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Sectra vs Therapixel

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Sectra

Healthcare

Enterprise imaging and PACS from a Swedish vendor that also sells the pathology and cardiology modules on one platform

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On request
Rated
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Full reviewWebsite
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Therapixel

Healthcare

French mammography AI with FDA clearances for 2D and tomosynthesis breast screening

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On request
Rated
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Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Each has a real cost: Sectra sectra does not make scanners, so it cannot cross-subsidise software against modality hardware the way an integrated manufacturer can, and it often loses on headline price in a bundled tender.; Therapixel european and American regulatory positions were established under different regimes, and under the EU Medical Device Regulation this class of diagnostic AI faces a higher classification and notified body scrutiny, so European buyers must verify the current MDR certificate and expiry rather than relying on a legacy CE reference.
  • They diverge on capability: Sectra covers Sectra IDS7, Therapixel covers MammoScreen 2D.
  • Prices and features above were last checked on 1 September 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Sectra and Therapixel actually diverge.

Attributes where Sectra and Therapixel differ
AttributeSectraTherapixel
PlatformsWindows, Web, Cloud, On-premiseWeb

Identical on both: starting price (On request), pricing model (quote), free tier (No), user rating (Not yet rated), category (Healthcare).

What each one covers

Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.

Only in Sectra

  • Sectra IDS7
  • Digital pathology module
  • Sectra VNA
  • Sectra UniView
  • Image Exchange Portal
  • Sectra Amplifier
  • Breast imaging workflow
  • Sectra One Cloud

Only in Therapixel

  • MammoScreen 2D
  • MammoScreen DBT
  • One to ten suspicion score
  • Summary report
  • Workstation and PACS delivery
  • Reading workflow configurations

What people use each for

The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.

Sectra

  • A hospital group digitising histopathology that does not want a second image archive and a second integration project alongside radiologynot Therapixel
  • A regional health service replacing several departmental PACS with one archive and one clinician viewernot Therapixel
  • An imaging provider moving off a capital refresh cycle to a cloud subscription with predictable annual costnot Therapixel
  • A trust that needs to send and receive studies with neighbouring organisations routinely, where the Image Exchange Portal is already the regional normnot Therapixel

Therapixel

  • A European breast screening programme running mandatory double reading that wants to evaluate AI as a concurrent or second reader within what national guidance permitsnot Sectra
  • An American breast centre that has moved to tomosynthesis and needs reading support on DBT specifically, which Therapixel holds a clearance fornot Sectra
  • A screening service wanting a graded suspicion score rather than a binary flag so readers can calibrate their own thresholdnot Sectra
  • A radiology group evaluating multiple mammography AI vendors head to head on their own historic case set before committingnot Sectra

Where each one falls short

Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.

Sectra

  • Sectra does not make scanners, so it cannot cross-subsidise software against modality hardware the way an integrated manufacturer can, and it often loses on headline price in a bundled tender.
  • Diagnostic AI is not built in house; Amplifier orchestrates third party algorithms, so the algorithms themselves need separate licences, separate clinical validation and separate information governance sign off.
  • Sectra One Cloud is priced against a committed annual study volume, and organisations whose imaging activity grows faster than forecast meet overage charges partway through the term.
  • The pathology module assumes you have already solved slide scanning and laboratory workflow, which is the larger and more expensive part of digitising histopathology and is not in Sectra scope.
  • Depth of Epic and Oracle Health integration varies by region and by which modules you buy, so a reference site in Sweden is a weak predictor of what integration will cost a United States buyer.

Therapixel

  • European and American regulatory positions were established under different regimes, and under the EU Medical Device Regulation this class of diagnostic AI faces a higher classification and notified body scrutiny, so European buyers must verify the current MDR certificate and expiry rather than relying on a legacy CE reference.
  • MammoScreen does mammography only, so a hospital wanting AI across head CT, chest and breast needs several vendors and several PACS integrations, or an orchestration layer bought from someone else.
  • Therapixel is a small French company competing against Hologic and iCAD, which have incumbency inside the mammography reading workstation, so integration into an American breast centre is more work than it is for the workstation vendor own AI.
  • Detection performance is sensitive to the mammography unit vendor and acquisition protocol, so published results do not transfer between estates and each site needs local validation it must fund itself.
  • Whether AI can substitute for one of two human readers is a national workforce and liability question, not a product capability, so the labour saving that justifies the purchase in one country is not permitted in another.

