Otter.ai vs Vylo

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.

Vylo records meetings and turns them into searchable transcripts, summaries, and action items. It supports more than 18 Indian languages, including code-switching that produces English notes, and identifies speakers. Capture options include macOS, Android, and iPhone apps, Vylo Card hardware, audio-file import, and Zoom. The desktop app can record Zoom, Teams, and Meet calls without a bot joining. Vylo for Mac connects to Google Calendar for upcoming-meeting lists and reminders. Six summary formats include action plan, highlights, executive brief, and decision log. Vylo connects to Claude through MCP; the site says ChatGPT is coming soon and was in review. That Claude connection is read-only and limited to the user's meetings. Vylo says recordings and transcripts are encrypted, inaccessible to staff, and not used to train AI models. Free users receive full transcripts and summaries for 30 days, while recordings remain afterward. Vylo runs on Android, iOS, macOS, Windows, and the web.