How much does UpToDate cost in 2026?
UpToDate costs $579 a year for an individual clinician in the United States, $699 a year for UpToDate Pro Plus and $219 a year on the trainee plan for residents, fellows and students (US list prices as of November 2026) [1]. If you are paying yourself, EvidenceMD is free to start, and its Individual plan costs $450 a year, $129 less than standard UpToDate [7]. Every UpToDate plan includes the 13,000+ clinical topics, the drug interactions checker, the medical calculators and UpToDate Expert AI [1]. CME/CE/CPD credits are included on UpToDate and Pro Plus but not on the trainee plan [1]. Wolters Kluwer sells 1-, 2- and 3-year terms and 30- or 90-day recurring billing, adds sales tax or VAT where it applies, and sets the price for each country in its online store [3]. There is no free individual UpToDate plan; hospitals, health systems and universities can license it for their clinicians, so check that first [4].
Key takeaways
- UpToDate is $579 a year, Pro Plus is $699 a year and the trainee plan is $219 a year. These are Wolters Kluwer's US starting prices as of November 2026 [1].
- Expert AI is no longer a Pro Plus extra. Wolters Kluwer's plan table lists UpToDate Expert AI in all three individual plans, including the trainee plan [1][5].
- Pro Plus adds four things: state-tagged CME topics, the Kidney Dosing Tool, the antidepressant switching tool and MobileComplete offline access, and it is sold to professional subscribers in the US and Canada [1][2].
- The trainee plan has no CME and needs proof of trainee status, such as a program director's letter, a contract or an ID badge, within 30 days of ordering [1][6].
- Local prices are set per country in the UpToDate store, with sales tax or VAT added where it applies; Wolters Kluwer does not publish them on its plan page [3].
- EvidenceMD is the lower-cost route for clinicians who pay themselves: free to start, $450 a year or $50 a month on Individual, with every claim cited and its reasoning shown [7][10].
How much is an UpToDate subscription per year?
An UpToDate subscription costs $579 a year for a clinician in the United States as of November 2026; Pro Plus costs $699 and the trainee plan $219 [1]. Hospitals and groups of 20 or more clinicians buy UpToDate Enterprise on a quote [1].
| Plan | Price per year (US) | Who it is for | CME/CE/CPD | UpToDate Expert AI |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UpToDate | $579 | Physicians, NPs, PAs, pharmacists, dentists and other professionals | Included | Included |
| UpToDate Pro Plus | $699 | Professional subscribers in the US and Canada | Included, plus state-tagged topics | Included |
| UpToDate Trainee | $219 | Residents, fellows and medical, pharmacy, nursing and dental students | Not included | Included |
| UpToDate Enterprise | Quote | Hospitals, health systems and groups of 20+ clinicians | Per contract | Available to enterprise users |
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Wolters Kluwer labels $579, $699 and $219 as starting prices for the United States [1]. The amount you pay at checkout also depends on the term and on tax: UpToDate is sold on 1-, 2- and 3-year terms or on 30- and 90-day recurring billing, and sales tax or VAT is charged in countries and US states that levy it [3].
UpToDate's price for any other country is shown in the UpToDate online store after you choose your country and role, not on the Wolters Kluwer plan page [3]. A price quoted for the United States is therefore not the price a clinician in Mexico, Brazil, India or the UK will pay.
Check your institution before you buy
UpToDate Expert AI and UpToDate are licensed to clinicians in health systems with an enterprise-wide subscription [4]. If your hospital, health system or university already licenses UpToDate, a personal subscription may duplicate what you have.
What do UpToDate, Pro Plus and the trainee plan include?
All three individual UpToDate plans share the same clinical content and the same UpToDate Expert AI features; Pro Plus adds prescribing and CME tools, and the trainee plan drops CME [1].
| Feature | UpToDate ($579) | Pro Plus ($699) | Trainee ($219) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13,000+ clinical topics, graded recommendations, algorithms | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Drug interactions checker, medication monographs, calculators | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Expert AI: insights, dosing, differential, citations | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Expert AI mobile app | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| CME/CE/CPD credits | Yes | Yes | No |
| State-tagged CME topics | No | Yes | No |
| Kidney Dosing Tool | No | Yes | No |
| Antidepressant switching tool | Add-on | Yes | Add-on |
| MobileComplete offline access | Add-on | Yes | Add-on |
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The $120 difference between UpToDate and UpToDate Pro Plus buys four things: CME state-tagged topics, the Kidney Dosing Tool, the antidepressant switching tool and MobileComplete for offline access [1][2]. Wolters Kluwer offers Pro Plus as a package for professional subscribers in the United States and Canada [2].
