Meetily vs talat
We give Meetily a 3.2 GPA and talat a 2.8, out of 4.0. Meetily grades higher on the free plan. They get the same grade on value for money, features, ease of use and platforms.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Meetily
Open-source meeting recorder that transcribes on your device
talat
Local transcription app for meetings, dictation and recordings
How we grade them
| 3.2GPAMeetilyVery good | 2.8GPAtalatGood | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | BPro is $10 a user a month, billed as $120 a year, which is the typical price here. That's an early-bird figure with $25 crossed out beside it. It buys speaker names, your own templates, PDF and DOCX export and the MCP server, and each licence covers one device. | B$89 a year works out at about $7.40 a month, a little under the typical price here, and $9 pays month by month. Either way it's the full app with nothing metered. Or pay $189 once for a lifetime licence, which is a bit over a year and a half of a typical subscription in this category. |
| Free plan and trial | AThe Community Edition is free, open source and has no caps: live transcription on your machine, AI summaries and saved recordings, with no account. Most people could stay on it. You'd miss speaker names, custom templates and PDF export. | CNo free plan. You get 10 hours of recording with every feature, and no account or credit card is needed. After that, new recordings need a paid plan, though you can still search, export and summarise what you've already recorded. |
| Features | BIt records system audio from Zoom, Meet, Teams, Discord, Slack Huddles and Webex with no bot, transcribes on the device, and summarises with a local model or your own API key. But calendar integration and chat with your meetings are marked as coming soon. | BIt transcribes on the device, records both sides of a call with no bot, starts by itself when a Zoom, Teams or Meet call begins, and learns voices over time. Summaries come from a built-in model or your own Claude or OpenAI key, and dictation works in any app. But nothing syncs. |
| Ease of use | BInstall it and it transcribes, with no account to make. For summaries you pick a local model or paste in your own API key, which is one step more than most rivals ask. There's no rating on record, so a B at best. | BNo account to make, and it can start recording by itself when it spots a call or a calendar event. There's no rating on record to show how people get on with it, so a B. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWindows 10 or later and Apple Silicon Macs. Intel Macs aren't supported, Linux means building it from source, and there's no phone or web app. Pro adds an MCP server, a command-line tool, a local API and webhooks, but there are no built-in connectors to apps like Notion. | BMac and Windows, with Apple and Google calendars, export to Obsidian, Markdown and PDF, webhooks and an MCP server. The Mac needs macOS 15 or later on Apple Silicon. There are no mobile, web or Linux apps. |
| Best for | meeting notes transcribed on your own computer | local transcription you can buy outright |
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: Meetily and talat. How we grade
Where they differ
- Meetily starts at $10 per user / month, billed yearly ($120). talat starts at $9 per month, $89 per year, or $189 once for a lifetime license.
- Meetily has a free plan. talat does not, though it has a free trial.
- Meetily is open source, according to its own site.
- talat can be bought with a one-time purchase.
- Meetily also covers templates.
- talat also covers dictation.
At a glance
| Meetily | talat | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free trial |
| Starts at | $10 per user / month, billed yearly ($120) | $9 per month, $89 per year, or $189 once for a lifetime license |
| Free plan | Community Edition: free and MIT-licensed, with real-time local transcription, AI summaries from a local model or your own API key, locally saved recordings and copy-based sharing. No account needed. | None |
| Free trial | 14-day free trial of Pro, no credit card required | 10 hours of free recording with every feature; no account or credit card required |
| macOS | ||
| Windows | ||
| Made by | Zackriya Solutions | Lumikey LTD |
| Price read from | meetily.ai | talat.app |
| Checked | Oct 5, 2026 | Oct 6, 2026 |
Who each one suits
Meetily
- People whose meetings cannot be sent to a cloud notetaker
- Developers who want MIT-licensed code and local models
- Teams that do not allow recording bots in their calls
talat
- People who cannot send meeting audio to a cloud service
- Buyers who prefer a one-time lifetime license to a subscription
- Obsidian and Markdown users who want meeting notes exported automatically
Worth knowing
Meetily
- Desktop only: Windows 10 or later and Apple Silicon Macs on macOS 11 or later. Intel Macs are not supported, and on Linux it must be built from source.
