# Otter.ai

> Live meeting transcription with summaries and AI chat

Otter.ai transcribes meetings in real time and stores them as searchable notes with summaries. Its meeting agent can auto-join Zoom, Microsoft Teams and Google Meet calls from your calendar, and the Mac and Windows desktop app records without a bot in the call. Plans are metered by transcription minutes, with the free Basic plan capped at 300 minutes a month.

- **Category:** AI Meeting Notes
- **Made by:** Otter.ai Inc
- **Website:** https://otter.ai
- **Runs on:** Web, macOS, Windows, iOS, Android, Browser extension
- **Facts last checked:** Oct 4, 2026

## Pricing

Otter.ai has a free plan. Paid plans start at $8.33 per user / month, billed annually.

- **Pricing model:** Free plan
- **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.
- **Free trial:** 7-day free trial of Otter Business.

| Plan | Price | What you get |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 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. |
| Enterprise | Custom | Adds SSO, SCIM, domain capture, the Otter API and webhooks, video replay and a HIPAA compliance add-on. |

Read from https://otter.ai/pricing on Oct 4, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Otter.ai before buying.

## Ways to pay less

- **Save 51% on Pro and 33% on Business annually** (Annual discount): 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%). Source: https://otter.ai/pricing
- **20% off Pro for students and teachers** (Education): 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. Source: https://otter.ai/pricing

## Price history

- By Jan 7, 2026: **Business**, $20 per user / month, billed annually to $19.99 per user / month, billed annually. The archived copy of 7 January 2026 shows $19.99; the copy before it that was read, of 8 July 2025, shows $20. The price changed between the two; the monthly price stayed at $30. Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20260107070218/https://otter.ai/pricing
- By Oct 1, 2022: **Pro**, $12.99 per month, billed monthly to $16.99 per month, billed monthly. The archived copy of 1 October 2022 shows $16.99; the copy before it that was read, of 1 July 2022, shows $12.99. The price changed between the two; the yearly price stayed at $8.33 a month. Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20221001180257/https://otter.ai/pricing
- By Oct 1, 2022: **Basic**, 600 transcription minutes a month, 30 minutes per conversation to 300 transcription minutes a month, 30 minutes per conversation. The archived copy of 1 October 2022 gives the free Basic plan 300 minutes a month; the copy before it that was read, of 1 July 2022, gives it 600. The allowance was halved between the two. Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20221001180257/https://otter.ai/pricing
- By Jul 1, 2021: **Pro**, Premium to Pro. The archived copy of 1 July 2021 names the individual paid plan Pro; the copy before it that was read, of 3 July 2020, names it Premium, at $8.33 a month billed annually. The plan was renamed between the two. Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20210701013255/https://otter.ai/pricing
- By Jul 1, 2021: **Business**, Teams to Business. The archived copy of 1 July 2021 names the team plan Business; the copy before it that was read, of 3 July 2020, names it Teams, at $20 per user a month billed annually. The plan was renamed between the two. Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20210701013255/https://otter.ai/pricing

## App Store prices by country

"Otter Pro (monthly)", as each country's App Store showed it on Oct 9, 2026. These are the app's prices, not the website's.

| Country | Price | In US dollars |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | $16.99 | |
| United Kingdom | £17.49 | about $23.12 (36% more) |
| Germany | 19,99 € | about $22.40 (32% more) |
| Canada | $21.99 | about $15.46 (9% less) |
| Australia | $26.99 | about $18.84 (11% more) |
| India | ₹ 1,649 | about $17.05 (about the same) |
| Brazil | R$ 87,90 | about $17.56 (about the same) |
| Mexico | $399.00 | about $21.92 (29% more) |
| Turkey | ₺389,99 | about $7.93 (53% less) |
| Indonesia | Rp 299ribu | about $16.72 (about the same) |
| Philippines | ₱ 999.00 | about $15.90 (6% less) |
| South Africa | R329.99 | about $19.96 (17% more) |

## Key features

- **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.

## Good for

- Reading a live transcript while a meeting or lecture is still going
- Students and teachers, who get a discount on Pro with a .edu address
- People who want the same notes on web, desktop and phone

## Worth knowing

- 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.

## What people say

- **App Store rating of the iPhone and iPad app:** 4.8 out of 5 from 83,256 ratings in the United States, read Oct 6, 2026. This is the store's rating of the app, not a score from ToolGPA. Source: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/id1276437113

## Works with

Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, Slack, Salesforce, HubSpot, Notion, Asana

**Tags:** Meeting notes, Transcription, AI features, Chat assistant

## Alternatives

- [Fireflies.ai](https://toolgpa.com/tools/fireflies): Meeting notetaker that records, transcribes and summarizes calls. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/fireflies-vs-otter)
- [Fathom](https://toolgpa.com/tools/fathom): AI notetaker for Zoom, Google Meet and Teams with a free plan. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/fathom-vs-otter)
- [tl;dv](https://toolgpa.com/tools/tldv): Meeting recorder and AI notetaker for Zoom, Meet and Teams. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/otter-vs-tldv)
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- [Granola](https://toolgpa.com/tools/granola): AI notepad that transcribes meetings from device audio, no bot. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/granola-vs-otter)

## Sources

The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Oct 4, 2026:

- https://otter.ai
- https://otter.ai/pricing
- https://otter.ai/integrations/desktop
- https://otter.ai/business
- https://get.otter.ai/otter-business-free-trial/

Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/otter
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