On-device: audio never leaves your machine. No bot, no cloud.
Jamie is a bot-free meeting-notes app for Mac and Windows. No meeting bot joins the call; it captures system and mic audio directly and exports to Notion, Slack, and HubSpot. The summary and action-item layer is competent, speaker identification works, and the bot-free capture is the real differentiator against cloud incumbents that drop a visible bot into every participant list. For a solo user or small team on Mac or Windows that lives in those three tools and doesn't need a CRM sync, Jamie is a reasonable pick.
The catch is the split between capture and summary. Jamie markets itself as local-first, and the capture is. The summarisation isn't. Summaries run on Jamie's cloud AI with no on-device path, no built-in local LLM, and no bring-your-own-API-key option. For a compliance review that asks where the meeting goes, the answer is "captured locally, summarised in the cloud." Better than full-cloud. Not the same as fully local. A team that needs the whole pipeline on-device, capture through transcription through summarisation, doesn't get it from Jamie.
The price is the second wall. The free tier gives basic transcription with restricted AI summaries. The paid Standard plan is £25 a seat a month, billed annually, with full features, 100+ language support, and integrations. No one-off Pro option. A 10-person team pays £3,000 a year. For a tool that still routes the notes step through cloud AI, that's steep. The platform scope is the third wall: macOS and Windows, no Linux build, no web fallback. A mixed-platform team with Linux users can't standardise on it.
Where Jamie does well is the bot-free capture and the export. Notion, Slack, and HubSpot cover the three tools a small team uses most. Offline capture works when the network drops. Jamie also has cross-meeting search, chat with your past meetings, custom templates, audio file import, GDPR compliance, and SOC2 on the Enterprise tier. The weakness isn't the feature breadth. It's the notes step (cloud, no local LLM, no BYO keys), the price (£25 a seat a month), and the platform scope (Mac and Windows only).
The buyers who switch off Jamie fall into three camps. Some need the summarisation on-device too, not just the capture. Some looked at £25 a seat a month and found a one-off local option. Some need Linux or a real free tier. The list below speaks to each camp, which is why it isn't ranked on a single axis.
Ranked by fit for local, bot-free meeting notes. Clearminutes is the local-first anchor at the end.
Otter.ai puts a bot in every call and sends audio to its servers. Clearminutes runs on your machine.
Best for: sales teams that want CRM-synced cloud notes and a polished shared workspace. A bot joins every call and audio goes to Otter's servers. The free tier caps at 300 minutes a month, with no on-device or offline option.
Price: $0/forever
Otter.ai is best for sales teams who want CRM-synced cloud notes and a polished shared workspace. A bot joins every call and audio goes to Otter's servers, with a free tier capped at 300 minutes a month and no on-device or offline option. Strong on Zoom, Teams, Salesforce, and HubSpot integration, weak on privacy and native cross-platform apps. Pick it when team collaboration matters more than keeping audio on the device.
Meeting transcription without the awkward "Fireflies has joined" announcement or monthly subscription.
Best for: teams that want a rich searchable transcript archive and deep CRM integrations with Salesforce and HubSpot. A cloud bot joins every call and audio is stored on Fireflies.ai's servers. The free tier is limited to 800 minutes of storage per seat.
Price: $0/forever
Fireflies.ai is best for teams who want a rich searchable transcript archive and deep CRM integrations like Salesforce and HubSpot. A cloud bot joins every call and audio is stored on Fireflies.ai's servers, with the free tier limited to 800 minutes of storage per seat. Strong on search and CRM workflows, weak on privacy and offline use. Pick it when searchable team transcripts matter more than local processing.
Fathom is a free Zoom-only cloud notetaker. Clearminutes works with any audio source, runs locally on Mac and Windows, and doesn't need Zoom.
Best for: teams on Zoom who want a free, simple cloud notetaker with unlimited recordings and 28-language support. A bot joins every call, coverage is Zoom-only, and audio is uploaded to Fathom's servers. There's no on-device transcription path and no offline option.
Price: $0/forever
Fathom is best for teams on Zoom who want a free, simple cloud notetaker with unlimited recordings and broad 28-language support. A bot joins every call, coverage is Zoom-only, and audio is uploaded to Fathom's servers with no on-device transcription path. Strong on free-tier generosity and language coverage, weak on platform breadth and privacy. Pick it when you live on Zoom and want free cloud notes.
