Plaud vs Spinach
as AI assistants see them, week of 2026-09-14
Plaud and Spinach both stay fairly quiet in AI answers, but Plaud edges ahead overall. Plaud scores 4 out of 100 and is named in 4 of 62 answers, versus Spinach's 2 out of 100 and 3 of 62 answers. Plaud stands out for in-person meetings, named in 3 of 3 answers there, while Spinach picks up single mentions for turning meetings into action items, for Zoom/Google Meet/Teams, and for general meeting note takers. Head-to-head, Spinach is named more often in 3 questions, Plaud in 2, and the two tie in 15. Neither is ever named for free tools, non-English meetings, startups, or open-source options.
Head to head
| metric | Plaud | Spinach |
|---|---|---|
| score | 4 | 2 |
| questions won | 2 | 3 |
By assistant
Plaud
| assistant | score | named in, this week | usual spot, this week |
|---|---|---|---|
| ChatGPT | 5 | 5% of answers | #1.0 |
| Claude | 4 | 10% of answers | #10.0 |
| Gemini | not sampled this week | ||
| Perplexity | 4 | 5% of answers | #3.0 |
Spinach
| assistant | score | named in, this week | usual spot, this week |
|---|---|---|---|
| ChatGPT | 0 | 0% of answers | |
| Claude | 4 | 10% of answers | #14.5 |
| Gemini | not sampled this week | ||
| Perplexity | 3 | 5% of answers | #4.0 |
Where they differ
Only Plaud gets named for
- What's the best AI note taker for in-person meetings?
- Which AI note taker works without a bot joining the call?
Only Spinach gets named for
- What's the best AI tool to turn meetings into action items and follow-up emails?
- What's the best AI note taker for Zoom, Google Meet and Teams?
- What are the best AI meeting note takers?
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Scores count how often each assistant names a product, weighted by position. How the score works · Full AI meeting note takers leaderboard