AI meeting note takers · #3 of 25 · ↑ Fathom · ↓ Granola
Otter.ai
sampled: 3 of 4 assistants this week
Otter.ai lands a 46 overall, with ChatGPT the most generous at 54, Claude close behind at 52, and Perplexity notably cooler at 33. It shows up in 42 of 62 answers across the category, and it's a near-lock for certain questions: named in every answer for "best free AI note takers for meetings" (4 of 4), "best AI note taker for in-person meetings" (3 of 3), "top AI meeting assistants in 2026" (3 of 3), customer interview tools (3 of 3), and value-for-money picks (3 of 3). It never surfaces, though, for open-source/self-hosted transcription tools or CRM-updating sales call assistants.
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Who's talking about you
| assistant | score | named in, this week | usual spot, this week |
|---|---|---|---|
| ChatGPT | 54 | 74% of answers | #3.5 |
| Claude | 52 | 85% of answers | #5.3 |
| Gemini | not sampled this week | ||
| Perplexity | 33 | 45% of answers | #3.3 |
Questions you win
| question | named in | best spot |
|---|---|---|
| What are the best AI meeting note takers? | 3 of 3 | #1 |
| What are the best free AI note takers for meetings? | 4 of 4 | #2 |
| What's the best AI note taker for in-person meetings? | 3 of 3 | #2 |
| What's the best AI tool to turn meetings into action items and follow-up emails? | 3 of 3 | #2 |
| What are the top AI meeting assistants in 2026? | 3 of 3 | #3 |
| What's the best AI tool to record and summarize customer interviews? | 3 of 3 | #3 |
| Which AI meeting note taker has the best value for money? | 3 of 3 | #4 |
| What's the best AI tool to search across all my past meeting notes? | 2 of 3 | #2 |
| Which AI meeting assistant writes the most accurate summaries? | 2 of 3 | #3 |
| Which AI note taker is best for a solo founder or freelancer? | 2 of 3 | #3 |
| Which AI note taker works without a bot joining the call? | 2 of 3 | #3 |
| What's the best AI note taker that integrates with Notion or Slack? | 2 of 3 | #3 |
| What's the best AI note taker for Zoom, Google Meet and Teams? | 2 of 3 | #4 |
| What's the best AI note taker for privacy and security? | 2 of 3 | #4 |
| What's the best AI note taker for Mac that records system audio? | 2 of 3 | #4 |
| What's the best AI note taker for meetings in languages other than English? | 2 of 3 | #4 |
| What's the best AI note taker for recruiters running interviews? | 1 of 3 | #3 |
| What's the best AI note taker for a startup team? | 1 of 4 | #5 |
Questions you lose
| question | who got named instead |
|---|---|
| What's the best AI note taker for sales calls that updates the CRM? | Fireflies.ai, Bluedot, Avoma |
| What's the best open-source or self-hosted AI meeting transcription tool? | Meetily |
Assistants cited 15 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“If languages other than English are a major requirement, I’d narrow the field to Notta, Fireflies, and tl;dv rather than defaulting to Otter.”
- Claude“Otter and Fathom both work but their cross-meeting search is weaker than their single-meeting summaries”
- Perplexity“If your main goal is to search across all past meeting notes, the strongest all-around picks are Fireflies.ai and Otter, with Read AI worth considering if you also want to search email, chat, and documents beyond meetings.”
Closest rivals
- Otter.ai vs Granola44
- Otter.ai vs Fathom50
- Otter.ai vs Fireflies.ai55
- Otter.ai vs Zoom AI Companion19
- Otter.ai vs tl;dv16
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