The 7 Best Otter.ai Alternatives in 2026
If you record phone calls as well as meetings, Wave AI is the Otter.ai alternative that does both. Dial from the Phone tab in the Wave app on iPhone or Android, and Wave records both sides of the call from your own number, then transcribes and summarizes it. Wave Pro is $15 a month, or $80 a year on the web, with unlimited recording and transcription. If you only record Zoom, Meet or Teams calls and want to pay nothing, Fathom's free plan includes unlimited recordings and transcriptions. (We make Wave.)
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| Free plan | Cheapest paid plan | Phone calls | Best for | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Otter.ai (for reference) | 300 minutes a month, 30 minutes per conversation | Pro: $16.99/user/month, or $8.33/user/month billed annually | Not mentioned on otter.ai | Scheduled Zoom, Meet and Teams calls |
| Wave | 30 minutes a month, no credit card required | Pro: $15 a month, or $80 a year on the web; unlimited recording | Yes: Phone tab on iPhone and Android, both sides recorded | Phone calls and meetings on phone, watch, desktop and browser |
| Fathom | Unlimited recordings + transcriptions | Premium: $20/user/month, or $16/user/month billed annually | Not mentioned on fathom.ai | Free video-call recording |
| Fireflies.ai | Free forever, with limited AI summaries and 400 mins of storage per team | Pro: $10 per seat/month, billed annually | Through dialers such as Aircall and RingCentral | Teams that call through a business dialer |
| Granola | Basic: $0, 30 days of meeting history | Business: $14 per user per month | Outbound calls, from its iPhone app | Notes without a meeting bot |
| Notta | 120 transcription minutes a month, up to 3 minutes per conversation | Pro: $8.17 a month, billed annually | With Notta Memo, a recorder that sticks to your phone | A low yearly price |
| MeetGeek | 3 hours of transcription a month, 2-hour limit per meeting | Pro: $9.99/user/month, billed annually | Not from its app (the app records in-person meetings) | Longer meetings on a free plan |
| Jamie | 10 AI notes a month, 30-minute meeting limit | Plus: $24 (its plan table doesn't say monthly or yearly) | Not mentioned on meetjamie.ai | Bot-free notes from your laptop |
1. Wave — best for phone calls and meetings in one app
Wave records meetings, phone calls and lectures on phones, watches, desktops and the browser. It records Microsoft Teams meetings with a calendar bot, or without a bot from Wave for Mac and Windows. It transcribes 76 languages, is SOC 2 Type 1 compliant, and doesn’t use your audio, transcripts or summaries to train its models. Already on a call? Wave calls you and you merge it in. Pro adds audio and video file import, for files up to 10 hours. For teams, Wave Teams is billed yearly with a 5-seat minimum: $8.33 per user a month for 5 to 9 seats, falling to $7.50 at 20 or more. Pricing: wave.co/pricing. For a head-to-head breakdown, see Wave vs Otter.ai.
2. Fathom — best for free video-call recording
Fathom’s free plan includes unlimited recordings and transcriptions of Zoom, Google Meet and Microsoft Teams calls. Premium is $20/user/month, or $16/user/month billed annually. Pricing: fathom.ai/pricing.
3. Fireflies.ai — best for teams that call through a business dialer
Fireflies transcribes calls from Aircall, RingCentral and other dialers, and has iOS and Android apps. Pro is $10 per seat/month, billed annually. Pricing: fireflies.ai/pricing.
4. Granola — best for notes without a meeting bot
Granola has desktop, iOS, Android and Apple Watch apps, and its iPhone app takes notes on outbound phone calls. Business is $14 per user per month. Pricing: granola.ai/pricing.
5. Notta — best for a low yearly price
Notta Pro is $8.17 a month, billed annually. Its free plan caps each conversation at 3 minutes. Pricing: notta.ai/en/pricing.
6. MeetGeek — best for longer meetings on a free plan
MeetGeek’s free plan includes 3 hours of transcription a month and records meetings up to 2 hours long, against Otter’s 30-minute cap per free conversation. Its phone app records in-person meetings. Pro is $9.99/user/month, billed annually. Pricing: meetgeek.ai/pricing.
7. Jamie — best for bot-free notes from your laptop
Jamie takes notes without a bot joining your calls. Its free plan includes 10 AI notes a month, with a 30-minute meeting limit. Pricing: meetjamie.ai/pricing.
How we compiled this
We read each product’s own pricing page and homepage on November 9, 2026, and we quote prices as those pages show them, in US dollars. We haven’t measured transcription accuracy. Prices change, so check the linked pricing page before you buy. Otter.ai prices: otter.ai/pricing. If the bot is the main reason you are leaving Otter, see the best AI note takers without a bot.
