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    Buyer's guide

    Best AI Meeting Tools

    AI note-takers and call summary tools compared on capture method, CRM sync, admin controls and real per-seat cost.

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    For most business teams, Fathom is the best place to start: its free plan records, transcribes and summarizes unlimited calls, and paid plans add CRM sync. Pick Granola if you don't want a bot joining calls, Fireflies or Otter if you need transcripts in many languages or a searchable archive, and the AI built into Zoom, Teams or Google Meet if you already pay for that suite. This guide is for founders, sales teams and operators choosing a note-taker for the whole company. We ranked tools by fit for that buyer, weighing bot versus bot-free capture, free plan limits, HubSpot and Salesforce sync by plan, search and AI chat across meetings, admin controls, data retention and AI-training policy, and price per seat. Every price and plan detail was checked on each vendor's site on October 8, 2026 (MeetGeek and Claap on October 10) and rechecked on October 13, 2026. Security and training claims are the vendors' own.

    The ranking

    Top Best AI Meeting Tools — Ranked

    Rank reflects fit for this use case. Scores come from each tool's full BestStacked review; tools we haven't reviewed aren't scored. We've logged 5 price or plan changes for tools on this list: see the pricing tracker.

    #1

    Fathom

    AI note-taker · Free; Premium $16/mo billed annually ($20 monthly)

    9.2

    The free plan includes unlimited recordings, transcription and basic AI summaries (advanced summaries cover the first 5 calls a month), with a choice of bot or bot-free capture (bot-free is a Mac beta). CRM sync is capped at 3 users per domain below Business ($25/user/mo annual, $34 monthly), which adds CRM field updates after calls. Asking questions across all your calls is still in beta, and SSO and custom retention are Enterprise-only. Fathom says it uses de-identified data to improve its own models unless you opt out.

    #2

    Fireflies.ai

    Meeting assistant + conversation intelligence · Free; Pro $10/seat/mo billed annually ($18 monthly)

    8.7

    Fireflies joins Zoom, Meet and Teams as a bot or records through a Chrome extension without one. It lists English as primary, several European languages as supported and 100+ others in beta. Integrations, including CRMs, need Pro or higher. The free plan has limited AI summaries and 400 minutes of storage per team, and SSO sits on Enterprise ($39/seat, annual only). Fireflies says customer data is never used for AI training.

    #3

    Otter

    Live transcription + meeting archive · Free / Pro $16.99/mo monthly ($8.33/mo annual)

    8.8

    Otter transcribes live during the call and offers AI chat within and across meetings. Free is tight: 300 minutes a month, 30 minutes per conversation and only the 25 most recent conversations. Salesforce and HubSpot note sync covers 1 user on Pro and 5 on Business ($19.99/user/mo annual). SSO needs an Enterprise license of at least 100 users. Otter's privacy policy allows training on de-identified data unless you opt out, though Enterprise workspaces are opted out by default.

    #4

    Granola

    Bot-free AI notepad · Free (Basic); Business $14/user/mo

    8.5

    Granola captures device audio, so no bot joins the call, and it turns the transcript into structured notes. Granola says audio is deleted after transcription, which also means there is no recording to replay. The free plan keeps 30 days of history. Business adds HubSpot, Notion, Attio and Zapier, while Salesforce, SSO and org-wide retention policies need Enterprise ($35/user/mo).

    #5

    tl;dv

    Meeting recorder + AI notes · Free; Pro $18/seat/mo billed annually ($29 monthly)

    8.5

    The free plan records and transcribes unlimited meetings in 30+ languages, but AI notes stop after 10 meetings and data is kept up to 3 months. Pro adds unlimited AI notes, CRM integrations, API and MCP access. Asking AI across many meetings is capped at 5 queries until Business ($29/seat/mo annual). tl;dv says data is hosted and stored in the EU.

    #6

    Read AI

    Meeting reports + enterprise search · Free; Pro $15/user/mo billed annually ($19.75 monthly)

    8.6

    Read AI summarizes meetings and extends search to email and messaging. Free covers 5 meeting transcripts a month. Pro adds unlimited transcripts plus Salesforce, HubSpot, Notion and Zapier, but audio and video playback starts on Enterprise ($22.50/user/mo annual). SSO, SCIM and custom retention need Enterprise+ ($29.75/user/mo annual, 5+ licenses).

    #7

    Zoom Workplace AI (formerly AI Companion)

    Built into Zoom Workplace · Free Basic plan; Pro $14.16/user/mo billed annually ($16.99 monthly)

    8.5

    Paid Zoom Workplace plans include unlimited meeting summaries, in-meeting questions and AI note-taking, with no extra seat to buy. Basic accounts get 3 summarized meetings a month. Zoom retired the AI Companion name in 2026; its agentic features now sit in ZoomMate, sold separately. SSO and managed domains start on Business ($18.33/user/mo annual).

