Best AI Dictation alternatives

Comparison

Tool	Price from	Free plan	Category
AI Dictation	8.49 USD/mo	trial	Transcription & meetings
Fireflies.ai	10 USD/mo	yes	Transcription & meetings
Plaud	not listed	yes	Transcription & meetings
Fathom	19 USD/mo	yes	Transcription & meetings
Aqua Voice	8 USD/mo	yes	Transcription & meetings
Notta	8.17 USD/mo	yes	Transcription & meetings
Read AI	15 USD/mo	yes	Transcription & meetings
TurboScribe	20 USD/mo	yes	Transcription & meetings
Otter Meeting Agent	16.99 USD/mo	yes	Transcription & meetings

Each alternative in short

1. Fireflies.ai

AI assistant that transcribes, summarizes and searches meetings and calls, and pushes notes and tasks into your CRM and work tools.

Yes, there is a free plan. Free forever plan with unlimited transcription, limited AI summaries, 400 mins of storage per team, 20 AI credits, meeting search, AskFred and API access.

2. Plaud

AI note-taking devices and app that record, transcribe and summarize in-person meetings, phone calls and online meetings.

Yes, there is a free plan. Free Starter Plan: 300 minutes of transcription per month.

3. Fathom

AI notetaker that records, transcribes and summarizes Zoom, Google Meet and Microsoft Teams calls, with CRM updates for teams.

Yes, there is a free plan. Free forever plan with unlimited recordings and transcriptions, choice of bot-free (beta) or bot capture, instant AI call summaries, and clips, playlists and search across calls.

4. Aqua Voice

Real-time speech-to-text dictation with AI cleanup for Mac, Windows, iOS and Android, aimed at people who write prompts, emails and documents by voice.

Yes, there is a free plan. 1,000 free words and the Avalon transcription model, no credit card required.

5. Notta

AI meeting note taker that transcribes, summarizes and turns meetings, interviews or recordings into action items and visuals.

Yes, there is a free plan. Free plan: 120 transcription minutes/month, up to 3 minutes per conversation, 50 file uploads/month, 10 AI summaries/month, speaker identification, transcription of web meetings. A 7-day Business trial is also offered.

6. Read AI

AI meeting notetaker that records, transcribes and summarizes meetings and turns them into action items, for teams and individuals.

Yes, there is a free plan. Free plan: 5 meeting transcripts/reports per month, unlimited enterprise search, basic integrations, personalized meeting coach, 20+ languages, desktop and mobile apps, no credit card required.

7. TurboScribe

Converts audio and video files to text transcripts in seconds, with speaker labels and translation, for people who transcribe meetings, interviews and podcasts.

Yes, there is a free plan. 3 transcripts per day, each up to 30 minutes long, one file at a time, with lower processing priority.

8. Otter Meeting Agent

AI notetaker that transcribes meetings, writes summaries and action items, and syncs notes to CRMs for sales, education and recruiting teams.

Yes, there is a free plan. Basic plan: 300 monthly transcription minutes, 3 lifetime audio/video file imports, live transcription, speaker identification, multi-language support, iOS and Android apps, and the Otter MCP server.

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