New Lantern vs Sirona Medical
Updated October 16, 2026
Radiology groups replacing an aging PACS often compare New Lantern and Sirona Medical, two browser-based platforms that combine the worklist, viewer, reporting, and AI. The nuance is how far each wants to go on day one: New Lantern replaces the old stack and drafts much of each report, while Sirona can sit on top of current systems before replacing them. Migration risk, not features, drives most of this choice.
Our analysts compared New Lantern and Sirona Medical on what each replaces, AI report drafting, image archive, largest customers, company record, and rollout, using the HIR review of each company. In the following sections, we compare the platforms side by side, show which group each fits, and list what each shipped or announced this year.
New Lantern vs Sirona Medical at a glance, October 2026
| What buyers weigh | New Lantern | Sirona Medical |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | Subscription quoted by New Lantern for radiology practices, covering the worklist, cloud viewer, and Curie AI reporting. | Subscription quoted by Sirona. It offers three subscription options, led by its Unify platform, which can be an overlay on current systems or a full PACS replacement. |
| What drives cost | Study volume, number of radiologists and sites, image storage and migration from the old PACS, and integrations with hospital systems. | Study volume, which subscription is chosen, whether Sirona replaces the PACS archive, image migration, and AI modules. |
| What it replaces | Replaces separate PACS, reporting, and worklist tools with one platform and a single login. | Can sit on top of the current PACS or replace it, under one of three subscription options. Clear edge |
| AI report drafting | Curie takes measurements, compares prior studies, and pre-drafts up to 75 percent of each report in the radiologist's own wording. Clear edge | AI drafts the impression section of the report, and AI tools from several other vendors can run inside the same system. |
| Image archive and advanced imaging | Includes a cloud PACS viewer, and New Lantern is registered with the FDA as a Class I image communications device. | Includes a PACS archive and an Advanced Imaging Suite, cleared by the FDA in October 2025, that adds PET-CT support. Clear edge |
| Size of its biggest customers | Customers include Central Illinois Radiological Associates, whose more than 93 radiologists read for more than 26 hospitals and clinics. | Everlight Radiology signed a five-year deal in May 2026 to move its 800 radiologists in six countries onto RadOS. Clear edge |
| Company track record | Benchmark led a $19 million Series A in November 2024. | Raised a $22.5 million Series A, a $40 million Series B, and a $45 million Series C, and launched RadOS publicly in November 2023 after five years with partner practices. Clear edge |
| Getting the practice live | Scores 7.2, and it needs a plan to move old images out of the current PACS. Higher score | Scores 6.9, and it needs an executive owner for a larger change to the practice's systems. |
| Time to full value | About 5 to 14 months | About 9 to 18 months |
| What you need first | Practice owner for the switch. | Executive owner for the platform change. |
| Deal-breaker | You have no migration plan. | No executive owner. |
| Pricing clarity score | 6.6 | 7.0 Clearer pricing |
| HIR overall score | 7.2, Recommend. | 7.5, Recommend. Higher score |
| Best for | Independent radiology groups that want worklist, image viewer, and AI report drafting in one cloud system. | Groups reading for many hospitals that want one workflow across them. |
| Not a fit for | Large health systems that need a long record of enterprise PACS installations. | Hospitals that need the software installed on their own servers. |
Which fits which buyer
Decide how much of your current stack you are ready to retire.
Choose New Lantern if
- You are an independent group ready to replace PACS, worklist, and reporting at once.
- You want AI to draft most of each report in your own wording.
- You are adding sites quickly and want one login for everything.
Choose Sirona Medical if
- You read for many hospitals and want one workflow across them.
- You want the option to keep your current PACS at first.
- You need PET-CT and advanced imaging inside the same platform.
What buyers say
“My group switched to New Lantern in January. Cloud based PACs and dictation. Initially speech recognition was meh for some members of the group but has significantly improved since learning and speech training.” csnecken · r/Radiology · Jun 26, 2026, source
“They don't integrate with third party reporters, one of the core strengths of their product are the worklist automations built natively in between their viewer and reporter” PresentationOk4250 · r/PACSAdmin · Dec 11, 2025, source
Verdict
New Lantern suits a fast-growing independent group that wants AI drafting and a clean replacement. Sirona Medical suits larger practices and teleradiology groups that want a staged move across many hospitals.
Hospitals that require on-premises software should rule out both.
Where the two tools are headed in 2027 and beyond
New Lantern: New Lantern released a radiology-specific speech model for dictation on March 10, 2026.
Sirona Medical: Sirona Medical signed a five-year global partnership with Everlight Radiology on May 28, 2026, and announced a $40 million Series D on October 15, 2026.
Ask each for the full image migration plan and timeline in writing.
Methodology
Each row comes from the HIR reviews of New Lantern and Sirona Medical, scored under the HIR method, and from each vendor's public pricing where it exists. Any published price for New Lantern or Sirona Medical was checked on that vendor's own site on October 16, 2026.
A green check marks a clear edge for New Lantern or Sirona Medical only where their review scores differ by at least 0.3 points or the two reviews show a plain difference. Rows with nothing published for either New Lantern or Sirona Medical are left out, and time to full value for each adds up the rollout stages in its review.
Sources
- HIR review of New Lantern and HIR review of Sirona Medical
- New Lantern website
- Sirona Medical website
- Reddit discussions of New Lantern and Sirona Medical, linked in the buyer section
- New Lantern radiology speech model, March 10, 2026
- Sirona and Everlight global partnership, May 28, 2026
- Sirona Medical Series D, October 15, 2026