Otter.ai alternatives

Otter.ai alternatives for AI meeting notes

Otter's free Basic plan transcribes 300 minutes a month, up to 30 minutes per conversation, and Pro costs $16.99 per user a month. Fireflies, tl;dv and Fathom offer unlimited free transcription with limited AI; Read AI covers 5 meetings a month. Meeto and Zoom build summaries into their own calls instead of sending a bot. Six options compared, with sources.

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By Meeto · Updated

What Otter's free plan includes

Otter's free Basic plan includes 300 transcription minutes a month, at most 30 minutes per conversation, and keeps your 25 most recent conversations[1]. Otter Notetaker joins Zoom, Microsoft Teams and Google Meet calls as a participant, and a desktop app records without a bot[2]. It transcribes six languages: English, Spanish, French, German, Japanese, Chinese[3]. Pro costs $16.99 per user a month billed monthly[4].

Most alternatives work the same way, with a bot or a desktop app. A different approach is a meeting tool with AI built in, so there is nothing to invite. Meeto works like that for calls held in Meeto; see how its AI summary works.

How we chose these alternatives

Each product had to be available today and to publish its limits on its own pages. We compared them on the same points:

What we checked for every product
CriterionWhat we looked at
How it joinsWhether a notetaker bot joins your Zoom, Meet or Teams call, a desktop app records it, or AI is built into the meeting tool itself.
Free planHow much the free plan transcribes and summarises, as the vendor states it.
LanguagesHow many languages the vendor says it transcribes.
VideoWhether you get the video back, or only audio and text.
Your dataWhat the vendor says about training AI models on your meetings.
PriceThe cheapest paid plan in USD as listed, with its billing period.

This page is published by Meeto, one of the products on it. Meeto's limits are printed as plainly as the others', including what it does not do. No vendor paid to be listed, and there are no affiliate links.

Products appear in alphabetical order; this is not a ranking. Every figure about another product links to the vendor's own page, quoted as read on November 3, 2026.

The alternatives at a glance

How each Otter alternative works, its free plan and its price
ProductHow it worksFree planCheapest paid plan
FathomBot; bot-free beta on Mac[5]Unlimited recording and transcription[6]Premium, $20/user/month[7][8]
Fireflies.aiBot; bot-free extension and desktop app[9]Unlimited transcription, 400 minutes of storage[10]Pro, $18/seat/month[11][12]
MeetoBuilt in, Meeto calls onlyNone; Pro 10 h/monthPro, $6.99/month
Read AIBot with host approval; desktop app[13]5 meetings a month, up to 1 hour each[14]Pro, $19.75/user/month[15][16]
tl;dvBot; audio-only desktop app[17]Unlimited recording; AI notes on 10 meetings[18]Pro, from $18/month[19][20]
Zoom AI summariesBuilt in, Zoom calls only[21]3 meetings a month[21][22]Pro, $16.99/user/month[23][24]

Prices are in USD as each vendor lists them. A product name links to its card below.

The 6 alternatives

Fathom

by Fathom

An AI notetaker for Zoom, Google Meet, Teams and Slack huddles.

How it works
The Fathom Notetaker bot joins Zoom, Google Meet or Microsoft Teams calls; bot-free capture is in beta on Mac only[5]
Free plan
Unlimited recordings and transcription on Free; some AI features limited[6]
Languages
Transcripts in 38 languages[25]
Training on your data
Fathom uses de-identified customer data to improve its own models, on by default with an opt-out; AI sub-processors may not train on it[26]
Cheapest paid plan
Premium: $20/user/month billed monthly[7][8]

Good for

  • Unlimited recordings and transcription on the free plan.[27]
  • Video recorded on every plan, free included.[28]

Watch out for

  • Uses de-identified customer data to improve its own models unless you opt out.[26]
  • Fathom's own pages disagree on how many languages it handles; test yours before relying on it.[25]

Facts from Fathom's own pages, listed under Sources. Full comparison: Meeto vs Fathom.

Fireflies.ai

by Fireflies.ai

A notetaker for meetings on Zoom, Google Meet, Teams and other conferencing apps.

