Best Plaud alternatives

Comparison

Tool	Price from	Free plan	Category
Plaud	not listed	yes	Transcription & meetings
Fireflies.ai	10 USD/mo	yes	Transcription & meetings
Notta	8.17 USD/mo	yes	Transcription & meetings
Read AI	15 USD/mo	yes	Transcription & meetings
Fathom	19 USD/mo	yes	Transcription & meetings
Otter Meeting Agent	16.99 USD/mo	yes	Transcription & meetings
tl;dv	not listed	yes	Transcription & meetings
TurboScribe	20 USD/mo	yes	Transcription & meetings
Wispr Flow	12 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. 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.

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. 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.

6. tl;dv

AI notetaker that records, transcribes and summarizes Zoom, Google Meet and Teams meetings, then sends insights to your tools.

Yes, there is a free plan. Free forever plan (the homepage offers 'Get tl;dv - Free forever'). Limits are not stated in the provided text.

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. Wispr Flow

Voice-to-text dictation AI that turns speech into polished writing in any app, plus a meeting notetaker, for individuals and teams.

Yes, there is a free plan. Free plan: speech-to-text in any app, 100+ languages, dictionary and snippets, limited Notetaker access. Dictation limit 2,000 words/week on desktop and 1,000/week on mobile.

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