Otter.ai vs VOMO

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.

VOMO turns uploaded meetings, interviews, voice memos, and YouTube videos into transcripts, summaries, action items, and shareable notes. Smart Notes can organize material into summaries, key takeaways, action items, chapters, and decisions; users can edit them and make custom templates. Meeting capture is by upload, with Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, and Webex listed as meeting platforms. Transcription supports 90 languages. Users can upload up to 10 audio or video files at once; YouTube transcription requires available captions. Notes and transcripts can be shared through public links or exported as PDF, HTML, or TXT. A CLI can connect notes to Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode, and MCP clients, but is read-only and limited to the signed-in user’s notes. VOMO is available on web, iOS, and Android; its CLI instructions cover macOS, Linux, and Windows and require Node.js 18 or later. Free provides 60 minutes at signup and a 30-minute per-file limit. Pro is $1.92 a month, billed weekly, with unlimited minutes and a three-hour per-file limit.