Scribbl vs Tactiq
An independent, review-free comparison compiled by the SaaSTracker editorial team. Both products are profiled in full, and neither can pay for placement here.
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The short answer
Both sides assessedScribbl compared with Tactiq
Both are bot-free Chrome extensions at a near-identical price, and the difference is whether the media survives. Tactiq keeps text only, holds SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001, and ships a real workflow layer into Slack, Notion, Linear, and HubSpot. Scribbl keeps the video, aligns it to the transcript, and lets you jump to any moment. Take Tactiq if you will face a security review; take Scribbl if you will need to rewatch the call.
Tactiq compared with Scribbl
Both are bot-free Chrome extensions at a similar price, and the real difference is media. Scribbl records video and keeps it for up to a year on Pro, so you can jump to a moment in the call; Tactiq keeps text only and stores no recording at all. Tactiq counters with SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, in-meeting AI, and a much broader integration and workflow layer. Choose Scribbl if the playback matters, Tactiq if the compliance story and the workflow routing do.
Choose Scribbl if
Small agencies, sales teams, and consultants who want a recording they can rewatch and clip without a bot embarrassing them in front of a client, and individuals who need unlimited meetings with video for thirteen dollars a seat.
Choose Tactiq if
Browser-first teams on Google Meet who want a bot-free transcript of every call for eight dollars a seat, plus consultants, recruiters, and support leads who care more about a searchable written record than about video playback or sales coaching.
Side by side
13 attributes| Attribute | Scribbl | Tactiq |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Meeting Notes | Meeting Notes |
| Starting price | $0 (Lite), then $13 per user per month billed annually (Pro) | $0 (Free), then $8 per user per month billed annually (Pro) |
| Pricing model | Freemium credit-based subscription where one credit equals one meeting, with per-seat pricing on paid tiers and a steep annual discount. | Freemium per-seat subscription metered by transcript count on free and by AI credit on paid plans, with seat-band gating between Team and Business. |
| Free plan | Lite covers 10 meetings a month with unlimited meeting length, AI notes and action items, sharing with up to 5 people, and video recordings that expire after two months. | 10 transcripts and 5 AI credits per month, with AI insights, in-meeting AI access, and transcript sharing and export included. |
| Free trial | No separate trial; the free Lite plan runs indefinitely and needs no credit card | No fixed-length trial is published; the free plan is the evaluation path and needs no credit card |
| Best for | Small agencies, sales teams, and consultants who want a recording they can rewatch and clip without a bot embarrassing them in front of a client, and individuals who need unlimited meetings with video for thirteen dollars a seat. | Browser-first teams on Google Meet who want a bot-free transcript of every call for eight dollars a seat, plus consultants, recruiters, and support leads who care more about a searchable written record than about video playback or sales coaching. |
| Setup time | Five minutes. Install the Chrome extension, sign in, and the next browser meeting is captured. There is nothing for IT to package and no bot to whitelist in your meeting platform's admin console. | Under ten minutes. Install the Chrome extension, sign in with Google or Microsoft, grant calendar access, and the next browser meeting is transcribed. There is no desktop install needed for browser meetings and no bot to authorize per platform. |
| Learning curve | Minimal. The post-call tab opens automatically with notes already generated, and the only habit worth building is marking moments during the call so the key exchanges are pre-flagged. | Very low for transcription, moderate for the parts that pay off. Custom AI prompts and AI Workflows are where Tactiq gets good, and most users never open them, which is why some reviews describe it as a plain captioning tool. |
| Platforms | Chrome extension (Google Meet), Desktop app for Zoom and Teams (Mac, Windows), Web app | Chrome extension, Web app, Mac app for Zoom desktop calls (beta), Google Meet, Zoom, Microsoft Teams, MCP server (beta, Business tier) |
| Compliance | No SOC 2 or ISO 27001 certification published, No published GDPR data processing agreement, Stated policy of not training models on customer conversations | SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, GDPR, HIPAA compliance stated |
| Founded | 2022 | 2020 |
| Headquarters | United States | Sydney, Australia |
| Ownership | Privately held, independent | Venture-backed |
Strengths and limitations
Scribbl
Strengths
- The only genuinely cheap way to get bot-free capture and retained video in the same product, which is a combination almost nobody else offers.
