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Best AI Note Takers for Google Meet in 2026 (Free and Paid): An Honest Comparison
Otter.ai, Fireflies, tl;dv, Fathom, Read.ai, Tactiq and Boostlix Notes compared for Google Meet: free plans, prices, languages and what each is best at, with prices checked on each tool's own pricing page.
For Google Meet, Fathom is the best free choice if your meetings are in English (unlimited free recordings), Otter.ai is best for live transcripts during the call, Fireflies and tl;dv suit sales and customer teams that want notes in their CRM, and Read.ai suits teams that want meeting analytics. Boostlix Notes (which we make) is for Google Meet meetings in more than one language, such as Malayalam, Hindi or Tamil mixed with English, with minutes built around decisions and action items; it records 10 meetings a month free, and transcripts and minutes are $15 a month for 60 meetings on Pro.
Prices and plans below were checked on each tool's own pricing page on 19 October 2026. They change often, so follow the links before you pay. We make Boostlix Notes, so read our section with that in mind; we have tried to say plainly when another tool is the better choice.
The short answer
| Tool | Free option | Paid plans from | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fathom | Unlimited recordings and transcripts | $16 a month billed yearly ($20 monthly) | Free unlimited English recordings |
| Otter.ai | 300 min a month, 30 min per meeting | $8.33 a month billed yearly ($16.99 monthly) | Live transcripts during the call |
| Read.ai | 5 meetings a month, up to 1 hour | $15 a month billed yearly ($19.75 monthly) | Meeting analytics |
| Fireflies.ai | Free plan | See pricing page | CRM and app integrations |
| tl;dv | Free plan | See pricing page | Sharing call highlights with sales teams |
| Tactiq | 10 transcripts and 5 AI credits a month | $8 a month billed yearly | Caption transcripts from a Chrome extension |
| Boostlix Notes | Video recording of 10 meetings a month (no transcript) | $15 a month for 60 meetings | Google Meet in any language, client minutes |
How to choose
Three questions decide it for most people:
- Which meeting apps? If you also use Zoom or Microsoft Teams, you need a tool that covers them: Otter, Fathom, Fireflies, tl;dv and Read.ai all do. Boostlix Notes is Google Meet only.
- Which languages? If every meeting is in English, any of these work. If people speak Malayalam, Hindi, Tamil or another language, or mix them with English, test with a real meeting before paying; many tools are built around English.
- What happens after the meeting? If notes must land in a CRM, Fireflies and tl;dv are strongest. If you want minutes to email or forward to a client, look at how each tool writes decisions and action items.
Fathom
Fathom's free plan lists unlimited recordings and transcriptions with instant summaries, which is hard to beat for an individual who meets in English. Premium is $20 a month ($16 billed yearly), and team plans are per user with a two-user minimum. Its pricing page does not list languages.
Choose Fathom if your meetings are mostly in English and you want unlimited recordings free, across Zoom, Teams and Meet.
Otter.ai
Otter's strength is the live transcript you can read during the call. The free Basic plan includes 300 minutes a month with a 30-minute limit per conversation; Pro is $16.99 a month, or $8.33 billed yearly, with 1,200 minutes and 90 minutes per conversation. Its pricing page lists English, Spanish, French, German, Japanese and Chinese.
Choose Otter if you need live captions and a transcript during the meeting, or a team workspace.
Read.ai
Read.ai adds analytics on top of notes: talk time, engagement and coaching metrics, plus summaries of email and chat. Free covers 5 meetings a month up to an hour each; Pro is $19.75 a month, or $15 billed yearly. It lists 20+ languages, 16+ for meeting reports.
Choose Read.ai if you want to measure how meetings go, not just record them.
Fireflies.ai
Fireflies connects to many CRMs and work apps and records across meeting platforms. It lists English as its main language, with Spanish, French, Portuguese, Italian and 100+ more in beta. Its prices did not show in a form we could check; see its pricing page.
Choose Fireflies if you want notes pushed into a CRM or project tool automatically.
tl;dv
tl;dv is popular with sales and customer teams for sharing timestamped highlights of calls and syncing notes to a CRM. Its pricing page did not load in a form we could check; see it for current plans.
Choose tl;dv if your team reviews and shares moments from customer calls.
Tactiq
Tactiq is a Chrome extension rather than a bot: it copies Meet's live captions into a transcript on your own computer, so it only works while you are in the meeting in that browser. The free plan gives 10 transcripts and 5 AI credits a month; Pro is $8 a month billed yearly (the monthly price is not listed). Its pricing page does not list languages.
Choose Tactiq if you prefer an extension to a bot in the call and want the transcript while the meeting runs.
Free AI note takers for Google Meet
If you want to pay nothing: Fathom lists unlimited free recordings and transcripts, Otter gives 300 minutes a month (30 minutes per meeting), Tactiq 10 transcripts a month, Read.ai 5 meetings a month, and Boostlix Notes records 10 meetings a month on video (transcripts and minutes on Pro). Most free plans are built for English; test with a real meeting in your language first.
Boostlix Notes
Boostlix Notes is built for Google Meet meetings that do not stay in one language. It transcribes the audio itself (not Meet's English captions), so Malayalam, Hindi or Tamil mixed with English comes out as spoken, and it names speakers from Google Meet. The minutes are written around what people act on: decisions, action items with owners and due dates, what the client asked for and what the team committed to, emailed with a PDF. The free plan records 10 meetings a month on video, without a transcript or minutes; Pro is $15 a month for 60 meetings of any length, with transcripts, minutes, recording downloads and 90-day storage.
Where it is weaker: Google Meet only, no live transcript, no calendar auto-join, no team workspace and no CRM integrations yet.
Choose Notes if your meetings are on Google Meet, people mix languages, or you run client calls and want clean minutes to forward the same day. See the full comparison table and the minutes of meeting template.
Before you record anyone
Whatever tool you pick, tell people the meeting is being recorded. Laws differ by place, and some require everyone's consent. A good note taker joins under a visible name, has to be admitted, and announces itself in the chat; Boostlix Notes does all three.