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Otter.ai alternatives for AI meeting notes

Meeto builds AI notes into the call itself: no bot joins, and the host gets a summary with key points, decisions and action items, plus a full transcript, on Pro for $6.99 a month with the video meetings included. 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, Fathom, Read AI and Zoom's AI summaries are compared below too, with sources.

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A recorded meeting's page with its AI summary and transcript.
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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. Meeto takes a different approach: the AI is built into the meeting itself, so there is nothing to invite; 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:

  • 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. Facts about other products are quoted from their own pages on the date shown. Meeto comes first; the other products follow in alphabetical order.

The alternatives at a glance

How Meeto and the other Otter alternatives take notes, and their cheapest paid plan
QuestionMeetoFathomFireflies.aiRead AItl;dvZoom AI summaries
How it worksBuilt into the call; no botBot; bot-free beta on Mac[5]Bot; bot-free extension and desktop app[6]Bot with host approval; desktop app[7]Bot; audio-only desktop app[8]Built in, Zoom calls only[9]
Cheapest paid planPro, $6.99/month, meetings includedPremium, $20/user/month[10][11]Pro, $18/seat/month[12][13]Pro, $19.75/user/month[14][15]Pro, from $18/month[16][17]Pro, $16.99/user/month[18][19]

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

The 6 alternatives

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.

Why Meeto

  • Client calls you host yourself, with no bot in the participant list.
  • Summaries with key points, decisions and action items, exported to Markdown, plain text or PDF.
  • Meetings in more than one language: the language is detected per speaker.
  • The video meeting and the notes in one plan: Pro costs $6.99 a month.
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The facts

How it works
Built into the Meeto call: the host starts it, and everyone is shown a notice and an indicator while it runs
AI summaries
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

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

The other 5, A to Z

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[20]
Languages
Transcripts in 38 languages[21]
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[22]
Cheapest paid plan
Premium: $20/user/month billed monthly[10][11]

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[6]
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[23]
Languages
100+ languages, English primary and others in beta[24]
Training on your data
Vendor states customer data is never used for AI training[25]
Cheapest paid plan
Pro: $18/seat/month billed monthly[12][13]

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

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[7]
Free plan
5 meetings per month; meetings up to 1 hour[26]
Languages
20+ languages[27]
Training on your data
Training on customer data is opt-in and off by default[28]
Cheapest paid plan
Pro: $19.75/user/month billed monthly[14][15]

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[8]
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[29]
Languages
30+ languages[30]
Training on your data
Vendor states recordings and transcripts are never used to train AI[31]
Cheapest paid plan
Pro: “from $18 a month”; the page does not say whether that is billed monthly or yearly[16][17]

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

Zoom AI summaries

by Zoom

Zoom's own AI meeting summaries, inside Zoom meetings.

How it works
Built into Zoom meetings[9]
Free plan
AI meeting summaries for 3 hosted meetings a month on the free plan, within its 40-minute meeting limit[9][32]
Video recording
Cloud recording on paid plans; the free plan records to your computer[33]
Cheapest paid plan
Pro: $16.99/user/month billed monthly[18][19]

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

Why AI built into the meeting saves a step

With AI built into the meeting, nothing joins as an extra participant and the notes sit next to the recording. In Meeto:

  • You host the call: starting a recording also starts the AI summary; see how to record a meeting.
  • Everyone knows: Meeto shows everyone in the call a notice when the summary starts and an indicator while it runs.
  • The notes are yours to share: export them to Markdown or plain text, save the summary as a PDF, or share them by a link you can switch off.

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.

