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AI Meeting Notes & Transcription
Meeting note-takers and transcription — accuracy, action items, hallucinations and privacy.
Rankings by job
Best AI meeting note-taker
For recording meetings and getting accurate notes and action items.
Best AI transcription for interviews & podcasts
For transcribing interviews and podcasts with several speakers.
Best AI transcription for noisy audio
For transcribing noisy, field or phone audio.
Best AI transcription for Hebrew & multilingual audio
For transcribing Hebrew and mixed-language audio.
Best speech-to-text API on a budget
For high-volume API transcription on a budget.
In our first test round (7)
Alphabetical, not ranked. 0 of 7 tested so far — see each job page for rankings.
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- –Fireflies.aiNOT YET TESTED
Fireflies.ai · AI meeting note-taker and conversation search.
Price: from $18/moFree plan: YesRound 1
- –GranolaNOT YET TESTED
Granola, Inc. · AI notepad for meetings that works without a meeting bot.
Price: from $14/moFree plan: YesRound 1
- –Otter.aiNOT YET TESTED
Otter.ai · AI meeting assistant for transcripts and notes.
Price: from $16.99/moFree plan: YesRound 1
- –Read AINOT YET TESTED
Read AI · AI meeting notes, summaries and analytics.
Price: from $19.75/moFree plan: YesRound 1
- –tl;dvNOT YET TESTED
tl;dv · Meeting recorder and AI notes for Google Meet, Zoom and Teams.
Price: from $18/moFree plan: YesRound 1
- –ZoomMate (Zoom's AI assistant)NOT YET TESTED
Zoom · Zoom's built-in AI assistant — our 'is the built-in good enough?' baseline.
Price: from $18.33/moFree plan: YesVersion: ZoomMateRound 1
Also tracked (6)
Facts and pricing only — not in the current test round.
- –AssemblyAINOT YET TESTED
AssemblyAI · Speech-to-text and audio intelligence API.
Price: API from $0.15/hrFree plan: Yes
- –NOT YET TESTED
- –DescriptNOT YET TESTED
Descript · Audio and video editor that edits via the transcript.
Price: from $24/moFree plan: Yes
- –OpenAI GPT-TranscribeNOT YET TESTED
OpenAI · speech-to-text API
Price: API from $0.0045/minFree plan: Not yet verified
- –NOT YET TESTED
- –NOT YET TESTED