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UpToDate

4.8

(91)

Pricing

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About UpToDate

UpToDate is a web-based clinical decision support solution that caters to a wide range of healthcare providers, including clinicians, pharmacists, dentists and medical students, as well as healthcare businesses such as health plans, life sciences companies and virtual care technology firms. It provides healthcare professionals clinical and drug information, patient education resources and medical education content.

The solution is accessible on mobile devices and can be integrated into electronic health records, allowing clinicians to access crucial information at the point of care. The medical content is updated by several clinician authors, editors, and reviewers to ensure healthcare professionals have access to the most current and reliable clinical guidance. Users can also earn continuing education credits while researching clinical topics.

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Free Version

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UpToDate User Reviews

Overall Rating

4.8

Ratings Breakdown

89%

Secondary Ratings

Ease of Use

4.8

Value for money

4.4

Customer support

4.6

Functionality

4.7

Monali P.

Verified reviewer

Hospital & Health Care

501-1000 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed December 2019

Great Resource for Evidence Based Medicine

UptoDate is overall any amazing resource for evidence based medicine for nursing, medical students and physicians. It is a place where everyone looks when they need quick information about the most recent guidelines to guide clinical management. I think its also a great place to go for information where you dont have to fact check whether the information is reliable or correct. All the information is also sited so you can read full articles if interested.

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Value for money

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Pros:

Up to date is unlike any other medical resource where you can find purely evidence based information and research in one concise and easy to search locations

Cons:

Some of the links on the site are hard to obtain the information that you are looking for . The links give a lot of extraneous information without actually telling you directly what you're looking for.

Harsha V.

Verified reviewer

Hospital & Health Care

51-200 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed August 2025

My Go-To clinical resource- uptodate

UpToDate has become one of my most trusted clinical tools during residency. I rely on it heavily especially during night shifts when I need fast, evidence-based answers and don’t have immediate backup. It’s helped me manage everything from neutropenic fever to anticoagulation in thrombocytopenia. The visual layout, drug checker, and specialty breadth make it ideal for high pressure situations. While the interface could be more user-friendly, the clinical value is undeniable. It’s an essential part of my workflow and a resource I recommend to every new trainee.

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Pros:

1) The charts and tables are incredibly helpfulthey let me scan key information quickly, whether I’m reviewing cancer staging, antibiotic choices, or treatment algorithms. 2) The drug interaction checker is a lifesaver during night shifts, especially when managing complex patients with renal or hepatic impairment. 3) Mobile access is seamless. I’ve used it during rounds, signouts, and even while walking between units. 4) Content updates are timely, and I’ve noticed guideline changes reflected quickly, which helps me stay clinically current.

Cons:

-The interface isn’t intuitive for new users. Early on, I found the layout and search results overwhelming and had trouble locating the exact section I needed. Navigation takes practice—even now, I sometimes scroll through multiple headings before finding the most relevant content. It’s expensive without institutional access. I’m fortunate to have it through my program.

Andrew S.

Verified reviewer

Education Management

10000+ employees

Used monthly for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed May 2024

Terrible app! Hard to access.

Terrible experience. I would not recommend the app to anyone.

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Value for money

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Functionality

Pros:

Once you manage to get in the program is fine. The trouble is that the access is made so unnecessarily difficult that it requires each time to reset my password.

Cons:

Access to content is made unnecessarily difficult. Password often is not recognized, it locks one out after several attempts, customer service is slow. I use this app occasionally, perhaps every 2-3 months, but EACH time is so difficult that I give up. For a paid service, this gets a zero.

Verified

Reviewer

Mental Health Care

Self-Employed

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed November 2025

Extensive and easy to use

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Functionality

Pros:

It is the most up to date and extensive information you can find regarding the medical field. It includes almost any topic you can imagine with tables/charts/illustrations to help understand the topic and use for quick references. I especially find it helpful to use it for my CEUs.

Cons:

The cost is increasing each year which makes it difficult for a small clinic to continue using it. There are also limited interaction checks for supplements which more and more patients are taking these days.

Nicole W.

Verified reviewer

Higher Education

1001-5000 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed January 2019

My favorite go to medical app

Exceptional

Ratings Breakdown

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Functionality

Pros:

This app is amazing. I use it daily when in clinic. Whether I need to look up a medication, dosing of medications, signs/symptoms of diseases, or need to educate my patients on something this is my go to reference. Worth every penny. Love the pictures that are often included. Also love the feature of pregnancy/lactation when prescribing medications. Also love that there is an app that you can access anywhere.

Cons:

Nothing. I don’t have anything bad to say about this software.

Thomas W.

Verified reviewer

Hospital & Health Care

11-50 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed August 2021

UpToDate

I have an overwhelmingly positive experience with this software as it is an absolutely wonderful clinical reference

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Value for money

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Functionality

Pros:

This software is extremely valuable with clinical decision-making and is directly linked to Lexi-Comp

Cons:

I have no complaints about the software at all

Amanda S.

Verified reviewer

Health, Wellness and Fitness

2-10 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed August 2018

Great Resource

Great. I have had it for years and will continue to use it.

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Value for money

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Functionality

Pros:

This is my go to for everything. Very rarely do I not find what I am looking for. You get CME for subjects you look up. Great Patient Education Handouts.

Cons:

A little pricier than I feel like it should be but overall it is still my favorite. CME is not broke up for pharmacology and medical CME

Dan S.

Verified reviewer

Medical Practice

11-50 employees

Used weekly for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed April 2021

Textbooks at your fingertip

Most common use it to check to see what the first diagnostic test would be to look for a specific condition, or to check on the latest first line antibiotic treatment. It's always come through and saved time.

Ratings Breakdown

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Functionality

Pros:

Up to date (pun intended) information about virtually any medical topic is quickly available with out having to think about which reference or online site might have the information you are interesting in finding.

Cons:

Sometimes finds general articles if you don't put in sufficiently restrictive key words. Could have more direct links to practical flow sheets which are sometimes buried within articles.

Lisa S.

Verified reviewer

Hospital & Health Care

1001-5000 employees

Used weekly for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed March 2020

Great for ICU nurses

It has helped me quickly and easily find more information about new guidelines and procedures during a busy ICU shift as a nurse. Awesome resource and so glad my institution subscribes.

Ratings Breakdown

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Value for money

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Functionality

Pros:

I love the accessibility and all the evidence based research right at my finger tips. Whether you are looking for clinical guidelines or dosing/info about a medication, it is a great resource. We use it in the pediatric cardiac intensive care unit all the time. I prefer this over a google search in order to filter out all the nonsense. The information is reviewed by other health care professionals.

Cons:

I have found that sometimes education or information for the patient can be a little more challenging to find.

Jonathan R.

Verified reviewer

Higher Education

51-200 employees

Used weekly for less than 12 months

Review source

Reviewed October 2019

Fantastic resource that every doctor/med student should have.

Overall this has been a fantastic tool to use and has changed the way that medical professionals can look at the health of their patients. This app truly lets patients receive the best possible care for each of them

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Functionality

Pros:

UpToDate is one of the, if not the best resource for current medical information. Everything is available in one convenient location. Always has the most recent recommendations and allows you to truly personalize medicine for each patient.

Cons:

The only con that I have about this is the price can be a little daunting for some. But other than the price I have no complaints about this software

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