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TaglineMeeting notes, free forever for individuals.Run any open-source AI model with an API call.Meeting transcription veteran. Cross-platform, team-friendly.VS Code fork that made AI coding actually work.
CategoryMeetingsDev PlatformMeetingsCoding
PricingFree for individuals + $15-$29/user/mo teamsPay per second of computeFree + $17-$30/user/moFree + $20/mo Pro + $40/mo Business
Best forSolo operators, freelancers, small teams on a budget.Developers using open-source models (Flux, SDXL, Whisper, etc).Teams on Windows/PC. Anyone needing cross-platform coverage.Developers. Non-developers who want to ship working code.
Strengths
  • Unlimited free tier for solo use
  • Strong summaries + action items
  • Works in Zoom, Meet, Teams
  • Tens of thousands of models (image, video, audio, LLMs)
  • One-line API for any model
  • Cog framework for custom model deploy
  • Joins meetings as a bot (Zoom, Meet, Teams)
  • Team sharing + search across transcripts
  • Live captioning
  • Tab completion feels like mind-reading
  • Composer for multi-file edits
  • Runs Claude, GPT, Gemini — you pick
Weaknesses
  • Bot-joining model
  • Team features gated
  • Cold starts on less-popular models
  • Pricing gets real at scale
  • Bot joining is intrusive
  • UX feels dated
  • Can feel overwhelming for non-coders
  • Expensive at scale
Kai's verdictS-tier for solo + free. The best free option, hands down.S-tier for open-source model APIs. The default in this space.B-tier. Granola is better UX but Otter works everywhere. Pick based on your platform.S-tier for coding. If you write code of any kind, this pays back the $20 in a day.
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