DOC-REF: FRC-2026-04-28Rev 04 / 2026

Section 8.4 - Register entry

DOC-REF: FRC-MKT-FR2102036897

Nuance Dragon

Nuance lists Nuance Dragon on the FedRAMP Marketplace with the status FedRAMP Certified, at Moderate impact, on the Agency path under the Rev5 process. Package FR2102036897, read from the marketplace feed as of September 3, 2026.

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Section A. Register entry

What the marketplace records

FedRAMP package ID
FR2102036897
Cloud service provider
Nuance
Certification status
FedRAMP Certified
Impact level
Moderate
Certification class
Class C (Moderate)
Authorization path
Agency
Certification type
Rev5
Marketplace phase
Ongoing Certification
Deployment model
Government Community Cloud
Register snapshot
September 3, 2026
Service model
SaaS
Independent assessor
Lunarline, Inc.
Certification date
August 16, 2021
Status date
August 16, 2021
Annual assessment
May 6, 2011
Agency authorizations
2
Recorded reuses
1
Business categories
Collaboration, Communication, Health & Wellness, Law Enforcement
Milestones on record
3

The marketplace carries Nuance Dragon under package FR2102036897 with 19 recorded fields. Its certification date is August 16, 2021. Lunarline, Inc. is named as the independent assessor, with an annual assessment date of May 6, 2011. 2 agencies are listed as having authorized it, among them Department of Veterans Affairs and Indian Health Services, and the feed records 1 reuses of the package. It is delivered as SaaS on a government community cloud, filed under 4 business categories including Collaboration, Communication, Health & Wellness and 1 more.

Section B. Milestones

3 entries in the marketplace event log

Most recent first, as recorded by FedRAMP.

Event log
DateCategoryRecorded
August 16, 2021Status ChangeStatus changed from PMO Review to FedRAMP Certified
May 6, 2021Status ChangeStatus changed from Agency Review to FedRAMP In Process
January 27, 2021Status ChangeStatus set to Agency Authorization In Process

Section C. Cost context

What reaching Moderate costs

Our own published ranges for a provider going through this level. Nothing here is a figure this provider has disclosed.

Cost context

Budget for a Moderate authorization

Initial authorization$800,000 to $2,000,000
Continuous monitoring$150,000 to $350,000 a year
Typical timeline12 to 18 months
Control baseline325+ controls
Annual assessment$90,000 to $260,000 a year

Our published planning range for a provider pursuing Moderate. It is not a figure any listed provider has disclosed.

Read the FedRAMP Moderate cost guide / annual assessment cost / continuous monitoring cost

Path

Agency Authorization is the route for 578 of the offerings on the marketplace. Our cost pages put it at $800,000 to $2,000,000 over 12 to 18 months for Moderate. Agency authorization cost

Assessment and monitoring

An annual assessment date of May 6, 2011 is on the record, and that assessment recurs for as long as the package stays listed. Annual assessment cost / continuous monitoring cost

Section E. Agencies on the record

2 agencies listed against this package

As published on the marketplace. An agency named here has issued its own authorization to operate; FedRAMP does not issue ATOs itself.

  • Department of Veterans Affairs
  • Indian Health Services

Section G. Nearest entries on the register

Comparable offerings

Scored on impact level, path, status, shared business categories and how close the two entries sit in the register's own timeline.

Section H. Description

As published on the marketplace

The provider's own description of the service, reproduced from the FedRAMP feed without edits.

The Nuance Dragon Cloud portfolio of solutions (NU-DRG) includes Cloud based speech recognition software that provides a consistent and personalized documentation experience across solutions, platforms, and devices regardless of physical location. It allows Government agency users, including clinicians and law enforcement professionals, to use their voice to securely capture required narrative text more naturally and efficiently - anywhere, anytime. Designed for speed, accuracy, and flexibility, the Dragon Cloud solutions supports FedRAMP and HIPAA requirements for patient, PII and PHI security and confidentiality by employing secure encryption methods throughout the workflow. Dragon runs on geographically dispersed; active active data centers hosted on the Project Hosts' Federal Private Cloud which is in turn deployed on Microsoft Azure Government.

Next step

What the same authorization would cost you

The worksheet turns an impact level, an existing security posture and an organization size into a line-by-line budget, with the 3PAO fee split out.

Provenance and independence

Source: the FedRAMP Marketplace product feed, produced by the General Services Administration. The feed's own last-change stamp is September 3, 2026; this copy was taken on September 5, 2026.

GSA's disclaimers page states that FedRAMP content about a specific commercial product or service is provided for the information and convenience of the public and “does not constitute endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by the General Services Administration”. A listing here is a record of a certification status, not a judgment about the product.

FedRAMPCost.com is an independent cost reference. We are not affiliated with FedRAMP, the GSA, any provider listed on this page, or any assessment organization, and no provider pays to appear in this register.

DOC-REF: FRC-2026-04-28 / Updated 2026-04-28