Meetily vs Vexa (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Meetily grades higher than Vexa: 2.2 against 2.0 out of 4.0.
Checked Oct 5, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 · graded Oct 10, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA
Meetily grades higher on the free plan and ease of use. Vexa grades higher on platforms. They get the same grade on value for money and features.
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
Vexa
Open-source meeting bot API with real-time transcription
Which one is for you
Pick Meetily if
- Fits if your meetings can't be sent to a cloud notetaker
- Works for developers who want MIT-licensed code and local models
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you want notes on your phone or in a browser, as it's a desktop app only
- Not for you if you have an Intel Mac, which isn't supported, or Linux, where you must build it from source
- Too light for teams that want notes pushed to Notion or Jira, since there are no built-in connectors
- Watch out: speaker names, custom templates, PDF and DOCX export and the MCP server need Pro, $120 a year per device, yearly only
- Watch out: Pro's $10 a month is an early-bird price next to a crossed-out $25, and calendar sync and chat are still coming soon
Pick Vexa if
- Fits if you are building meeting transcripts into your own product
- Works for developers who want to host the code themselves
Look elsewhere if
- Not for you if you want summaries and action items, as the output is transcripts and a dashboard
- Skip it if you do not want to run code or servers, as it is developer-facing
- Watch out: API usage is $0.30 an hour for the bot and $0.20 more for transcription
- Watch out: the Individual seat includes one concurrent bot
- Tight if you need shared workspaces, which are described as early, self-hosted features
How we grade them
| 2.2GPAMeetilyFair | 2.0GPAVexaFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | CPro is $10 a user a month, billed as $120 a year, which is this category's middle exactly — an early-bird figure with $25 crossed out beside it. Each licence covers one device, and what you get for it is speaker names, templates, PDF and DOCX export and the MCP server. | COpen source is free only if you host it yourself. Hosted is $12 a seat a month, the middle, with usage at $0.50 an hour. |
| Free plan and trial | BThe Community Edition is free, MIT-licensed and uncapped, with live on-device transcription, saved recordings and no account to make, so one person can live on it. You bring the AI for summaries, through a local Ollama model or your own API key. | CNo free plan: new accounts get $2 of bot credit with no card, about 4 hours, and the open-source edition is self-hosted. |
| Features | CThe basics with the gaps written down: system audio captured from Zoom, Meet, Teams, Discord, Slack huddles and Webex with no bot, transcribed on your machine, summarised by whichever model you point it at. Speaker names are paid, and calendar integration and chat with your meetings are marked coming soon. | CMeeting bot API, real-time transcripts, an MCP server, webhooks, recording and a dashboard. It stops at the transcript, with no summaries. |
| Ease of use | CNo rating on record, and summaries don't work until you've chosen a local model or pasted in your own API key, which is a step more than most rivals ask. Recording itself needs no account. | DNo store rating on record. It is an API and a self-hosted edition, so it needs developer setup. |
| Platforms and integrations | CWindows 10 or later and Apple Silicon Macs, and that's it: no Intel Macs, Linux only if you build it yourself, no phone or web app. Pro adds an MCP server, CLI, local API and webhooks, but there are no built-in connectors to apps like Notion or Jira. | BWeb, an API and an MCP server, with Meet, Teams, Zoom, Claude Code and n8n. No desktop or phone app is listed. |
| Best for | meeting notes transcribed on your own computer | an open-source meeting bot API |
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 Vexa. How we grade
Price against what you get
Meetily starts at $10 a month for each person and scores 2.0 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Vexa starts at $12 a month for each person and scores 2.0.
They score the same, and Meetily starts $2 a month lower. Of the other AI meeting note takers on the chart, 27 score higher than Meetily for less, and 34 score higher than Vexa 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
- Vexa is self-hostable, according to its own site.
- Meetily also covers templates.
- Vexa also covers AI agents.
At a glance
| Meetily | Vexa | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free plan |
| Starts at | $10 per user / month, billed yearly ($120) | $12 per seat / month |
| 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. | Open-source edition, free to self-host with community support. |
| Free trial | 14-day free trial of Pro, no credit card required | New accounts get $2 of free bot credit, no card needed, about 4 hours of transcribed meetings |
| Web | ||
| macOS | ||
| Windows | ||
| Made by | Zackriya Solutions | Vexa.ai Inc. |
| Price read from | meetily.ai | vexa.ai |
| Checked | Oct 5, 2026 | Nov 13, 2026 |
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.
Vexa
- It is developer-facing; the output is an API, transcripts and a dashboard rather than polished summaries.
- API usage is billed per bot-hour: $0.30 for the bot and $0.20 more for transcription.
- The Individual seat includes one concurrent bot.
- Shared workspaces and agents are described as early, self-hosted features.
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.
Vexa
- Meeting bot API
- One API call sends a bot into Google Meet, Microsoft Teams or Zoom; the transcript is fetched over REST.
- Real-time transcripts
- Transcripts arrive while the meeting is running, with speaker names, over WebSocket, in the language set for each meeting.
- MCP server
- Claude Code, Codex and other MCP clients can read live meeting data through the Vexa MCP server.
- Webhooks and recording
- Signed events fire when a meeting starts, ends or fails, and meeting audio is stored and fetched over the API.
- Self-hosting
- Deploy with Docker Compose, Kubernetes or OpenShift and run your own transcription model so audio stays on your network.
- Dashboard
- An open-source web dashboard shows bots, transcripts and meetings, and can be forked and customized.
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.
Vexa
Open source$0
Apache 2.0 licensed; you host it yourself on your own infrastructure, with community support.
Individual$12
per seat / month
One person and their agents over MCP; one concurrent bot, unlimited meetings and 12-month audio storage.
Build on Vexa$10
one-time top-up, used as you go
Pay as you go for the API with unlimited bots; $0.30 per bot-hour, $0.50 with real-time transcription.
EnterpriseCustom
Self-hosted in your own cloud with dedicated support, volume pricing and a security and data-residency review.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Meetily or Vexa?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Meetily is cheaper to start with: $10 a month for each person, against $12 a month for each person for Vexa. Meetily starts at $10 per user / month, billed yearly ($120), and Vexa starts at $12 per seat / month.
Which has a free plan, Meetily or Vexa?
As of Nov 13, 2026, both Meetily and Vexa have a free plan.
Which platforms do Meetily and Vexa run on?
As of Nov 13, 2026, only Meetily lists macOS and Windows apps and only Vexa lists a web app. 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.