Granola is a polished Mac-only drafting app that processes audio in the cloud. Clearminutes runs on-device, on Mac and Windows, with a one-off Pro price.
Best for: Mac users who want a polished meeting summary app that drafts notes and exports to Notion, Slack, and HubSpot. It's Mac-only with cloud-only audio processing, a limited free tier, and a £14–35/month subscription. The integration surface is smaller than the cloud incumbents.
Price: £0/forever
Granola is best for Mac-only users who want a polished cloud-native drafting workflow with custom templates, chat-with-meetings, action items, cross-meeting search, and speaker diarization, plus Notion, Slack, and HubSpot export. Audio is processed on Granola's servers with no local option, and the paid plans run £14–35 a month. Strong on the Mac drafting experience, weak on Windows, Linux, offline, and a real free tier. Pick it for Mac-only work in those three tools.
Krisp pioneered noise cancellation. Clearminutes is a complete AI meeting assistant: transcription, summaries, action items, and task sync.
Best for: teams that need noise cancellation first and a meeting assistant second. Transcription is a cloud add-on, not the core product. There's a 14-day trial then a limited free tier, 16-language support, and an $8–15/month paid plan for full features.
Price: $0/forever
Krisp is best for teams who need noise cancellation first and a meeting assistant second. Transcription is a cloud add-on rather than the core product; noise cancellation runs locally but transcription does not. A 14-day trial gives way to a limited free tier, with a paid plan at $8–15 a month for full features across 16 languages. Strong on noise removal, weak on on-device transcription and offline notes. Pick it when call audio is noisy.
tl;dv records Google Meet, Zoom, and Teams in the cloud with a bot in the call. Clearminutes keeps the recording on your machine and works offline.
Best for: teams on Google Meet, Zoom, and Teams who want a free-tier cloud recorder with 30+ language transcripts and Chrome-based capture. A bot joins every call and audio is uploaded to tl-dv's servers. The paid plan is $20–25/month, with no on-device transcription option.
Price: $0/forever
tl;dv is best for teams on Google Meet, Zoom, and Teams who want a free-tier cloud recorder with 30+ language transcripts and Chrome-based capture. A bot joins every call and audio is uploaded to tl;dv's servers, with a $20–25 a month paid plan and no on-device transcription option. Strong on multi-platform recording and language coverage, weak on privacy and offline use. Pick it for free cloud recording across meeting platforms.
Avoma is a cloud sales-intelligence platform for revenue teams. Clearminutes is a local-first desktop app with no bots, no uploads, and on-device AI.
Best for: revenue teams that want conversation intelligence, CRM auto-entry, and AI coaching scorecards on top of meeting notes. A bot or integration joins every call and audio is uploaded to Avoma's cloud on AWS. There's no free tier, just a 14-day trial, and no on-device transcription.
Price: $19/seat/mo/annual
Avoma is best for revenue and customer-success teams who want conversation intelligence, CRM auto-entry, and AI coaching scorecards on top of meeting notes. A bot or integration joins every call and audio is uploaded to Avoma's cloud on AWS, with no free tier beyond a 14-day trial and no on-device transcription. Strong on Salesforce, HubSpot, and coaching analytics, weak on privacy and any offline or no-bot workflow. Pick it when revenue analytics matter more than keeping audio on the device.
Two local-first Tauri apps built on similar technology. Meetily is open source with a new Pro tier. Clearminutes adds speaker diarization, integrations, guided onboarding, and active commercial development.
Best for: developers who want an open-source local notes tool that runs Whisper on-device with unlimited free use. There are no integrations and no diarization polish. The split is Free Community / $10 Pro, and on Linux it's buildable from source rather than a packaged app.
Price: £0/forever
Meetily is best for developers who want a fully auditable, MIT-licensed local notes tool that runs Whisper on-device with unlimited free use. There are no integrations, diarization is only coming soon on Pro, and there's no commercial support, just the community. On Linux it's buildable from source rather than a packaged app. Strong on openness and local processing, weak on polish, integrations, and support. Pick it when an auditable open-source codebase matters more than a finished product.
