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Best AI Meeting Assistants

AI note-takers that record, transcribe and summarize meetings on Zoom, Google Meet and Teams, including options that work without a bot joining the call.

Otter.ai logoFireflies.ai logoGranola logoFathom logoRead AI logotl;dv logoMeetGeek logoBluedot logo
11 toolsUpdated October 26, 2026

How we picked

Every tool here records or transcribes meetings and writes a summary. Most have a free plan; Avoma starts at $19 a month. Granola, Bluedot, Jamie and Krisp can capture notes without a bot joining the call.

At a glance

ToolPricingFree planOpen sourceAPI
Otter.ai logoOtter.aiFree / Pro monthly $16.99/user/month
Fireflies.ai logoFireflies.aiFree / Pro $18/month
Granola logoGranolaFree / Business $14 per user per month
Fathom logoFathomFree / Premium $20/month
Read AI logoRead AIFree / Pro $19.75/month
tl;dv logotl;dvFree / Pro $29/month per seat
MeetGeek logoMeetGeekFree / Pro $15.99/month
Bluedot logoBluedotFree / Basic $14/user/month
Avoma logoAvomaFrom $19/month
Jamie logoJamieFree / Plus $24/month
Krisp logoKrispFrom $16/month
Compare Otter.ai, Fireflies.ai, Granola, Read AI side by side

The 11 tools

  1. Otter.ai logo1

    Otter.ai

    Free / Pro monthly $16.99/user/month

    Automatic meeting transcription, summaries, and searchable conversation memory

    Free planAPIPaid from: Pro monthly · $16.99/user/month

    Otter.ai records and transcribes meetings, identifies speakers, and creates searchable summaries and action items across Zoom, Microsoft Teams, and Google Meet. Basic is free with 300 monthly minutes, while Pro and Business add longer meetings, higher capacity, integrations, workflows, and administration. Buyers should verify annual pricing at checkout and assess language, accuracy, and usage limits before choosing a plan.

    Best for
    Professionals attending frequent video meetings.
    Strength
    Basic provides 300 monthly minutes.
    Drawback
    Free conversations are capped at 30 minutes.
  2. Fireflies.ai logo2

    Fireflies.ai

    Free / Pro $18/month

    Transcribe, search, and analyze every team conversation

    Free planAPIPaid from: Pro · $18/month

    Fireflies.ai is a meeting intelligence platform founded in 2016 and launched in 2018. It captures calls, uploads, dialer conversations, and mobile or desktop recordings, then produces transcripts, summaries, searchable records, analytics, and workflow outputs. A free tier exists, while paid plans add broader limits, collaboration, integrations, and administration. AI credits complicate advanced feature costs.

    Best for
    Fireflies.ai is best for sales teams analyzing calls, topics, sentiment, and talk time.
    Strength
    Capture spans conferencing apps, mobile, desktop, dialers, uploads, and API.
    Drawback
    Advanced AI actions use credits beyond the core subscription.
  3. Granola logo3

    Granola

    Free / Business $14 per user per month

    Meeting notes and shared context without a meeting bot

    Free planPaid from: Business · $14 per user per month

    Granola is an AI meeting notetaker that combines device audio, transcription, and user notes into structured summaries, decisions, and follow-ups. Basic costs $0 per user per month, Business costs $14 per user per month, and Enterprise costs $35 per user per month. Basic and Business use monthly billing, while Enterprise supports monthly or annual contracts. It suits meeting-first teams that need searchable context, collaboration, integrations, and enterprise controls.

    Best for
    Professionals with frequent meetings who need searchable notes.
    Strength
    Bot-free meeting capture and editable AI notes.
    Drawback
    Basic history is limited to 30 days.
  4. Fathom logo4

    Fathom

    AcquiredFree / Premium $20/month

    Meeting notes, summaries, and follow-up without the busywork

    Free planAPIPaid from: Premium · $20/month

    Fathom is an AI meeting notetaker that records, transcribes, summarizes, and searches calls through bot and bot-free capture. Its free plan costs $0 forever, Premium starts at $16 per user monthly annually, and Team starts at $15 annually. It fits sales, customer-success, and project teams seeking searchable meeting memory and CRM follow-through, while competing products may offer broader capture or language coverage.

    Superhuman announced its acquisition of Fathom on September 14, 2026. Fathom remains an active meeting-notetaker product, but ownership has changed.

    Best for
    Fathom is best for sales teams that need meeting summaries and CRM updates.
    Strength
    The Free plan includes unlimited recordings, storage, and transcriptions.
    Drawback
    Bot-free capture is currently described as a Mac beta feature.
  5. Read AI logo5

    Read AI

    Free / Pro $19.75/month

    Meeting intelligence with search, summaries, workflows, and agent access

    Free planAPIPaid from: Pro · $19.75/month

    Read AI records and analyzes meetings, producing transcripts, summaries, action items, searchable reports, and workflow features. It supports meeting intelligence across conferencing and connected work tools, with a Free plan and paid access from $19.75/user/month, or $15/user/month billed annually.

