If you're weighing Sonio for patient ultrasound sharing, PACSBridge is the focused alternative: a standalone keepsake layer that sends parents de-identified, clinic-branded images, without adopting a broad platform.
Sonio and PACSBridge solve different problems. Here is what each is built to do, described from what Sonio publicly states.
Sonio is a Paris-headquartered company that now presents itself as "a Samsung company," following Samsung Medison's acquisition completed in August 2024. Its platform centres on AI reporting and fetal-exam QA (Sonio Detect and Report). Sonio describes Sonio Share as a way to share ultrasound images, video clips and reports with patients, with no-app access by QR code or secure email link, and states it respects HIPAA, SOC 2 Type 1 and EU-GDPR standards.
PACSBridge does one job: sonographer-selected images, de-identified and clinic-branded, delivered to parents by one-way DICOM. It hands parents a keepsake set, not the report. There is no broad platform to adopt, no clinical archive, and no PACS replacement. Your clinic stays in control of exactly what leaves.
If your goal is a keepsake workflow, the questions that matter are data minimisation, clinic control over exactly what leaves, and ease of adoption, not how broad the surrounding platform is.
PACSBridge is deliberately narrow. It shares a curated set of images rather than the full report, it creates no clinical archive, and it sits beside your existing systems. For clinics that only want to give parents a clean, branded keepsake, that focus is the point.
PACSBridge details are from our own product. Sonio details reflect only what Sonio publicly states; where Sonio does not publish a detail, the cell is left blank rather than guessed.
| Criterion | Sonio (as Sonio states) | PACSBridge |
|---|---|---|
| Core job | A broad ultrasound platform centred on AI reporting and fetal-exam QA; Sonio Share is a companion feature | A clinic-controlled keepsake layer for ultrasound images |
| What is shared with the patient | Images, video clips and reports (as Sonio describes Sonio Share) | Sonographer-selected images and cine-loops; the report is not sent to parents |
| PACS archive created | No. One-way send-destination, no clinical archive | |
| Who selects images | The sonographer selects; clinic staff make the final release | |
| App required for parents | No app; access by QR code or secure email link (as Sonio describes) | No app. Parents open a link on their phone |
| Standards the vendor states | Respects HIPAA, SOC 2 Type 1 and EU-GDPR (as Sonio states) | Designed to support GDPR and HIPAA; DPA and security documentation available |
| Ownership | Presents itself as "a Samsung company" (Samsung Medison acquisition completed August 2024) | Independent; built and proven in New Zealand |
Competitor details reflect what Sonio publicly states as of July 2026 and are not an independently audited comparison. Empty cells indicate a detail Sonio does not publish, not a shortcoming.
PACSBridge is not for everyone. Sonio is likely the better choice if your priorities look like this:
If a focused, clinic-controlled keepsake layer is what you actually need, book a short demo or start a free trial with your own branding.