What is Otter.ai?
Otter.ai is an AI meeting assistant centered on live transcription, meeting notes, summaries and searchable conversation history. It can join or capture meetings, generate follow-up information and support individual or team collaboration, with plan differences around minutes, imports, meeting duration, concurrency, administration and API access.
Best for: Individuals and teams that want dependable meeting transcription, searchable notes and AI summaries across common conferencing platforms.
Main features
- Live meeting transcription
- AI meeting summaries and chat
- Speaker-aware notes
- Audio and video imports
- Searchable meeting history
- Team collaboration
- API and webhooks on eligible enterprise plans
Use cases
- Transcribe Zoom, Teams or Google Meet conversations
- Generate meeting summaries and action items
- Search past meetings for decisions
- Import recorded conversations for transcription
- Share meeting notes with colleagues
Who is it for?
- business teams
- sales teams
- students
- researchers
- remote teams
Pricing and plans
freemium subscription
Starting price: USD 8.33 / user/month, billed annually; promotional display may vary
Advantages
- Permanent free plan with live transcription
- Broad meeting-platform and device support
- Enterprise tier includes API and webhooks
Limitations
- The free plan has monthly transcription-minute and import limits
- Pro limits individual meeting duration and monthly imports
- API and webhook access are reserved for Enterprise
Review method
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Frequently asked questions
Can I use Otter for free?
Yes. Otter's Basic plan is free and includes a monthly transcription allowance and limited file imports.
Does Otter have a paid trial?
Otter's current product material advertises a 7-day free trial for eligible paid use.
Does Otter provide an API?
Yes, but the current pricing table places Otter API and webhooks in the Enterprise tier.
Sources and verification
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How Otter.ai compares in AI Meeting Assistants
| Tool | Pricing model | Free plan | API |
|---|---|---|---|
| Otter.ai | freemium subscription | Yes | Yes |
| Fireflies.ai | freemium subscription with AI credits | Yes | Yes |
| Fathom | freemium subscription | Yes | Yes |
| tl;dv | freemium subscription | Yes | Yes |
| Avoma | subscription per recorder seat plus optional add-ons | No | Yes |
Which one should you pick?
- Choose Otter.ai — best for: individuals and teams that want dependable meeting transcription, searchable notes and AI summaries across common conferencing platforms.
- Look at Fireflies.ai — best for: teams that want meeting capture plus searchable conversation intelligence, integrations and automation across a broad collaboration stack.
- Look at Fathom — best for: individuals and teams that prioritize generous free recording/transcription and fast AI summaries for online meetings.
- Look at tl;dv — best for: teams that want generous meeting recording plus AI notes, CRM automation and cross-meeting intelligence for sales or customer workflows.
- Look at Avoma — best for: sales, customer-success and revenue teams that want meeting notes plus structured conversation and revenue intelligence.
Before you commit to Otter.ai
Weigh these limits against your needs:
- The free plan has monthly transcription-minute and import limits
- Pro limits individual meeting duration and monthly imports
- API and webhook access are reserved for Enterprise