Read AI vs Otter.ai

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Compared on	Read AI Free plan · from $15/user/mo Visit Remove	Otter.ai Free plan · from $8.33/user/mo Visit Remove
What it is	AI notetaker and search assistant for meetings, email and messages	AI notetaker that transcribes, summarizes and searches meeting conversations
Free plan	5 meeting transcripts per month; meetings up to 1 hour; summaries for meetings, email and messaging; unlimited enterprise search; basic integrations.	Basic plan: 300 transcription minutes per month, up to 30 minutes per conversation, 3 lifetime audio/video file imports, 20 AI Chat queries per user (3 per conversation), 1 meeting at a time, and access to the 25 most recent conversations.
Cheapest paid plan	$15/user/mo billed annually (Pro)Read AI pricing	$8.33/user/mo billed annually (Pro)Otter.ai pricing
What it covers	Unlimited meeting transcripts, 100 file upload credits per month.	1,200 in-app recording minutes, up to 90 minutes per meeting, 10 audio/video file imports per month.
Free trial	None stated	None stated
Platforms	Web, iOS, Android, Chrome extension, Windows, macOS	Web, iOS, Android, macOS, Windows, Chrome extension, API
Integrations (vendor's figure)	Not stated	Not stated
Open source	No	No
Good for	Sending meeting recaps and action items to a team automatically Catching up on long email threads and message channels through summaries Finding what was agreed in past meetings with search	Keeping searchable transcripts and summaries of recurring team meetings Recording and transcribing in-person conversations with the mobile app Logging sales call notes in Salesforce or HubSpot
Watch out for	Free plan allows 5 meeting transcripts per month and meetings up to 1 hour Premium integrations start on the Pro plan Enterprise+ requires 5 or more licenses	Free Basic plan caps transcription at 300 minutes a month and 30 minutes per conversation Free plan shows only the 25 most recent conversations Otter API and webhooks are listed only on the Enterprise plan
Made by	Read AI, Inc.	Otter.ai Inc

Entry prices are the cheapest paid plan, as each vendor publishes it; “What it covers” says what that price is per (a user, a channel, a brand, a number of contacts). The sources are listed on each tool's page.

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