Clipto vs Otter.ai (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 12, 2026, Otter.ai grades higher than Clipto: 3.0 against 2.2 out of 4.0.
Checked Oct 4, 2026 and Nov 12, 2026 · graded Oct 10, 2026 and Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA
Otter.ai grades higher on the free plan, features and ease of use. They get the same grade on value for money and platforms.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Clipto
Searchable memory for videos, audio, meetings and documents
Otter.ai
Live meeting transcription with summaries and AI chat
Which one is for you
Pick Clipto if
- Fits if you keep lots of video and audio and want to search inside it
- Works for editors who use Premiere Pro or DaVinci Resolve
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you want to stay free, as there's only a 7-day trial
- Pricey if you pay monthly: $24.99 after the $9.99 first month, and the renewal isn't stated apart from that
- Watch out: the Windows app is beta and lists 16 GB of RAM and 8 GB of VRAM
- Not for you if you want a call-joining notetaker, as meetings are one feature of a media library
Pick Otter.ai if
- Fits if you want to read the live transcript while a meeting or lecture is still going
- Works for students and teachers with a .edu address, which takes 20% off Pro
Look elsewhere if
- Tight if you stay free: 300 minutes a month, 30 minutes a conversation, 3 file imports ever and only your 25 most recent conversations
- Not for you if your meetings run long, as Pro stops at 1,200 minutes a month and 90 a meeting, and unlimited starts on Business at $19.99
- Pricey if you pay monthly: Pro is $16.99 and Business $30, against $8.33 and $19.99 a month on the yearly plan
- Watch out: AI Chat is capped on every plan, at 20 questions a month free, 50 on Pro and 200 at most
- Skip it if you need SSO, SCIM, the API or webhooks, which are Enterprise only at an unpublished price, with HIPAA as an add-on
How we grade them
| 2.2GPACliptoFair | 3.0GPAOtter.aiVery good | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | C$12.49 a month on yearly billing, between the category's middle, $11.99, and its dearer quarter, $15. Monthly billing is $24.99 after a $9.99 first month. | CPro is $8.33 a month on the yearly plan, which is right about where meeting notetakers start, and $16.99 if you pay monthly. Pro is still metered at 1,200 minutes a month and 90 minutes a meeting, and unlimited meetings wait for Business at $19.99, the dear end of this lot. Middling money, then. |
| Free plan and trial | DNo free plan, just a 7-day trial of all tools, and the listing doesn't say if a card is needed. | CBasic hands you 300 transcription minutes a month, but a conversation stops at 30 minutes, you get 3 file imports ever, and only your 25 most recent conversations stay open. Short calls are fine; anything longer runs into a cap. |
| Features | CTranscription in 99+ languages, search by what was said, people tagging and meeting notes. Meeting notes are one feature among several, and the Windows app is in beta. | BIt covers the whole job: live transcription with speakers labelled, a summary of every conversation on every plan, AI Chat, file imports and exports, and a notetaker that joins Zoom, Teams and Meet or records bot-free from your desktop. Nothing here its rivals don't do, mind, and AI Chat is capped on every plan. |
| Ease of use | CNo store rating on record. The Mac app wants Apple silicon with 8 GB of memory, and the Windows app lists 16 GB of RAM. | A4.8 from about 83,000 App Store ratings. Connect your calendar and the notetaker turns up to your meetings by itself. |
| Platforms and integrations | AMac, Windows, iPhone, Android and web, with an MCP connection and Premiere Pro and DaVinci Resolve plugins. | AWeb, Mac, Windows, iPhone, Android and a browser extension. It works with Zoom, Google Meet, Teams, Slack and Notion, and with Salesforce, HubSpot and Zapier from Pro. An MCP server is on every plan, though the API and webhooks are Enterprise only. |
| Best for | searching your videos, audio and meetings by what was said | reading the transcript while the meeting's on |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: Clipto and Otter.ai. How we grade
Price against what you get
Clipto starts at $12.49 a month and scores 2.7 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Otter.ai starts at $8.33 a month for each person and scores 3.7.
Otter.ai scores higher and starts $4.16 a month lower. Of the other AI meeting note takers on the chart, 16 score higher than Clipto for less, and 2 score higher than Otter.ai for less.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Where they differ
- Clipto also covers AI search and video editing.
- Otter.ai also covers chat assistant.
At a glance
| Clipto | Otter.ai | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free trial | Free plan |
| Starts at | $12.49 per month, billed yearly ($24.99 billed monthly) | $8.33 per user / month, billed annually |
| Free plan | None | Basic plan: 300 transcription minutes a month, 30 minutes per conversation, 3 lifetime file imports, 20 AI Chat queries a month and access to the 25 most recent conversations. |
| Free trial | 7-day free trial with access to all tools | 7-day free trial of Otter Business. |
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| Made by | Clipto, Inc. | Otter.ai Inc |
| Price read from | clipto.com | otter.ai |
| Checked | Nov 12, 2026 | Oct 4, 2026 |
Worth knowing
Clipto
- There is no free plan; the pricing page offers a 7-day trial and then paid Pro.
- The Windows app is marked beta and lists 16 GB of RAM and 8 GB of VRAM as requirements.
- iPhone, Android and web versions are powered by the cloud, not run locally.