    Best for
    Teams reviewing recurring meetings
    Strength
    Free includes unlimited Ask Read and Topic Readouts.
    Drawback
    Pro does not include meeting playback.
  6. tl;dv logo6

    tl;dv

    Free / Pro $29/month per seat

    Meeting recordings, transcripts, and AI follow-up for distributed teams

    Free planAPIPaid from: Pro · $29/month per seat

    tl;dv is a hosted meeting recorder and transcript workspace for Zoom, Google Meet, and Microsoft Teams. It offers unlimited recording and transcription on its free plan, with paid access starting at $29/month per seat, or $18/seat/month billed annually. It suits distributed teams, multilingual meeting workflows, sales operations, and organizations seeking European data processing.

    Best for
    Distributed teams
    Strength
    The free plan supports unlimited meeting recording and transcription.
    Drawback
    The free plan limits AI notes, questions, uploads, and retention.
  7. MeetGeek logo7

    MeetGeek

    Free / Pro $15.99/month

    Meeting capture, summaries and workflow automation for teams

    Free planAPIPaid from: Pro · $15.99/month

    MeetGeek is a hosted meeting assistant for individuals, teams and organizations that need recordings, transcripts, summaries, search, AI agents and workflow connections across major meeting platforms. It provides a free Basic plan with three transcription hours monthly, while paid access starts at $15.99/month for Pro on the displayed monthly billing basis.

    Best for
    Teams recording meetings across several platforms.
    Strength
    The free plan includes transcription, search and summaries.
    Drawback
    The official pricing page does not publish annual prices.
  8. Bluedot logo8

    Bluedot

    Free / Basic $14/user/month

    Bot-free meeting capture with MCP, AI notes, and CRM workflows

    Free planAPIPaid from: Basic · $14/user/month

    Bluedot is a hosted meeting recorder for teams that need bot-free capture, transcripts, structured notes, searchable conversations, and connected CRM workflows across browser, desktop, mobile, and Apple Watch. Its free plan covers five meetings for a lifetime, while paid plans start at $14/user/month with annual billing or $18/user/month monthly. It suits sales, recruiting, and operations teams.

    Best for
    Bot-free meeting capture
    Strength
    Bot-free capture works across several devices.
    Drawback
    The free plan ends after five meetings.
  9. Avoma logo9

    Avoma

    From $19/month

    AI meeting notes, scheduling, coaching, and revenue intelligence

    APIPaid from: Startup / Essentials · $19/month

    Avoma is a hosted AI meeting and revenue intelligence platform for sales and revenue teams. It records and transcribes calls, creates summaries and follow-up emails, supports scheduling, and connects meeting data with CRM and dialer systems. Paid recorder seats start at $19 per month with annual billing, while viewers can access shared content without paid recorder seats.

    Best for
    Sales teams that need meeting summaries, coaching, and CRM synchronization.
    Strength
    Avoma combines meeting intelligence, scheduling, CRM integrations, and revenue analysis.
    Drawback
    Conversation and revenue add-ons can materially increase subscription costs.
  10. Jamie logo10

    Jamie

    Free / Plus $24/month

    Bot-free meeting notes with EU data handling and workflow tools

    Free planAPIPaid from: Plus · $24/month

    Jamie is a bot-free meeting note app for professionals, teams, and privacy-conscious organizations using macOS or Windows. A free plan is available, while paid access starts at $24/month when billed annually or $29/month month to month in the United States. Its workflow centers on post-meeting notes, transcripts, summaries, custom templates, and integrations.

    Best for
    Bot-free meeting capture
    Strength
    Desktop capture works without a meeting bot.
    Drawback
    Live transcription is not part of the documented workflow.
  11. Krisp logo11

    Krisp

    From $16/month

    Clearer calls, AI meeting notes, and voice infrastructure for agents

    APIPaid from: Meeting AI Core · $16/month

    Krisp is a voice AI platform from Krisp Technologies for individuals, distributed teams, contact centers, and voice-agent builders. It combines local noise cancellation with transcription, meeting notes, accent conversion, contact-center tools, and developer SDKs. Meeting AI starts at $8 per user monthly with annual billing, after a seven-day trial and without a permanent free plan.

    Best for
    Remote teams that need bot-free notes and local noise cancellation.
    Strength
    Noise cancellation processes locally in the desktop workflow.
    Drawback
    The free option expires after seven days.