The Spinach AI Insider’s Guide
Everything we know about Spinach AI in one document: what it costs, its grades, getting a refund, getting help and what else to look at. Read it here, or keep a copy.
Spinach AI
The Insider’s Guide
AI meeting notetaker with per-seat or pay-per-hour pricing
Every plan, grade, refund rule and rival among AI meeting note takers, read from Spinach AI’s own pages.
Made by StayIn, Inc. · checked Oct 5, 2026 · toolgpa.com
Contents
- 01WelcomeWhat it is, who it suits, its grades and the ten things to know first
- 02What it costsEvery plan, the free plan, ways to pay less and how prices have moved
- 03What it doesIts main features, where it runs, what it works with and who makes it
- 04Where it standsIts grades against its category, and whether to keep it or make your own
- 05The alternativesThe tools it is most often weighed against, side by side
- 06Quick answersThe questions people ask about it, each answered in a line or two
- 07About ToolGPAWho made this guide, what else is on the site, and how to cite it
ToolGPA put this guide together from Spinach AI’s own pages, its app-store listings and our grades. Every fact in it is on Spinach AI’s page too, where it is kept up to date. Checked Oct 5, 2026.
Part 01 · Overview
Welcome
What it is, who it suits, its grades and the ten things to know first
2.2
GPA, above 1 of the 48 other AI meeting note takers we grade
Spinach sends a notetaker into Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams and Webex calls to record, transcribe and summarize them in more than 100 languages. Paid plans add an AI chat over past meetings and integrations that create tickets and update CRMs from action items. Alongside a per-user plan, it sells a company-wide plan billed by the meeting hour with unlimited users.
To get you started, here are 9 things to know about Spinach AI, taken from its own pages and our grades.
Pro also wants a work email domain, so no Gmail.
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Best for turning action items into tickets
Spinach sends a notetaker into Zoom, Meet, Teams and Webex calls and turns action items into Jira or Linear tickets and CRM updates.
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Paid plans start at $19 a month for each person
As its pricing page puts it: $2.90 per meeting hour (Pro), or $19 per user / month billed annually (Business).
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There is a free plan
Starter plan: recordings, transcripts and basic AI summaries with calendar and Slack integration. Recordings are kept 7 days, and help docs say meetings per month are limited.
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It runs on Web
Web.
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Notetaker for video calls
Spinach joins Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams and Webex meetings from a connected Google or Microsoft calendar and records them. Slack Huddles support is in beta.
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Summaries and templates
Sends a summary with action items and decisions a few minutes after the meeting, using meeting templates. Starter gets basic summaries; paid plans get advanced ones.
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Ask Spinach
An AI chat that answers questions from meeting data. It is limited on Starter and included in full on Pro, Business and Enterprise.
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A 2.2 GPA, above 1 of 48
That is against the other AI meeting note takers we grade, on value, the free plan, features, ease of use and platforms.
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Keep it
To replace Spinach AI 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.
Spinach AI at a glance
- Pricing
- Free plan, from $2.90 per meeting hour (Pro), or $19 per user / month billed annually (Business)
- Free plan
- Yes
- Free trial
- 14-day free trial, no credit card required; the account reverts to the free plan afterward
- Runs on
- Web
- Made by
- StayIn, Inc.
- Category
- AI Meeting Notes
- Our grade
- 2.2 GPA, fair
The report card
Best for turning action items into tickets
Spinach sends a notetaker into Zoom, Meet, Teams and Webex calls and turns action items into Jira or Linear tickets and CRM updates. It costs real money for anyone in meetings all week: Business is $19 a user a month on the yearly plan, and pay-by-the-hour Pro passes $10 after three and a half hours of calls. Free recordings vanish after 7 days, meetings over 3 hours get no summary, and there's no phone or desktop app.
