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.

Pricing $0.65/hr all-in ($0.50 + $0.15) / $0.25/hr startup / Custom

Category Notetakers & Recording

Founded 2022

HQ San Francisco, CA

Quick take

Recall.ai covers more meeting platforms than any other bot API we track and documents the strongest speaker attribution: a separate audio stream per participant. It raised a $38M Series B in September 2025 and publishes SOC 2, ISO 27001 and HIPAA compliance. It is not the cheapest at list price; approved startups get $0.25 per hour for their first 10,000 hours. The main risk is platform restrictions tightening (Teams bot detection), and its Desktop SDK and Meeting Direct Connect are the response.

Recall.ai compared head to head

Recall.ai vs MeetingBaaS Pick Recall.ai for published compliance (SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA), a US data region and six platforms. Pick MeetingBaaS for lower prepaid pricing, EU-only hosting and the option to self-host its source-available core.

Recall.ai vs Skribby Pick Recall.ai if you need published compliance, a US data region or platforms beyond Zoom, Teams and Meet. Pick Skribby if you want a lower list price on those three platforms and can accept a younger vendor that Alianza bought in September 2026.

Recall.ai vs Nylas Notetaker Pick Recall.ai if meeting data is your product: more platforms, per-participant audio, real-time streaming and bots that can speak. Pick Nylas Notetaker if you already use Nylas for email or calendar and want recording, transcripts and AI summaries on the same bill.

Trusted by

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Recall.ai scorecard

How we grade

A- 90/100

Overall grade

Category-leading developer infrastructure for meeting data with strong coverage, compliance, and backing; caveats are thin independent reviews and an unconfirmed valuation.

Idea A A universal meeting-data API is a real, painful infrastructure problem with a clear wedge.

Brand A- Strong developer-infrastructure reputation with a YC and Bessemer halo; low consumer awareness by design.

Product A Broad platform coverage plus a bot API and desktop SDK, with a mobile SDK listed as coming soon and a claimed 99.9% reliability.

Market fit A Rides the notetaker and conversation-intelligence wave, with named blue-chip customers building on it.

Adoption A- 3,000+ companies and marquee logos with strong growth, though some figures are self-reported.

Features A Recording, transcription, a calendar API, metadata, and an on-device SDK, with phone and in-person capture listed as coming soon.

Security A SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, HIPAA with BAA, GDPR, and CCPA, strong for the category.

Value B+ Transparent per-second usage pricing at $0.50/hr is fair and a startup rate of $0.25/hr covers the first 10,000 hours, but high-volume recording costs accumulate and discount rates are not published.

Overview

Recall.ai is the infrastructure layer that powers meeting recording for over 3,000 companies. It is not a consumer product. You do not sign up and start recording your calls. Instead, your engineering team integrates Recall.ai's API into your own product, and Recall.ai handles the hard part: getting a recording bot into Zoom, Teams, Meet, Webex, Slack Huddles, or GoTo Meeting calls reliably, at scale, across all platforms. If you have used any AI notetaker, CRM with call recording, or hiring tool that records interviews, there is a good chance Recall.ai is running behind the scenes. HubSpot, ClickUp, Monday.com, Instacart, and Calendly all use it.

Strengths & limitations

Strengths

+Widest platform coverage (6 platforms + desktop SDK)
+3,000+ customers (company figure)
+Separate audio stream per participant, so speaker identity comes from the stream rather than from model inference
+Interactive agents can act inside meetings
+SOC 2, HIPAA, GDPR with BAA available

Limitations

–$0.50/hr adds up at high volume; volume discounts exist but Recall.ai does not publish the rates, saying startup and enterprise discounts differ too much to list
–Storage is sold in 30-day units with no published annual rate
–No official language SDKs (REST API only)
–Bot approach faces platform restrictions (Teams blocking)

Pricing

$0.65hr all-in ($0.50 + $0.15)$0.25hr startupCustom

Pay As You Go starts at $0.50 per hour of recording, prorated to the second. The first 5 hours are free. Built-in transcription is an add-on at $0.15 per hour. Recording storage is free for 7 days; 30-day retention costs $0.05 per hour. Launch and Enterprise move support to a shared Slack channel. Enterprise adds SSO, contractual uptime guarantees, a BAA for HIPAA, and custom contracts. Volume discounts apply but are not published.