Quotes from each vendor's own pages33numbered as in the footnotes
  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 — “$16 .99 /user/month”Checked November 3, 2026
  5. Fathom: fathom.ai/overview — “Yes. The Fathom Notetaker joins your Zoom, Google Meet, or Microsoft Teams call and captures full video, audio, and a searchable transcript.”Checked November 3, 2026
  6. Fireflies.ai: fireflies.ai/pricing — “Invite [email protected] to a live meeting or have it autojoin your calendar meetings.”Checked November 3, 2026
  7. Read AI: read.ai/pricing — “Add Read Assistant to any Zoom, Teams, or Meet meeting to automatically take meeting notes”Checked November 3, 2026
  8. tl;dv: tldv.io/app/pricing — “Record meetings even without being present. tl;dv will join your meeting, record it and send you the notes.”Checked November 3, 2026
  9. Zoom: zoom.us/pricing — “Meeting summaries (for 3 hosted meetings per month)”Checked November 3, 2026
  10. Fathom: fathom.ai/pricing — “FOR INDIVIDUALS Premium”Checked November 3, 2026
  11. Fathom: fathom.ai/pricing — “$ 20 /month / per user”Checked November 3, 2026
  12. Fireflies.ai: fireflies.ai/pricing — “Pro For professional individuals and small teams”Checked November 3, 2026
  13. Fireflies.ai: fireflies.ai/pricing — “$18 per seat / month, billed monthly”Checked November 3, 2026
  14. Read AI: read.ai/pricing — “For individuals and small teams who want basic transcription, search, and premium integrations.”Checked November 3, 2026
  15. Read AI: read.ai/pricing — “$19.75 USD. Per user / month”Checked November 3, 2026
  16. tl;dv: tldv.io/app/pricing — “For individuals & small teams who want fast, accurate AI reporting.”Checked November 3, 2026
  17. 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
  18. Zoom: zoom.us/pricing — “Best for personal use or small teams.”Checked November 3, 2026
  19. Zoom: zoom.us/pricing — “$16.99 /user per month · billed monthly”Checked November 3, 2026
  20. Fathom: fathom.ai/pricing — “Unlimited recordings + transcriptions”Checked November 3, 2026
  21. Fathom: help.fathom.video/en/articles/296192 — “We currently support transcripts in 38 languages!”Checked November 3, 2026
  22. 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
  23. Fireflies.ai: fireflies.ai/pricing — “Unlimited transcription* Limited AI summaries 400 mins of storage/team 20 AI credits”Checked November 3, 2026
  24. Fireflies.ai: fireflies.ai/pricing — “Transcription in 100+ languages”Checked November 3, 2026
  25. 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
  26. Read AI: read.ai/pricing — “For individuals starting out, with 5 meetings per month complete with summaries, transcription, and search.”Checked November 3, 2026
  27. Read AI: read.ai/pricing — “20+ languages supported”Checked November 3, 2026
  28. 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
  29. 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
  30. tl;dv: tldv.io/app/pricing — “Unlimited transcription in 30+ languages”Checked November 3, 2026
  31. 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
  32. Zoom: zoom.us/pricing — “40 minutes per meeting”Checked November 3, 2026
  33. Zoom: support.zoom.com/hc/en/article — “Computer and cloud recording (10 GB included)”Checked November 3, 2026

Frequently asked questions

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

Yes. In Meeto the AI summary is part of the call, so nothing joins as an extra participant; Zoom's AI summaries work the same way inside Zoom calls. Several notetakers also offer a desktop app that records without a bot: Otter, Fireflies, tl;dv (audio only), Read AI, and Fathom in a Mac beta.

How does Meeto take notes without a bot?

The AI summary is part of the Meeto call: the host starts it, everyone in the call is shown a notice and an indicator, and the summary, transcript and action items are kept with the meeting. Starting a recording also starts the summary.

What does the AI summary cost on Meeto?

It comes with Pro, at $6.99 a month or $69 a year, together with the video meetings: AI summaries for 10 hours of meetings a month, then a full transcript and a basic summary.

Do these tools train AI on my meetings?

It differs. On Meeto, meeting content is not used to train AI models. 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. Each statement is linked to the vendor's page above.

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