Sembly review (2026): is the free plan enough?
AI meeting agent that records, summarizes and drafts follow-ups
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Sembly report card
Fair · out of 4.0 · graded Nov 12, 2026
Best for a notetaker that joins your calls and drafts follow-ups
Sembly joins Zoom, Meet, Teams and Webex calls from your calendar and produces transcripts, notes, tasks and drafted follow-ups. The free plan is 1 meeting hour a month, and the features client teams care about, such as multi-meeting chat, are on Pro at $20 a user.
Who Sembly is for
- Fits if you want a bot that joins calls from your calendar
- Works for consultants who send follow-ups, status reports and decks to clients
Who Sembly is not for
- Tight if you stay free: 1 meeting hour a month
- Watch out: Studio credits meter the deck and document work, and extra credits are sold separately
- Pricey if you want multi-meeting chat or custom templates, since those start at Pro, $20 a user a month
- Watch out: MAX needs at least 3 users and Enterprise at least 10
- Skip it if you use a platform beyond Zoom, Meet, Teams or Webex
Why Sembly gets a 2.4
Five grades, each with its reason. The GPA is their average: an A is 4 points, an F is none.
- CValue for money$10 a month on Basic, billed yearly, for one user, just above the cheaper quarter's $8.33. Pro is $20 a user and MAX $30.
- CFree plan and trialThe free plan covers 1 meeting hour a month, with a 7-day trial on paid plans.
- BFeaturesCalendar capture, transcripts in 45+ languages, tasks, decks and documents from meeting content, client folders and integrations. Nothing on the listing shows a gap in the core note-taking job.
- CEase of useNo store rating on record. You connect a calendar and set up clients and brand packages.
- BPlatforms and integrationsWeb only, with Slack, HubSpot, Jira, Asana, Salesforce, Zapier and MCP, but no desktop or phone apps.
What these grades rest on. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Sembly's own pages on 12 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. How we review and grade.
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<a href="https://toolgpa.com/tools/sembly#review"><img src="https://toolgpa.com/badge/sembly.svg" alt="Sembly: 2.4 GPA on ToolGPA" width="196" height="56"></a>Where Sembly stands among AI meeting note takers
Sembly's GPA of 2.4 is higher than 29 of the 68 other AI meeting note takers we grade, and level with 10.
It stands best on features (B, above 27 of 68) and worst on ease of use (C, above 0).
Its paid plans start at $10 a month, against a middle price of $11.99 for the category: 26 of the 62 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.7 out of 4. 14 tools score higher and cost less.
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 69 AI meeting note takers we grade, cut by the letter each got. Sembly’s own letter is outlined.
- CValue for moneyAbove 16 of 68, level with 43
- CFree plan and trialAbove 11 of 68, level with 46
- BFeaturesAbove 27 of 68, level with 33
- CEase of useAbove 0 of 68, level with 36
- BPlatforms and integrationsAbove 9 of 68, level with 37
Price against what you get
Each dot is one of 63 AI meeting note takers. Further left costs less, and higher up scores better on features, ease of use and platforms. Point at a dot to see which tool it is.
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
Keep Sembly, or make your own?
Keep it
To replace Sembly you would be making a bot that joins your calls and turns the talk into notes. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one.
It costs $120 a year.
What you could make
- Tasks: an app builder makes this well.
What you could not
- A bot that joins your calls and turns the talk into notes.
- An AI model, which you can rent by the request but not make.
- Speech turned into text you can trust.
- It plugs into other products, Google Calendar, Slack and Google Docs among them.
- The depth: we grade its features B, which means it covers the whole job.
What this rests on. Sembly’s listing: what it does, where it runs, what it plugs into and what it costs. It is a judgement about the kind of software this is. We have not built a replacement for it, and making your own means looking after it too. How we decide, and every tool’s verdict.
What is Sembly?
Sembly joins Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams and Webex calls from a connected calendar, then produces a transcript, notes, tasks and key items. It aims at consultancies and other client-facing teams: paid plans add client folders, brand packages and generated decks or documents built from meeting content.
Worth knowing
- The free plan covers 1 meeting hour a month; all other plans are unlimited for capture.
- Studio credits meter the AI deliverable work; extra credits are sold separately on paid plans.
- MAX needs at least 3 users and Enterprise at least 10.
- The pricing page lists capture for Google Meet, Teams, Zoom and Webex only, and the dashboard runs in a browser.
Key features
- Calendar-based meeting capture
- Records Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams and Webex meetings from a synced calendar, and can attend meetings you skip.
- Transcripts in 45+ languages
- Word-for-word transcripts with named speakers, plus notes with a summary, topics, decisions, risks and next steps.
- Tasks with owners and deadlines
- Commitments raised in a meeting become tasks that can be confirmed and then sent on to project management tools.
- Decks and documents from meetings
- Generates proposals, status reports and follow-up emails from meeting content, exported as editable PowerPoint and Word files.
- Clients and brand packages
- Organizes work by client and applies a brand package to generated files. Limits rise from 5 clients on Free to 500 on MAX.
- AI chat across meetings
- Free and Basic chat about a single meeting. Pro and above can ask questions across several meetings.
Sembly pricing
As of Nov 12, 2026, Sembly has a free plan, and paid plans start at $10 per month, billed annually ($14 billed monthly).
- Starts at
- $10 per month, billed annually ($14 billed monthly)
- Free plan
- 1 hour of meeting capture per month, transcripts, notes and summaries, tasks, basic AI chat and 750 Studio credits a month.
- Free trial
- 7-day free trial on Basic, Pro and MAX
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | 1 meeting hour a month, notes, tasks, basic AI chat, 1 month of meeting history and 750 Studio credits. |
| Basic | $10per month, billed annually ($14 billed monthly) | One user. Unlimited online meetings, 12 months of history, standard video, 2,500 Studio credits a month. |
| Pro | $20per user / month, billed annually ($29 billed monthly) | Up to 40 users. Adds custom note templates, multi-meeting AI chat, consent tracking, MCP and 3,000 credits. |
| MAX | $30per user / month, billed annually ($39 billed monthly) | 3 to 500 users. Adds unlimited history, HIPAA compliance, custom SSO, audit log, HD video, 3,500 credits. |
| Enterprise | Custom | For 10 or more users or custom contracts and DPAs; adds a dedicated success manager and onboarding. |
Read from sembly.ai on Nov 12, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Sembly before you buy.
Ways to pay less
- Annual discountSave 30% with annual billing
Sembly's pricing page shows annual billing at 30% off: Basic $10 instead of $14, Pro $20 instead of $29 and MAX $30 instead of $39 per month.
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Common questions
Does Sembly have an Android app?
No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 12, 2026. Sembly is listed for Web.
Does Sembly have an iPhone app?
No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 12, 2026. Sembly is listed for Web.
Is Sembly open source?
Sembly is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Nov 12, 2026.
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