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Best AI Meeting Notes Tools
5 tools compared on real pricing, genuine strengths, and the limitations that only show up after you buy.
The short answer
We track 5 Meeting Notes tools, 4 of which have a free or freemium tier you can evaluate without a sales call. Our picks are Granola, Fathom and Fireflies.ai. Each entry below lists real pricing, what it is genuinely good at, and the limitations that only show up after you buy.
Pricing at a glance
| Tool | Pricing model | What it costs |
|---|---|---|
| Granola | freemium | Free tier includes unlimited meeting notes but retains them for only 30 days. Paid plans unlock full history and team features; specific tier prices are on the pricing page rather than the homepage. |
| Fathom | freemium | Free forever with unlimited recordings, transcripts, and AI summaries. Premium $20/mo ($16 annual). Team $19/user/mo ($15 annual). Business $34/user/mo ($25 annual). Enterprise custom. |
| Fireflies.ai | freemium | Free plan with limited credits. Pro from $10/user/month. Business from $19/user/month. |
| Freed | paid | AI Scribe from $39/month per clinician; AI Front Desk from $149/month. Free access offered to residents, students, and trainees. Group plans available. |
| Otter.ai | freemium | Free plan with 300 minutes/month. Pro from $8.33/user/month. Business from $20/user/month. |
All 5 Meeting Notes tools
Granola
Meeting NotesAn AI notepad that captures meeting notes from your computer audio without sending a bot into the call.
Good for: Founders and executives in back-to-back meetings, Consultants and client-facing professionals, Sales teams who do not want a bot in the room...
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Fathom
Meeting NotesAn AI meeting notetaker with a genuinely usable free tier — unlimited recordings, transcripts, and AI summaries at $0.
Good for: Sales teams that need calls synced to the CRM, Customer success and account management, Small teams adopting meeting capture for the first time...
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Fireflies.ai
Meeting NotesAI meeting assistant that records, transcribes, and summarizes your meetings automatically.
Good for: Any SMB with regular meetings, Sales Teams, Agencies...
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Freed
Meeting NotesAn AI medical scribe for independent clinics that turns the patient conversation into a structured, EHR-ready note.
Good for: Independent and community-based clinics, Solo and small-group practitioners, Behavioral health and psychiatry practices...
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Otter.ai
Meeting NotesReal-time meeting transcription with AI-powered notes, summaries, and action item extraction.
Good for: Any SMB, Law Firms, Consultants...
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Frequently asked
- What are the best ai meeting notes tools?
- We track 5 Meeting Notes tools, 4 of which have a free or freemium tier you can evaluate without a sales call. Our picks are Granola, Fathom and Fireflies.ai. Each entry below lists real pricing, what it is genuinely good at, and the limitations that only show up after you buy.
- Are there free Meeting Notes tools?
- Yes — 4 of the 5 tools we track in this category offer a free or freemium tier: Granola, Fathom, Fireflies.ai, Otter.ai. Free tiers vary widely in usefulness, so check the individual entry for what the tier actually includes.
- How much do Meeting Notes tools cost?
- Pricing varies by model — per seat, per action, per credit, and per outcome are all common in this category. As one reference point, Granola: Free tier includes unlimited meeting notes but retains them for only 30 days. Paid plans unlock full history and team features; specific tier prices are on the pricing page rather than the homepage.
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