- Speaker identification, custom templates, PDF and DOCX export, Windows GPU acceleration and the MCP server, CLI and webhooks all need Pro.
- Each Pro license covers one device for one year, and the pricing page lists Pro with yearly billing only.
- There are no built-in connectors for apps such as Notion or Jira, and chat with your meetings and calendar integration are marked as coming soon.
talat
- The Mac version needs macOS 15 or later on Apple Silicon, and Windows needs version 10 or later. There are no mobile, web or Linux apps.
- After the 10 free hours, new recordings need a paid plan, though existing meetings can still be searched, exported and summarized.
- Nothing syncs or uploads, so notes stay on the one computer where they were recorded.
- Summaries from a cloud model require your own provider account and API key; the vendor notes that cloud models usually do better on longer meetings.
Key features
Meetily
- Bot-free recording
- Captures system audio on the computer instead of sending a bot into the call, so it works with Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, Discord, Slack Huddles and Webex.
- On-device transcription
- Whisper and Parakeet models transcribe in real time on your machine, and audio is not uploaded. Pro adds GPU acceleration on Windows with an NVIDIA card.
- Summaries from the AI you choose
- Summaries run on a local Ollama model or on your own key for Claude, OpenAI, Groq, OpenRouter or any OpenAI-compatible endpoint. With your own key, only transcript text is sent.
- Speaker identification
- A Pro feature that labels who said what, live and on imported audio. Renaming a speaker once updates the whole transcript, and duplicate speakers can be merged.
- Templates and exports
- Pro includes 6 built-in summary templates plus your own, and exports transcripts and summaries to PDF, DOCX and Markdown. Community uses the default template.
- MCP server, CLI and webhooks
- Pro ships an MCP server, a command-line tool, a local API and signed webhooks, so assistants such as Claude or Cursor and your own scripts can search and export meetings. Off by default.
talat
- On-device transcription
- Speech is transcribed in real time on the computer, using hardware acceleration where available. Recordings, transcripts and notes sit in a local database, and the app works offline.
- Bot-free meeting capture
- talat records the microphone and system audio as two streams and can start on its own when it detects a Zoom, Teams or Meet call or a calendar event. No bot joins the meeting.
- Speaker identification
- Transcripts are labeled by speaker on the device, and the app learns voices over time so that it can recognize the same people in later meetings.
- AI notes with a choice of model
- Summaries, action items and chapters are written by a built-in Qwen model, or by Claude, OpenAI or Ollama if you connect your own provider and API key.
- Dictation into any app
- A global hotkey starts dictation from anywhere, with tap-to-toggle or hold-to-talk. Text is pasted into the focused app, and an optional LLM pass tidies punctuation and filler words.
- Import, export and MCP
- Existing audio and video files can be imported and transcribed locally. Notes export to Markdown, Obsidian and PDF, and webhooks and an MCP server pass meetings to other tools.
Plans
Meetily
Community$0
Open-source edition: real-time local transcription, AI summaries with the default template, locally saved recordings and community support.
Pro$10
per user / month, billed yearly ($120 per user)
Speaker identification, custom AI model connector and summary templates, meeting auto-detection, more export formats, MCP, CLI and webhooks. Early-bird price; $25 is crossed out.
EnterpriseCustom
From 10 user licenses: volume discounts, dedicated support and help with custom deployment.
talat
Monthly$9
per month
The full app with every update, cancellable at any time from the app. Existing notes stay readable and exportable if you stop paying.
Yearly$89
per year
The same full app and updates as the monthly plan, paid once a year.
Lifetime license$189
one-time payment
One payment with no renewals and every future update included, covered by a 30-day money-back guarantee.
Ways to pay less
Meetily
No public discounts listed.
talat
- Lifetime license
Lifetime license for a one-time $189
talat can be bought outright for $189 with no renewals and every future update included. A 30-day money-back guarantee applies.
- Annual discount
Yearly plan costs less than 12 months
The FAQ prices talat at $9 a month or $89 a year, so paying yearly comes to $19 less than twelve monthly payments.
- Other savings
$5 off through a referral
A customer's referral code gives a friend $5 off any plan. The referrer gets $5 off a later bill once the friend has been a customer for three months.
