Otter.ai alternatives
Otter.ai transcribes meetings with summaries. These 5 tools do the same job or overlap with it (see all AI transcription tools).
Compared at a glance
| Tool | Pricing | Platforms | Standout |
|---|---|---|---|
| Otter.ai | Paid plans: see official pricing · 7-day free trial | Web app, Desktop, Mobile, Browser extension | Transcribes meetings with summaries |
| ElevenLabs | Free plan · Paid from $5/mo (billed annually) | API | Speech to text transcription with speaker diarization |
| Adobe Podcast | Pricing: see official site | Web app | Records and edits audio on the web |
| Descript | Free plan · Paid from $16/user/mo (billed annually) | — | Text-based video editing |
| Speechify | Free plan · Paid from $29/mo | Web app, Mobile, Desktop, API | Reads text aloud with voice typing |
| Fireflies.ai | Paid plans: see official pricing | Mobile, Desktop, Browser extension, API, Plugin or MCP | Meeting search down to specific sentence and timestamp |
The alternatives
ElevenLabs focuses on text to speech and voice generation, and only partly overlaps Otter.ai through its speech to text transcription with speaker diarization.
Choose ElevenLabs if you need voice generation, dubbing or voice agents, or you build with its text to speech and speech to text APIs
Adobe Podcast is a web-based tool for recording, transcribing, editing and sharing audio using AI.
Descript edits video by editing its transcript and also offers transcription, so it overlaps Otter.ai's transcript work while adding video and audio editing tools.
Choose Descript if you edit video or podcasts and want to cut footage by editing the text transcript
Speechify is a freemium text-to-speech and voice AI app that reads documents aloud, offers voice dictation, and creates AI podcasts on web, mobile, desktop and API.
Fireflies.ai does the same job as Otter.ai: it transcribes and summarizes meetings, and adds search across meetings and an assistant that answers questions about them.
Choose Fireflies.ai if you run meetings on Zoom, Google Meet or Teams and want to search them down to exact sentences
