Every comparison here says plainly where the other tool is the better choice. You are going to find that out anyway. Better you find it out here than three weeks in.
The short version: almost every meeting notetaker sends a bot into your call, and most of them keep a transcript rather than the meeting. Jotted records from your own computer, so nothing joins the call, and it keeps the full video along with the transcript, the summary and the action items. Free forever for recording and transcripts, $14 a month for the rest.
The tools closest to it are Bluedot, which does the same thing for a bigger company at a bigger price, and Granola, which is botless but does not keep the recording.
On price, checked in July 2026 on monthly billing, Jotted at $14 is the cheapest paid plan of the tools on this page, and the only one with no cap on recording length or monthly minutes.
The closest thing to Jotted there is. Botless, keeps video, aimed at bigger companies at roughly double the price.
Polished live transcription, but a bot joins your call and you get words rather than the meeting.
Can skip the bot, but only in transcript-only modes. Want the video and the notetaker joins.
Built for CRM logging. A bot joins every call, automatically, unless you turn it off.
Also botless, and the notes are good. It just does not keep the recording.
Keeps the video, which many do not. Still sends a bot into the meeting to do it.
Botless on the desktop, but audio only. You end up running a screen recorder alongside it.
A great screen recorder with nothing after the recording. No transcript, no notes, no action items.
Most tools in this category advertise the price you pay when you commit to a year. These are the monthly rates, which is what you actually pay if you are not signing up for twelve months.
| Tool | Entry paid price | Keeps the video | Main limit | Bot in the call |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jotted | $14 | Yes, every plan | None | No |
| Granola | About $14 | No | — | No |
| Fathom | From about $16 | Bot joins for video | Varies | Partly |
| Otter.ai | From $16.99 | Transcription focused | About 1,200 min a month | Yes |
| Bluedot | From $18 | Higher tier only | 1 hour per recording on entry plan | No |
| Fireflies.ai | From $18 | Transcript focused | AI credits metered | Yes |
| Loom | From $18, AI recaps about $24 | Yes | Varies | No |
| tl;dv | From $29 | Yes | Varies | Yes |
| Notta | Priced by region | Business plan only | About 100 AI summaries a month | No |
Checked July 2026 on monthly billing. This category changes constantly, so check each tool's own pricing page before deciding. If anything here is wrong, email [email protected] and it gets fixed.
Three questions sort it quickly.
Does a bot in the participant list bother you, or your clients? If yes, your real options are Jotted, Granola, Bluedot, and Fathom in its transcript-only modes. Everything else joins the call.
Do you need to see what was on screen? If yes, that removes Granola, Notta and the transcript-only tools. You are down to Jotted, Bluedot, and the bot-based recorders like tl;dv.
Does your work run through a CRM? If yes, Fireflies is built for that and Jotted is not. If no, most of what those tools charge for is plumbing you will never connect.
If you answered yes, yes, no, that is the gap Jotted was built for. Here is what botless recording actually means, and here are the questions people ask before switching.
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