Jamie vs Shadow

Jamie

• People who want meeting notes without a bot joining the call
• European teams that need EU data hosting and GDPR compliance
• In-person meetings recorded on a laptop or phone

Shadow

• Mac users who want meeting notes without a bot in the call
• People who want to write their own prompts for notes and follow-ups
• Keeping transcripts as Markdown files on their own disk
• Using one app for meeting notes and voice typing

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.

Shadow

• Mac only: it requires Apple Silicon and macOS 14.2 or later. Windows and other devices are on a waitlist.
• Data is stored only on the one Mac. Sync across devices is on the roadmap but not available.
• The Free plan lists transcription, recording and screenshots; unlimited AI meeting notes, Skills and AI chat need Plus.
• Skills, Ask and automatic titles send transcripts or screen context to OpenAI, Google or Anthropic. Capture, transcription and storage stay on the Mac.

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.

Shadow

Bot-free capture with Autopilot

Shadow records the microphone and system audio from the Mac, so nothing joins the call. Autopilot detects supported meetings and starts and stops listening on its own.

On-device transcription

Transcription and speaker labeling run on the Mac, and raw audio is not sent to an outside provider. The vendor lists around 100 languages and says English works best.

Smart Screenshots

Shadow finds the meeting window and captures it as the visuals change, so questions asked afterwards can cover what was shown as well as what was said.

Meeting Skills

Each Skill is an editable prompt that produces notes, action items, a follow-up email or a BANT breakdown. A Skill can run automatically after a meeting and send its result to a webhook.

Action Skills and voice typing

A keyboard shortcut in any app runs a Skill on what you say, what is on screen or the text you selected, then pastes the result at the cursor.

Local Markdown vault

Transcripts and Skill outputs are saved as Markdown files, with media, in a vault folder you choose on the Mac. You can keep or discard meeting audio.

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.

Shadow

• Free$0

  Unlimited transcription, unlimited audio recording and unlimited Smart Screenshots, described as free forever.

• Plus$8

  per month, billed annually; $12 billed monthly

  Everything in Free, plus unlimited AI meeting notes, Meeting Skills, Action Skills and AI chat.

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.

Shadow

• Annual discount

  Annual billing lowers Plus to $8 a month

  The pricing page's billing toggle shows Plus at $8 a month on annual billing and $12 a month on monthly billing, about a third less.