Alternatives to Read.ai
AI copilot for meetings, email and messages
Read.ai ranks #4 of 10 in AI meeting assistants, with an Alt Score of 100. It is freemium from $15/user/month (billed annually; $19.75/mo billed monthly) and available on Web, Windows, macOS, iOS, Android and Browser extension. 13 of 13 checklist rows are verified against a public source.
Read.ai is an AI assistant that summarizes meetings, emails and messages with transcripts, action items and analytics.
Read AI is aimed at individuals, sales and customer success teams, and larger organizations that want AI-generated meeting notes, transcripts, and analytics across Zoom, Google Meet, and Microsoft Teams, plus enterprise buyers who need SSO, SCIM, and HIPAA-ready controls.
Read AI joins meetings (via a bot on Zoom/Teams or a botless native integration on Google Meet) to produce live transcription, speaker-attributed transcripts, AI summaries and action items, and meeting coaching metrics, and it syncs data into Salesforce, HubSpot, Slack, Notion, and other tools. It also offers Windows, macOS, iOS, and Android apps, a browser extension, and 'Ask Read,' an AI chat/search layer over meetings, email, and messages.
Users connect their calendar and video-conferencing accounts to Read AI, which then automatically joins scheduled meetings (or captures locally without a bot on supported platforms) to transcribe and analyze the conversation in real time. After the call, Read AI generates a meeting report with a summary, transcript, action items, and engagement metrics, which can be shared, searched via Ask Read, or synced into connected apps like Salesforce and HubSpot.
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Ranked alternatives
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Fellow is a meeting-management app with AI notetaking, shared agendas, action items and recordings.
MeetGeek is an AI meeting assistant that automatically records, transcribes and summarizes meetings with conversation insights.
Notta is an AI transcription and meeting-notes tool that records and summarizes conversations in many languages.
Avoma is an AI meeting assistant and revenue-intelligence platform that records, transcribes and analyzes calls.
Fathom is an AI meeting assistant that records, transcribes and summarizes video calls with action items and CRM sync.
tl;dv records, transcribes and summarizes online meetings, with AI notes, clips and CRM integrations.
Circleback is an AI meeting notetaker that produces summaries, action items and automations across your tools.
Granola is an AI meeting notepad that transcribes calls locally and enhances your own notes, without sending a bot into the call.
Feature comparison
Rows come from the AI meeting assistants checklist (17 rows). Human-verified cells only. ? means the value has not been verified.
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Every fact and feature listed for Read.ai is verified against its own pages. Each alternative is sourced on its own page.
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Pricing model Freemium verified 2026-07-16
Free For individuals starting out, with 5 meetings per month complete with summaries, transcription, and search. ... $0 Always free, no credit card required. ... Pro ... $15
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Starts at $15/user/month (billed annually; $19.75/mo billed monthly) verified 2026-07-16
Price shown for the Pro plan, the cheapest paid tier; a $0/user/month Free tier also exists.
$15 -25% $19.75 $19.75 USD. Per user / month when billed annually. USD. Per user / month
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Platforms Web, Windows, macOS, iOS, Android, Browser extension verified 2026-07-16
Windows/macOS/iOS/Android confirmed on the Free plan feature list and the 'Android & iOS Apps' / 'Windows & MacOS Apps' rows of the plan comparison table on this page. Web app confirmed separately on
Windows, MacOS, Android, and iOS apps
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Status active verified 2026-07-16
Company blog shows an active press release dated March 26, 2026 announcing a new native Google Meet integration; homepage/pricing pages carry a 'Last Published' date of Jul 15 2026.
Read AI Introduces a Botless Integration with Google Meet March 26, 2026
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Joins calls via bot Yes verified 2026-07-16
Support for Zoom, Teams, & Meet Add Read Assistant to any Zoom, Teams, or Meet meeting to automatically take meeting notes
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Bot-free / local capture Yes verified 2026-07-16
Botless capture is confirmed for Google Meet via Google's Meet Media API, and the same post notes desktop/mobile apps as bot-free alternatives on other platforms: "For customers who prefer to record l
Click “Start Recording” to capture the meeting. No bots required.
https://www.read.ai/post/read-ai-introduces-a-botless-integration-with-google-meet -
Live transcription Yes verified 2026-07-16
Instantly read the room whether you are early or late to the meeting with live transcription, real-time summaries, and meeting metrics.
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Speaker identification Yes verified 2026-07-16
Read’s transcription has always automatically detected and assigned portions of the transcript to speakers based on their display name during the call.
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AI summary & action items Yes verified 2026-07-16
Meeting Reports Automatically generated meeting summary, topics, action items, and key questions.
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Zoom integration Yes verified 2026-07-16
Zoom Video Conferencing Record meetings and get automatic meeting summaries, transcripts, and more for Zoom.
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Google Meet integration Yes verified 2026-07-16
Google Meet Video Conferencing Record meetings and get automatic meeting summaries, transcripts, and more for Meet.
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Microsoft Teams integration Yes verified 2026-07-16
Microsoft Teams Video Conferencing Popular Record meetings and get automatic meeting summaries, transcripts, and more for Microsoft Teams.
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CRM sync (Salesforce/HubSpot) Yes verified 2026-07-16
HubSpot sync confirmed separately at https://www.read.ai/integrations/hubspot: "Automatically update contacts and deals in HubSpot with AI-generated meetings notes."
Read AI automatically pulls insights from your meetings and syncs them into Salesforce — from updating existing records to creating new ones for participants.
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Ask-AI chat over meetings Yes verified 2026-07-16
Answers, Summaries, and Strategy—All in One Chat AI-Powered Answers & Chat Go beyond search results—ask questions, summarize, and explore ideas in conversation, and even switch to premium models of Ch
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Multi-language transcription Yes verified 2026-07-16
Support for 16+ Languages Read meeting reports are available in 16+ languages including Arabic, Chinese (Cantonese and Mandarin), Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Hindi, Italian, Japan
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Free tier meeting limit Yes verified 2026-07-16
Limit: 5 meeting transcripts per month on the Free plan.
Free For individuals starting out, with 5 meetings per month complete with summaries, transcription, and search.
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SOC 2 compliance Yes verified 2026-07-16
Read is proud to have achieved Service Organization Control (SOC) 2 Type 2 certification.
https://www.read.ai/privacy
FAQ
Yes. Fellow, MeetGeek and Notta have a free tier or are fully free. Free-tier limits in the comparison table are verified and dated.