Who it's for

Engineering teams building products that need meeting data. If your app records, transcribes, or analyzes meetings as a feature (CRM call logging, interview recording, AI coaching, compliance archiving), Recall.ai is the infrastructure that saves you 6-12 months of building it yourself. If you just need to record your own meetings, use Fathom or Otter instead.

Verdict

A- · 90/100

Follows our review methodology

· Last reviewed August 2026

Key features

Meeting bot API (6 platforms)
Real-time audio/video streaming (WebSocket)
Desktop Recording SDK (no visible bot)
Interactive agents (speak, display in meetings)
Per-participant audio streams for speaker separation
Calendar Integration API (free)
Mobile Recording SDK for phone and in-person capture (listed as coming soon)
Zoom RTMS access via Meeting Direct Connect (Zoom Preferred Partner)
Built-in transcription ($0.15/hr)
SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, GDPR compliant
US, EU, JP data residency

What users say

One integration, extremely reliable, and we launched our meeting bot feature in days.

Developer · Product Hunt

Saved us months of time and hundreds of thousands in developer salaries.

Founder · Product Hunt

Frequently asked questions

How much does Recall.ai cost?

Pay As You Go: $0.50/hr for recording, $0.15/hr for built-in transcription, $0.05/hr per 30-day period for storage after the first 7 free days. No monthly platform fee. First 5 hours are free. Early-stage teams can apply for a startup rate of $0.25/hr on their first 10,000 hours. Launch and Enterprise tiers offer volume discounts and higher limits, though those rates are not published.

How does Recall.ai compare to Skribby?

Recall.ai costs $0.65/hr (recording + transcription) vs Skribby at $0.39-$1.36/hr depending on model, with async diarized models spanning $0.45-$1.31 before video. Skribby is cheaper on the recording layer and on its cheapest diarized models, but most of its diarized range costs more all-in than Recall.ai: once the $0.05 video add-on is applied, only xAI ($0.50), Soniox v5 Async ($0.50), AssemblyAI Universal ($0.60) and AssemblyAI Universal-3.5 Pro ($0.63) come in under $0.65, while Deepgram Nova-2 ($0.66) and every model above it costs more. Its one-year storage add-on has no Recall.ai equivalent. Recall.ai covers 6 platforms (including Webex and Slack Huddles) vs Skribby's 3 (Skribby has been owned by Alianza since September 2026), has SOC 2, HIPAA, and ISO 27001 compliance, a $38M Series B (Sep 2025), and 3,000+ customers by its own count, and undercuts Skribby at $0.40/hr all-in for teams accepted into its startup program.

Does Recall.ai work without a bot?

Yes. The Desktop Recording SDK captures meeting audio at the OS level without a visible bot participant. This avoids platform restrictions like Microsoft Teams blocking third-party bots.

What platforms does Recall.ai support?

Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Google Meet, Webex, Slack Huddles, and GoTo Meeting. Six platforms through a single API, more than any competitor.

Is Recall.ai HIPAA compliant?

Yes. Recall.ai offers SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA (with BAA available), GDPR, and CCPA compliance. US, EU, and JP data residency options are available.

Can Recall.ai bots speak in meetings?

Yes. Interactive agents can speak, display content, and respond inside meetings. This enables use cases like AI meeting facilitators, real-time translators, or automated Q&A bots.

What is a meeting bot as a service?

A meeting bot as a service (meeting BaaS) is API infrastructure that sends recording bots into video meetings on your behalf. Instead of building your own bot that joins Zoom, Teams, or Meet, you call an API and the service handles joining, recording, transcribing, and returning structured data. Recall.ai, MeetingBaaS, Skribby, and Nylas Notetaker are the main providers in this category.