On-device: audio never leaves your machine. No bot, no cloud.
tl;dv is a cloud-first meeting recorder built for revenue teams who live in the browser. A bot joins every Google Meet, Zoom, and Teams call to capture audio and video, transcribes across 30+ languages, produces video highlights, action items, and summaries, and syncs everything to Salesforce and HubSpot. For a sales organisation that runs its pipeline in the browser and wants every customer call recorded and CRM-attached, it's a focused tool. The free tier exists but limits recordings and summaries tightly; the $20 Pro and $25 Enterprise plans gate the deeper features.
The bot in the participant list is the first wall. tl;dv joins every call as a visible participant. On an internal standup nobody notices. On a customer call, a prospect sees "tl;dv bot" in the list and asks why you're recording before the meeting gets going. For a revenue team that's a known trade-off they've accepted. For a therapist, a lawyer, a coach, or anyone on a confidential board call, a visible recording bot ends the conversation, however good the transcription is behind it.
The cloud-only audio path is the second wall. Audio uploads to tl;dv's servers for transcription, speaker diarization, and summarisation, all server-side, with no on-device path and no offline mode. For sales calls that's fine. For healthcare, legal, or regulated work where the compliance story depends on audio staying on the device, it's a hard line. The recording pipeline stalls on a flight or a locked-down network, because nothing runs locally.
The browser-only shape is the third wall. tl;dv is a web and Chrome extension product with no desktop app. Capture is limited to Google Meet, Zoom, and Teams in a browser. Interviews, in-person meetings, podcasts, and system audio from other apps are out of reach. That's fine for a sales team whose entire workflow runs through those three platforms. For anyone whose audio comes from somewhere else, a desktop app that captures any audio source sidesteps the wall entirely.
What tl;dv does well is the revenue-team workflow. The 30+ language transcription is broad. Video highlights are useful for clipping customer quotes for case studies. The action items layer is competent. Salesforce and HubSpot CRM sync is the core strength for sales teams. Speaker diarization and audio file import cover the post-call basics. The weakness isn't the sales workflow. It's everything around it: the visible bot, the cloud-only audio, the browser-only capture, and the $20-25 per-seat subscription with no one-off option.
Buyers who switch off tl;dv tend to fall into one of three camps. Some can't have a visible bot on confidential or external-facing calls. Some are in regulated work and can't let audio leave the device. Some need to record audio outside Google Meet, Zoom, and Teams. The list below speaks to each camp differently, 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.
Jamie is bot-free but summarises in the cloud on Mac and Windows. Clearminutes keeps the summary on-device too, with a real free tier and Linux support.
Best for: individuals who want a free, bot-free local summary on Mac and Windows with export to Notion, Slack, and HubSpot. The free tier is limited and the paid plan is £25/month for fuller features. The feature set is lighter than the cloud incumbents.
Price: £0/forever
Jamie is best for individuals who want a free, bot-free local summary on Mac and Windows with Notion, Slack, and HubSpot export. Processing is partial — offline is available but summaries are not fully on-device. The free tier is limited and the paid plan is £25 a month. Strong on bot-free capture and export, weak on Linux, a real free tier, and a local LLM. Pick it for solo Mac or Windows use.
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.
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 | Jamie | Speechmark | Fireflies.ai | Krisp | Trilla | Otter.ai | Fathom | Meetily | Notion AI Meeting Notes | Clearminutes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meeting bots | No | Yes (bot or integration joins call) | No | No | Yes (bot joins call) | No (bot-free option) | No | Bot joins call | Yes (bot joins call) | No | No | No |
| Local processing | No (cloud-only) | No (cloud-only) | Partial (offline available) | — | No (cloud-only) | Partial (noise cancellation local, transcription cloud) | Yes (Whisper + Ollama) | No (cloud-only) | No (cloud-only) | Yes (Whisper) | No | Yes (on-device models) |
| Speaker identification | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes (confirm-name flow) | — | 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 | Yes (local models) |
| Free tier | Yes (limited history) | No (14-day trial only; viewers free on paid plans) | Yes (limited) | — | Yes (limited AI summaries, 800 min storage) | Yes (14-day trial, then limited) | 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 | — | English, French, Spanish | 28 languages | — | 16 languages | 6+ languages |
These aren't bugs. They're the shape of a cloud-first, bot-attended, browser-based tool, and each one bites a specific kind of buyer.
