# Sembly review (2026): is the free plan enough?

> AI meeting agent that records, summarizes and drafts follow-ups

Checked Nov 12, 2026 · graded Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA.

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.

- **Category:** AI Meeting Notes
- **Made by:** Sembly AI, Inc.
- **Website:** https://www.sembly.ai
- **Runs on:** Web
- **Who should skip it:** Tight if you stay free: 1 meeting hour a month.
- **Facts last checked:** Nov 12, 2026

## Pricing

As of Nov 12, 2026, Sembly has a free plan, and paid plans start at $10 per month, billed annually ($14 billed monthly).

- **Pricing model:** Free plan
- **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 | $10 per month, billed annually ($14 billed monthly) | One user. Unlimited online meetings, 12 months of history, standard video, 2,500 Studio credits a month. |
| Pro | $20 per 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 | $30 per 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 https://www.sembly.ai/pricing/ on Nov 12, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Sembly before buying.

## Ways to pay less

- **Save 30% with annual billing** (Annual discount): 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. Source: https://www.sembly.ai/pricing/

## 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.

## Good for

- Consultancies and agencies that turn calls into client deliverables
- Teams that want notes and tasks pushed into Jira, Asana or HubSpot
- Solo professionals who want a low-cost recorder with a free tier

## 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.

## ToolGPA grades

**GPA: 2.4 out of 4**, graded Nov 12, 2026. 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.

- **Value for money: C.** $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.
- **Free plan and trial: C.** The free plan covers 1 meeting hour a month, with a 7-day trial on paid plans.
- **Features: B.** Calendar 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.
- **Ease of use: C.** No store rating on record. You connect a calendar and set up clients and brand packages.
- **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web only, with Slack, HubSpot, Jira, Asana, Salesforce, Zapier and MCP, but no desktop or phone apps.

These are ToolGPA's own grades. 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.

## Where it 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.

The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/ai-meeting-notes

## Keep it, 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.

- You could make: Tasks: an app builder makes this well.
- You could not: A bot that joins your calls and turns the talk into notes.
- You could not: An AI model, which you can rent by the request but not make.
- You could not: Speech turned into text you can trust.
- You could not: It plugs into other products, Google Calendar, Slack and Google Docs among them.
- You could not: The depth: we grade its features B, which means it covers the whole job.

A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it.

## Works with

Google Calendar, Slack, Google Docs, HubSpot, Jira, Asana, Salesforce, Zapier

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

## Alternatives

- [Otter.ai](https://toolgpa.com/tools/otter): Live meeting transcription with summaries and AI chat. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/otter-vs-sembly)
- [Fireflies.ai](https://toolgpa.com/tools/fireflies): Meeting notetaker that records, transcribes and summarizes calls. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/fireflies-vs-sembly)
- [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-sembly)
- [Read AI](https://toolgpa.com/tools/read-ai): Meeting notetaker with search across meetings, email and chat. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/read-ai-vs-sembly)
- [Avoma](https://toolgpa.com/tools/avoma): AI meeting assistant with scheduling and sales call coaching. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/avoma-vs-sembly)

## Sources

The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 12, 2026:

- https://www.sembly.ai/pricing/
- https://www.sembly.ai/
- https://www.sembly.ai/how-it-works/
- https://www.sembly.ai/privacy-policy/

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