- The monthly plan shows $9.99 for the first month against $24.99 crossed out; the renewal price is not stated separately.
Otter.ai
- Basic is capped at 300 minutes a month and 30 minutes per conversation, and only the 25 most recent conversations stay accessible.
- Pro is still metered: 1,200 minutes a month and 90 minutes per meeting. Unlimited meetings start on Business.
- AI Chat queries are capped on every plan, at most 200 per user per month.
- SSO, SCIM, the API and webhooks are Enterprise only, and HIPAA compliance is an add-on.
Key features
Clipto
- Transcription in 99+ languages
- Automatic speech transcription of video and audio files, with separate pages for meeting, YouTube and voice-note transcripts.
- Search by what was said or shown
- Unlimited video and audio search finds a moment in a local library by describing it, instead of opening folders.
- Automatic people tagging
- Pro tags the people who appear in footage so clips can be found by person.
- Meeting notes and video summaries
- Meeting transcription and notes feed the same searchable memory as video summaries and voice notes.
- Local-first apps
- Mac and Windows run local-first. The Mac app needs an Apple silicon Mac on macOS 15 or later with 8 GB of memory or more.
- MCP and editor plugins
- The site lists an MCP connection (beta) and plugins for Premiere Pro and DaVinci Resolve.
Otter.ai
- Meeting agent or bot-free recording
- The notetaker can auto-join Zoom, Microsoft Teams and Google Meet meetings from your calendar. The desktop app for Mac and Windows records without a bot joining the call.
- Live transcription with speaker ID
- Transcribes as people speak, labels speakers and syncs the text to audio playback. Custom vocabulary covers 5 terms on Basic and up to 800 names and 800 terms on Business.
- Automated summaries
- Each conversation gets an automated summary on every plan, so the main points are available without reading the full transcript.
- AI Chat
- Ask questions about your conversations in a chat. Monthly queries are capped per user: 20 on Basic, 50 on Pro and 200 on Business and Enterprise.
- File imports and exports
- Import audio or video files for transcription and export notes. Basic allows 3 imports in total and mp3 or txt export; paid plans add pdf, docx and srt.
- Integrations and MCP server
- Salesforce, HubSpot and Zapier integrations start on Pro. An MCP server is listed on every plan, while the Otter API and webhooks are Enterprise only.
Plans
Clipto
Pro Monthly$24.99
per month, billed monthly
Unlimited video and audio search, speech transcription, people tagging, 99+ languages and videos up to 6 hours. The page shows $9.99 for the first month.
Pro Yearly$12.49
per month, billed yearly
The same Pro features as the monthly plan, billed once a year.
Otter.ai
Basic$0
300 transcription minutes a month, 30 minutes per conversation, 3 lifetime file imports and the 25 most recent conversations.
Pro$8.33
per user / month, billed annually ($16.99 billed monthly)
1,200 minutes a month, 90 minutes per meeting, 10 file imports a month, unlimited history and extra export formats.
Business$19.99
per user / month, billed annually ($30 billed monthly)
Unlimited meetings and file imports, up to 4 hours per meeting, 3 concurrent meetings, activity logs and usage analytics.
EnterpriseCustom
Adds SSO, SCIM, domain capture, the Otter API and webhooks, video replay and a HIPAA compliance add-on.
Ways to pay less
Clipto
- Other savings
$9.99 for the first month
The monthly plan shows $9.99 for the first month, with $24.99 crossed out. No end date is given on the page.
Otter.ai
- Annual discount
Save 51% on Pro and 33% on Business annually
Otter's pricing page shows Pro at $8.33 per user per month on annual billing against $16.99 monthly (labeled save 51%), and Business at $19.99 against $30 (save 33%).
- Education
20% off Pro for students and teachers
Individual students and teachers with an email address ending in .edu get 20% off Otter Pro: $6.67 per month billed annually ($79.99) or $13.59 month to month.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Clipto or Otter.ai?
As of Nov 12, 2026, Clipto starts at $12.49 per month, billed yearly ($24.99 billed monthly), and Otter.ai starts at $8.33 per user / month, billed annually. One is priced for each person and the other is not, so which costs less depends on how many of you use it.
Which has a free plan, Clipto or Otter.ai?
As of Nov 12, 2026, only Otter.ai has a free plan. Clipto does not, though it has a free trial.
Which platforms do Clipto and Otter.ai run on?
As of Nov 12, 2026, only Otter.ai lists a browser extension. Both list a web app and macOS, Windows, iOS and Android apps. A platform missing from a listing is one its maker's pages did not mention.
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How this page was made
- The verdict at the top follows a fixed rule. When both tools are in the same category and either is in our top three for it, the verdict follows that ranking: the higher-placed tool is our pick. The top three weigh who each tool suits as well as its grades, so a pick can go against the GPA. Otherwise the page does not pick one and says which grades higher: the higher GPA first; on a tie, the one with a free plan, then the one that starts cheaper in dollars a month, counted the same way for both; if they are still level, what the choice depends on.
- The grades are our own, from each tool’s review or report card. The GPA is their average.
- Prices, plans and platforms come from each tool’s listing. The table above says where each price was read and when.
- The differences and the answers to the questions are worked out from those listings.