Jamie vs Plaud (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 12, 2026, Plaud grades higher than Jamie: 2.8 against 2.4 out of 4.0.
Checked Oct 4, 2026 and Nov 12, 2026 · graded Oct 10, 2026 and Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA
Jamie grades higher on ease of use. Plaud grades higher on value for money and the free plan. They get the same grade on features and platforms.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Plaud
AI voice recorder devices with an app for transcripts and summaries
Which one is for you
Pick Jamie if
- Fits if you don't want a bot joining your calls, whatever meeting platform you're on
- Works for companies that need their meeting data kept in the EU
Look elsewhere if
- Pricey if you're in meetings all day, since unlimited notes need Team at €33 or Pro at €39 a month
- Tight if you stay free, with 10 AI notes a month and a 30-minute limit on each meeting
- Not for you if you want the recording kept, because Jamie deletes the audio after transcription
- Watch out: web prices are in euros only, and the US App Store charges $22 a month for Plus and $39 for Pro
- Watch out: CRM links, the API, webhooks and MCP need Pro or Team, SSO is Enterprise only, and no web app is listed
Pick Plaud if
- Fits if you record in-person talks and calls on a recorder
- Works for people who want a bot-free way to capture online meetings on a computer
Look elsewhere if
- Pricey if you add the recorder: $189 for the Note Pro, on top of the plan
- Tight if you talk a lot: Starter is 300 minutes a month, Pro 1,200
- Watch out: many integrations are labelled preview, and Plaud One is shown as pre-order
- Watch out: the Team offer of $20 a user a month for the first year ends November 30, 2026, then $25
How we grade them
| 2.4GPAJamieFair | 2.8GPAPlaudGood | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | DPlus is €21 a user a month on the yearly plan, €25 monthly, $22 in the US App Store — the dearest tenth of this category — and it still stops at 20 AI notes a month and 2 hours a meeting. Unlimited notes mean Team at €33 or Pro at €39. | B$8.33 a month on Pro, billed yearly, for 1,200 minutes, at the cheaper end of the category. Monthly it's $17.99, and the recorder is a separate buy, from $189 for Note Pro. |
| Free plan and trial | CTen AI notes a month, with Ask Jamie, speaker recognition and unlimited storage, but every meeting is cut at 30 minutes. Run past either limit and that meeting's summary is locked until you pay. | BStarter is free with 300 transcription minutes a month and 112+ languages. That covers light use. |
| Features | BIt covers the job: records on your Mac or Windows machine so any meeting platform works, phone apps for meetings in a room, notes, transcripts and tasks in 99-plus languages, remembered voices, and Ask Jamie on every plan. CRM links, the API and MCP need Pro or Team. | BRecorder devices, transcription, 10,000+ summary templates, bot-free desktop capture, search and folders. Connectors such as Notion, Slack and Salesforce are in preview. |
| Ease of use | BNo rating on record, but nothing to set up: no bot to invite, it simply listens on your own computer or phone. | CNo store rating on record. You buy and pair a recorder, or use the apps, and choose templates. |
| Platforms and integrations | BMac, Windows, iPhone and Android, with notes out to Notion, Google Docs and OneNote. Salesforce, HubSpot, Pipedrive, Asana, the API, webhooks and MCP all wait for Pro or Team, and no web app is listed. | BWeb, Mac, Windows, iPhone and Android, with Zapier, Notion, Slack and MCP, though those connectors are marked preview. |
| Best for | bot-free notes with your data kept in the EU | pocket voice recorders with transcription plans |
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: Jamie and Plaud. How we grade
Price against what you get
Jamie starts at about $23.46 a month for each person and scores 3.0 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Plaud starts at $8.33 a month and scores 2.7.
Jamie scores higher, and starts $15.13 a month higher: the question is whether the extra is worth that to you. Of the other AI meeting note takers on the chart, 18 score higher than Jamie for less, and 8 score higher than Plaud 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
- Jamie also covers chat assistant.
At a glance
| Jamie | Plaud | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free plan |
| Starts at | €21 per user / month, billed annually | $8.33 per month on Pro, billed annually ($17.99 billed monthly) |
| Free plan | 10 AI notes a month with a 30-minute limit per meeting. Includes Ask Jamie chat, unlimited storage, speaker recognition, task detection and 1 custom template. | Starter plan: 300 transcription minutes a month, 112+ languages, summary templates, Plaud Desktop and export and sharing. |
| Free trial | None listed | None listed |
| Web | ||
| macOS | ||
| Windows | ||
| iOS | ||
| Android | ||
| Made by | wespond UG (haftungsbeschränkt) | Plaud Inc. |
| Price read from | meetjamie.ai | plaud.ai |
| Checked | Oct 4, 2026 | Nov 12, 2026 |
Worth knowing
Jamie
- Web prices are in euros only. The US App Store lists Plus at $22 a month or $229 a year, and Pro at $39 a month or $399 a year.
