Otter AI pricing (2026): every plan, free limits, what you get
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Otter AI pricing has four plans: Basic at $0, Pro at $8.33 and Business at $19.99 per user a month billed yearly, and a custom Enterprise plan. Every plan sends Otter’s notetaker into your Zoom, Teams or Meet calls; what changes is how many minutes you get, how long a single conversation can run, and how much you can import. Here’s each plan, where the free plan stops, and how the alternatives compare.
Otter’s plans and prices
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Basic | $0 | 300 transcription minutes a month, 30 minutes per conversation, 3 file imports in total, the 25 most recent conversations kept. One meeting at a time and 20 chat queries a month. |
| Pro | $8.33 per user / month billed yearly ($16.99 monthly) | 1,200 minutes a month, 90 minutes per conversation, 10 file imports a month, unlimited history, two meetings at a time, advanced templates and search, Salesforce, HubSpot and Zapier integrations. |
| Business | $19.99 per user / month billed yearly ($30 monthly) | Unlimited meeting transcription, 4 hours per conversation, unlimited file imports (6,000 import minutes a month), three meetings at a time, custom AI workflows, admin tools and usage analytics, bulk export. |
| Enterprise | Custom | Everything in Business plus SSO, SCIM and domain capture, the Otter Sales Notetaker, custom CRM and dialer integrations, the Otter API and webhooks, video replay for Zoom and Google Meet, and an optional HIPAA add-on. |
Every plan includes the notetaker for Zoom, Microsoft Teams and Google Meet, live transcription, speaker identification and the mobile apps. The pricing page shows yearly prices first; paying monthly roughly doubles Pro ($16.99) and adds half again to Business ($30).
Minutes are shared across every kind of transcription on the plan, and the per-conversation cap applies on top of them: a 45-minute call on Basic stops being transcribed at 30 minutes even if you have minutes left.
Students and teachers with a .edu address get 20% off Pro: $13.59 monthly, or $6.67 a month billed as $79.99 a year. The page also shows a 50% promotional price for Pro, but the footnote limits it to India-issued credit cards.
Is Otter AI free?
Yes, and the Basic plan isn’t a time-limited trial. The limits are what stop most people: 300 minutes a month, 30 minutes per conversation, three file imports in total and a history of the 25 most recent conversations. A weekly hour-long team meeting alone runs past the per-conversation cap every time.
If your meetings are short and few, Basic can work. If you have one long meeting a week, Pro’s 90-minute cap is the first plan that covers it.
Monthly minutes versus meeting length
Otter has two separate limits on every plan below Business, and the per-meeting one bites first. Check it against your longest regular meeting, not your total hours.
| Plan | Minutes a month | Longest conversation | File imports |
|---|---|---|---|
| Basic | 300 | 30 minutes | 3 in total |
| Pro | 1,200 | 90 minutes | 10 a month |
| Business | Unlimited | 4 hours | Unlimited (6,000 minutes a month) |
| Enterprise | Unlimited | 4 hours | Unlimited (6,000 minutes a month) |
Where Otter runs
Otter is a web app with iOS and Android apps. Meetings are captured by the notetaker joining Zoom, Microsoft Teams or Google Meet, or by recording in the app; there’s no bot-free desktop capture. If you’d rather nothing joined the call, see the Otter alternatives, or our guide to removing AI meeting bots if Otter keeps turning up.
What Otter does with your meetings
A bot joins the call. Web app, iOS and Android apps; the notetaker joins Zoom, Microsoft Teams and Google Meet
- Storage: data is stored on AWS S3 with AES-256 server-side encryption. The page doesn’t name a region.
- Training: Otter de-identifies user data before training its models, and says recordings and transcripts aren’t reviewed by people. Its outside AI providers don’t train on customer data.
- Compliance: Otter reports SOC 2 Type 2 and says it follows HIPAA and GDPR requirements. HIPAA is an optional add-on on Enterprise.
- Deleting: deleted conversations go to the trash and are removed for good after 30 days, or sooner if you empty the trash yourself.
Otter alternatives and their prices
Prices below are each vendor’s own starting paid plan, checked on the date at the top of this page. They change often — follow the sources at the end before you decide. The Otter AI alternatives guide goes into why people switch.
| Tool | How it works | Paid plans from | Free option |
|---|---|---|---|
| Granola | Bot-free; captures audio from your device | $14 per user / month | Basic plan, notes from the last 30 days |
| Fireflies | A notetaker (Fred) joins your calls; the Chrome extension records without it | $10 per seat / month billed yearly ($18 monthly) | 400 minutes of stored meetings per team, limited summaries |
| Fathom | Joins as a bot, or bot-free capture (in beta, Mac) | $16 per user / month billed yearly ($20 monthly) | Unlimited recordings and transcriptions |
| Read AI | A notetaker joins your calls, often from another invitee’s calendar | $15 per user / month billed yearly ($19.75 monthly) | 5 meetings a month, up to 1 hour each |
| QuietNote | Bot-free; records and transcribes on your computer (Mac; Windows planned) | €8 / month or €79 / year (half price for waitlist members) | No free plan |
If a bot-free note taker is what you’re after, see how it works. Switching but Otter keeps showing up in meetings? Our guide shows how to remove AI meeting bots.
Related guides
- Otter AI alternativesWhy people look for an alternative to Otter, what it costs, and bot-free options with their prices.
- Granola AI alternativesWhy people look for an alternative to Granola, what it costs, and bot-free options with their prices.
- Fireflies alternativesWhy people look for an alternative to Fireflies, what it costs, and bot-free options with their prices.
- Best AI note takersOtter, Fireflies, Fathom, Read AI, Granola and QuietNote side by side: how each records, the free plan and the price.
- Remove meeting botsStop Read AI, Otter and Fireflies from joining Zoom, Teams and Google Meet, and block bots when you host.
- Recording consentWho has to agree before you record a meeting in the US, the UK, the EU and the Netherlands, and how to tell people.
- Record a Zoom meetingZoom's local and cloud recording, who can start them, what participants see, and how to record a Zoom call on a Mac without a bot.
Questions
How much does Otter AI cost?
Pro is $8.33 per user a month billed yearly, or $16.99 billed monthly. Business is $19.99 per user a month billed yearly, or $30 monthly. Enterprise is priced on request. The Basic plan is free.
Is Otter AI free?
Yes. The Basic plan costs $0 and isn’t a trial, but it allows 300 transcription minutes a month, 30 minutes per conversation, three file imports in total and keeps only your 25 most recent conversations.
What is the difference between Otter Pro and Business?
Pro gives 1,200 minutes a month and 90 minutes per conversation. Business removes the monthly limit, raises the per-conversation cap to 4 hours, allows unlimited file imports (up to 6,000 minutes a month) and adds admin tools, usage analytics and bulk export.
Does Otter have a student discount?
Yes. Students and teachers with a .edu email address get 20% off Pro: $13.59 a month billed monthly, or $6.67 a month billed as $79.99 a year.
Can I use Otter without the bot joining my meetings?
Otter captures meetings by joining them as a notetaker or by recording in its app. If you want notes without anything joining the call, see the bot-free options in our Otter AI alternatives guide.
Sources
Checked on the “Last updated” date above. Vendors change their settings and prices often; follow the links for the current version.