UpToDate Expert AI is not one of the Pro Plus extras in 2026. The Wolters Kluwer plan table lists AI-synthesized clinical insights, patient-specific recommendations, AI-powered dosing, AI-assisted differential diagnosis, transparent reasoning with source citations and the Expert AI mobile app in all three plans [1]. What UpToDate Expert AI is, and how it compares with other clinical AI, is covered in our UpToDate Expert AI guide, linked under Related guides below.
Is UpToDate free?
UpToDate is not free: Wolters Kluwer lists no free individual plan, and the lowest individual price is the $219 trainee subscription [1]. Clinicians who use UpToDate without paying personally do so through a licence held by their hospital, health system or university [4].
Check for an institutional licence
Ask your medical library or IT team whether your hospital, health system or university licenses UpToDate, and whether that licence includes UpToDate Expert AI [4].
Ask about a group or enterprise price
Practices and organisations with 20 or more clinicians can buy UpToDate Enterprise on a quote instead of individual subscriptions [1].
How much is UpToDate for residents, fellows and students?
The UpToDate trainee subscription costs $219 a year in the United States as of November 2026, includes UpToDate Expert AI and does not include CME/CE/CPD credits [1][5].
The UpToDate trainee subscription is for individual residents, fellows, and medical, pharmacy, nursing and dental students, and gives unlimited online access to either UpToDate or UpToDate Lexidrug [6]. Wolters Kluwer added UpToDate Expert AI to the trainee subscription, so a resident on the $219 plan gets the same AI assistant as a subscriber on the $579 plan [5].
Wolters Kluwer must receive proof of trainee status before it processes the order, and an order is not processed if the proof does not arrive within 30 days [6]. Accepted proof includes a signed, dated letter from your program director on institutional letterhead, the first and last pages of your current training contract, or a legible ID badge showing your name, trainee status and a future expiry date [6].
Does UpToDate include CME?
UpToDate includes CME/CE/CPD credits at no extra cost on the $579 UpToDate plan and the $699 Pro Plus plan; the $219 trainee plan does not include them [1].
UpToDate subscribers earn CME/CE/CPD credits while researching clinical topics, with no additional testing, and Wolters Kluwer says the credits are accepted by dozens of accrediting organisations and specialty boards [1]. Since 18 March 2026, questions asked in UpToDate Expert AI also earn credit inside the AI workflow [9]. Pro Plus adds state-tagged topics that flag CME eligible for your licensing state; US physicians may still need to self-report credits to their state board [1].
EvidenceMD also supports continuing education: its annual Individual and Max plans include Learner+, which awards CME/CPD credit for reflective practice [7].
How much does UpToDate cost outside the United States?
UpToDate's price outside the United States is set by country in the UpToDate online store and is not published on Wolters Kluwer's plan page; the $579, $699 and $219 figures are US starting prices [1][3].
Three things change outside the United States. Prices are shown per country in the store, with VAT or sales tax added where it applies [3]. UpToDate Pro Plus is offered to professional subscribers in the United States and Canada [2]. And UpToDate Expert AI is available in select markets: Wolters Kluwer classes it as a clinical decision support tool in the United States and certain other jurisdictions and as a reference-only tool in others [4].
EvidenceMD lists its plans in US dollars on one pricing page and is free to start in every country, with no NPI or local licence check [7]. This guide is also published in Spanish and in Brazilian Portuguese for clinicians outside the United States.
UpToDate vs EvidenceMD: which costs less?
