AI meeting assistants Category leader
Fathom
AI note taker with free unlimited recording and transcription
Key features
- Automatic transcription
- Summary and action items
- Supported meeting platforms
- Searchable meeting archive
- Bot-free recording
Our picks · 5 tools reviewed
Best AI meeting assistants software for 2026
Tools that join or record meetings to transcribe them and produce summaries and action items. Below: the names buyers expect to see, the newer tools gaining ground, and how their key features and prices compare. How we pick; nobody pays for a place here.
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| Pricing | Free plan $15/user/mo | Free plan $8.33/user/mo billed annually | Free plan $15/user/mo | Free plan $15/user/mo | Free plan $14/user/mo |
| Best for | Sales and customer-facing teams under 200 people that want free call recording and CRM updates. | Small to mid-size sales, recruiting and education teams that want automatic notes across Zoom, Teams and Meet. | Teams of any size that want meeting notes plus answers drawn from email and chat. | Small to mid-size teams that want meeting notes to trigger automations in their CRM and project tools. | Founders and small teams who want bot-free notes without a visible recorder on calls. |
| Team size | 1–500+ people | 1–500+ people | 1–500+ people | 1–500+ people | 1–500+ people |
| Automatic transcription | Yes | Yes | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed |
| Summary and action items | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Supported meeting platforms | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Searchable meeting archive | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Bot-free recording | Yes | Yes | Not listed | Yes | Yes |
| Supported languages | Not listed | Yes | Yes | Yes | Not listed |
| Visit | Visit | Visit | Visit | Visit | Visit |
Category leaders
The best-known AI meeting assistants tools: the ones most buyers shortlist.
AI meeting assistants Category leader
Otter.ai
AI meeting agent that transcribes, summarizes and answers questions
Key features
- Automatic transcription
- Summary and action items
- Supported meeting platforms
- Searchable meeting archive
- Bot-free recording
- Supported languages
AI meeting assistants Category leader
Read AI
Meeting notes and AI search across meetings, email and messages
Key features
- Summary and action items
- Supported meeting platforms
- Searchable meeting archive
- Supported languages
Rising picks
Newer tools with real traction and a clear difference from the leaders.
AI meeting assistants Rising
Circleback
AI meeting notes, action items and automations with search
Key features
- Summary and action items
- Supported meeting platforms
- Searchable meeting archive
- Bot-free recording
- Supported languages
AI meeting assistants Rising
Granola
Bot-free AI notepad for back-to-back meetings
Key features
- Summary and action items
- Supported meeting platforms
- Searchable meeting archive
- Bot-free recording