- Free is limited to 10 AI notes a month and 30 minutes per meeting, and Plus to 20 notes and 2 hours.
- When credits run out or a meeting exceeds the length limit, its summary is locked until you upgrade.
- CRM integrations, API, webhooks and MCP need Pro or Team; SSO, SCIM and audit logs are Enterprise only.
Plaud
- The devices are separate purchases; the Note Pro page lists $189, and the plans are for transcription minutes.
- Pro is capped at 1,200 minutes a month; Unlimited runs up to 24 hours a day.
- A Team launch offer of $20 per user a month for the first year, then $25, ends November 30, 2026.
- Many integrations are labeled preview, and Plaud One is shown as pre-order.
Key features
Jamie
- Bot-free capture on your device
- Jamie records on your Mac or Windows computer instead of sending a bot into the call, so it works with any online meeting platform. The phone app records in-person meetings.
- Notes, transcripts and tasks
- Each meeting produces AI notes, a transcript and detected tasks. Speaker recognition remembers voices, and transcription covers 99+ languages on every plan.
- Ask Jamie
- A chat assistant that answers questions about your meetings. It is included on every plan, including Free, and is also available in the mobile app.
- Custom templates and vocabulary
- Templates set the structure of your notes: 1 on Free, 3 on Plus and unlimited from Pro. Custom vocabulary lists hold 50 terms, or 100 on Team.
- EU hosting and audio deletion
- Jamie says data stays in the EU, audio is deleted after transcription and customer content is never used to train models. It lists ISO 27001 and GDPR compliance.
- Integrations, API and MCP
- Notes can be sent to Notion, Google Docs and OneNote. Pro and Team add Salesforce, HubSpot, Pipedrive, Attio and Asana, plus API, webhooks and MCP access for Claude and ChatGPT.
Plaud
- Recorder devices
- Plaud Note, Note Pro, NotePin and NotePin S capture in-person talks and calls; the Note Pro page lists it at $189.
- Transcription in 112+ languages
- Recordings, imported audio and desktop captures are transcribed, with a monthly minute allowance on each plan.
- Summaries from templates
- Choose from 10,000+ summary templates or build custom ones; the vendor says summaries are traceable to the transcript.
- Bot-free desktop capture
- Plaud Desktop records online meetings without a meeting bot and can detect when a meeting starts.
- Searchable knowledge base
- Timeline view, nested folders, merged recordings and search by keyword, name or topic.
- Connectors in preview
- Google Calendar, Zapier, MCP, Notion, Slack, Linear and Salesforce connections are all marked as preview.
Plans
Jamie
Free€0
10 AI notes a month, meetings up to 30 minutes, Ask Jamie chat and 1 custom template.
Plus€21
per user / month, billed annually (€25 billed monthly)
20 AI notes a month, meetings up to 2 hours and 3 custom templates.
Team€33
per member / month, billed annually (€39 billed monthly)
Unlimited AI notes, 5-hour meetings, a team workspace, shared templates, user management and 100 vocabulary terms.
Pro€39
per user / month, billed annually (€47 billed monthly)
For individuals: unlimited AI notes, 5-hour meetings, unlimited templates, CRM integrations, API, webhooks and MCP.
EnterpriseCustom
Adds SAML SSO, SCIM provisioning, audit logs, custom data retention, IP allowlist and a dedicated account manager.
Plaud
Starter$0
300 transcription minutes a month; all plans include 112+ languages and 10,000+ summary templates.
Pro$8.33
per month, billed annually ($17.99 billed monthly)
1,200 transcription minutes a month for one user.
Unlimited$20.00
per month, billed annually ($29.99 billed monthly)
Unlimited transcription minutes, up to 24 hours a day, for one user.
Team$25
per user / month, billed annually ($35 billed monthly)
Everything in Unlimited plus shared team files, centralized billing, seat and device management and priority support.
Ways to pay less
Jamie
- Annual discount
About 17% less on annual billing
Jamie's pricing page labels annual billing as -17%. Plus is €21 a month billed annually against €25 monthly, Pro is €39 against €47, and Team is €33 against €39 per member.
Plaud
- Annual discount
Save up to 54% with annual billing
Plaud's pricing page shows Pro at $8.33 a month annually against $17.99 monthly, and Unlimited at $20.00 against $29.99.
- Education
10% off for students, educators and healthcare
Plaud lists 10% off for students and grads, educators, healthcare workers, military and first responders.
- Other savings
Team launch offer: $20 per user for the first year
Annual Team seats are $20 per user a month for the first year, then $25. The page says the offer ends November 30, 2026.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Jamie or Plaud?
As of Nov 12, 2026, Jamie starts at €21 per user / month, billed annually, and Plaud starts at $8.33 per month on Pro, billed annually ($17.99 billed monthly). 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, Jamie or Plaud?
As of Nov 12, 2026, both Jamie and Plaud have a free plan.
Which platforms do Jamie and Plaud run on?
As of Nov 12, 2026, only Plaud lists a web app. Both list 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.