Notion AI Meeting Notes lives in your Notion workspace and sends audio to cloud sub-processors. Clearminutes keeps audio on your machine with no account and no uploads.
Best for: teams already living in Notion who want meeting notes inline in their workspace. Audio goes to OpenAI, Anthropic, and other third-party LLMs, with no on-device transcription. Speaker identification is English-only and 1:1-best, and a Notion account is required.
Price: £0/forever
Notion AI Meeting Notes is best for teams already living in Notion who want meeting notes inline in their workspace. Audio goes to OpenAI, Anthropic, and other third-party LLMs, with no on-device transcription, and a Notion account is required. Speaker identification is English-only and works best 1:1. Strong on in-workspace notes and custom templates, weak on privacy, offline, and any no-account workflow. Pick it when workspace notes matter more than keeping audio off third-party servers.
Speechmark is a Mac menu-bar app that processes on-device after the call. Clearminutes adds Windows and Linux, a live transcript during the call, and a network monitor.
Best for: UK teams on macOS who want a local-first, no-bot meeting notes tool with one-time pricing (free during beta) and a Claude Desktop connector. It's Mac-only, with no live transcript and no privacy network monitor. Summaries are processed after you stop recording.
Price: Free/during beta
Speechmark is best for UK teams on macOS who want a local-first, no-bot meeting notes tool with one-time pricing, free during beta then a single purchase, and a Claude Desktop connector. It's Mac-only on Apple silicon, with no live transcript because it processes after you stop, and no privacy network monitor. Strong on local audio and no-account simplicity, weak on cross-platform and live capture. Pick it when a one-time Mac tool matters more than Windows, Linux, or a live transcript.
Trilla is a free local-first Mac app on Apple Silicon. Clearminutes adds Windows, task sync, and a Pro tier.
Best for: Mac users on Apple Silicon who want a free, local, no-bot transcriber running Whisper and Ollama on-device, with local voice prints and no account. It's macOS-only, with no Windows or Linux build. The integration surface is smaller and the feature set is lighter than the cross-platform options.
Price: £0/forever
Trilla is best for Mac users on Apple Silicon who want a free, local, no-bot transcriber that runs Whisper and Ollama on-device with local voice prints and no account. Every feature is free with no subscription and no gating. It's macOS-only, with no Windows or Linux build, and it relies on Ollama for local summaries rather than shipping a built-in LLM. Strong on free local capture, weak on cross-platform and integrations. Pick it when free and local on Mac matters more than Windows or Pro integrations.
On-device, no bot, no cloud audio.
Best for: privacy-first teams who want meeting notes without uploading audio to the cloud.
Price: £0/forever
Clearminutes is best for teams who need meeting audio to stay on the device. Transcription runs on local Whisper and summaries on a built-in local LLM, with no cloud upload at any step. It works offline, ships for Windows alongside macOS, and shows zero outbound audio connections in its in-app network monitor. A real free tier and bring-your-own API keys make it the local-first pick when every other tool on this list sends audio to the cloud.
| Feature | Granola | Avoma | Speechmark | Fireflies.ai | Krisp | tl;dv | Trilla | Otter.ai | Fathom | Meetily | Notion AI Meeting Notes | Clearminutes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meeting bots | No | Yes (bot or integration joins call) | No | Yes (bot joins call) | No (bot-free option) | Yes (bot joins call) | No | Bot joins call | Yes (bot joins call) | No | No | No |
| Local processing | No (cloud-only) | No (cloud-only) | — | No (cloud-only) | Partial (noise cancellation local, transcription cloud) | No (cloud-only) | Yes (Whisper + Ollama) | No (cloud-only) | No (cloud-only) | Yes (Whisper) | No | Yes (on-device models) |
| Speaker identification | Yes | Yes | Yes (confirm-name flow) | — | Yes | Yes | Yes (local voice prints) | Yes | Yes | — | Yes (English only, 1:1 best) | Yes (Pro) |
| Works offline | — | No | — | No | Partial (noise cancellation offline) | No | — | No | No | — | No | Yes (local models) |
| Free tier | Yes (limited history) | No (14-day trial only; viewers free on paid plans) | — | Yes (limited AI summaries, 800 min storage) | Yes (14-day trial, then limited) | Yes (limited recordings) | Yes (unlimited) | Yes (300 min/month) | Yes (unlimited recordings) | Yes (unlimited, open source) | Limited AI trial (Free/Plus) | Yes |
| Language support | — | 40+ languages (translation on Organization tier+) | — | 69 languages | 16 languages | 30+ languages | — | English, French, Spanish | 28 languages | — | 16 languages | 6+ languages |
Jamie falls short where a fully-local, cross-platform, no-cap workflow matters. These aren't bugs. They're the shape of a bot-free, Mac-and-Windows product with a cloud notes step.