    #8

    Microsoft Teams Premium / Microsoft 365 Copilot

    Built into Microsoft Teams · Free; Microsoft 365 Personal $9.99/mo; Copilot Business from $21/user/mo

    8.5

    Teams Premium adds AI-generated intelligent recap plus meeting protections such as watermarking and limits on who can record. Microsoft 365 Copilot Business ($21/user/mo annual, or $18 for the first year on a promotion that ends December 31, 2026) adds Copilot in Teams alongside Word, Excel and Outlook. Both require an existing Teams license and an annual commitment, and neither helps with calls on Zoom or Meet.

    #9

    Gemini in Google Meet

    Built into Google Workspace · Free / Google AI Pro $19.99/mo / Workspace from $7/user/mo

    8.9

    Gemini in Meet summarizes, translates and takes notes, and the same plan includes Gemini in Gmail, Docs and Drive. It's not on Business Starter, so Business Standard is the entry point. It only covers Google Meet calls, so it won't capture client calls on Zoom or Teams.

    #10

    MeetGeek

    AI note-taker, bot or bot-free · Free (3 hours/mo) / Pro $9.99/user/mo billed annually ($15.99 monthly)

    8.8

    Joins Zoom, Meet and Teams as a bot, or records bot-free through a Chrome extension, Mac and Windows apps and a mobile app, and says it transcribes 100+ languages. The free plan covers 3 hours a month with API and MCP access but no CRM integrations; Pro allows 20 hours and connects to Salesforce, HubSpot, Pipedrive, Close and Attio. SSO and custom retention are Enterprise-only. MeetGeek says it doesn't train AI on meeting content unless you opt in.

    #11

    Claap

    Sales call recorder + CRM auto-fill · Free (300 min total) / Pro $32/license/mo billed yearly ($40 monthly)

    8.5

    Records bot-free by default through a Chrome extension or desktop app, with a Zoom, Meet and Teams bot on every plan. CRM auto-complete for Salesforce, HubSpot, Attio and Pipedrive, coaching scorecards and questions across meetings need Business ($60/license/mo yearly, $75 monthly). The API and SSO are Enterprise-only, and every paid license in the workspace is billed, assigned or not.

    Our top picks

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    Editor's Pick

    Fathom

    The free plan includes unlimited recordings, transcription and basic AI summaries (advanced summaries cover the first 5 calls a month), with a choice of bot or bot-free capture (bot-free is a Mac beta). CRM sync is capped at 3 users per domain below Business ($25/user/mo annual, $34 monthly), which adds CRM field updates after calls. Asking questions across all your calls is still in beta, and SSO and custom retention are Enterprise-only. Fathom says it uses de-identified data to improve its own models unless you opt out.

    Editor's Pick

    Fireflies.ai

    Fireflies joins Zoom, Meet and Teams as a bot or records through a Chrome extension without one. It lists English as primary, several European languages as supported and 100+ others in beta. Integrations, including CRMs, need Pro or higher. The free plan has limited AI summaries and 400 minutes of storage per team, and SSO sits on Enterprise ($39/seat, annual only). Fireflies says customer data is never used for AI training.

    Editor's Pick

    Otter

    Otter transcribes live during the call and offers AI chat within and across meetings. Free is tight: 300 minutes a month, 30 minutes per conversation and only the 25 most recent conversations. Salesforce and HubSpot note sync covers 1 user on Pro and 5 on Business ($19.99/user/mo annual). SSO needs an Enterprise license of at least 100 users. Otter's privacy policy allows training on de-identified data unless you opt out, though Enterprise workspaces are opted out by default.

    Buying guide

    How to Choose the Right Tool

    Decide on bot or bot-free capture first. Bots are visible and work on any device. Bot-free tools such as Granola capture device audio, which is less disruptive, but either way the host still has to get consent where the law requires it.

    Price the plan you will actually need. Free plans cap minutes, AI summaries or history, and CRM sync, SSO and retention controls usually sit one or two tiers up. Compare annual and monthly prices: the gap is often 20% to 50%.

    Check CRM sync by plan and by seat. Fathom limits CRM sync to 3 users per domain below Business, and Otter limits Salesforce and HubSpot sync to 1 user on Pro and 5 on Business.

    Read the AI-training and retention settings. Fathom and Otter allow training on de-identified data unless you opt out, while Fireflies says it never trains on customer data. Find out who can set auto-deletion: individual users or an admin for the whole company.

    Use what you already pay for. Zoom Workplace paid plans and Google Workspace Business Standard include meeting summaries, so a separate tool has to beat them on cross-platform capture, CRM sync or search.

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