Otter.ai
Real-time meeting assistant that transcribes conversations and automates action item extraction.
Our editorial assessment, based on the public sources listed below. Last reviewed .
- Task rank
- #2
- Tier
- S
- Score
- 88.3
Strengths
- Sophisticated 2026 AI summaries that categorize discussion points automatically.
- Seamless calendar integration for automatic joining and recording of major video calls.
Considerations
- Transcription accuracy for non-English languages trails behind English performance.
- Requires consistent internet access for real-time cloud-based transcription.
Price
Free Basic plan; Pro $16.99/month ($8.33 billed annually)
Shown for reference — price is not part of the score.
Score breakdown
- Performance
- 86.0
- 55% of score
- Reputation
- 92.0
- 35% of score
- Recency
- 88.0
- 10% of score
The overall score combines these sub-scores using the weights shown. How we score →
Verification status
Each field carries its own re-verification date. Amber means older than 90 days — treat those figures as stale until re-checked.
- Pricing
- Benchmark
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- Feature list
Checked against the sources listed below.
Sources
- Otter.ai Conversational Knowledge Engine launch (opens in a new tab)Accessed:
- Fireflies.ai — What Is AI Transcription (2026) (opens in a new tab)Accessed:
- Otter.ai — Best Sales Call Transcription Software for 2026 (opens in a new tab)Accessed:
- Fireflies.ai — best transcription software for Mac 2026 (opens in a new tab)Accessed:
- G2 — best AI meeting assistants 2026 (opens in a new tab)Accessed:
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- 9 Best Free AI Transcription Tools for Meetings (2026) | TicNote Cloud (opens in a new tab)Accessed:
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- Otter.ai 7 Best Automatic Transcription Tools 2026 (opens in a new tab)Accessed:
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- G2 — Jamie Pricing 2026 (Otter.ai alternative pricing) (opens in a new tab)Accessed:
- G2 — 10 best AI transcription tools (opens in a new tab)Accessed:
Alternatives in Transcription
- #1DeepgramSScore 89.4Speech-to-text and voice AI API, with Nova-3 for production transcription and Flux for real-time voice agents.
- #3AssemblyAISScore 86.8A transcription API for developers offering advanced features like sentiment analysis, PII redaction, and summarization.
- #4OpenAI WhisperSScore 85.9An open-source speech recognition model that can be run locally or accessed via an API.