# Otter.ai alternatives

Updated 2026-10-15. 6 AI notetaker alternatives to Otter.ai, ranked from independent Reddit comments. Top-rated: Granola (73/100). Methodology: https://gtmranked.com/methodology/

**Why people look for alternatives to Otter.ai:**
- Intrusive defaults: it can auto-join every calendar meeting, email invitees to sign up, keep inviting itself after being blocked, and send notes to people who did not know they were signed up; one user cites a class action over recording without consent [1](https://www.reddit.com/r/Zoom/comments/1vbm1c9/_/p0uqexy/) [2](https://www.reddit.com/r/Zoom/comments/1o1watj/_/nikv5zj/) [3](https://www.reddit.com/r/sales/comments/1v3fox6/_/ozjowyk/) [4](https://www.reddit.com/r/Zoom/comments/1wr9pab/_/pchwlzy/)
- Transcription struggles with accents and mixed languages and can split one speaker into two; one user moved to Grain for accuracy [1](https://www.reddit.com/r/productivity/comments/1nrm7y7/_/ngfkeo1/) [2](https://www.reddit.com/r/projectmanagement/comments/1gcla13/_/ltyz6ap/) [3](https://www.reddit.com/r/consulting/comments/1l13hss/_/mvi9fz9/)
- Summaries are weaker than alternatives: users find them worse than Zoom's, so-so, or walls of text that need cleanup [1](https://www.reddit.com/r/projectmanagement/comments/1lc6g4j/_/mxyk05x/) [2](https://www.reddit.com/r/consulting/comments/1l13hss/_/mvid8g0/) [3](https://www.reddit.com/r/productivity/comments/1myxksl/_/nafe3qx/)

| Rank | Alternative | Score | Best for | Pricing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [Granola](https://gtmranked.com/tools/granola/) | 73 | People in back-to-back meetings who want notes without a bot joining the call | $14/user/mo |
| 2 | [Gong](https://gtmranked.com/tools/gong/) | 59 | Sales teams that review recorded calls to coach and ramp reps | Custom pricing |
| 3 | [Fireflies.ai](https://gtmranked.com/tools/fireflies/) | 58 | People in back-to-back meetings who want transcripts, summaries and action items without taking notes | $10/seat/mo |
| 4 | [Avoma](https://gtmranked.com/tools/avoma/) | 51 | Small and mid-size sales teams that want Gong-style call recording at a lower price | $19/mo |
| Unranked | [tl;dv](https://gtmranked.com/tools/tldv/) | thin evidence | Small teams that want calls on Google Meet, Zoom or Teams transcribed and summarized | EUR 18/mo |
| Unranked | [Fathom](https://gtmranked.com/tools/fathom/) | thin evidence | Salespeople who want calls recorded and transcribed so they can stop taking notes | $15/user/mo |

## Granola

Independent users, mostly product managers and salespeople, are strongly positive: they like that no bot joins the call, that it frees them to listen instead of typing, and several rate its notes above the built-in Zoom, Teams, Copilot and Gong summaries, with some paying for it themselves. The recurring weakness is attribution and fidelity: users say it is poor at labelling who said what, one sales team calls its transcripts really bad, and one PM found its summaries compress away detail. Promotional comments were a small minority, mostly rival note-takers pitching their own product.

Full review: https://gtmranked.com/tools/granola/

## Gong

Most of the 100 comments are about Gong the employer, its LinkedIn-posting sales reps or the word itself; about 27 non-promotional comments carry a real opinion of the product, and most of them are positive. Users value the recordings and searchable transcripts for reviewing their own and colleagues' calls, ramping new reps, drafting follow-ups and filling CRM fields, and two who moved to Salesloft or Chorus say those tools were worse. Critics say it is pricey and less flexible as cheaper AI call analysis spreads, that some enterprise prospects ask for it to be switched off, and that add-ons such as Gong Engage are weak; only three comments were promotional.

Full review: https://gtmranked.com/tools/gong/

## Fireflies.ai

Independent users who name a preference mostly like Fireflies: 16 of 23 non-promotional opinions are favourable, chiefly from people with heavy meeting loads who say it replaces their own note-taking, lets them query past meetings, and pushes notes into Drive, CRMs or task tools, with some running happily on the free tier. The trade-off is reliability of the output and the app: users report AI notes that get details wrong or miss words, one calls it the buggiest software they have used, and others dislike a bot joining their calls. Over a quarter of the 100 matched comments were promotional, mostly rival notetakers naming Fireflies as the thing to switch from, and are discounted here.

Full review: https://gtmranked.com/tools/fireflies/

## Avoma

Independent discussion is thin: about nine non-promotional comments carry a real opinion, mostly short notes from sales and RevOps users. Those users treat Avoma as a cheaper Gong or Chorus substitute that covers the basics well: recordings, searchable transcripts, template-based notes and call scorecards. The main complaints are the overall product and support quality, voiced by one team that still keeps it for transcription and scoring, and a preference for Granola among another team. Seven of 23 comments were promotional, mostly plugs for other notetakers, Reddit-monitoring tools or Avoma itself with a feature list and link.

Full review: https://gtmranked.com/tools/avoma/

## tl;dv

Independent discussion is thin: only about seven non-promotional comments give a first-hand opinion, and most other mentions are tl;dv as a name in lists of notetakers. Those users like its summaries for client calls, user interviews and competitor tracking, while complaints cover transcript export locked behind a paid tier, poor transcripts in mixed-language meetings and a bot that sends sign-up invites to colleagues. Many comments were promotional: a cluster of near-identical posts from different accounts in July and August 2026 praised tl;dv in the same feature talking points, a tl;dv account linked its own comparison pages, and several more plugged other products.

Full review: https://gtmranked.com/tools/tldv/