Otter.ai

Free tier

Platforms: web, ios, android, chrome-extension | Last verified: 2026-04-12

Features

*OtterPilot bot joins Zoom, Teams, and Google Meet automatically and transcribes without you doing anything
*Real-time live transcription with speaker identification — names each speaker separately
*AI-generated meeting summary delivered within minutes of the call ending
*Searchable transcript library across all your past meetings
*Action item extraction pulls tasks out of the transcript automatically
*Slide capture syncs shared screens to transcript timestamps

Pricing

Free: 300 minutes/month transcription, 30 minutes max per conversation

Pro$10/month

Business$20/month

Strengths

+OtterPilot is genuinely hands-off — it joins, transcribes, and summarizes without any manual steps
+Speaker identification works well once you teach it a few names
+Transcripts are searchable across months of meetings, which is useful for digging up old decisions

Limitations

-Free tier 30-minute cap per conversation cuts off longer meetings mid-stream
-Accuracy drops noticeably with heavy accents or fast crosstalk between multiple speakers
-The bot joining meetings is visible to all participants and some people find it off-putting

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