How it works
A notetaker bot joins calls by invite or from the calendar; a Chrome extension (Google Meet) and a desktop app record without a bot[9]
Free plan
Unlimited transcription for bot meetings, Chrome extension and mobile app; 400 minutes of storage per team; 2-hour limit per recording; limited AI summaries[10]
Languages
100+ languages, English primary and others in beta[29]
Training on your data
Vendor states customer data is never used for AI training[30]
Cheapest paid plan
Pro: $18/seat/month billed monthly[11][12]

Good for

  • Meetings spread across Zoom, Meet, Teams and 10+ other apps.[31]
  • Unlimited transcription on the free plan, within its storage limit.

Watch out for

  • Free AI summaries are limited.[32]
  • No video recording on the free plan.[33]

Facts from Fireflies.ai's own pages, listed under Sources. Full comparison: Meeto vs Fireflies.ai.

Meeto

by Meeto — the publisher of this page

A video meeting tool with AI notes built in: no bot, because the call itself happens in Meeto.

How it works
Built into Meeto calls: the host starts it, everyone is shown a notice and an indicator; it does not join Zoom, Meet or Teams
Free plan
No AI notes on Free. Pro and Team: AI summary for 10 hours of meetings a month, then a full transcript and a basic summary
Languages
Detected per speaker, so a multilingual meeting works; the summary is written in the meeting's main language
Video recording
Recording on Pro and Team: MP4 plus separate audio, media kept 90 days; transcript and summary kept until you delete them
Training on your data
Meeting content is not used to train AI models
Cheapest paid plan
Pro: $6.99/month or $69/year, including the meetings

Good for

  • Client calls you host yourself, where a bot in the participant list would feel odd.
  • Summaries with key points, decisions and action items, exported to Markdown, plain text or PDF.
  • Meetings in more than one language.

Watch out for

  • It does not take notes in Zoom, Google Meet or Teams calls; the meeting has to be in Meeto.
  • No AI notes on the free plan.
  • Meetings of up to 25 people.

Facts from Meeto's pricing and limits, reviewed November 3, 2026.

Read AI

by Read AI

An assistant added to Zoom, Teams or Meet meetings that writes reports with summaries and action items.

How it works
Read Assistant joins Zoom, Teams or Meet meetings and needs host approval; a bot-free desktop app exists for Windows and macOS[13]
Free plan
5 meetings per month; meetings up to 1 hour[14]
Languages
20+ languages[34]
Training on your data
Training on customer data is opt-in and off by default[35]
Cheapest paid plan
Pro: $19.75/user/month billed monthly[15][16]

Good for

  • A free plan for a handful of meetings a month.
  • Training on your data is off unless you opt in.

Watch out for

  • Free covers 5 meetings a month, each up to an hour.
  • Video and audio playback only on Enterprise plans.[36]

Facts from Read AI's own pages, listed under Sources. Full comparison: Meeto vs Read AI.

tl;dv

by tl;dv

A meeting recorder and notetaker for Google Meet, Zoom and Teams.

How it works
A tl;dv bot joins Google Meet, Zoom and Microsoft Teams calls; a bot-free desktop app records system audio only[17]
Free plan
Unlimited recordings and transcription; AI notes on the first 10 meetings only, then on the first 10 minutes of each meeting (lifetime limits); 3-hour cap per recording[18]
Languages
30+ languages[37]
Training on your data
Vendor states recordings and transcripts are never used to train AI[38]
Cheapest paid plan
Pro: “from $18 a month”; the page does not say whether that is billed monthly or yearly[19][20]

Good for

  • Video recordings on the free plan, through its bot.[39]
  • Teams that want to search past meetings.

Watch out for

  • Free AI notes cover your first 10 meetings, then only the first 10 minutes of each.
  • The bot-free desktop app records audio only.[39]

Facts from tl;dv's own pages, listed under Sources. Full comparison: Meeto vs tl;dv.

Zoom AI summaries

by Zoom

If your meetings are on Zoom already, its own AI meeting summaries need no extra tool.

How it works
Built into Zoom meetings[21]
Free plan
AI meeting summaries for 3 hosted meetings a month on the free plan, within its 40-minute meeting limit[21][22]
Video recording
Cloud recording on paid plans; the free plan records to your computer[40]
Cheapest paid plan
Pro: $16.99/user/month billed monthly[23][24]

Good for

  • People who host on Zoom and only need summaries, not a separate notetaker.

