# Read AI

> Meeting notetaker with search across meetings, email and chat

Read AI generates transcripts, recaps and action items for meetings on Google Meet, Zoom and Microsoft Teams. Its desktop apps record meetings directly from the computer, and the phone apps capture in-person meetings. It also summarizes email and messaging and offers a search assistant that answers questions with citations. The free plan covers 5 meeting transcripts a month, and audio and video playback is reserved for the Enterprise tiers.

- **Category:** AI Meeting Notes
- **Made by:** Read AI, Inc. (since 2021)
- **Website:** https://www.read.ai
- **Runs on:** Web, macOS, Windows, iOS, Android, Browser extension
- **Facts last checked:** Oct 4, 2026

## Pricing

Read AI has a free plan. Paid plans start at $15 per user / month, billed annually.

- **Pricing model:** Free plan
- **Free plan:** 5 meeting transcripts a month, with summaries, enterprise search, the meeting coach, basic integrations and the desktop and mobile apps. No credit card required.
- **Free trial:** None listed.

| Plan | Price | What you get |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Free | $0 | 5 meeting transcripts a month, summaries, unlimited search, meeting coach and basic integrations. |
| Pro | $15 per user / month, billed annually ($19.75 billed monthly) | Unlimited meeting transcripts, priority processing, 100 file upload credits a month and premium integrations. |
| Enterprise | $22.50 per user / month, billed annually ($29.75 billed monthly) | Adds audio and video playback, video highlights, 200 file upload credits a month and premium support. |
| Enterprise+ | $29.75 per user / month, billed annually ($39.75 billed monthly) | Minimum 5 licenses. Adds HIPAA compliance, SAML and SCIM, domain capture and a custom data retention policy. |

Read from https://www.read.ai/plans-pricing on Oct 4, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Read AI before buying.

## Ways to pay less

- **25% off with annual billing** (Annual discount): Read AI's pricing page marks annual billing as -25%: Pro is $15 instead of $19.75 per user per month, Enterprise $22.50 instead of $29.75 and Enterprise+ $29.75 instead of $39.75. Source: https://www.read.ai/plans-pricing
- **EDU plan at $60 a year** (Education): Active students and staff at higher-education institutions who sign up with a .edu email can buy the EDU plan for $60 a year (30 meetings a month) or EDU + Video for $100 a year. Source: https://www.read.ai/edu-pricing
- **Volume discounts from 100 licenses** (Other savings): The pricing page lists volume discounts of 10% for 100 or more licenses, 15% for 500 or more and 20% for 1,000 or more. Source: https://www.read.ai/plans-pricing

## Key features

- **Meeting recaps and transcripts:** Produces a recap, action items and highlights for each meeting on Google Meet, Zoom or Microsoft Teams. Free covers 5 transcripts a month; paid plans are unlimited.
- **Search with cited answers:** Ask what was decided, who owns it and what is still open, and get answers that cite their source. Search is listed as unlimited on every plan.
- **Email and messaging summaries:** Summaries are not limited to meetings: the plans also list summaries for email and messaging, with Gmail, Outlook and Slack among the connected services.
- **Meeting coach:** A personalized coach gives feedback on how you speak and run meetings. It is included on every plan, including Free.
- **Playback and video highlights:** Audio and video playback and video highlights are available on Enterprise and Enterprise+ only; Free and Pro work from transcripts and summaries.
- **Integrations, MCP and API:** Premium integrations such as Notion, Salesforce, HubSpot, Jira, Confluence and Zapier, plus webhooks, start on Pro. Read AI also offers an MCP server and an API.

## Good for

- People who want one search across meetings, email and chat
- Students and staff at universities, who get low-cost EDU plans
- People who want coaching feedback on how they run meetings

## Worth knowing

- The Free plan covers 5 meeting transcripts a month.
- Audio and video playback and video highlights need Enterprise; the Pro plan does not include them.
- All licenses in a workspace must be on the same plan, and Enterprise+ requires at least 5 licenses.
- Read AI does not offer refunds; a canceled subscription runs to the end of the billing period.

## What people say

- **App Store rating of the iPhone and iPad app:** 4.9 out of 5 from 967 ratings in the United States, read Oct 5, 2026. This is the store's rating of the app, not a score from ToolGPA. Source: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/id6575345796

## Works with

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

**Tags:** Meeting notes, Transcription, AI features, AI search, Chat assistant, Public API

## Alternatives

- [Otter.ai](https://toolgpa.com/tools/otter): Live meeting transcription with summaries and AI chat. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/otter-vs-read-ai)
- [Fireflies.ai](https://toolgpa.com/tools/fireflies): Meeting notetaker that records, transcribes and summarizes calls. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/fireflies-vs-read-ai)
- [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-read-ai)
- [tl;dv](https://toolgpa.com/tools/tldv): Meeting recorder and AI notetaker for Zoom, Meet and Teams. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/read-ai-vs-tldv)
- [Fellow](https://toolgpa.com/tools/fellow): AI meeting assistant with recording, notes and admin controls. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/fellow-vs-read-ai)

## Sources

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

- https://www.read.ai
- https://www.read.ai/plans-pricing
- https://www.read.ai/edu-pricing
- https://www.read.ai/about

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