# 1upHealth vs Validic Inform (slim)

> Validic Inform scores 57.9 (C) to 1upHealth's 46.8 (D) for patient consent. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Validic Inform scores 57.9 (C) on agent readiness against 1upHealth's 46.8 (D), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. 1upHealth leads on security & auth. Both do patient consent.

- 1upHealth: D 46.8, rank #903 of 1076 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/1uphealth.min.md
- Validic Inform: C 57.9, rank #628 of 1076 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/validic.min.md
- 1upHealth, good for Consumer and care apps that read a member's health plan claims and clinical data under the CMS rules, and payers meeting those rules. Ahead on Security & auth, 63 against 30.
- Validic Inform, good for A remote patient monitoring or wellness app that needs normalised readings from many wearables and home devices, and an agent that wants to start building without a sales call. Ahead on Reliability, 73 against 52; Schema & documentation, 75 against 50; Agent ergonomics, 50 against 32; Payments & pricing, 40 against 20; Maintenance & community, 74 against 37.

| Category | 1upHealth | Validic Inform |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 52 | 73 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 50 | 75 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 32 | 50 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 63 | 30 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 20 | 40 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 37 | 74 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 72 | 71 |

| Fact (where they differ) | 1upHealth | Validic Inform |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | 1upHealth, Inc. | Validic, Inc. (ChartSpan) |
| Transports | HTTP | HTTP, SSE (legacy) |
| Auth | OAuth | API key |
| Pricing | Paid | Freemium |
| Licence | Proprietary service under 1upHealth's Terms of Service (effective 1 August 2024) | Proprietary service under Validic's Online Service Agreement for Inform (last updated 13 August 2025). The inform-quickstart sample apps are MIT |
| Last release | none | 2026-10-12 |
| Terms last updated | no date given | 2025-08-13 |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-06-25 | 2026-01-20 |