Watch out for

  • Covers Zoom meetings only.
  • Turning on end-to-end encryption turns off AI features.[41]

Facts from Zoom's own pages, listed under Sources. Full comparison: Meeto vs Zoom.

A notetaker bot or AI built into the meeting?

A notetaker joins meetings wherever they happen, which is what you need if other people host on Zoom, Meet or Teams. A meeting tool with built-in AI only covers its own calls, but nothing joins as an extra participant and the notes sit next to the recording.

  • Your meetings are on someone else's platform: use a notetaker from the list above, or the platform's own AI.
  • You host the calls yourself: a meeting tool with built-in notes saves a step. In Meeto, starting a recording also starts the AI summary; see how to record a meeting.
  • Either way: tell people the meeting is being transcribed. Meeto shows everyone a notice and an indicator; asking for consent where the law requires it is up to you.

Sources

Meeto facts come from the pricing and limits and security pages, reviewed November 3, 2026. Every other figure is quoted from its vendor's own page on the date shown. Plans change; check the linked page before you decide.

  1. Otter.ai: otter.ai/pricing — “300 monthly transcription minutes” (checked November 3, 2026)
  2. Otter.ai: otter.ai/pricing — “Joins Zoom, MS Teams, and Google Meet to automatically write and share notes” (checked November 3, 2026)
  3. Otter.ai: otter.ai/pricing — “AI transcription in English, Spanish, French, German, Japanese, and Chinese” (checked November 3, 2026)
  4. Otter.ai: otter.ai/pricing — “$16 .99 /user/month” (checked November 3, 2026)
  5. Fathom: fathom.ai/overview — “Yes. The Fathom Notetaker joins your Zoom, Google Meet, or Microsoft Teams call and captures full video, audio, and a searchable transcript.” (checked November 3, 2026)
  6. Fathom: fathom.ai/pricing — “Unlimited recordings + transcriptions” (checked November 3, 2026)
  7. Fathom: fathom.ai/pricing — “FOR INDIVIDUALS Premium” (checked November 3, 2026)
  8. Fathom: fathom.ai/pricing — “$ 20 /month / per user” (checked November 3, 2026)
  9. Fireflies.ai: fireflies.ai/pricing — “Invite fred@fireflies.ai to a live meeting or have it autojoin your calendar meetings.” (checked November 3, 2026)
  10. Fireflies.ai: fireflies.ai/pricing — “Unlimited transcription* Limited AI summaries 400 mins of storage/team 20 AI credits” (checked November 3, 2026)
  11. Fireflies.ai: fireflies.ai/pricing — “Pro For professional individuals and small teams” (checked November 3, 2026)
  12. Fireflies.ai: fireflies.ai/pricing — “$18 per seat / month, billed monthly” (checked November 3, 2026)
  13. Read AI: read.ai/pricing — “Add Read Assistant to any Zoom, Teams, or Meet meeting to automatically take meeting notes” (checked November 3, 2026)
  14. Read AI: read.ai/pricing — “For individuals starting out, with 5 meetings per month complete with summaries, transcription, and search.” (checked November 3, 2026)
  15. Read AI: read.ai/pricing — “For individuals and small teams who want basic transcription, search, and premium integrations.” (checked November 3, 2026)
  16. Read AI: read.ai/pricing — “$19.75 USD. Per user / month” (checked November 3, 2026)
  17. tl;dv: tldv.io/app/pricing — “Record meetings even without being present. tl;dv will join your meeting, record it and send you the notes.” (checked November 3, 2026)
  18. tl;dv: intercom.help/tldv/en/articles/8919450-what-are-the-limits-of-the-free-plan — “Your first 10 meetings will have automatic AI notes summarizing the entire meeting - After this, only the first 10 minutes of each meeting will have automatic AI notes.” (checked November 3, 2026)
  19. tl;dv: tldv.io/app/pricing — “For individuals & small teams who want fast, accurate AI reporting.” (checked November 3, 2026)
  20. tl;dv: intercom.help/tldv/en/articles/8919450-what-are-the-limits-of-the-free-plan — “All from just $18 a month” (checked November 3, 2026)
