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

> Meeting notetaker with instructions for how your notes are written

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

Wudpecker sends a notetaker bot into Zoom, Google Meet and Microsoft Teams meetings, or records without a bot on desktop and phone apps, then writes notes in a structure you describe. An Ask Wudpecker assistant answers questions about past meetings. Plans are limited by the number of bot-attended meetings a month.

- **Category:** AI Meeting Notes
- **Made by:** Wudpecker Oy
- **Website:** https://www.wudpecker.io
- **Runs on:** Web, macOS, Windows, iOS, Android
- **Who should skip it:** Tight if you're on Free: 10 bot meetings a month and 3 Ask AI questions per recording.
- **Facts last checked:** Nov 12, 2026

## Pricing

As of Nov 12, 2026, Wudpecker has a free plan, and paid plans start at $19 per month, billed annually ($23 billed monthly).

- **Pricing model:** Free plan
- **Free plan:** 10 notetaker-bot meetings a month, 3 Ask AI questions per recording, and unlimited in-person recording on the apps.
- **Free trial:** 2-week premium trial, no credit card needed.

| Plan | Price | What you get |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Free | $0 | 10 notetaker-bot meetings a month, 3 Ask AI questions per recording, 39 languages, sharing and custom templates. |
| Plus | $19 per month, billed annually ($23 billed monthly) | 30 bot meetings a month, unlimited Ask AI questions, auto-join rules, bot name and message, Notion, Slack and HubSpot. |
| Pro | $32 per month, billed annually ($40 billed monthly) | Everything in Plus, for 100 notetaker-bot meetings a month. |

Read from https://www.wudpecker.io/pricing on Nov 12, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Wudpecker before buying.

## Ways to pay less

- **Save 20% with annual billing** (Annual discount): Wudpecker's pricing page shows annual billing at 20% off: Plus $19 instead of $23 and Pro $32 instead of $40 a month. Source: https://www.wudpecker.io/pricing

## Key features

- **Instruction-based notes:** You tell Wudpecker the structure, details and language for the notes, and it can turn text into tables.
- **Notetaker bot and bot-free recording:** A bot joins Zoom, Meet and Teams meetings; desktop apps on Mac and Windows and phone apps record without one.
- **Ask Wudpecker:** A chat assistant for questions about meeting discussions; capped at 3 questions per recording on Free, unlimited on Plus.
- **Custom vocabulary:** Set how special names and words are spelled so they are written the same way in later meetings.
- **Sharing and collections:** Group calls into collections, share notes with another Wudpecker user or send a view-only link.
- **Notion, Slack and HubSpot:** Plus and Pro connect meeting notes to Notion, Slack and HubSpot; more CRMs are listed as beta.

## Good for

- Customer-facing roles that want notes in a personal structure
- People who record in-person meetings from a phone or laptop
- Teams in the EU that want GDPR and EU-hosted recordings

## Worth knowing

- Free allows 10 notetaker-bot meetings a month, Plus 30 and Pro 100; the bot stops recording past the limit.
- Meetings are capped at 2 hours 15 minutes, and one calendar and one workspace per account.
- The FAQ says transcripts cannot be edited by hand, only re-run in another language.
- The FAQ says refunds are not given after cancelling, though access runs to period end.

## ToolGPA grades

**GPA: 2.6 out of 4**, graded Nov 12, 2026. Wudpecker is a meeting notetaker where you write instructions for how your notes should look. The free plan covers 10 bot meetings a month, but the bot stops when you pass a limit, transcripts can't be edited by hand, and refunds aren't given after you cancel.

- **Value for money: C.** Plus is $19 a month billed yearly and Pro $32. The category's dearer quarter starts at $15, so Plus is at the upper end for 30 bot meetings a month.
- **Free plan and trial: B.** A free plan with 10 notetaker-bot meetings a month, 3 Ask AI questions per recording and unlimited in-person recording on the apps. One person with a light calendar could live on it. There is also a 2-week premium trial with no card.
- **Features: C.** Notes by instruction, a bot and bot-free recording, Ask Wudpecker, custom vocabulary and Notion, Slack and HubSpot. Gaps in the listing: meetings are capped at 2 hours 15 minutes, one calendar per account, and no manual transcript edits.
- **Ease of use: C.** No store rating on record. There's a calendar to connect and instructions to write before the notes come out the way you want.
- **Platforms and integrations: A.** Web, Mac, Windows, iPhone and Android, with Zoom, Meet, Teams, Notion, Slack and HubSpot.

These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Wudpecker'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

- Wudpecker's GPA of 2.6 is higher than 40 of the 68 other AI meeting note takers we grade, and level with 10.
- It stands best on platforms and integrations (A, above 47 of 68) and worst on features (C, above 0).
- Its paid plans start at $19 a month, against a middle price of $11.99 for the category: 48 of the 62 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.

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 Wudpecker 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 $228 a year.

- You could make: Templates: 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: Apps for macOS, Windows, iOS and Android that stay in step with each other.
- You could not: It plugs into other products, Zoom, Google Meet and Microsoft Teams among them.
- You could not: Sharing with other people, which means accounts and invitations.

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

## Works with

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

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

## Alternatives

- [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-wudpecker)
- [Fireflies.ai](https://toolgpa.com/tools/fireflies): Meeting notetaker that records, transcribes and summarizes calls. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/fireflies-vs-wudpecker)
- [Avoma](https://toolgpa.com/tools/avoma): AI meeting assistant with scheduling and sales call coaching. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/avoma-vs-wudpecker)
- [Grain](https://toolgpa.com/tools/grain): AI notetaker with free viewer seats and shareable call clips. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/grain-vs-wudpecker)
- [tl;dv](https://toolgpa.com/tools/tldv): Meeting recorder and AI notetaker for Zoom, Meet and Teams. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/tldv-vs-wudpecker)

## Sources

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

- https://www.wudpecker.io/pricing
- https://www.wudpecker.io/
- https://www.wudpecker.io/whats-new
- https://www.wudpecker.io/terms-of-service

Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/wudpecker
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