AI meeting note takers · #16 of 25 · ↑ Notta · ↓ Bluedot
Read AI
sampled: 3 of 4 assistants this week
Read AI scores low with AI assistants: 5 out of 100 with ChatGPT, 6 with Claude, 5 with Perplexity, for an overall of 6. It shows up in just 8 of 62 answers across the questions tracked for this category. Its best showings are on "What are the top AI meeting assistants in 2026?" (named in all 3 answers) and "What are the best free AI note takers for meetings?" (3 of 4). It's also named once each for searching past meeting notes and for Zoom, Google Meet and Teams use. It gets no mentions for languages other than English, startup teams, open-source tools, in-person meetings, or customer interviews.
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Who's talking about you
| assistant | score | named in, this week | usual spot, this week |
|---|---|---|---|
| ChatGPT | 5 | 11% of answers | #7.5 |
| Claude | 6 | 15% of answers | #10.0 |
| Gemini | not sampled this week | ||
| Perplexity | 5 | 10% of answers | #7.5 |
Questions you win
| question | named in | best spot |
|---|---|---|
| What are the top AI meeting assistants in 2026? | 3 of 3 | #9 |
| What are the best free AI note takers for meetings? | 3 of 4 | #5 |
| What's the best AI tool to search across all my past meeting notes? | 1 of 3 | #3 |
| What's the best AI note taker for Zoom, Google Meet and Teams? | 1 of 3 | #13 |
Questions you lose
| question | who got named instead |
|---|---|
| What are the best AI meeting note takers? | Otter.ai, Fireflies.ai, Fathom |
| Which AI meeting assistant writes the most accurate summaries? | Fireflies.ai, Fellow, Notta |
| What's the best AI note taker for a startup team? | Fireflies.ai, Granola, Fathom |
| Which AI note taker is best for a solo founder or freelancer? | Granola, Fathom, Otter.ai |
| Which AI note taker works without a bot joining the call? | Granola, Jamie, Otter.ai |
| What's the best AI note taker for privacy and security? | Fellow, Jamie, Krisp |
| Which AI meeting note taker has the best value for money? | Fathom, Fireflies.ai, Granola |
| What's the best AI note taker for sales calls that updates the CRM? | Fireflies.ai, Bluedot, Avoma |
| What's the best AI tool to record and summarize customer interviews? | Otter.ai, Fireflies.ai, Fathom |
| What's the best AI note taker for in-person meetings? | Otter.ai, Plaud, Fellow |
| What's the best AI tool to turn meetings into action items and follow-up emails? | Fathom, Otter.ai, Granola |
| What's the best AI note taker that integrates with Notion or Slack? | Fireflies.ai, Notion AI Meeting Notes, Granola |
| What's the best AI note taker for recruiters running interviews? | Metaview, Fireflies.ai, Granola |
| 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? | Fireflies.ai, tl;dv, Notta |
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“Read.ai | Meeting analytics | Meeting summaries plus engagement/meeting analytics”
- Claude“Read AI — adds engagement and sentiment analytics on top of 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
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