| Subject | Grade | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | D | Business is $19 a user a month on the yearly plan, $29 monthly, which is the priciest tenth of this category. The other way is Pro at $2.90 per meeting hour with unlimited users, and a quiet month costs nothing — but you pass the category's usual $10 after three and a half hours of calls. |
| Free plan and trial | C | Starter is free with recordings, transcripts and basic summaries in 100+ languages. But recordings vanish after 7 days, the help docs say meetings a month are capped without saying by how much, and the good summaries are paid. New accounts get 14 days of the paid features, no card. |
| Features | B | It covers the whole job. A notetaker joins Zoom, Meet, Teams and Webex, Quick Record handles a chat in a room, and the summary with action items lands minutes later. Those items then become Jira or Linear tickets and update HubSpot or Salesforce. One gap the listing owns: meetings over 3 hours get no summary. |
| Ease of use | C | No rating on record, so we go on the listing: a Google or Microsoft calendar to connect before anything happens, a browser dashboard to live in, and the ticket and CRM hook-ups to wire up if you want action items filed. Pro also wants a work email domain, so no Gmail. |
| Platforms and integrations | B | A bot in the call and a dashboard in the browser — no phone or desktop app is listed. What it does have is a long list of hook-ups: Slack, Jira, Linear, Asana, HubSpot, Salesforce, Notion and Confluence, plus MCP connectors. The API needs Enterprise, which has a 50-seat minimum. |
An A is worth 4 points, a B 3, a C 2, a D 1 and an F nothing. The GPA is the average of the five.
Who Spinach AI is for
- Fits if your company would rather pay by the meeting hour, at $2.90, than per seat
- Works for product or engineering teams that want action items filed as Jira or Linear tickets
Who it is not for
- Pricey if you're one person in meetings all week, at $19 a month on the yearly plan, $29 monthly, or $2.90 an hour
- Tight if you stay on Starter: recordings last 7 days, summaries are basic, meetings have an unstated cap and there are no CRM or ticket links
- Skip it if you want notes on your phone or desktop, as it's a bot in the call and a browser dashboard
- Watch out: meetings over 3 hours get no summary, and Pro won't take a Gmail or other public address
- Not for you if you need SSO, SCIM or the API on a small team, since Enterprise has a 50-seat minimum
Good to know
Good for
- Companies that would rather pay by meeting hour than per seat
- Product and engineering teams turning action items into tickets
- Teams that want to start on a free plan and trial the paid features
Worth knowing
- Starter keeps recordings for only 7 days, has basic summaries and lacks the CRM, ticketing and knowledge-base integrations.
- The Pro plan requires a work email domain; public addresses such as Gmail are not eligible.
- Meetings longer than 3 hours do not receive a summary, according to Spinach's FAQ.
- Spinach runs as a bot in the call plus a browser dashboard. SSO, SCIM and the API need Enterprise, which has a 50-seat minimum.
Part 02 · Pricing
What it costs
Every plan, the free plan, ways to pay less and how prices have moved
$19
A month to start, for each person. There is a free plan too
Spinach AI has a free plan. Paid plans start at $2.90 per meeting hour (Pro), or $19 per user / month billed annually (Business).
Starter
$0
Recordings, transcripts and basic AI summaries in 100+ languages, with calendar and Slack integration and 7-day recording retention.
Pro
$2.90
per meeting hour, pay as you go, unlimited users
Company-wide account: advanced AI summaries, Ask Spinach, MCP connectors, CRM and task-tool integrations. Requires a work email domain.
Business
$19
per user / month, billed annually ($29 billed monthly)
No seat minimum: unlimited meetings, advanced AI summaries, Ask Spinach, MCP connectors, CRM and task-tool integrations, and custom branding.
Enterprise
Custom
50-seat minimum: SAML SSO and SCIM, admin settings and reporting, API, custom data retention, compliance agents and a HIPAA BAA.
The free plan
Starter plan: recordings, transcripts and basic AI summaries with calendar and Slack integration. Recordings are kept 7 days, and help docs say meetings per month are limited.
Trying it first
14-day free trial, no credit card required; the account reverts to the free plan afterward
Read from spinach.ai on Oct 5, 2026.
Ways to pay less
Annual discount
Save $120 a year per user on annual billing
The pricing page shows a $120 yearly saving on the Business plan with annual billing: $19 per user a month instead of $29 on monthly billing.
Stated on spinach.ai
Part 03 · Features
What it does
Its main features, where it runs, what it works with and who makes it
1
Place it runs: Web
AI meeting notetaker with per-seat or pay-per-hour pricing. Here is what it does, as its own site describes it, and what it covers: AI features, meeting notes, transcription, chat assistant, templates.
A notetaker joins Zoom, Meet, Teams and Webex, Quick Record handles a chat in a room, and the summary with action items lands minutes later.