- Transcript-to-video seeking makes finding the exact moment in a call trivial, and it is the feature users cite most in reviews.
- One credit equals one meeting regardless of length, so a three-hour workshop costs the same as a fifteen-minute stand-up.
- Chrome extension and desktop app install with no bot and no meeting-platform approval, which routes around IT friction.
Limitations
- No SOC 2, no ISO 27001, no published data residency, and no SSO, which disqualifies Scribbl from most formal procurement processes.
- Language support is explicitly inherited from Google Meet's caption list rather than owned, so non-English quality is not something Scribbl controls or publishes figures on.
- No mobile app and no in-person meeting recording; Zoom and Teams capture needs the desktop app, which requires a paid plan after 7 days.
- The Team plan has no published price, so team budgets need a sales conversation.
Tactiq
Strengths
- Bot-free capture with no audio or video retained anywhere, which makes the security review short and keeps client calls free of vendor-branded participants.
- SOC 2 Type II plus ISO 27001 plus stated HIPAA compliance is an unusually complete certification stack for a product whose entry paid tier is eight dollars.
- Setup is a Chrome extension install for most meetings, so there is usually no desktop agent, no admin package, and no operating system permission fight; a Mac app is optional for Zoom desktop calls.
- Unlimited transcripts on the $8 Pro tier means the written archive is effectively free even before you consider AI features.
Limitations
- Capture is mostly browser-based: a native Mac app (beta) covers Zoom desktop calls only, so teams on the Microsoft Teams desktop client will find the workflow fights their habits.
- The AI credit meter on Pro is tight enough that heavy meeting attendees are effectively pushed to the Team tier, which doubles the price.
- No stored audio or video means no playback, no demo review, and no way to check tone or exact delivery after the fact.
- No sales coaching layer at all: no scorecards, no talk-time analytics, no deal intelligence, so revenue teams need a second vendor.
Pricing compared
Scribbl
Freemium credit-based subscription where one credit equals one meeting, with per-seat pricing on paid tiers and a steep annual discount.
- Lite$0
- Pro$13
- TeamCustom
For the specific person who wants bot-free capture and video playback, Scribbl is the cheapest route by a wide margin and there is barely any competition. Model 20 meetings a week: that is roughly 80 calls a month, all covered by Pro's unlimited allowance at $13 per user per month, or $156 a year per seat, with a year of video retention included. Fathom's paid tiers or tl;dv give you more platform, but both put a bot in the room. Granola at $14 is the closer comparison on price and loses on media entirely. What you are trading away is certification and scale: no SOC 2, no SSO, no residency, no mobile, and language coverage borrowed from Google. If none of those appear on your requirements list, the price is excellent. If any of them do, no discount makes it work.
Tactiq
Freemium per-seat subscription metered by transcript count on free and by AI credit on paid plans, with seat-band gating between Team and Business.
- Free$0
- Pro$8
- Team$16.67
- Business$29.17
- EnterpriseCustom
Pro at $8 is the cheapest way to get a complete, searchable, bot-free written record of every meeting you attend, and for people who mostly want the transcript that is a bargain. The catch is that the useful half of the product, the AI generation, is rationed to 10 credits at that price. Model it honestly: someone in 20 meetings a week attends roughly 80 calls a month, and if they want a summary of each one, Pro covers about an eighth of their month. That person is really buying Team at $16.67 per user per month, or about $200 a year per seat, which is still under Fireflies Business and roughly level with Granola Business while giving unlimited AI generation. Judge Tactiq at $16.67, not at $8, and it is fairly priced rather than cheap.
Editorial verdict on each
Scribbl
Ease of UseScribbl is a narrow product that is very good at the one thing it chose. If you want a recording you can rewatch and clip, but you refuse to put a bot in front of a client, there is almost nothing else at this price that does both, and transcript-to-video seeking makes the archive genuinely usable rather than nominally searchable. At $13 a seat with unlimited meetings and unlimited length, the arithmetic works for anyone in constant calls. The problem is everything around the product: no SOC 2, no SSO, no residency, no mobile, borrowed language support, a Team tier that is half built, and a company small enough that its own site disagrees about the size of the free plan. Buy it as an individual or a small unregulated team where the buyer is the user. Do not put it in front of a procurement department, because it will not survive the first page of the questionnaire.
