Otter.ai

Records and transcribes meetings, with AI summaries and action items. AI-powered tool, with a free plan; runs on web, mobile. The stack builder picks it for meeting notes.

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What it is known for

Strengths: live transcription with speaker recognition; summaries with decisions and action items; AI chat across meetings.
For: sales, education, media, recruiting teams and individuals.
Runs on: web, Mac, Windows, iOS, Android, Chrome extension, API.
Learning curve: easy: captures meetings automatically, effortlessly.
Works with: Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, Slack, HubSpot and Salesforce.

Read on October 9, 2026 from otter.ai.

Plans and prices

Plan	Price	What you get
Basic	Free	300 transcription minutes a month, 30-minute meetings, 3 imports
Pro	$16.99/mo, or $8.33/mo billed yearly	1,200 recording minutes a month, 90-minute meetings, 10 imports a month; $8.33/mo billed yearly
Business	$30/mo, or $19.99/mo billed yearly	Unlimited meetings and imports, four-hour meetings; $19.99/mo billed yearly

Checked by hand against otter.ai/pricing on October 9, 2026; confidence high. Prices are monthly in US dollars unless the row says otherwise; the builder counts the plan it starts on, Pro.

When the stack builder picks it

The builder reads each job's rules from the top and takes the first step whose conditions hold and whose plan fits the money left. Otter.ai is named in these steps:

Meeting notes, step 2 of 3, when less than $14 is left for it: the free plan; the step also names Fathom and Fireflies, and the best score takes it.
Meeting notes, step 3 of 3, otherwise: Pro ($16.99/mo, or $8.33/mo billed yearly); the step also names Fireflies, Fathom and Granola, and the best score takes it.

The rules are public in stack-rules.json, and how the stack builder scores explains the tie-break.

Alternatives the same rules name

Fathom: Records your video calls and writes the summary and action items. From free.
Fireflies: Joins your calls, transcribes them and writes the summary. From free.
Granola: Takes meeting notes on your computer from the audio, with no bot in the call. From free.

Signals and what people say

App Store: 4.8 from 84,005 ratings, as of October 9, 2026
Hacker News, 30 days to October 9, 2026: 0 stories

Change log

October 9, 2026: added to the tool list; plans and prices first recorded from otter.ai/pricing.

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