- Notetaker for video calls
- Spinach joins Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams and Webex meetings from a connected Google or Microsoft calendar and records them. Slack Huddles support is in beta.
- Summaries and templates
- Sends a summary with action items and decisions a few minutes after the meeting, using meeting templates. Starter gets basic summaries; paid plans get advanced ones.
- Ask Spinach
- An AI chat that answers questions from meeting data. It is limited on Starter and included in full on Pro, Business and Enterprise.
- Tickets and CRM updates
- Paid plans connect to Jira, Linear, Asana, ClickUp, Trello and Monday for tickets, to HubSpot, Salesforce, Attio and Zoho, and to Confluence, Google Docs and Notion.
- Pay-as-you-go Pro plan
- Pro charges $2.90 per meeting hour for an unlimited number of users, billed on actual usage. A month with no meetings costs nothing.
- Quick Record and uploads
- Quick Record captures in-person conversations from the browser, and existing recordings can be uploaded for a summary on paid plans.
Where it runs
- Web
What it works with
- Slack
- Jira
- Linear
- Asana
- HubSpot
- Salesforce
- Notion
- Confluence
Spinach AI is made by StayIn, Inc.
Part 04 · Standing
Where it stands
Its grades against its category, and whether to keep it or make your own
1/48
Other AI meeting note takers it is graded above
Spinach AI's GPA of 2.2 is higher than 1 of the 48 other AI meeting note takers we grade, and level with 11.
It stands best on features (B, above 10 of 48) and worst on value for money (D, above 0).
Its paid plans start at $19 a month for each person, against a middle price of $10 for the category: 40 of the 47 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.7 out of 4. 25 tools score higher and cost less.
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 49 AI meeting note takers we grade, cut by the letter each got. Spinach AI’s own letter is outlined.
- DValue for moneyAbove 0 of 48
- CFree plan and trialAbove 5 of 48
- BFeaturesAbove 10 of 48
- CEase of useAbove 0 of 48
- BPlatforms and integrationsAbove 6 of 48
Price against what you get
Each dot is one of 48 AI meeting note takers. Further left costs less; higher up scores better on features, ease of use and platforms. Spinach AI is the marked dot.
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
Keep it, or make your own?
Whether this is something you could build for yourself with an AI app builder, and what you would give up.
Keep it
To replace Spinach AI 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.
That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 36 of the 48 other AI meeting note takers grade higher. It costs $228 a year.
What you could make
- Templates: 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 is priced for each person, which means accounts and billing for a team.
- It plugs into other products, Slack, Jira and Linear among them.
- The depth: we grade its features B, which means it covers the whole job.
What this rests on. Spinach AI’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.
Part 05 · Alternatives
The alternatives
The tools it is most often weighed against, side by side
Fireflies.ai, Otter.ai, Fathom, Fellow and tl;dv
The 5 tools Spinach AI is most often weighed against, with where each one differs from it.
- 3.2GPA
Fireflies.ai
Free plan · from $10/mo
Meeting notetaker that records, transcribes and summarizes calls.
- Only Fireflies.ai lists macOS, Windows, iOS and Android apps.
- Only Fireflies.ai lists a browser extension.
- Spinach AI also covers templates.
- 3.0GPA
Otter.ai
Free plan · from $8.33/mo
Live meeting transcription with summaries and AI chat.
- Only Otter.ai lists macOS, Windows, iOS and Android apps.
- Only Otter.ai lists a browser extension.
- Spinach AI also covers templates.
- 2.8GPA
Fathom
Free plan · from $15/mo
AI notetaker for Zoom, Google Meet and Teams with a free plan.
- Only Spinach AI lists a web app.
- Only Fathom lists macOS, Windows and iOS apps.
- 2.6GPA
Fellow
Free plan · from $7/mo
AI meeting assistant with recording, notes and admin controls.
- Only Fellow lists macOS, Windows, iOS and Android apps.
- Only Fellow lists a browser extension.
- 2.4GPA
tl;dv
Free plan · from $18/mo
Meeting recorder and AI notetaker for Zoom, Meet and Teams.
- Only tl;dv lists macOS, Windows, iOS and Android apps.
- Only tl;dv lists a browser extension.
