Free plans only

7 Best Free AI Meeting Assistants of 2026

By the Rankozo research desk · Updated November 4, 2026

7 of the 9 tools in our best ai meeting assistants ranking offer a permanent free plan. Fathom scores highest among them at 9.0 out of 10.

1. 01

   Fathom

   Individuals and small teams that want unlimited free recording and cheap shared workspaces.

   Free plan with unlimited recordings; Team from $15 per user per month billed annually (2 user minimum), $19 monthly

   Full entry, No. 1 overall

   Paid from

   $15

   Score 9.0

2. 02

   Fireflies.ai

   Teams that want unlimited transcription, many integrations and a low annual price per seat.

   Free plan; Pro from $10 per seat per month billed annually ($18 monthly)

   Full entry, No. 2 overall

   Paid from

   $10

   Score 8.8

3. 03

   Otter.ai

   Students, individuals and small teams that want live transcription at a low annual price.

   Free Basic plan; Pro $8.33 per user per month billed annually ($16.99 monthly)

   Full entry, No. 3 overall

   Paid from

   $8.33

   Score 8.8

4. 04

   Granola

   People in back-to-back meetings who want notes that read like their own, not a transcript dump.

   Free Basic plan; Business $14 per user per month

   Full entry, No. 4 overall

   Paid from

   $14

   Score 8.5

5. 05

   MeetGeek

   Individuals and teams that want meeting notes plus automated follow-up through Zapier, Make or n8n.

   Free Basic plan; Pro from $9.99 per user per month billed yearly ($15.99 monthly)

   Full entry, No. 6 overall

   Paid from

   $9.99

   Score 8.5

6. 06

   Read AI

   Teams that want meeting summaries plus search across email and chat, and a meeting coach.

   Free plan with 5 meetings a month; Pro from $15 per user per month billed annually ($19.75 monthly)

   Full entry, No. 7 overall

   Paid from

   $15

   Score 8.5

7. 07

   tl;dv

   Sales and customer teams that want free unlimited recordings and AI reports on deals and objections.

   Free plan; Pro from $18 per seat per month billed annually

   Full entry, No. 8 overall

   Paid from

   $18

   Score 8.3

Scores and prices come from our Best AI Meeting Assistants ranking, which uses one method for every tool. Questions or corrections: editorial@rankozo.com