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AI note takers compared
Trippi Notes team · facts checked on 2026-10-01
Six AI note takers, one table. Every fact about the other five was read on its own site or help center on 1 October 2026, and each row links to where we read it. Prices change often, so check the vendor page before you buy.
| Tool | Joins as a bot? | Works on | Transcription languages | Translation | Lowest paid price | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Otter | Yes by default: Otter Notetaker joins from your calendar. The desktop app can capture without a bot | Zoom, Google Meet, Teams. Desktop app for Mac and Windows, phone apps | 6: English, Spanish, French, German, Japanese, Chinese (Simplified) | Not live. You can ask Otter Chat to translate afterwards | Pro $8.33 a month billed yearly; $16.99 list price month to month | pricing, languages, notetaker |
| Fireflies | Yes by default: joins as “Fireflies.ai Notetaker”. A Chrome extension works without the bot on Google Meet | Zoom, Google Meet, Teams and 10+ more. Desktop app, phone apps | 100+ for transcripts and summaries | No translation feature in its language guide | Pro $10 a seat a month billed yearly; $18 month to month | pricing, languages, how it joins |
| Fathom | Yes by default. Bot-free capture on Mac | Zoom, Google Meet, Teams with a meeting link, on Mac and Windows computers | 38 transcript languages | Summaries translate between Spanish, Portuguese, German, French, Italian and Dutch | Premium $16 a month billed yearly; $20 month to month | pricing, languages, devices |
| Read.ai | Yes by default: Read Assistant joins as a named participant. The desktop app captures audio without it | Zoom, Teams, Google Meet. Windows, macOS, Android and iOS apps | 36 languages for meeting reports | Reports in the spoken language or the output language you set. No live translation found | Pro $15 a month billed yearly; $19.75 month to month | pricing, languages, auto-join |
| Tactiq | No. A Chrome extension; “no bot”, in its own words | Google Meet, Zoom and Teams in Chrome or Edge. A Mac app for desktop Zoom and Teams; the Teams desktop app is not supported by the extension | 30+; about 70 on Meet, 40 on Teams, 32 on Zoom | Yes: translated live captions and transcript translation, summaries in your language | Pro $8 a user a month billed yearly | pricing, languages, translation |
| Trippi Notes | No. A Chrome extension that hears the meeting tab after you click its icon | Google Meet, Zoom in the browser, Teams in the browser. No desktop app, no phone | 68 speech languages | Yes, live: a translation line under each line, in your language. Summary in your language too | $6 a month for 10 hours of meetings, or $60 a year | this site |
Checked 1 October 2026. “Billed yearly” prices are the monthly equivalent of a yearly payment. Each of these tools also has a plan with no charge and with limits; we compare paid plans only. Otter showed a discount on its month-to-month Pro price that day; $16.99 is the list price next to it.
How to read the “bot” column
A bot is a separate participant that joins the call, usually because you connected your calendar and turned on auto-join. Everyone sees it in the participant list, and a host can keep it in the lobby. Otter, Fireflies, Fathom and Read.ai all work this way by default.
“No bot” does not mean one tool. Four of the five also have a way to work without their bot: Otter and Read.ai through their desktop apps, Fathom on Mac, Fireflies through a Chrome extension on Google Meet. Tactiq never uses a bot at all. Trippi Notes has no bot either: it hears the meeting tab in your browser after you click its icon.
No bot does not mean secret. Tell people at the start that you take AI notes: what to say and a line to paste in the chat.
Where each one is stronger
- Desktop apps and phones. Otter, Fireflies, Read.ai and Fathom work with the Zoom and Teams desktop clients, and most have phone apps. Trippi Notes works only in Chrome and other Chromium browsers on a computer.
- Automatic start. Bot tools join from your calendar without you doing anything. Trippi Notes starts only when you click its icon in the meeting tab, every time.
- Recording. Otter, Fireflies, Fathom and Read.ai keep audio and, on many plans, video recording with playback. Trippi Notes keeps text only, never audio or video.
- Integrations. The bot tools connect to CRM systems such as Salesforce and HubSpot, and to Slack or Notion. Trippi Notes sends tasks to Linear, Jira and Asana, exports Markdown or plain text, and has an MCP server for AI assistants.
- Heavy use. If you sit in calls most of the day, a plan with no cap on meetings costs less per hour than ours. Our plans are sold by hours: 10, 25 or 70 hours a month for $6, $12 or $24.
Where Trippi Notes is different
It was built for meetings in a language that is not your first. You get the transcript with names and times, and under each line a translation in your language, while the call is running. The summary, the tasks and the follow-up email come out in your language too. Speech is recognized in 68 languages.
Nothing joins the call and nothing needs your calendar. The limits are just as real: it hears the tab, so it writes what the others say and what you hear; your own microphone is not in the transcript.
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What Trippi Notes does, and what it does not
A Chrome extension for a computer. One click on the icon in a Google Meet, Zoom or Teams tab in the browser, and it writes the transcript with speaker names, a translation line in your language, then a summary by template, tasks with owners, and a follow-up email draft. Meetings go to your journal with search. It does not keep audio or video, does not work in desktop apps or on a phone, and does not join from your calendar.
FAQ
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Which AI note taker does not join as a bot?+
Tactiq and Trippi Notes never use a bot. Otter and Read.ai can work without one through their desktop apps, Fathom on Mac, and Fireflies through its Chrome extension on Google Meet. By default those four join as a participant.
Which one has the most languages?+
Fireflies lists 100+ for transcripts and summaries. Trippi Notes recognizes 68 and adds a live translation line in your language. Otter lists six. All checked 1 October 2026.
Which one translates the meeting?+
Tactiq has translated live captions and transcript translation. Fathom translates summaries between six European languages. Otter can translate after the call through Otter Chat. Trippi Notes puts a translation under each line during the call and writes the summary in your language.
Which is the cheapest?+
For light use, Trippi Notes at $6 a month for 10 hours, or Tactiq Pro at $8 a month billed yearly. For many hours a month, plans with no cap on meetings are cheaper per hour than ours.
Can any of these work with the Zoom desktop app?+
Otter, Fireflies, Fathom and Read.ai can, and Tactiq has a Mac app for it. Trippi Notes cannot: it works only in the browser.
Read next
Notes in your language, without a bot.
Trippi Notes is in the Chrome Web Store. One click on the icon when the call begins, and nothing before that.