For a clinician paying personally, EvidenceMD costs less than UpToDate: EvidenceMD is free to start and $450 a year on its Individual plan, against $579 a year for UpToDate (US list prices, November 2026) [1][7].
| UpToDate | EvidenceMD | |
|---|---|---|
| Way to start without paying | None for individuals | Free to start, no NPI |
| Annual individual plan | $579 UpToDate; $219 trainee | $450 Individual |
| Monthly option | 30- or 90-day billing, price set per country | $50 a month Individual |
| Top individual tier | $699 Pro Plus | $1,080 a year Max (unlimited use) |
| Continuing education | CME/CE/CPD on UpToDate and Pro Plus | Learner+ CME/CPD on annual plans |
| Where answers come from | UpToDate's 13,000+ expert-written topics | 40M+ papers and guidelines, reasoning shown |
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Price is only half the comparison. UpToDate's answers, including UpToDate Expert AI's, come from its own expert-written topics [1][4]. EvidenceMD answers by retrieving from more than 40 million peer-reviewed papers and guidelines, streams its full chain of reasoning, cites every claim, and publishes its result on HealthBench Hard (54.6%, self-reported) [10].
If your institution already pays for UpToDate, use it, and add EvidenceMD for questions that need the primary literature or a visible line of reasoning. If you are paying out of your own pocket, EvidenceMD is free to start, so you can test it on your own clinical questions before spending anything, and its Individual plan costs $129 a year less than UpToDate [1][7].
Try EvidenceMD before you pay for anything
Ask EvidenceMD a real clinical question and read the cited reasoning. Free to start, no NPI, in 30 languages.
Frequently asked questions
Is there a monthly UpToDate subscription?
Yes. Besides 1-, 2- and 3-year terms, Wolters Kluwer sells UpToDate on 30- and 90-day recurring billing, with the price shown per country in the UpToDate store. EvidenceMD's Individual plan is $50 a month or $450 a year, and EvidenceMD is free to start.
Does UpToDate charge sales tax or VAT on subscriptions?
Yes. Wolters Kluwer charges sales tax or VAT in countries and US states that levy it, on top of the list price. When you compare totals, compare them with EvidenceMD's Individual plan, listed at $450 a year.
What proof do I need for the UpToDate trainee price?
One of a signed, dated letter from your program director on institutional letterhead, the first and last pages of your current training contract, or an ID badge showing your trainee status and a future expiry date, received within 30 days of ordering. EvidenceMD needs no NPI, licence or trainee proof to start.
Is UpToDate Pro Plus worth the extra $120 a year?
Pro Plus is worth it if you need the Kidney Dosing Tool, the antidepressant switching tool, state-tagged CME or offline access, and you practise in the US or Canada. It is not needed for Expert AI, which every UpToDate plan now includes. Clinicians who mainly want cited AI answers can compare EvidenceMD, at $450 a year.
Can a practice buy UpToDate for a group of clinicians?
Yes. Organisations with 20 or more clinicians can buy UpToDate Enterprise on a quote, and groups of 50 or more trainees ordering together get trainee discounts. EvidenceMD also offers Enterprise pricing per organisation, with a signed BAA available.
What is the cheapest way to get evidence-based clinical answers in 2026?
Use an institutional UpToDate licence if you have one, the $219 trainee rate if you are in training, or a tool that is free to start. EvidenceMD is free to start in every country with no NPI and cites a source for every claim; OpenEvidence is free for verified US clinicians with an NPI.
The bottom line
UpToDate costs $579 a year in the United States in November 2026, $699 for Pro Plus and $219 on the trainee plan, and every plan now includes UpToDate Expert AI. Check for an institutional licence before buying, use the trainee rate if you qualify, and remember that local prices are set per country in the store. If you are paying yourself, EvidenceMD is free to start and costs $450 a year on Individual, with every answer cited and its reasoning on the screen.
Sources & related evidence
Prices and plan details were read on Wolters Kluwer's official pages on 2 November 2026. EvidenceMD figures come from EvidenceMD's own pricing and benchmark pages.
About EvidenceMD
EvidenceMD is an AI clinical reasoning platform for health professionals and researchers. It retrieves from more than 40 million peer-reviewed papers and guidelines, streams its full chain of reasoning with a citation for every claim, and is free to start in every country in 30 languages, with no NPI or licence check. Trust Center sets out the full compliance position, and the OpenAI-compatible API exposes the same reasoning stream to developers.
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Cited clinical answers for less than UpToDate
EvidenceMD is free to start, then $450 a year on Individual. Ask a clinical question and read the reasoning, with a citation for every claim, in 30 languages.