Notetakers & Recording

AI meeting assistants and recording infrastructure. From consumer tools like Otter and Fathom to developer APIs like Recall.ai.

34 tools reviewed

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Otter.ai

AI meeting assistant that records, transcribes, and summarizes meetings in real time.

Free / Pro $16.99/mo monthly ($8.33 annual) / Business $30/mo monthly ($19.99 annual) / Enterprise custom AI Notetaker
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Fireflies.ai

AI notetaker that automatically records, transcribes, and analyzes voice conversations.

Free / Pro $18/mo monthly ($10 annual) / Business $29/mo monthly ($19 annual) / Enterprise $39 (annual only) AI Notetaker
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Fathom

Free AI meeting assistant that records, transcribes, and highlights key moments from your calls. Owned by Superhuman since September 2026.

Free / Premium $20/mo / Team $19/user/mo / Business $34/user/mo / Enterprise custom AI Notetaker
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tl;dv

AI meeting recorder that captures and timestamps key moments so you can skip the full replay.

Free / Pro EUR 18/seat/mo annual (EUR 29 monthly) / Business EUR 29 annual (EUR 39 monthly) / Enterprise custom (USD not shown from Austria) AI Notetaker
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Avoma

AI meeting lifecycle assistant covering scheduling, recording, transcription, and coaching.

Startup $19/recorder seat/mo annual ($29 monthly) / Organization $29 annual ($39 monthly) / Enterprise $39 (annual only, 10+ seats) AI Notetaker
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Grain

AI meeting recorder built for sharing key moments through short video clips.

Free / Starter $19/mo / Business $29/mo AI Notetaker
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Fellow

Meeting management platform for agendas, notes, action items, and team accountability.

Free / Team $7 annual ($11 monthly) / Business $15 annual ($23 monthly) / Enterprise $25 annual (10+ users) AI Notetaker
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Krisp

AI-powered noise cancellation and meeting assistant that works across any communication app.

7-day free trial / Core $8 annual ($16 monthly) / Advanced $15 annual ($30 monthly) / Enterprise custom AI Notetaker
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Read.ai

AI copilot that measures meeting engagement, generates summaries, and coaches better communication.

Free / Pro $19.75/mo monthly ($15 annual) / Enterprise $29.75 ($22.50 annual) / Enterprise+ $39.75 ($29.75 annual, 5+ licenses) AI Notetaker
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Sembly AI

AI meeting assistant and deliverable producer for professional services that turns meetings and documents into summaries, action items, and branded decks and documents.

Free trial (1 meeting hour) / Basic $10/mo annual ($17 monthly) / Pro $20/user annual ($29 monthly) / MAX $30/user annual ($39 monthly) / Enterprise custom AI Notetaker
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MeetGeek

AI meeting assistant that auto-records, transcribes, and distills key points from every conversation.

Free (3 hrs/mo) / Pro $15.99/mo monthly ($9.99 annual) / Business $27/mo monthly ($17 annual) / Enterprise custom AI Notetaker
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Tactiq

Real-time transcription tool that runs as a Chrome extension or native Mac app during Google Meet, Zoom, and Teams calls.

Free / Pro $12/mo monthly ($8 annual) / Team $20 monthly ($16.67 annual) / Business $40 monthly ($29.17 annual) / Enterprise custom AI Notetaker
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Supernormal

AI agents for agencies and client work that turn meetings into decks, docs, and spreadsheets, starting from a free botless notetaker.

Free / Team $20/mo monthly ($18 annual) / Business $40/mo monthly ($36 annual); 50 shared credits/mo, no per-seat fee AI Notetaker
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Circleback

AI meeting notes tool that captures action items and drafts follow-up emails.

Free / Pro $15 annual ($18 monthly) / Business $25 annual ($29 monthly) / Enterprise $35 annual only, per user per month AI Notetaker
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Bluedot

Privacy-first AI notetaker that records without a bot through a Chrome extension, desktop app, or mobile app.

Free (5 meetings lifetime) / Basic $14/user/mo annual ($18 monthly) / Pro $20 annual ($25 monthly) / Business $32 annual ($39 monthly) AI Notetaker
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Jamie

AI meeting assistant that works on any meeting platform, online or in-person, with no bot required.

Free (10 AI notes/mo) / Plus EUR 21/mo / Team EUR 33/user/mo / Pro EUR 39/mo, billed annually / Enterprise custom (EUR only; no USD price published) AI Notetaker
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Notta

AI transcription and meeting notetaker with strong multilingual support across 58 languages.

Free / Pro $8.17/mo ($97.99/yr) / Business $16.67/seat/mo ($199.99/yr), billed annually / Enterprise custom AI Notetaker
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Nyota.ai

AI notetaker whose website has been offline since early 2026; status unconfirmed. Its last archived site (January 2026) marketed a bot-based notetaker for sales, support, and project teams.

Not published (site offline as of October 3, 2026) AI Notetaker
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Laxis

AI meeting assistant purpose-built for revenue teams with CRM integration and deal tracking.

Basic free / Premium $15.99/mo monthly ($9.99 billed yearly) / Business $29.99 monthly ($19.99 billed yearly) / Enterprise custom AI Notetaker
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Vowel

Discontinued: all-in-one meeting platform that combined video calling with AI notes, transcription, and search. Vowel stopped the service on December 15, 2023.

