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Otter vs Read AI
Otter and Read AI compared on what their own pages say, row by row — nothing about either in our words except a plain reading at the end.
Otter and Read AI, row by row
| Otter | Read AI | |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan: how much | “300 monthly transcription minutes” — Basic, the free plan source | “5 meeting transcripts per month” — Free source |
| Free plan: longest meeting | “Max transcription time per conversation 30 minutes” — Basic, the free plan source | “Maximum Meeting Length Record and measure meetings up to the maximum recording duration. 1 hour” — Free source |
| Free plan: how much is kept | “Conversation history 25 most recent” — Basic, the free plan source | Not stated on the pages we read |
| Cheapest paid plan | “$8.33 user/month” — Pro, billed yearly source | “$15” — Pro, a user a month billed yearly ($19.75 month to month) source |
| How it gets into a meeting | “Joins Zoom, MS Teams, and Google Meet to automatically write and share notes” source | “Add Read Assistant to any Zoom, Teams, or Meet meeting to automatically take meeting notes” source |
| Meeting apps | “Zoom, MS Teams, and Google Meet” source | “Support for Zoom, Teams, & Meet” source |
| Who said what | “Speaker identification (by name)” source | “The full dialogue of a meeting broken out by speaker” source |
| Languages | “AI transcription in English, Spanish, French, German, Japanese, and Chinese” source | “Read meeting reports are available in 16+ languages” source |
| Video recording | “Video replay for Zoom and Google Meet” — Enterprise source | “For individuals and teams who want video playback and other supercharged capabilities.” — the Enterprise plan source |
| Downloads and export | “Exportable audio, text, and captions mp3, txt” — free plan; pdf, docx and srt are on paid plans source | Not stated on the pages we read |
| Single sign-on | “Single Sign-On (SSO) minimum 100-user license required” source | “SAML & SCIM” — Enterprise+ source |
| API | “Otter API & Webhooks” — Enterprise source | Not stated on the pages we read |
Every cell is the company's own words, linked. Prices change — this is what each page said on 10 November 2026. Something changed? Tell us.
What the two pages add up to
- Read AI’s free plan counts meetings — five transcripts a month, up to an hour each; Otter’s counts minutes — 300 a month, up to 30 minutes each.
- Both join Zoom, Teams and Google Meet calls as a notetaker.
- Video playback is on Read AI’s Enterprise plan and on Otter’s Enterprise plan.
Which matters for your meetings
The two free plans suit different rhythms: a few long meetings a month fit Otter's minutes badly and Read AI's five meetings well, while many short calls fit Otter's 300 minutes better than five meetings. Neither shows video on its cheaper plans — both keep playback for Enterprise.
What that comes to, worked out
Say a team runs a two-hour workshop every Thursday, four a month. Neither free plan takes in a whole workshop: Otter stops writing at 30 minutes and Read AI records the first hour. Over the month Otter uses 120 of its 300 minutes and Read AI four of its five transcripts. So Read AI's free plan captures twice as much of each workshop, while Otter has 180 minutes left for shorter calls in the same month. A paid year comes to $99.96 on Otter Pro and $180 on Read AI Pro, both billed yearly.
The sums use only the numbers quoted above. Yearly prices are the monthly figure times twelve.
Where Meetful is different from both
Meetful is a meeting app rather than a notetaker you add to someone else's call. It transcribes each person from their own microphone, so every line carries the name of whoever said it without guessing, and there is no bot in the participant list. The notes, the recording and the transcript are free, and anybody in the meeting can leave themselves out of the notes.
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Meetings that take their own notes
Free video meetings in the browser: every line of the transcript under the name of who said it, and the summary and action items when you hang up. Nothing to install — guests just open the link.