Part 06 · Questions
Quick answers
The questions people ask about it, each answered in a line or two
14
Questions, each answered in a line or two
The short version of everything above, for when you only need the answer. Each one is told in full in its part of the guide.
Is Spinach AI free?
Spinach AI has a free plan. Starter plan: recordings, transcripts and basic AI summaries with calendar and Slack integration.
How much does Spinach AI cost?
Spinach AI lists 4 plans. Starter: $0.
What platforms does Spinach AI work on?
Spinach AI is available on Web.
Does Spinach AI offer any discounts?
Spinach AI publicly lists the following: Save $120 a year per user on annual billing.
Does Spinach AI have an Android app?
No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 5, 2026. Spinach AI is listed for Web.
Does Spinach AI have an iPhone app?
No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 5, 2026. Spinach AI is listed for Web.
Is Spinach AI open source?
Spinach AI is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Oct 5, 2026.
What does Spinach AI integrate with?
Spinach AI's listing names Slack, Jira, Linear, Asana, HubSpot, Salesforce, Notion and Confluence.
Does Spinach AI have a free trial?
Yes. 14-day free trial, no credit card required; the account reverts to the free plan afterward.
Who makes Spinach AI?
Spinach AI is made by StayIn, Inc.
What are the alternatives to Spinach AI?
The closest alternatives to Spinach AI in our directory are Fireflies.ai, Otter.ai, Fathom, Fellow and tl;dv.
How does Spinach AI compare with other AI meeting note takers?
Spinach AI's GPA of 2.2 is higher than 1 of the 48 other AI meeting note takers we grade, and level with 11.
Is Spinach AI good value for money?
ToolGPA grades Spinach AI D for value for money. Its paid plans start at $19 a month for each person, against a middle price of $10 for the category: 40 of the 47 others that charge start lower.
Could I make my own version of Spinach AI?
To replace Spinach AI you would be making a bot that joins your calls and turns the talk into notes.
Where this guide comes from
The prices, plans, platforms and features were read from Spinach AI’s own pages on Oct 5, 2026, and the grades were given on Oct 10, 2026. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Spinach's own pages on 5 October 2026. Also tested with a demo account on 2026-06-14.
Every tool we list gets five grades, A to F, each with its reason, and a GPA that averages them. How each is decided is at toolgpa.com/grades. This guide is ToolGPA’s own work; it is not made, paid for or approved by StayIn, Inc. Prices change, so check spinach.ai before you buy.
Part 07 · About
About ToolGPA
Who made this guide, what else is on the site, and how to cite it
3,189
Tools graded, in 94 categories
ToolGPA grades software the way a school report grades a pupil: five subjects, a letter for each with the reason written beside it, and a GPA that averages them. Prices, plans and platforms are read from each maker’s own pages and dated, so you always know how fresh a figure is.
Every grade, review and ranking on ToolGPA is our own judgement. No company can pay for a grade or change one. Every tool on the site has a guide like this one, free to download and pass on. It all lives at toolgpa.com.
3,189
tools graded
94
categories
426
price changes on record
579
apps priced in 12 countries
What else is on toolgpa.com
- Spinach AI, kept up to dateEverything in this guide, with prices and grades as they are todaytoolgpa.com/tools/spinach-ai
- How grades are givenThe rules behind every letter and every GPAtoolgpa.com/grades
- Value chartsWhat each tool costs against what it scores, for every categorytoolgpa.com/charts
- CompareAny two tools side by side, plan by plantoolgpa.com/compare
- Price changesEvery price rise and cut on record, each with its sourcetoolgpa.com/price-changes
- Prices by countryWhat apps cost on the App Store in 12 countriestoolgpa.com/prices-by-country
- Pay lessEvery public discount: yearly billing, students, nonprofitstoolgpa.com/save
- Keep or makeWhich tools are worth paying for, and which you could build yourselftoolgpa.com/keep-or-make
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Compare tools at toolgpa.com ›Everything in this guide is ToolGPA’s own summary of what Spinach AI’s pages, its app-store listings and public reviews said on the dates shown. Grades are our judgement under the rules at toolgpa.com/grades. Every grade, review and ranking on ToolGPA is our own judgement. No company can pay for a grade or change one. Spinach AI is a trademark of its owner, and this guide is not made, paid for or approved by StayIn, Inc. Prices and plans change: check spinach.ai before you buy.