Pricing, plan by plan

Sectra

On request
  • Sectra Enterprise Imaging$undefined/year
    • Perpetual licence plus annual maintenance, or Sectra One Cloud subscription
    • Priced on committed annual study volume and modules selected
    • Pathology, cardiology and ophthalmology licensed as separate modules

Therapixel

On request
  • MammoScreen$undefined/year
    • Priced per examination or by annual screening volume
    • 2D and tomosynthesis licensed by the versions cleared for each
    • Cloud or on premises deployment quoted differently

Which should you pick?

Choose Sectra if

  • You need sectra ids7.
  • You work on Windows, Web, Cloud, On-premise.
  • You also want digital pathology module.
Sectra review

Choose Therapixel if

  • You need mammoscreen 2d.
  • You also want mammoscreen dbt.
Therapixel review

Questions people ask

Is Sectra or Therapixel better?
Neither clearly leads. Sectra starts at On request and Therapixel at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Sectra or Therapixel?
Sectra starts at On request and Therapixel at On request.
Does Sectra or Therapixel run on more platforms?
Sectra runs on Windows, Web, Cloud, On-premise. Therapixel runs on Web.
What is Sectra best used for?
Sectra is most often used for a hospital group digitising histopathology that does not want a second image archive and a second integration project alongside radiology, a regional health service replacing several departmental pacs with one archive and one clinician viewer, an imaging provider moving off a capital refresh cycle to a cloud subscription with predictable annual cost, a trust that needs to send and receive studies with neighbouring organisations routinely, where the image exchange portal is already the regional norm. Of those, a hospital group digitising histopathology that does not want a second image archive and a second integration project alongside radiology and a regional health service replacing several departmental pacs with one archive and one clinician viewer are not what Therapixel is typically brought in for.
What can Sectra do that Therapixel cannot?
Sectra covers Sectra IDS7, Digital pathology module, Sectra VNA, Sectra UniView. Therapixel covers MammoScreen 2D, MammoScreen DBT, One to ten suspicion score, Summary report.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

Sectra: Does Sectra include diagnostic AI?

No. Sectra Amplifier is a marketplace and orchestration layer for third party algorithms, each licensed and validated separately.

Therapixel: Is MammoScreen FDA cleared?

Yes. It holds 510(k) clearance K192854 for two dimensional mammography from July 2020, a November 2021 clearance for digital breast tomosynthesis, and two further clearances in October 2024 for later versions.

Sectra: Is pathology really on the same platform as radiology?

Yes, the pathology module uses the same archive and workflow engine, which is the main reason buyers digitising histopathology shortlist Sectra.

Therapixel: Is it CE marked?

Yes, but European buyers should ask specifically for the current certificate under the Medical Device Regulation and its expiry date, because this class of diagnostic AI moved to a higher classification under MDR.

Sectra: How is Sectra One Cloud priced?

On committed annual study volume plus the modules selected, as a subscription rather than a capital purchase. The vendor does not publish rates.

Therapixel: What does the one to ten score mean?

It is a graded suspicion score per finding and per study, designed to be integrated alongside a radiologist BI-RADS assessment rather than treated as a positive or negative result.

Sectra: Is Sectra CE marked and FDA cleared?

The diagnostic viewing software carries CE marking under the medical device regulation and FDA 510(k) clearance for diagnostic interpretation, but the exact cleared indications differ per module and per market, so confirm for pathology specifically.

Therapixel: Does it cover anything besides mammography?

No. It is a mammography product only, including tomosynthesis. Other body regions need a different vendor.

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