Most meeting tools drop a bot into the call and hand you AI notes you didn't write. SummitScribe records without a bot — in the browser, on Android, or on Windows — keeps your rich notes and whiteboard photos first-class, and delivers transcription, speaker names, Memory search, and study tools you can still use weeks later. Send a finished meeting to Notion or OneNote when you already live in those apps.
4 hours free every month • Android, Windows, and web • Built for 2–4 hour meetings
The gap the bots leave
Other tools transcribe. These four are not in Otter, Fireflies, Fathom, tl;dv, or Granola.
Rich text plus photos of the board and the slides sit beside the AI transcript. The bots bury that under generated cards. Granola enhances typed notes — it does not keep whiteboard photos as first-class meeting records.
Notes, photos, transcript, and AI details stay on this device. Record when the network drops; sync when you reconnect. The others need the cloud to keep the meeting.
Long lectures become cards you can actually study, plus 36 meeting templates. Not a sales clip reel.
Otter Pro caps a conversation at 90 minutes. Fireflies Pro caps at two hours. Starter is built for the long room. Linux duplex capture is in the same product, not a side project.
One-tap capture in person or on a call, or upload Zoom, Meet, or Teams audio. No third-party participant in the room.
Rich text plus whiteboard and slide photos sit beside the AI transcript. Your own record is never buried under generated summary cards.
Keep offline saves notes, photos, AI details, and the transcript on this device. Audio download is optional. Record when the network drops; sync when you reconnect.
Two-to-four-hour sessions are a primary goal — including on Starter. Reliable capture, segmented audio, and structured notes that still make sense the next day.
Flashcards, mind maps, and Anki export for lectures. Dozens of meeting templates, from kickoff to negotiation.
One recording, many reads: project charter, battle card, risk register, email drafter, and role-based views. Folders keep the library usable.
Installable Android app for on-the-go capture. Microphone by default; optional meeting audio when you need the other side of the call. Not every meeting app allows that capture — when it does not, we keep the microphone only.
Windows and Mac apps load the live product and record mic plus system audio. Linux uses the same local capture agent — duplex, no bot.
Search across your meetings and chat with the evidence — not a generic bot summary that forgot last quarter.
Connect from Account settings, pick a page or section, and send a meeting — or auto-push after AI finishes. Pages follow the same template sections as the PDF. Your notes stay first.
Save a named 5-second to 10-minute highlight from the Audio tab or transcript. Copy a private link or download the clip. Video cards are not part of the product.
Intelligent speaker naming, structured takeaways with owners, and full cloud audio with synced playback.
SummitScribe will never join your call as a participant. Capture stays on your phone, computer, or an upload you choose. Clients do not see a mystery attendee, and nothing trains a model on your recordings. Privacy policy.
Consultants and legal. Sensitive rooms, no recording bot, notes and exhibits you wrote yourself.
Journalists and field teams. Capture when the network is gone; Keep offline until you can sync.
Teachers and learners. Long lectures become flashcards, mind maps, and a transcript you can study.
Anyone who already takes notes. AI fills the gaps. It does not replace your record.
What the bots skip — then pricing next to the tools people usually compare us to. Public features and prices, verified against each provider's homepage. Last updated: .
| Feature | SummitScribe | Otter.ai | Fireflies.ai | tl;dv | Fathom | Granola |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cheapest paid (monthly) | From $15/mo | From $16.99/mo $8.33/mo annual · 90 min max | From $18/mo $10/mo annual · 2-hr max | From $29/mo $18/mo annual | From $20/mo $16/mo annual | From $14/mo Unlimited history |
| Free tier | 4 hr/mo | 5 hr/mo + 20 AI/mo | Unlimited | Unlimited + 10 AI summaries/mo | Unlimited + 5 AI summaries/mo | Unlimited |
| Hour cap (all paid tiers) | 12 / 24 / 40 / 80 hr | — | No hour cap | No hour cap | No hour cap | No hour cap |
| Bot-free capture | Yes | Required | Optional | Optional | Optional | Yes |
| Your notes + photos first | ✓ | — | — | — | — | ✓ |
| Keep offline | ✓ | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2–4 hour meetings on cheapest paid | ✓ | — | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Linux capture | ✓ | — | — | — | — | — |
| Transcription | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Speaker identification | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | — |
| Exports | DOCX, PDF, MARKDOWN | DOCX, PDF | DOCX, PDF | DOCX, PDF | DOCX, PDF | — |
| Android app | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | — | — | — |
| Windows app | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | — | — | — |
| Cross-meeting search | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Study mode | ✓ | — | — | — | — | — |
| Meeting templates | 36 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Native send to Notion / OneNote | Notion, OneNote | — | Notion, OneNote | Notion | — | Notion |
Native send means a first-party connector, not Zapier. Granola and tl;dv send to Notion; Fireflies sends to Notion and OneNote. Otter and Fathom do not list a native OneNote send. Pricing and feature data from each provider's public homepage. Verify before purchasing.
