Best AI Note Takers

Best AI Note Takers compared

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Pricing, features, and summaries

1. 1

   Otter.ai

   Teams that want a free meeting transcription tier and a searchable archive of calls.

   Otter records Zoom, Meet, and Teams meetings, transcribes them live, and writes summaries and action items. It can also record from the desktop without a bot, and it can answer questions across meetings.

   Pricing

   Free, then $8.49/user/mo

   otter.ai/pricing lists Basic as free with 300 monthly transcription minutes, 3 lifetime file imports, and Zoom, Meet, and Teams. Pro is $16.99 per user per month, with a first-time subscriber price of $8.49 marked with an asterisk, 1,200 in-app recording minutes, and meetings up to 90 minutes. A medium-team tier showed $30 and $24, with unlimited meetings and meetings up to 4 hours. Enterprise is custom. The FAQ lists a student and teacher price of $6.67 per month billed at $79.99 annually, or $13.59 monthly. The asterisk note says the offer is for first-time subscribers only. Last checked 5 October 2026.

   Key features

   Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, Slack, Salesforce, HubSpot, Zapier, Google Drive. It can carry a stretch of the work, then wait. A person still approves anything that leaves the building.

   What users say

   People who keep Otter want the searchable transcript and the history of past meetings.

   The bot is the complaint. Commenters say clients react badly when Otter joins, and that speaker labels get worse on large calls.

   • “Otter is still one of the strongest for searchable transcripts and meeting history.”

     Reddit

   • “Otter works but the speaker identification used to frustrate me on larger calls.”

     Reddit

   Otter.ai pricing and features/Otter.ai alternatives

2. 2

   Fireflies.ai

   Teams that want a bot or a bot-free recorder plus search across past conversations.

   Fireflies records, transcribes, and summarizes meetings from a bot, a Chrome extension, desktop and mobile apps, or uploaded files. AskFred answers questions about past meetings, and the site says it supports 100+ languages.

   Pricing

   Free, then $10/user/mo billed annually

   The Fireflies knowledge base article updated within the last week lists Free at $0, Pro at $10 per user per month billed annually or $18 billed monthly, and Business at $19 annually or $29 monthly. A separate knowledge-base billing article in search results also lists Enterprise at $39 annually; that second article was not opened in full, so Enterprise is not treated as confirmed here. The pricing page itself rendered feature rows but not the dollar amounts. Fireflies Talk is included on every plan, including Free. Last checked 5 October 2026.

   Key features

   Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, Slack, Salesforce, HubSpot, Zapier, Aircall. It can carry a stretch of the work, then wait. A person still approves anything that leaves the building.

   What users say

   Fireflies gets named when the meeting has to land in other systems, not when someone wants the shortest summary.

   A commenter on the same thread says it does a lot of things and none of them exceptionally well.

   • “Fireflies works well if your workflow depends heavily on integrations and recorded calls.”

     Reddit

   • “Fireflies feels like it does too much and none of it exceptionally well.”

     Reddit

   Fireflies.ai pricing and features/Fireflies.ai alternatives

3. 3

   Fathom

   Individuals who want unlimited free recordings and teams that want CRM updates after calls.

   Fathom records meetings with a bot or a bot-free Mac option in beta, then writes summaries, action items, and clips. Paid plans add CRM sync, coaching scorecards, and team search.

   Pricing

   Free, then $15/user/mo billed annually

   fathom.ai/pricing lists a free individual plan with unlimited recordings and transcriptions. The Team plan is $15 per user per month billed annually or $19 monthly, with a 2-user minimum. Business is $25 annually or $34 monthly, also with a 2-user minimum. An individual paid tier showed $16 annually and $20 monthly. Enterprise is talk to sales. Paid plans include a 90-day guarantee. The page headline says plans from $15/mo. Last checked 5 October 2026.

   Key features

   Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, Slack, Salesforce, HubSpot, Notion, Asana. It can carry a stretch of the work, then wait. A person still approves anything that leaves the building.

   What users say

   Fathom is the one people pick for Zoom summaries and a usable free tier. A week-long test said it was the quicker setup.

   The bot joins the call. In that test, two clients asked who the extra person was.

   • “Fathom probably had the best balance between summaries and usability for zoom-heavy teams.”

     Reddit

   • “Fathom was quicker to set up and the bot joined every time, but two clients asked who the extra person on the line was.”

     Reddit

   Fathom pricing and features/Fathom alternatives

4. 4

   Read AI

   Individuals who want a few free meeting reports a month and search across email and meetings.

   Read AI summarizes meetings and can pull context from email and calendar, then recommend next steps. The free plan includes 5 meeting transcripts a month and needs no install or card.

   Pricing

   Free, then $15/user/mo billed annually

   read.ai/pricing lists Free at $0 with 5 meeting transcripts a month. Pro is $15 per user per month billed annually or $19.75 month-to-month, with unlimited transcripts and 100 file-upload credits. Enterprise is $22.50 annually or $29.75 monthly, adding audio and video playback. Enterprise+ is $29.75 annually or $39.75 monthly, adding HIPAA, SAML, SCIM, and custom retention. Meeting length caps are 4 hours on Free and Pro and 8 hours on Enterprise. Last checked 5 October 2026.

   Key features

   Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, Notion, Salesforce, HubSpot, Jira, Confluence. It can carry a stretch of the work, then wait. A person still approves anything that leaves the building.

   Read AI pricing and features/Read AI alternatives

5. 5

   Granola

   People who do not want a bot in the meeting and still want AI notes on the device.

