Otter.ai / otter.ai
AI meeting transcription and assistant that joins meetings, transcribes in real time, generates summaries and action items, and answers questions about meeting content.
Pricing
$16.99/mo
Free plan
Yes
Category
Productivity
Platforms
3
Free plan
Yes
API access
No
Open source
No
Platforms
3
Otter.ai is one of the most widely adopted AI meeting transcription and assistant tools, joining video meetings automatically or recording in-person conversations to provide real-time transcription, post-meeting summaries, and action item extraction. The OtterPilot feature joins Google Meet, Zoom, and Microsoft Teams meetings automatically, transcribing the conversation and generating a structured summary and action items when the meeting ends. Team collaboration features allow sharing transcripts and highlights across the organisation, building a searchable archive of all meeting content. The Ask Otter feature allows querying past meeting transcripts conversationally — finding what was decided about a specific topic across multiple past meetings. For organisations with high meeting loads, Otter.ai addresses the problem of decisions and action items being lost in unrecorded or poorly noted conversations. At $16.99/month for Pro, Otter.ai is priced affordably for individual professionals. The free plan with 300 minutes per month is meaningful for occasional use.
Otter.ai runs as speech-to-text software built around audio and text workflows. Users typically start with a prompt, upload, or connected data source, and the underlying model handles the heavy lifting before returning a result you can refine or export. It's available on web, ios, and android.
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The capabilities that matter most for teams evaluating Otter.ai.
Automatically joins Zoom, Google Meet, and Microsoft Teams meetings to transcribe conversations and generate summaries and action items.
Structured summary with action items generated automatically after each meeting for quick review and distribution.
Conversational query across the archive of past meeting transcripts for finding decisions, commitments, and context from previous conversations.
Free plan (300 min/month transcription). Pro $16.99/month. Business $30/user/month. Enterprise custom.
Model
Freemium
Starting price
$16.99/mo
Free trial
No
Fathom is a direct competitor offering strong free transcription for individual users. Fireflies.ai is strong for sales team CRM integration. Grain is strong for video highlight sharing. Rev.ai provides transcription API for developers.
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Key facts about model providers, platforms, and team support.
Model Provider
Otter.ai
Platforms
Web, iOS, Android
Deployment
SaaS
Integrations
Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, Google Calendar, Outlook, Salesforce, HubSpot
Team Collaboration
No
Launch Year
2018
Compliance signals and data-handling notes as reported by the vendor.
Review Otter.ai's data handling policy. Meeting audio and transcripts processed on Otter.ai's infrastructure.
Review Otter.ai's privacy policy. Meeting audio is processed on Otter.ai's servers. Review implications for confidential meetings before enabling auto-join.
Editorial Verdict
Otter.ai is the most widely adopted AI meeting assistant for professionals who want real-time transcription, summaries, and action items from their meetings. Fathom and Fireflies.ai are strong direct competitors.
Last verified July 24, 2026.
YouTube5:00Free plan (300 min/month transcription). Pro $16.99/month. Business $30/user/month. Enterprise custom.
Included at no additional cost for paid Zoom accounts (Pro, Business, Business+, Education, Enterprise). Not available on free Zoom accounts.
Review Otter.ai's data handling policy. Meeting audio and transcripts processed on Otter.ai's infrastructure.
Zoom's enterprise security standards apply. SOC 2 Type II certified. GDPR compliant. Data not used to train AI models.
Review Otter.ai's privacy policy. Meeting audio is processed on Otter.ai's servers. Review implications for confidential meetings before enabling auto-join.
Zoom AI Companion data is not used to train AI models. Meeting content follows Zoom's standard enterprise data handling. Review Zoom's privacy policy for specifics.
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