  21. Zoom: zoom.us/pricing — “Meeting summaries (for 3 hosted meetings per month)” (checked November 3, 2026)
  22. Zoom: zoom.us/pricing — “40 minutes per meeting” (checked November 3, 2026)
  23. Zoom: zoom.us/pricing — “Best for personal use or small teams.” (checked November 3, 2026)
  24. Zoom: zoom.us/pricing — “$16.99 /user per month · billed monthly” (checked November 3, 2026)
  25. Fathom: help.fathom.video/en/articles/296192 — “We currently support transcripts in 38 languages!” (checked November 3, 2026)
  26. Fathom: help.fathom.video/en/articles/296512 — “Fathom uses de-identified customer data to improve the accuracy of our proprietary AI models in order to improve our service for all users.” (checked November 3, 2026)
  27. Fathom: fathom.ai/pricing — “Unlimited recordings, instant call summaries, integrations with LLMs & more.” (checked November 3, 2026)
  28. Fathom: fathom.ai/pricing — “Recordings & call storage (unlimited)” (checked November 3, 2026)
  29. Fireflies.ai: fireflies.ai/pricing — “Transcription in 100+ languages” (checked November 3, 2026)
  30. Fireflies.ai: fireflies.ai/pricing — “Your data is never used for AI training or any purpose outside your direct business needs.” (checked November 3, 2026)
  31. Fireflies.ai: fireflies.ai/pricing — “Record Zoom, Gmeet, MS teams, 10+” (checked November 3, 2026)
  32. Fireflies.ai: fireflies.ai/pricing — “Get detailed notes, action items, and customized summaries instantly after every meeting.” (checked November 3, 2026)
  33. Fireflies.ai: fireflies.ai/pricing — “Capture meeting video 720p 720p 1080p” (checked November 3, 2026)
  34. Read AI: read.ai/pricing — “20+ languages supported” (checked November 3, 2026)
  35. Read AI: read.ai/privacy — “Contributing to model improvement is off by default. You decide - and can change your mind any time.” (checked November 3, 2026)
  36. Read AI: read.ai/pricing — “Full video/audio recording of all meetings.” (checked November 3, 2026)
  37. tl;dv: tldv.io/app/pricing — “Unlimited transcription in 30+ languages” (checked November 3, 2026)
  38. tl;dv: tldv.io — “Your recordings and transcripts are yours (not ours). And we'll never, ever use them to train AI. Ever.” (checked November 3, 2026)
  39. tl;dv: tldv.io/app/pricing — “Unlimited video recordings” (checked November 3, 2026)
  40. Zoom: support.zoom.com/hc/en/article — “Computer and cloud recording (10 GB included)” (checked November 3, 2026)
  41. Zoom: support.zoom.com/hc/en/article — “Meeting hosts on free accounts can also enable and use E2EE, but will need to verify their phone number via a code sent to” (checked November 3, 2026)

Frequently asked questions

Is there an Otter alternative without a bot in the meeting?

Yes, two kinds. Several notetakers offer a desktop app that records without a bot: Otter, Fireflies, tl;dv (audio only), Read AI, and Fathom in a Mac beta. Or the AI can be part of the meeting tool itself, as with Zoom's AI summaries in Zoom calls and Meeto's in Meeto calls.

Which Otter alternative has the most generous free plan?

By the vendors' own wording, Fathom offers unlimited recordings and transcription on Free with some AI features limited, Fireflies unlimited transcription with 400 minutes of storage and limited summaries, and tl;dv unlimited recordings with AI notes on your first 10 meetings. Otter Basic gives 300 minutes a month, up to 30 minutes per conversation.

Can Meeto take notes in my Zoom or Google Meet calls?

No. Meeto's AI summary works only in meetings held in Meeto. If your meetings happen on Zoom, Meet or Teams, a notetaker such as the ones above, or the platform's own AI features, is the right tool.

Do these tools train AI on my meetings?

It differs. Fireflies and tl;dv say they never use your data for training; Read AI keeps it off unless you opt in; Fathom and Otter use de-identified data to improve their own models. Meeto does not use meeting content to train AI models. Each statement is linked to the vendor's page above.

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