Otter.ai vs Trint (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 12, 2026, Otter.ai grades higher than Trint: 3.0 against 2.0 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 value for money, features and ease of use. They get the same grade on the free plan and platforms.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Otter.ai
Live meeting transcription with summaries and AI chat
Trint
Transcription and live capture platform built for newsrooms
Which one is for you
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- Skip it if you need SSO, SCIM, the API or webhooks, which are Enterprise only at an unpublished price, with HIPAA as an add-on
Pick Trint if
- Fits if you work in a newsroom and need live transcription tied to AP ENPS or Mimir
- Works for editors who want one place to transcribe, translate and caption footage
Look elsewhere if
- Pricey if you're buying for yourself: $79 a seat a month, billed yearly
- Skip it if you want a meeting bot, since the pages only list Zoom as an integration
- Not for you if you want to stay free, as there's only a 7-day trial
- Watch out: Pro is for one user only, and archive or bulk projects need a quote
- Watch out: its pricing page would not load for us, so the figures come from the listing
How we grade them
| 3.0GPAOtter.aiVery good | 2.0GPATrintFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | 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. | F$79 a seat a month billed yearly, or $69 a seat on Team. The category's middle is $11.99, so this is more than six times that. Fair-use unlimited transcription is the only thing on the listing that offsets it. |
| Free plan and trial | 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. | CNo free plan. A 7-day trial needs no card, which is enough for one project. |
| Features | 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. | CTranscription in 50+ languages, translation, captions, AI summaries and live transcription. But the listing says it is a media transcription product more than a meeting tool, and archive and bulk work are excluded from unlimited. |
| Ease of use | A4.8 from about 83,000 App Store ratings. Connect your calendar and the notetaker turns up to your meetings by itself. | CNo store rating on record. You upload, edit and export, but live capture and shared drives mean there is a setup to learn. |
| Platforms and integrations | 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. | AWeb, Mac, Windows, iPhone and Android, with AP ENPS, Mimir, LiveU, Dropbox, Zapier and Zoom, and an API on Business. |
| Best for | reading the transcript while the meeting's on | newsroom transcription with live capture |
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: Otter.ai and Trint. How we grade
Price against what you get
Otter.ai starts at $8.33 a month for each person and scores 3.7 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Trint starts at $79 a month for each person and scores 2.7.
Otter.ai scores higher and starts $70.67 a month lower. Of the other AI meeting note takers on the chart, 2 score higher than Otter.ai for less, and 30 score higher than Trint 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
- Otter.ai also covers meeting notes and chat assistant.
At a glance
| Otter.ai | Trint | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free trial |
| Starts at | $8.33 per user / month, billed annually | $79 per seat / month, billed annually ($948 per seat) |
| Free plan | 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. | None |
| Free trial | 7-day free trial of Otter Business. | 7-day free trial, no credit card required |
| Web | ||
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| Browser extension | ||
| Made by | Otter.ai Inc | Trint Limited |
| Price read from | otter.ai | app.trint.com |
| Checked | Oct 4, 2026 | Nov 12, 2026 |
Worth knowing
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.
Trint
- No free plan; there is a 7-day trial, and Pro is for a single user only.
- Annual prices are shown per seat; the pricing page does not show monthly-billed prices as text.
- Unlimited transcription is fair use, and archive or bulk projects are excluded and need a quote.
- It is a media transcription product more than a meeting-bot tool; the pages list Zoom only as an integration.
Key features
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.
Trint
- Transcription in 50+ languages
- Uploaded audio and video are transcribed and opened in an editor; the vendor describes fair-use unlimited volume on paid plans.
- Translation and captions
- Translate transcripts into 70+ languages and create video subtitles with a caption editor.
- AI summaries
- Generate summaries of a transcript to pull out key takeaways, available on every paid plan.
- Live transcription
- Desktop and mobile apps transcribe live speech. Paid plans include one hour a month per seat; advanced live capture is Business only.
- Shared drives and collaboration
- Teams edit a transcript together in real time, with up to 5 members on Team and unlimited members on Business.
- Newsroom integrations
- Plugins and connections with AP ENPS, Mimir, LiveU, Dropbox, Zapier and Zoom for production workflows.
Plans
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.
Trint
Pro$79
per seat / month, billed annually ($948)
For individuals only. Fair-use unlimited transcription, translation, AI summaries, captions and 1 hour of live transcription a month.
Team$69
per seat / month, billed annually ($828)
For 2 to 5 members. Adds shared drives and real-time editing for up to 5 people; 1 hour of live transcription per seat.
BusinessCustom
Unlimited users, advanced live transcription, ISO 27001, SSO and SCIM, API access, integrations and a customer success manager.
Ways to pay less
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.
Trint
- Annual discount
Save $252 per seat with annual billing
The plans page shows a saving of $252 per seat on both Pro and Team when billed annually instead of monthly.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Otter.ai or Trint?
As of Nov 12, 2026, Otter.ai is cheaper to start with: $8.33 a month for each person, against $79 a month for each person for Trint. Otter.ai starts at $8.33 per user / month, billed annually, and Trint starts at $79 per seat / month, billed annually ($948 per seat).
Which has a free plan, Otter.ai or Trint?
As of Nov 12, 2026, only Otter.ai has a free plan. Trint does not, though it has a free trial.
Which platforms do Otter.ai and Trint 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.