Parley vs Read AI
Parley
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Read AI
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| Figure | Parley | Read AI |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | $15/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | — | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| iOS | Yes | Yes |
| Android | Yes | Yes |
| API | — | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 1 | 4 |
| Spec score · AI Meeting Assistants | 8.2 (#41) | 9.4 (#9) |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Transcription languages | 2 | 16 |
| Meeting capture | desktop | bot |
| Meeting reports | After a meeting, Parley creates a report with takeaways, commitments, and next steps linked to timestamps in the recording. | Reports contain summaries, topics, action items and key questions generated after meetings. |
| Summaries and action items | Yes | Yes |
| Transcription | Yes | Yes |
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In their own words
Read AI
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.