   Granola takes meeting notes from device audio without a bot joining the call. You can type your own notes and it rewrites them with the transcript, then drafts follow-ups on paid plans.

   Pricing

   Free, then $14/user/mo

   granola.ai/pricing lists Basic at $0 with AI notes, 30-day history, and shared folders. Business is $14 per user per month with unlimited history, advanced integrations, MCP, and API access. Enterprise is $35 per user per month with SSO, HIPAA-compliant workspaces, and org-wide training opt-out. The page does not say whether those figures are monthly or annual billing. The homepage says unlimited notes are free and older-than-30-day history is the upgrade. Last checked 5 October 2026.

   Key features

   Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, Slack, Notion, HubSpot, Attio, Affinity. A person drives. The product drafts, searches, or suggests inside a workflow you already run.

   What users say

   Granola's fans like that no bot joins the call, and that they can type their own notes while the app fills gaps.

   Other people say it misses nuance, and one commenter called it highly unreliable. A tester also could not get the audio file back.

   • “Granola feels the most natural during meetings. Lightweight and less intrusive.”

     Reddit

   • “Granola on my Mac gave me readable summaries and no bot jumped into the call.”

     Reddit

   • “Unfortunately, Granola is still highly unreliable!”

     Reddit

   Granola pricing and features/Granola alternatives

6. 6

   tl;dv

   Teams that want a free notetaker with clips and CRM logging, priced in euros.

   tl;dv records Zoom, Google Meet, and Microsoft Teams, then writes summaries, clips, and CRM updates. It says recordings and transcripts are not used to train AI, and that there is no native mobile app.

   Pricing

   Free, then €18/seat/mo billed annually

   tldv.io/pricing returned 404. tldv.io/app/pricing published schema.org offers in EUR: Free €0; Pro €29 per seat per month or €216 per year (€18 per seat per month); Business €39 per month or €348 per year (€29 per seat per month). The homepage says the free plan has unlimited recordings and transcriptions and no credit card. The help center says paid plans add unlimited AI features, CRM integrations, and coaching, and points back to the pricing page. Last checked 5 October 2026.

   Key features

   Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, Slack, Salesforce, HubSpot, CRM. It can carry a stretch of the work, then wait. A person still approves anything that leaves the building.

   tl;dv pricing and features/tl;dv alternatives

7. 7

   Avoma

   Revenue teams that want notes plus optional coaching and forecasting, and free seats for people who only watch.

   Avoma records meetings, writes notes, updates CRM fields, and schedules meetings. Conversation intelligence, revenue intelligence, and lead routing are paid add-ons.

   Pricing

   From $19/recorder seat/mo billed annually

   avoma.com/pricing lists a 14-day trial of the Organization plan with add-ons, no card. Startup is $19 per recorder seat per month billed annually or $29 monthly, up to 25 seats. Organization is $29 annually or $39 monthly, up to 100 seats. Enterprise is $39 billed annually only, minimum 10 seats. Conversation Intelligence and Revenue Intelligence add-ons are $29 per seat per month annually ($35 monthly). Lead Router is $19 annually ($25 monthly). Viewers are $0. The homepage repeats the $19 meeting-assistant price. Last checked 5 October 2026.

   Key features

   Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Google Meet, Webex, Salesforce, HubSpot, Zoho, Pipedrive. It can carry a stretch of the work, then wait. A person still approves anything that leaves the building.

   Avoma pricing and features/Avoma alternatives

8. 8

   Notta

   People who need multilingual transcription and a usable free monthly minute allowance.

   Notta transcribes online meetings, in-person recordings, and uploaded files in 58 languages, then summarizes them and can generate slides or infographics. The free plan includes 120 minutes a month.

   Pricing

   Free, then $9/mo billed annually

   notta.ai/en/pricing lists Free at $0 with 120 transcription minutes a month, 3 minutes per conversation, 50 uploads, and 10 AI summaries. A paid tier showed $9 per month billed annually ($108 total) and a monthly plan cost of $10, with 1,800 minutes. Another paid tier's monthly plan cost was listed as $15; its annual price and the plan names did not render cleanly. Enterprise is custom from 51 seats. AI credits are charged only when output succeeds. Last checked 5 October 2026.

   Key features

   Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Google Meet, Google Drive, Notion, Slack, Salesforce. It can carry a stretch of the work, then wait. A person still approves anything that leaves the building.

   Notta pricing and features/Notta alternatives

9. 9

   Krisp

   People who want noise cancellation and notes without a bot joining the call.

   Krisp is a bot-free meeting assistant that combines noise cancellation, transcription, recording, and AI notes for online and in-person meetings. It also sells a separate call-center voice product.

   Pricing

   From $8/user/mo billed annually

   krisp.ai/pricing lists a 7-day trial of premium features at $0 with no card. Core is $16 per user per month, shown reduced to $8, with unlimited notes, 1 hour per day of accent conversion, and 10 GB storage. Advanced is $30 reduced to $15, with more accent conversion, Salesforce and ConnectWise, and 60 GB. Enterprise adds SSO, SCIM, and a BAA for teams of 100+ seats. Call Center Core is $15 per agent per month billed annually. No permanent free plan was listed. Last checked 5 October 2026.

   Key features

   MCP, Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Salesforce, ConnectWise. It can carry a stretch of the work, then wait. A person still approves anything that leaves the building.

   Krisp pricing and features/Krisp alternatives

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