Discontinued (service ended December 15, 2023) AI Notetaker
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Colibri.ai

Live transcription and meeting notes tool with conversation analytics for sales and support teams.

Free / Starter $16/mo / Performance $40/mo AI Notetaker
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Granola

AI notepad for meetings that enhances your own notes with AI context from the conversation.

Free / Business $14/mo / Enterprise $35/mo AI Notetaker
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Recall.ai

The leading meeting bot as a service API for sending recording bots to meetings across Zoom, Teams, Meet, Webex, Slack Huddles, and GoTo Meeting.

$0.65/hr all-in ($0.50 + $0.15) / $0.25/hr startup / Custom Recording API
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Symbl.ai

Conversation intelligence API that extracts topics, action items, and insights from voice and text. Invoca agreed to acquire Symbl.ai in May 2025.

Not published (symbl.ai returned HTTP 500 on Oct 3, 2026) Recording API
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MeetingBaaS

Source-available meeting bot as a service (BaaS) infrastructure that sends bots to meetings and returns recordings via API.

Free tier / Pro $99/mo / Scale $199/mo / Enterprise $299/mo + usage tokens Recording API
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Daily.co

Video and audio API platform for building real-time communication features into applications.

Free tier / Pay-as-you-go / Enterprise custom Recording API
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100ms

Live video, audio, and interactive streaming infrastructure for building real-time communication apps. The company now also builds AI agents for healthcare operations.

Free 10K minutes/mo / then $0.004/min per participant / Enterprise custom Recording API
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LiveKit

Open-source platform for building real-time audio and video applications with AI agent support.

Open source / Cloud: Build $0, Ship from $50/mo, Scale from $500/mo, plus usage / Enterprise custom Recording API
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Rev.ai

Speech-to-text API from Rev with high-accuracy transcription for developers building voice features.

Pay-as-you-go from $0.20/hr (Reverb English) / Whisper Large $0.005/min / Human $1.99/min / Volume discounts Recording API
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MeetStream

Meeting bot API for recording, transcription, and real-time meeting data extraction on Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, and Webex.

$0.35/hr bot + $0.10/hr transcription ($0.45/hr all-in) / Volume and startup to $0.25/hr / Custom Recording API
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Skribby

Developer-first meeting bot API that sends bots to Zoom, Google Meet, and Microsoft Teams. Pay-per-use pricing starting at $0.35/hr with 30 transcription model options.

$0.35/hr base + transcription ($0.39-$1.36/hr total) Recording API
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Nylas Notetaker

Meeting bot API from Nylas that records, transcribes, and extracts data from Zoom, Google Meet, and Microsoft Teams.

Free (5 bot hrs) / Essentials $15/mo (10 hrs, then $0.80/hr) / Pro $49/mo (70 hrs, then $0.70/hr; $43/mo and $0.65/hr billed annually) / Enterprise custom Recording API
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Vexa

Open-source (Apache 2.0) meeting bot API that sends bots into Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, and Zoom for real-time transcription, hosted or self-hosted.

Open source $0 (self-host) / Individual $12/seat/mo / API $0.30/bot-hr + $0.20/hr transcription ($0.50/hr all-in) / Enterprise custom Recording API
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Attendee

Source-available meeting bot API for Zoom, Google Meet, and Microsoft Teams, offered as a hosted service or for self-hosting.

5 free hrs, then $0.50/hr (volume discounts to $0.35/hr) / Enterprise fixed monthly, self-hosted or cloud Recording API

Head-to-head comparisons

Side-by-side analysis of the top tools in this category.

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Otter.ai vs Fireflies.ai

The two most popular AI notetakers compared on transcription accuracy, analytics, and pricing.

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Fathom vs Otter.ai

Comparing Fathom (owned by Superhuman since September 2026) and its free unlimited model against Otter's metered approach for individuals and teams.

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tl;dv vs Fireflies.ai

European favorite tl;dv versus Fireflies for multilingual teams and CRM workflows.

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Granola vs Fathom

AI-enhanced manual notes versus fully automated recording (Fathom is now part of Superhuman): two different philosophies for meeting capture.

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Granola vs Otter.ai

The no-bot, augment-your-notes newcomer against the original real-time transcription incumbent. Workflow, reach, and privacy compared.

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Granola vs Fireflies.ai

Mac-native augmented notes versus full conversation intelligence and CRM workflows. Two very different bets on what a notetaker is for.

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Granola vs tl;dv

Bot-free note augmentation against the multilingual, recording-first European favorite. Capture model, languages, and team fit compared.

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Recall.ai vs MeetingBaaS

Recall.ai against MeetingBaaS, the source-available meeting bot API you can self-host. Compliance, platforms, prepaid-token pricing and support compared.

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Skribby vs Recall.ai

The budget meeting bot API versus the market leader. Skribby lists $0.35/hr but that is audio only; matched to what Recall.ai includes it is $0.45 against $0.50. Price by configuration, platform coverage, compliance, and reliability compared.

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Recall.ai vs Nylas Notetaker

The specialist meeting bot API versus the Notetaker bundled into the Nylas email and calendar platform. Platform coverage, real-time features, diarization approach, and pricing compared.