Circleback vs Read AI

Circleback is cloud-based software for meeting automation. It can join online meetings as a bot, record locally through desktop or mobile apps, or accept uploaded audio and video. It transcribes in 110 languages, identifies speakers by name, and creates AI notes, summaries, and action items; tasks are automatically captured, assigned, and organized. Users can search the meeting archive, ask Circleback questions, and view or draft emails. Supported meeting services include Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, Webex, Discord, and RingCentral. Integrations include Google Calendar, Gmail, Outlook, Slack, Notion, Linear, HubSpot, Salesforce, and others. Desktop and mobile apps also support in-person meetings, and Apple Watch apps are available. The Free plan costs nothing and allows unlimited meetings, with 30-day history, limited automations, and two teams. Pro costs $15 a month, billed $15/user/month; Business costs $25 a month, billed $25/user/month; Enterprise costs $35 a month, billed $35/user/month with volume pricing. Circleback says it encrypts data in transit and at rest and does not use customer data to train models; HIPAA compliance is included with Enterprise.

Read AI captures meetings and provides transcription, summaries and action items. Its meeting bot supports Zoom, Microsoft Teams and Google Meet, and calendar integrations are available. The service is listed for web, Windows, macOS, iOS and Android, and it also supports file uploads. The product listing gives a transcription-language count of 16. The free plan is always free, requires no credit card and allows five meetings per month; its plan details list support for 20+ languages. Paid plans are billed annually: Pro costs $15 a month and includes 100 file upload credits per month. Enterprise costs $22.50 a month with 200 credits, while Enterprise+ costs $29.75 a month with 300 credits and requires at least five licenses. The different language counts given for transcription and the free plan may matter when checking suitability for a particular meeting. Read AI was founded in 2021 and is based in Seattle, Washington, United States.