If you run a revenue team in the browser and you've decided the bot is fine, none of this bites. tl;dv's CRM workflow is worth the subscription. The question is which of these is your hard line.
The pick depends on which constraint you won't drop. tl;dv optimises the revenue-team browser workflow and accepts a visible bot, cloud audio, and browser-only capture. Clearminutes optimises where the audio goes and accepts a lighter CRM workflow.
Your hard requirement is that meeting audio never leaves the device and that the tool works offline as a desktop app. Transcription and summarisation run locally on Whisper and a built-in LLM with no cloud upload at any step. Clearminutes captures microphone and system audio on the machine, works with any audio source, runs offline, and shows zero outbound audio connections in its in-app network monitor. No bot joins the call. Bring-your-own API keys, no monthly subscription. For healthcare, legal, or regulated work where the compliance story depends on audio staying on the device, that's the structural difference. The trade is the CRM workflow: Clearminutes doesn't offer tl;dv's Salesforce and HubSpot sync or video highlights.
You want its 30+ language transcription, video highlights, action items, and Salesforce and HubSpot CRM sync for a revenue team in the browser. You rely on the web and Chrome workflow with audio file import, and you're fine with a bot in the participant list and cloud audio with no offline mode. tl;dv is the right call for browser-first sales teams who've decided the bot is acceptable on customer calls and want every call recorded and CRM-attached.
Do the maths for your team before you commit. A 10-person team on tl;dv Pro pays $2,400 a year; a one-off local Pro price doesn't compound. The CRM sync and video highlights are real value for a team that lives in Salesforce. They're overkill for someone who just wants meeting notes without a bot and a cloud upload.
Neither tool is better across the board. tl;dv keeps the CRM workflow, the video highlights, the browser convenience, and the 30+ language coverage. It gives up the audio path, offline use, and any say in where the notes run. Clearminutes keeps the audio on the machine, offline transcription, bring-your-own keys, and a network monitor that shows zero outbound audio. It gives up the CRM sync and the video highlights. Each is the right tool for one of the two shapes above.
Yes. tl;dv sends a bot into every Google Meet, Zoom, and Teams call as a visible participant. There's no bot-free option — if you can't have a recording bot visible in the participant list, tl;dv won't fit.
No. Audio is uploaded to tl;dv's servers for transcription with no on-device path and no offline mode. The recording pipeline needs an internet connection.
No. tl;dv is a web and Chrome extension product. Capture is limited to Google Meet, Zoom, and Teams in a browser — interviews, in-person meetings, and system audio from other apps are out of reach.
The free tier limits recordings and summaries tightly. Full features need the $20 Pro or $25 Enterprise a month plan. There's no one-off Pro option — it's a per-seat monthly subscription.
No. Summaries run on tl;dv's cloud AI only. There's no bring-your-own-API-key option and no on-device summarisation path.
Entirely in tl;dv's cloud. Transcription, speaker diarization, and summarisation all run server-side — there's no local processing step at all.
30+ languages for transcription. That's among the broader options in this comparison, which matters for multilingual revenue teams.
Yes. Salesforce and HubSpot CRM integrations are a core strength, alongside video highlights and action items. It's built for revenue teams that want every call attached to the pipeline.
Not where the constraint is that audio must not leave the device. tl;dv is cloud-only end to end, and the visible bot changes the tone of confidential calls. Clinicians and lawyers usually need a local-first, bot-free option.
Last updated: 2026-04-01. Compared from each tool's public pricing and feature data (see sources), as of the last-updated date.
Sources: tl;dv official site (2026-06-21), tl;dv pricing page (2026-06-21), tl;dv 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.