Vexa review (2026): is the free plan enough?
Open-source meeting bot API with real-time transcription
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Vexa report card
Fair · out of 4.0 · graded Nov 13, 2026
Best for an open-source meeting bot API
Vexa is a meeting bot API that returns real-time transcripts, with an open-source edition you host yourself. The output is an API, transcripts and a dashboard, not polished summaries, and hosted use is billed per bot-hour. It is aimed at developers.
Who Vexa is for
- Fits if you are building meeting transcripts into your own product
- Works for developers who want to host the code themselves
Who Vexa is not for
- Not for you if you want summaries and action items, as the output is transcripts and a dashboard
- Skip it if you do not want to run code or servers, as it is developer-facing
- Watch out: API usage is $0.30 an hour for the bot and $0.20 more for transcription
- Watch out: the Individual seat includes one concurrent bot
- Tight if you need shared workspaces, which are described as early, self-hosted features
Why Vexa gets a 2.0
Five grades, each with its reason. The GPA is their average: an A is 4 points, an F is none.
- CValue for moneyOpen source is free only if you host it yourself. Hosted is $12 a seat a month, the middle, with usage at $0.50 an hour.
- CFree plan and trialNo free plan: new accounts get $2 of bot credit with no card, about 4 hours, and the open-source edition is self-hosted.
- CFeaturesMeeting bot API, real-time transcripts, an MCP server, webhooks, recording and a dashboard. It stops at the transcript, with no summaries.
- DEase of useNo store rating on record. It is an API and a self-hosted edition, so it needs developer setup.
- BPlatforms and integrationsWeb, an API and an MCP server, with Meet, Teams, Zoom, Claude Code and n8n. No desktop or phone app is listed.
What these grades rest on. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Vexa's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. How we review and grade.
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Vexa's GPA of 2.0 is higher than 11 of the 89 other AI meeting note takers we grade, and level with 8.
It stands best on platforms and integrations (B, above 16 of 89) and worst on ease of use (D, above 0).
Its paid plans start at $12 a month for each person, against a middle price of $12 for the category: 37 of the 76 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.0 out of 4. 34 tools score higher and cost less.
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 90 AI meeting note takers we grade, cut by the letter each got. Vexa’s own letter is outlined.
- CValue for moneyAbove 21 of 89, level with 57
- CFree plan and trialAbove 19 of 89, level with 59
- CFeaturesAbove 1 of 89, level with 45
- DEase of useAbove 0 of 89
- BPlatforms and integrationsAbove 16 of 89, level with 50
Price against what you get
Each dot is one of 77 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 Vexa, or make your own?
Keep it
To replace Vexa 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: 70 of the 89 other AI meeting note takers grade higher. It costs $144 a year. Vexa is open source, so there is a third way: take its code and run it yourself.
What you could not
- A bot that joins your calls and turns the talk into notes.
- An AI agent, with the models and the safeguards behind it.
- 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, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams and Zoom among them, and has an API.
What this rests on. Vexa’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 Vexa?
Vexa sends a bot into Google Meet, Microsoft Teams and Zoom calls and streams the transcript in real time through a REST and WebSocket API. It also offers an MCP server so an agent such as Claude Code can read live meeting data. The code is Apache 2.0 licensed and can be self-hosted, or Vexa runs it for you.
Worth knowing
- It is developer-facing; the output is an API, transcripts and a dashboard rather than polished summaries.
- API usage is billed per bot-hour: $0.30 for the bot and $0.20 more for transcription.
- The Individual seat includes one concurrent bot.
- Shared workspaces and agents are described as early, self-hosted features.
Key features
- Meeting bot API
- One API call sends a bot into Google Meet, Microsoft Teams or Zoom; the transcript is fetched over REST.
- Real-time transcripts
- Transcripts arrive while the meeting is running, with speaker names, over WebSocket, in the language set for each meeting.
- MCP server
- Claude Code, Codex and other MCP clients can read live meeting data through the Vexa MCP server.
- Webhooks and recording
- Signed events fire when a meeting starts, ends or fails, and meeting audio is stored and fetched over the API.
- Self-hosting
- Deploy with Docker Compose, Kubernetes or OpenShift and run your own transcription model so audio stays on your network.
- Dashboard
- An open-source web dashboard shows bots, transcripts and meetings, and can be forked and customized.
Vexa pricing
As of Nov 13, 2026, Vexa has a free plan, and paid plans start at $12 per seat / month.
- Starts at
- $12 per seat / month
- Free plan
- Open-source edition, free to self-host with community support.
- Free trial
- New accounts get $2 of free bot credit, no card needed, about 4 hours of transcribed meetings
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Open source | $0 | Apache 2.0 licensed; you host it yourself on your own infrastructure, with community support. |
| Individual | $12per seat / month | One person and their agents over MCP; one concurrent bot, unlimited meetings and 12-month audio storage. |
| Build on Vexa | $10one-time top-up, used as you go | Pay as you go for the API with unlimited bots; $0.30 per bot-hour, $0.50 with real-time transcription. |
| Enterprise | Custom | Self-hosted in your own cloud with dedicated support, volume pricing and a security and data-residency review. |
Read from vexa.ai on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Vexa before you buy.
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Common questions
Does Vexa have an Android app?
No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 13, 2026. Vexa is listed for Web.
Does Vexa have an iPhone app?
No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 13, 2026. Vexa is listed for Web.
Is Vexa open source?
Yes. Vexa is open source, according to its own site. It can also be run on a server of your own.
Does Vexa have an API?
Yes. Vexa offers a public API, according to its own site.
Sources for this page
The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026.