Otter.ai is an AI meeting assistant made by Otter.ai that joins Zoom, Microsoft Teams and Google Meet calls to transcribe them, write summaries and capture action items. It also records in person through mobile and desktop apps and answers questions across past meetings, which suits sales teams, recruiters, students and anyone with back-to-back calls.
Joins Zoom, Microsoft Teams and Google Meet calls to transcribe live and share notes with summaries, action items and outlines.
The Mac and Windows app records Slack Huddles, Zoom, Google Meet and in-person conversations without a bot joining.
Ask questions about a single meeting or your whole history; since April 2026 chats stay private until you share them.
Available on every plan, it lets AI assistants such as ChatGPT and Claude use your meeting history as context.
Templates shape summaries for different meeting types, with custom templates capped at 5 meetings per user on Basic and 15 on Pro.
Covers English, Spanish, French, German, Japanese and Chinese with speaker identification, custom vocabulary and synced word highlighting.
Otter.ai records, transcribes and summarizes conversations, and since April 2026 has presented itself as a conversational knowledge engine that connects meetings across a team. It works in the browser, on iOS and Android, as a Chrome extension and as a desktop app for Mac and Windows.
The free plan is tight: 30-minute conversations, 3 lifetime imports and a 25-conversation history. Transcription covers only 6 languages. Pro caps usage at 1,200 minutes a month and 90 minutes per meeting, SSO needs a minimum 100-user license, and HIPAA compliance is a paid add-on. Salesforce and HubSpot sync is limited to 1 user on Pro and 5 on Business.
AI notetaker that records, transcribes and summarizes meetings.
AI meeting assistant with a free plan, instant summaries and CRM sync.
AI meeting recorder for Zoom, Meet and Teams with notes and CRM updates.
AI notepad that turns your meeting notes into polished summaries, without a bot.
Fast AI transcription of audio and video into text and subtitles.
As of October 2026, the best AI student discounts are 4 free months of ChatGPT Plus for US college students (claim by October 31), a free year of Google AI Pro (redeem by December 31), free GitHub Copilot through GitHub Education, Perplexity Education Pro at $10/month and free Notion Plus. Cursor's student offer ended on June 25, 2026.
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