Otter.ai
Automatically transcribe conversations, summarize meetings and find action items across calls.
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505 reviews · 5-point scale
Listing scope: Otter.ai meeting assistant; excludes Office Otter or other Otter names
View G2 source103 reviews · 5-point scale
Listing scope: Otter.ai transcription and meeting notes
View Capterra sourceToolbaaz feature, usability, value and integration/trust scores were not supplied. Those variables will appear after an editor records and approves them.
Quick facts
- Vendor
- Otter.ai Inc.
- Pricing model
- —
- Plan pricing
- Free; India-selected Pro USD $8.33/user/month before short-term offer, checkout required Vendor source checked; not a hands-on review
- Free plan
- Yes — check limits
- Free trial
- Not confirmed
- Last verified
- Not yet verified
About Otter.ai
Otter.ai is a meeting assistant that records, transcribes and summarizes conversations for teams using Zoom, Google Meet and Microsoft Teams as well as uploaded audio. It organizes searchable transcripts, identifies speakers, produces summaries and action items, and allows follow-up questions through Otter AI Chat. Desktop and mobile access support meetings across work environments; advanced tiers add vocabulary control, exports, meeting templates, administrator policies, and enterprise integrations. Otter’s AI output is useful for review, but names, jargon, accents and background noise can produce errors, making an original recording or manual verification important. The official site lists a free Basic tier with 300 monthly transcription minutes and only three lifetime audio/video imports. Pro offers 1,200 in-app recording minutes, a limit of 90 minutes per meeting and ten monthly imports. Business expands meeting duration to four hours and offers custom workflows, higher administration features and more concurrent meetings. Enterprise adds contractual SSO/SCIM, API/webhooks and optional HIPAA-related add-ons. Buyers must read fine print: "unlimited" meeting claims are still subject to per-meeting duration and other features. The official Otter pricing page displays more than one US-dollar offer on the same retrieved page: its general selection shows Pro at $16.99/user/month and $8.49/user/month when billed annually; another India-credit-card-specific selection shows $8.33/user/month and $4.17 promotional prices, plus Business $19.99/user/month. Because the page intermixes regions and time-limited offers, the staging file does not represent the promotional $4.17 as a durable renewal price, and annual numeric fields for ambiguous plan selections remain null. India buyers should verify exact terms, currency, tax and renewal checkout before publication. Otter’s help center lists transcription in English, Spanish, French, German, Japanese and Simplified Chinese, with German and Simplified Chinese described as beta in May 2026. It does not promise flawless real-time code-switching across every language. Reviews on G2 and Capterra praise fast note retrieval, automatic meeting joins and time saved on taking notes; critical feedback mentions accuracy trouble in noisy calls, meeting-bot interruptions, service issues and limited free tier usage. Those observations reflect third-party experience, not an Otter performance benchmark run by Toolbaaz. Otter works best for recurring meeting-heavy teams that can secure recording consent and audit important facts. For regulated work, the organization should validate policy, data handling, retention, recording permissions and any enterprise DPA or optional HIPAA terms rather than assuming a generic free meeting bot meets compliance obligations.
Best for
Consultants, project managers, sales and remote teams looking for searchable transcripts, meeting summaries and action-item recall.
Otter.ai pros and cons
Pros
- Zoom, Google Meet and Microsoft Teams are listed as direct recording workflows.
- Free Basic supports meaningful trial use with 300 transcription minutes per month.
- AI Chat, summaries, action items and searchable transcripts help review decisions.
- Pro adds vocabulary/speaker tagging and stronger exports; Business adds workflow/admin tools.
- Multi-language documentation clearly explains supported languages and beta restrictions.
Cons
- −Free plan allows only three lifetime audio/video file imports.
- −Pro caps in-app meeting duration and monthly recording minutes.
- −Regional and promotional pricing is confusing; verify renewal and tax at checkout.
- −Transcription and speaker identification can struggle with noise and technical language, per reviewers.
- −Recording and shared meeting-bot access require consent and enterprise privacy review.
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Pricing — vendor source checked
Pricing at a glance
US$0/month. 300 transcription minutes per month, 3 lifetime audio/video file imports, meeting chat and basic speaker identification. Does not provide unlimited recording.
On the official page, the India-issued-card selection shows US$8.33/user/month before a limited 50%-off $4.17 offer. This is region/account-specific, not a universal price; confirm current recurring amount, tax and cadence on checkout. 1,200 in-app recording minutes and 90 minutes per meeting. Other official selection lists US$16.99 monthly or US$8.49 monthly-equivalent with annual billing; these are different quote contexts, not a guaranteed Indian annual price.
The same India-facing portion of the official page displays US$19.99/user/month with up to 4 hours per meeting, three concurrent meetings, custom workflows and additional admin reporting. Another selector lists US$30/month with a short-lived $24 offer. Billing country, commitment, taxes and renewal need checkout verification.
Contact Otter sales for contract pricing, SSO/SCIM, account domain control, API/webhooks, custom integrations, enterprise support, and optional HIPAA compliance-related add-on. Per-seat term and region unconfirmed.
Official pricing / availability source · Checked 27 October 2026. Confirm current taxes, regional terms and allowances. A listed plan is not necessarily the cheapest option.
Editorial verification: Not yet verified. Check the vendor's site for current pricing.