Acta vs Otter.ai

Acta records Zoom, Google Meet and Microsoft Teams meetings, then creates transcripts, summaries and action items. Meetings can be captured by a bot, or recorded from a user's computer through the desktop app or Chrome extension without a notetaker joining. Ask Acta searches selected meeting transcripts and answers questions across them. Role-specific templates can generate outputs such as sales reports, interview scorecards, product requirements, tickets and clinical notes. Listed integrations include Google Calendar, Outlook, Jira, Asana, ClickUp, Monday.com and Gmail, along with the meeting platforms. Acta says recordings and notes remain in the user's account unless shared, and meeting data is encrypted in transit and at rest. The free plan provides 600 minutes of storage and limited AI summaries and action points; Pro lists unlimited transcription, AI summaries and storage. Pricing is on request, and a 15-day trial is listed. Enterprise includes options such as on-premise deployment, SSO, APIs, private storage and custom data retention.

Otter.ai transcribes meetings into searchable text and provides summaries and action items. Its meeting bot can capture calls on Zoom, Google Meet and Microsoft Teams; the Mac and Windows desktop apps can record conversations without a bot joining. Other listed features include live transcription, speaker labels, note templates, calendar integrations and a searchable archive. It supports six languages and is available through Android, iOS, macOS, Windows and Chrome apps or extensions. Basic is free forever and includes 300 transcription minutes per user each month, three lifetime imported files per user, and a 30-minute maximum per conversation. Pro Annual costs $8.33/user/month, billed annually; Pro Monthly costs $16.99/user/month. Business Annual costs $19.99/user/month, billed annually, while Business Monthly costs $30/user/month. Business includes a seven-day free trial and allows conversations up to four hours. Otter lists TLS encryption and AES-256 encryption for real-time content. Payment options include credit and debit cards and Apple App Store or Google Play purchases.