If you only use Mac or Windows, want a bot-free summary, and are fine with the notes step in the cloud, none of these bite. Jamie's bot-free capture with Notion, Slack, and HubSpot export is worth the subscription. The question is whether your constraint is the notes step, the price, or the platform.
Two products, two shapes. Pick the one that matches your hard constraint. Jamie optimises the bot-free Mac and Windows capture with Notion, Slack, and HubSpot export, and accepts a cloud notes step, a £25 monthly price, and a Mac-plus-Windows scope. Clearminutes optimises where the whole pipeline runs and accepts a lighter export surface.
Your hard requirement is that the whole pipeline, capture through transcription through summarisation, runs on the device, or that the tool works on Linux too. Transcription and summaries run locally on Whisper and a built-in LLM (Gemma) with no cloud upload at any step. Clearminutes captures mic and system audio on the machine, works offline, supports macOS, Windows, and Linux, and shows zero outbound audio connections in its in-app network monitor. No bot joins the call. A built-in local LLM, bring-your-own API keys, and no monthly subscription. For a compliance story that covers the notes step, or a team that needs Linux, that's the structural difference. The trade is the export surface: Clearminutes doesn't offer Jamie's Notion, Slack, and HubSpot export out of the box.
You only use Mac or Windows, want a bot-free summary with Notion, Slack, and HubSpot export, and you're fine with the summarisation step running on Jamie's cloud AI, a £25-a-seat monthly subscription, and no Linux build. Jamie is the right call for a solo user or small team that wants bot-free capture, lives in those three export tools, and doesn't have a compliance constraint on where the notes step runs. If your calls are internal or disclosed and the cloud-summary step is acceptable, the bot-free Mac and Windows polish is worth the subscription.
Do the maths for your team. A 10-person team on Jamie's Standard plan pays £3,000 a year; a one-off local Pro price doesn't compound. Jamie keeps the export workflow, the 100+ language support, the cross-meeting search, and the GDPR and SOC2 compliance story. It gives up the audio path: the summary leaves the device even though the capture didn't. Clearminutes keeps the audio on the machine, offline transcription and summarisation, bring-your-own keys, and a network monitor that shows zero outbound audio. It gives up the Notion, Slack, and HubSpot export. Neither is the better tool across the board. Each is the right tool for one of the two shapes above.
Capture works offline, but summarisation doesn't — Jamie runs summaries on its cloud AI with no on-device path. The capture is local; the notes step isn't.
No. Jamie is bot-free — it captures system + mic audio directly, with no bot in the participant list. That's the real differentiator against the cloud incumbents.
The free tier is limited. The paid Standard plan is £25 a seat a month. There's no one-off Pro option — it's a per-seat monthly subscription.
No. Summaries run on Jamie's cloud AI only. There's no bring-your-own-API-key option and no on-device summarisation path.
Capture is local on your machine. Summarisation runs on Jamie's cloud AI — so the transcript leaves the device for the notes step even though the capture didn't.
No. Jamie runs on macOS and Windows only. There's no Linux build and no web fallback, so a mixed-platform team that includes Linux users can't standardise on it.
Last updated: 2026-04-01. Compared from each tool's public pricing and feature data (see sources), as of the last-updated date.
Sources: Jamie official site (2026-06-21), Jamie pricing page (2026-06-21), Jamie privacy page (2026-06-21).
Clearminutes is our own product; we've kept the comparison fair.
Local transcription, live transcript view, AI summaries, and a verifiable privacy network monitor. No cloud uploads, no bots, runs on macOS, Windows, and Linux.