AI tools for meeting notes
AI meeting assistants ranked by fit: recording, transcription, summaries and action items for Zoom, Google Meet and Teams.
A meeting assistant records the call, transcribes it and writes a summary with decisions and action items. The differences are in how it joins: some send a visible bot into the meeting, others capture audio from your device without one.
Check what your colleagues and clients are comfortable with, and what the law where you work requires about recording, before you turn one on for every call.
Top 6 tools for this
Fathom
Free AI meeting notetaker for Zoom, Google Meet and Teams that highlights and summarises calls.
Built for meeting notes and summaries and transcription.
From $20/month · Free plan · Checked October 4, 2026
Fireflies.ai
AI meeting recorder that transcribes, summarises and builds a searchable library of your calls.
Built for meeting notes and summaries and transcription.
From $18/month · Free plan · Checked October 4, 2026
Otter.ai
AI meeting assistant that joins calls to transcribe, summarise and extract action items in real time.
Built for meeting notes and summaries and transcription.
From $16.99/month · Free plan · Not yet verified by our editors. Confirm on the official site.
tl;dv
AI meeting recorder for Zoom, Meet and Teams with a searchable library and cross-meeting AI queries.
Built for meeting notes and summaries and transcription.
Pricing information is currently unavailable. · Free plan · Not yet verified by our editors. Confirm on the official site.
Granola
Mac meeting notepad that captures audio locally and blends your notes with an AI summary.
Built for meeting notes and summaries; also covers transcription, though it is not its main job.
From $14/month · Free plan · Checked October 4, 2026
Motion
AI calendar and task manager that automatically schedules your work around meetings and deadlines.
Built for meeting notes and summaries. Not listed for transcription.
From $19/month, billed annually · Free trial · Not yet verified by our editors. Confirm on the official site.
How these are ranked: Tools are ordered by the advisor's match score for this use case alone: no budget, skill level or other preference is assumed. Tell the advisor yours to get a personal top three.
What to check before you choose
- Whether it joins as a bot or records from your device
- Transcription accuracy in your language and with your accents
- Monthly recording minutes on the plan you would buy
- Where recordings are stored and who can access them