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Read AI ranks #22 of 31 in ai meeting note takers in the week of 12 October 2026, with a visibility score of 4 across ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Perplexity. It was named in 5% of the answers we sampled.
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 | 3 | 0% of answers | |
| Claude | 6 | 15% of answers | #10.3 |
| Gemini | not sampled this week | ||
| Perplexity | 3 | 0% of answers |
Questions you win
| question | named in | best spot |
|---|---|---|
| What are the best AI meeting note takers? | 2 of 4 | #6 |
| What are the best alternatives to Fathom? | 1 of 3 | #6 |
| What are the best alternatives to Otter.ai? | 1 of 3 | #6 |
| What are the best alternatives to Zoom AI Companion? | 1 of 3 | #7 |
| What's the best AI note taker for privacy and security? | 1 of 3 | #15 |
| What are the best alternatives to Fireflies.ai? | 1 of 3 | #16 |
| What are the best free AI note takers for meetings? | 1 of 4 | #6 |
| What are the top AI meeting assistants in 2026? | 1 of 4 | #7 |
Questions you lose
| question | who got named instead |
|---|---|
| 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'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 |
| Which AI note taker works without a bot joining the call? | Granola, Jamie, Circleback |
| 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 tool to record and summarize customer interviews? | Grain, Fathom, Granola |
| 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 Granola? | Fathom, Fireflies.ai, Granola |
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
- Claude“| Read AI | Meeting analytics | Adds engagement/sentiment scoring plus email and chat summaries |”
- Gemini“Read AI”
- Claude“Read AI — Adds meeting engagement analytics (talk time, sentiment, participation) on top of summaries.”
Closest rivals
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