Best Otter.ai Alternatives in 2026
Otter.ai scores 7.5/10 on our tests. Here are 3 alternatives worth considering in the AI Business & Productivity space.
Otter.ai
Joins your meetings, transcribes everything, and gives you a summary so you can actually pay attention
Top Alternatives, Ranked
Microsoft's first in-house speech-recognition model -- launched 2026-04-02. #1 on FLEURS WER overall, #1 by FLEURS WER in 11 of the top 25 global languages. Beats Whisper-large-v3, Scribe v2, GPT-Transcribe, Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite. $0.36/hour of audio on Azure Foundry
AI meeting notetaker with 6,000+ integrations that records, transcribes, and summarizes your calls
Score Comparison
| Tool | Ease of Use | Output Quality | Value | Features | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Otter.ai(current) | 9.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 7.5 |
| Microsoft MAI-Transcribe-1 | 6.0 | 9.5 | 9.0 | 7.0 | 7.9 |
| Fireflies.ai | 7.5 | 7.0 | 7.5 | 9.0 | 7.8 |
| Notion AI | 9.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 |
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