Higher score | Scores 6.9 on staff time and patient safety; few results from identified customers are public. |
| Product depth | Scores 7.4 for smart hospital product depth. | Scores 7.2; one platform for cameras and carts from several device makers, plus AI room alerts. |
| Rolling out | Scores 6.6; 12-24 weeks from kickoff to the first live unit, then 4-9 months of tuning. | Scores 6.6; first units live in 3-6 months, the whole hospital in 6-18 months. |
| What has to be ready | Nursing and facilities leaders, privacy rules, and staff communication before sensors go in. | Nurse call and EHR integration, plus a plan for whether devices are bought or leased. |
| Poor fit | Organizations that want a software-only pilot with no building or network work. | A single small hospital with a few telehealth carts. |
| Time to full value | About 8 to 17 months | About 10 to 27 months |
| What you need first | Nursing and facilities leaders who own how smart rooms are used. | Nursing leader who owns the virtual model. |
| Deal-breaker | You want a software-only pilot with no building or network work. | No nursing leader owns it. |
| Pricing clarity score | 6.8 Clearer pricing | 6.2 |
| HIR overall score | 7.1, Recommend. Higher score | 6.8, Conditional. |
| Best for | Hospitals investing in smart rooms or virtual nursing, with named leaders to run them. | Health systems building virtual nursing, remote patient observation, or tele-ICU programs across many hospitals. |
| Not a fit for | Buyers who have not prepared privacy rules and staff communication for sensors in patient rooms. | Buyers who want published outcome studies with results from identified customers. |
Which fits which buyer
Sketch the smart room you want in three years.
Choose Artisight if
- You plan smart rooms with sensors, not just video visits.
- You have named leaders to run the program.
- Room operations and nursing workflow both need help.
Choose Caregility if
- You run virtual nursing, sitters, or tele-ICU across many hospitals.
- Carts and bedside cameras fit your rollout.
- Responsible AI certifications matter to your board.
Verdict
Artisight scores higher and fits systems building smart rooms. Caregility is a conditional pick for systems scaling virtual care programs on existing hardware.
Plan privacy rules and staff messaging before any cameras go in.
Where the two tools are headed in 2027 and beyond
Artisight: Artisight signed an enterprise agreement with UChicago Medicine on April 28, 2026, and acquired TMG Global to speed hospital installs on September 14, 2026.
Caregility: Caregility earned ISO/IEC 42001 certification for responsible AI management on August 13, 2026.
Ask each for nurse satisfaction data after a year of use.
Methodology
Each row comes from the HIR reviews of Artisight and Caregility, scored under the HIR method, and from each vendor's public pricing where it exists. Any published price for Artisight or Caregility was checked on that vendor's own site on October 16, 2026.
A green check marks a clear edge for Artisight or Caregility only where their review scores differ by at least 0.3 points or the two reviews show a plain difference. Rows with nothing published for either Artisight or Caregility are left out, and time to full value for each adds up the rollout stages in its review.
Sources
- HIR review of Artisight and HIR review of Caregility
- Artisight website
- Caregility website
- Artisight and UChicago Medicine, April 28, 2026
- Artisight acquires TMG Global, September 14, 2026
- Caregility ISO/IEC 42001, August 13, 2026