AI meeting note takers · #30 of 31 · ↑ Spinach · ↓ Google Gemini in Meet
Descript
Descript ranks #30 of 31 in ai meeting note takers in the week of 12 October 2026, with a visibility score of 1 across ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Perplexity. It was named in 2% of the answers we sampled.
sampled: 3 of 4 assistants this week
Descript barely registers in AI meeting note taker answers, showing up in just 4 of 83 total mentions across the assistants. Its scores stay low too: 0 out of 100 from ChatGPT, 1 from Claude, 0 from Perplexity, and 1 overall. Where it does appear, it's almost entirely tied to one question — "What are the best alternatives to Otter.ai?" — where it's named in all 3 of 3 answers. It also shows up in 1 of 3 answers about recording and summarizing customer interviews. Elsewhere, including questions about Notion or Slack integration, Fathom, Fireflies.ai, Zoom AI Companion, and privacy, Descript never gets named.
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Who's talking about you
| assistant | score | named in, this week | usual spot, this week |
|---|---|---|---|
| ChatGPT | 0 | 0% of answers | |
| Claude | 1 | 5% of answers | #10.0 |
| Gemini | not sampled this week | ||
| Perplexity | 0 | 0% of answers |
Questions you win
| question | named in | best spot |
|---|---|---|
| What are the best alternatives to Otter.ai? | 3 of 3 | #6 |
| What's the best AI tool to record and summarize customer interviews? | 1 of 3 | #10 |
Questions you lose
| question | who got named instead |
|---|---|
| What are the best AI meeting note takers? | Fathom, Fireflies.ai, Otter.ai |
| What's the best AI note taker for Zoom, Google Meet and Teams? | Fireflies.ai, Fathom, tl;dv |
| Which AI meeting assistant writes the most accurate summaries? | Fathom, Granola, Fellow |
| What are the best free AI note takers for meetings? | Fathom, Fireflies.ai, tl;dv |
| What's the best AI note taker for a startup team? | Fathom, Granola, Fireflies.ai |
| Which AI note taker is best for a solo founder or freelancer? | Granola, Fathom, Fireflies.ai |
| What are the top AI meeting assistants in 2026? | Zoom AI Companion, Fathom, Microsoft Teams Copilot |
| Which AI note taker works without a bot joining the call? | Granola, Jamie, Circleback |
| What's the best AI note taker for privacy and security? | Fellow, Fireflies.ai |
| Which AI meeting note taker has the best value for money? | Fathom, Fireflies.ai, Otter.ai |
| What's the best AI note taker for sales calls that updates the CRM? | Avoma, Fireflies.ai, Gong |
| What's the best AI note taker for in-person meetings? | Otter.ai, Granola, Fireflies.ai |
| What's the best AI tool to turn meetings into action items and follow-up emails? | Fireflies.ai, Fathom, Circleback |
| What's the best AI note taker that integrates with Notion or Slack? | Notion AI Meeting Notes, Fathom, Fireflies.ai |
| What's the best AI note taker for recruiters running interviews? | Metaview, Fireflies.ai, Otter.ai |
| What's the best AI note taker for Mac that records system audio? | Granola, Circleback, Fathom |
| What's the best open-source or self-hosted AI meeting transcription tool? | Meetily |
| What's the best AI note taker for meetings in languages other than English? | Notta, tl;dv, Fireflies.ai |
| What's the best AI tool to search across all my past meeting notes? | Notion AI Meeting Notes, Fireflies.ai, Fellow |
| What are the best alternatives to Fireflies.ai? | Fathom, tl;dv, Otter.ai |
| What are the best alternatives to Fathom? | Otter.ai, Fireflies.ai, Granola |
| What are the best alternatives to Granola? | Fathom, Fireflies.ai, Granola |
| What are the best alternatives to Zoom AI Companion? | Fathom, Fireflies.ai, Otter.ai |
Assistants cited 12 pages for questions in this category that name your rivals and not you. Claim to see them. See all sources for AI meeting note takers.
In their words
- ChatGPT“Descript”
- Claude“Descript — Transcription plus audio/video editing by editing text.”
- Perplexity“| Descript | Editing audio and video transcripts | Best when transcripts are also used to edit podcasts, interviews, or videos.”
Closest rivals
- Descript vs Google Gemini in Meet1
- Descript vs Chorus2
- Descript vs Clari Copilot2
- Descript vs Sembly AI2
- Descript vs Spinach2
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