Read the full Scribbl profileTactiq
Tactiq is the pragmatic bot-free option: cheap, fast to deploy, seriously certified, and honest about what it is. If your work happens in a Chrome tab and you mainly want a permanent, searchable, audio-free record of everything you said in a meeting, nothing else gets you there for eight dollars with SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001 behind it. Two caveats decide the purchase. First, price it at the Team tier, not Pro, because 10 AI credits a month is not a real allowance for anyone in back-to-back calls. Second, if your team lives in native desktop meeting clients, the extension architecture will grind against you every day and you should look at Superpowered or Fellow's botless desktop path instead. Within its lane it is one of the best-value products in the category.
Read the full Tactiq profileScribbl profile last reviewed 2026-09-27; Tactiq last reviewed 2026-09-27. Pricing is compiled from public sources and can change without notice. See our methodology.
The best in AI Meeting Note Takers
23 trackedAI meeting note takers join calls to record, transcribe, and summarize them, turning conversations into searchable notes, action items, and CRM updates without anyone typing.
The broadest platform in meeting AI: transcription, search, AI apps, and integrations that reach every corner of the small-business stack.
A free plan with unlimited recording and transcription that forced every paid notetaker in the category to justify its price.
A ten-person team out-writing the funded competition on note quality, then automating what the notes say.
Abandoned the meeting bot entirely for a local notepad that finishes what you type, a mechanism the rest of the category is now copying.
A five minute Chrome extension install with no bot to whitelist, and notes open automatically in a post-call tab the moment you hang up.
Frequently asked questions
6 questionsWhat is the difference between Scribbl and Tactiq?
Both are bot-free Chrome extensions at a near-identical price, and the difference is whether the media survives. Tactiq keeps text only, holds SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001, and ships a real workflow layer into Slack, Notion, Linear, and HubSpot. Scribbl keeps the video, aligns it to the transcript, and lets you jump to any moment. Take Tactiq if you will face a security review; take Scribbl if you will need to rewatch the call.
Is Scribbl or Tactiq cheaper?
Scribbl starts at $0 (Lite), then $13 per user per month billed annually (Pro). Tactiq starts at $0 (Free), then $8 per user per month billed annually (Pro). The billing models differ, so the entry price is rarely the whole cost. Scribbl pricing model: Freemium credit-based subscription where one credit equals one meeting, with per-seat pricing on paid tiers and a steep annual discount. Tactiq pricing model: Freemium per-seat subscription metered by transcript count on free and by AI credit on paid plans, with seat-band gating between Team and Business.
Does Scribbl or Tactiq have a free plan?
Scribbl has a free plan. Lite covers 10 meetings a month with unlimited meeting length, AI notes and action items, sharing with up to 5 people, and video recordings that expire after two months. Trial terms: No separate trial; the free Lite plan runs indefinitely and needs no credit card. Tactiq has a free plan. 10 transcripts and 5 AI credits per month, with AI insights, in-meeting AI access, and transcript sharing and export included. Trial terms: No fixed-length trial is published; the free plan is the evaluation path and needs no credit card.
Who should choose Scribbl?
Small agencies, sales teams, and consultants who want a recording they can rewatch and clip without a bot embarrassing them in front of a client, and individuals who need unlimited meetings with video for thirteen dollars a seat.
Who should choose Tactiq?
Browser-first teams on Google Meet who want a bot-free transcript of every call for eight dollars a seat, plus consultants, recruiters, and support leads who care more about a searchable written record than about video playback or sales coaching.
What are the best alternatives to Scribbl and Tactiq?
SaaSTracker profiles 23 products in AI Meeting Note Takers. The Summer 2026 awards in the category went to Fireflies.ai (Category Leader), Fathom (Best Value), Circleback (Momentum). Every profile is compiled from primary sources, so a shortlist can be built from pricing, limitations, and fit rather than from star ratings.
