AI Meeting Note Takers
AI meeting note takers join calls to record, transcribe, and summarize them, turning conversations into searchable notes, action items, and CRM updates without anyone typing.
Founders and early sales teams run on calls, and until recently every one of them either got written up by hand or got lost. This category automates the write-up: a bot joins, transcribes, and returns a structured summary within minutes. The tools compete on transcription accuracy, how usable the summaries are without editing, whether they can run without a visible bot in the meeting, and how much they give away free.
Circleback
MomentumA ten-person team out-writing the funded competition, then automating what the notes say
Fathom
Best ValueThe free tier that made paid notetakers explain themselves
Fireflies.ai
Category LeaderThe everything-platform of meeting AI, metered by minutes and credits
Granola
InnovationThe notepad that finishes your sentences, with no bot in the call
tl;dv
European meeting AI that grew up into a sales coaching tool
Bluedot
Bot-free recording that keeps the video, with the clearest privacy policy in the category
Krisp
Noise cancellation that grew into a bot-free notetaker, metered in storage
Notta
58-language transcription and translation, metered in minutes and priced like a utility
Otter.ai
The original meeting transcription service, now a metered knowledge engine
Read AI
Meeting notes plus engagement scoring, extended across email and chat
Supernormal
Bot-free capture that turns meetings into finished work, billed in credits
Laxis
Bot-free or bot, your choice, plus a voice keyboard and its own earbuds
MeetGeek
Hourly metered notes with EU data residency and a public API on the free tier
Sembly AI
Structured meeting intelligence with built-in consent tracking and no free plan
Spinach AI
The standup notetaker that charges by the meeting hour instead of the seat
Tactiq
A Chrome extension that transcribes live, with no bot and no stored audio
Fellow
The meeting operating system that grew an AI notetaker, built for regulated industries
jamie
German-built, EU-hosted, bot-free notes in 99 languages
Scribbl
Bot-free notes with the video still there when you need it
Superpowered
No bots, no recordings, transcripts deleted after seven days
ScreenApp
A screen recorder that grew an AI notetaker, with a bot when you want one
Voicenotes
Nine dollars for meetings, memos, and dictation on every device you own
Wudpecker
A Finnish notetaker bot with EU servers and unlimited in-person recording
Profiles are listed in editorial order. Placement cannot be purchased; see our methodology.