Nylas Notetaker
Meeting bot API from Nylas that records, transcribes, and extracts data from Zoom, Google Meet, and Microsoft Teams.
Pricing 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
Category Notetakers & Recording
Founded 2013
HQ San Francisco, CA
Nylas Notetaker compared head to head
Nylas Notetaker scorecard
How we grade B- 73/100
Overall grade
Recording bolt-on for Nylas API users with strong compliance.
Idea B Bundling recording into the Nylas API stack is sensible.
Brand B Nylas is established among email and calendar developers.
Product B Reliable but slower bot join, single mixed audio.
Market fit B+ Strong fit for existing Nylas calendar customers.
Adoption B Newer feature on a platform used by thousands.
Features B Calendar read-write included, no real-time streaming.
Security A- SOC 2, HIPAA, and ISO 27001 compliant.
Value B- Overage of $0.65-0.80/hr is above most bot APIs (only Skribby's premium models cost more), but transcription and summaries are bundled and 5 hours are free.
Strengths & limitations
Strengths
- +Single vendor for email, calendar, and meeting APIs
- +Established platform (10+ years, used by thousands)
- +Calendar read/write included (Recall.ai calendar is read-only)
- +SOC 2, HIPAA, ISO 27001 compliant
Limitations
- –Fewer platform integrations (3 vs Recall.ai 6)
- –No real-time audio/video streaming
- –No interactive agents or desktop SDK
- –45-second bot join time (slower than Recall.ai)
- –No perfect diarization (uses single mixed audio stream)
- –Monthly plan fee ($15-49) on top of per-hour overage, unlike pay-as-you-go APIs with no platform fee
What makes Nylas Notetaker different
Nylas Notetaker is a newer addition to the Nylas platform, which thousands of developers already use for email and calendar APIs. The main draw is bundling: if you already use Nylas for calendar sync, adding recording is one API call away. Since September 9, 2026 every Nylas plan includes Notetaker with a published allowance of bot hours, from 5 free hours up to 70 on Pro. Transcription is powered by AssemblyAI. The trade-off is fewer platform integrations and less mature real-time features compared to Recall.ai.
Key features
- Meeting bot API (Zoom, Meet, Teams)
- Calendar and email API bundled
- AI transcription (powered by AssemblyAI)
- Structured meeting data extraction
- Calendar read/write integration
- SOC 2, HIPAA, ISO 27001 compliant