No bot. Your notes stay primary. Transcript, speakers, and action items when you need them — private by design.
SummitScribe is an AI meeting intelligence platform built around your notes. Record live in the browser or upload audio from Zoom, Google Meet, or anywhere else — and get accurate transcription with intelligent speaker naming, structured takeaways, and action items, while your own rich notes and photos stay first-class.
No bot ever joins your call. You record in person or on a call with one tap, or upload a recording afterwards. There is no extra participant in the room, meetings stay private, and your notes never disappear into someone else's bot account.
Yes. Upload recordings from Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, or any other audio source. SummitScribe transcribes the audio, identifies who said what, and generates structured notes with takeaways and action items.
Yes. SummitScribe does not train AI models on your recordings, transcripts, notes, or photos. Data is encrypted in transit and at rest, and only you can access your meetings. Full details are in the privacy policy.
There is a free tier with 4 hours of transcription every month — no credit card required. Starter is $15 for 12 hours, Pro is $29 for 24 hours, Ridge is $49 for 40 hours, and Ultimate is $99 for 80 hours.
Yes — and that is the point. User Notes are first-class: a rich text editor with photo uploads (whiteboards, slides, paper notes) sits alongside the AI transcript and structured notes so your own record stays primary.
Yes. Android is an installable app for capture on the go. Microphone is always available; optional meeting audio depends on the other app — not every meeting application supports playback capture, and in those cases we keep the microphone only. Windows and Mac are product shells that record microphone and system audio. Linux uses the same local capture agent. iOS has a native product shell with microphone capture (optional meeting audio via Screen Recording). It is not in the App Store yet. An iPhone cannot capture Webex, Zoom, or Teams while that call is on the same phone — put the meeting on a computer, or record the room.
Yes. Memory search looks across your meetings, and you can chat with a meeting using the transcript and notes as evidence.
You can record when the network drops, and Keep offline saves notes, photos, AI details, and the transcript on this device. Audio download is optional. Generating new AI still needs a connection.
SummitScribe is designed for two-to-four-hour meetings, not just short standups. Capture, upload, and notes are built around that path.
For lectures and similar templates, SummitScribe can build flashcards, practice tests, and mind maps from the meeting, with Anki export. Thirty-six templates cover kickoffs, negotiations, and more.
Yes. Connect Notion or OneNote from Account settings, pick where pages go, and send a meeting — or turn on auto-push after AI finishes. Destination pages follow the same template sections as the PDF export. Your notes stay first. Evernote is not available yet.
Yes. Save a named highlight between 5 seconds and 10 minutes from the Audio tab or the transcript. You get a private link and a download. Whole-meeting PDF, DOCX, and Markdown share links still exist. Video clips are not offered.
SummitScribe exists to capture clarity from long, important conversations — without losing the human element.
Your notes are first-class. Rich text and photos (whiteboards, slides, sketches) sit beside the AI transcript, always prominent, always yours. AI transcribes, names speakers, and organizes what happened; it never replaces your own record.
The most important meetings are also the most sensitive. SummitScribe is private by design: no bot joins your call, nothing trains a model on your recordings, transcripts, notes, or photos, and only you can access your meetings.
Use it in the browser, the Android app, or the Windows app (Linux capture agent for duplex desktop audio). Keep meetings offline on this device when you need them. Send a finished meeting to Notion or OneNote when you already live in those apps.