Free AI transcription tools 2026: 8 with a free plan

AI transcription services and meeting note-takers from our ranking that have a permanent free plan, in Score order. Free plans limit minutes per month, meeting length or the number of meetings, so compare the limits with how often you actually meet before you rely on one.

Best AI Transcription Tools 2026: Meeting Notes Compared

  1. 1

    MeetGeek

    77/100
    Cheapest paid plan, monthly billing
    $15.99
    Free plan
    Yes
    Free transcription minutes per month
    180
    Transcription languages (vendor's count)
    100
    Zoom, Google Meet and Teams meetings
    Yes
    Not used for AI training by default
    Yes
    • Has a permanent free plan
    • Transcribes many languages
    • Records Zoom, Google Meet and Teams meetings
    • Your recordings are not used to train AI by default
  2. 2

    Fireflies.ai

    75/100
    Cheapest paid plan, monthly billing
    $18.00
    Free plan
    Yes
    Free transcription minutes per month
    Not verified
    Transcription languages (vendor's count)
    100
    Zoom, Google Meet and Teams meetings
    Yes
    Not used for AI training by default
    Yes
    • Has a permanent free plan
    • Transcribes many languages
    • Records Zoom, Google Meet and Teams meetings
    • Your recordings are not used to train AI by default
  3. 3

    Read AI

    73/100
    Cheapest paid plan, monthly billing
    $19.75
    Free plan
    Yes
    Free transcription minutes per month
    Not verified
    Transcription languages (vendor's count)
    20
    Zoom, Google Meet and Teams meetings
    Yes
    Not used for AI training by default
    Yes
    • Has a permanent free plan
    • Records Zoom, Google Meet and Teams meetings
    • Your recordings are not used to train AI by default
    • Vendor states a SOC 2 audit
  4. 4

    Transkriptor

    71/100
    Cheapest paid plan, monthly billing
    $9.99
    Free plan
    Yes
    Free transcription minutes per month
    Not verified
    Transcription languages (vendor's count)
    100
    Zoom, Google Meet and Teams meetings
    Yes
    Not used for AI training by default
    Yes
    • Has a permanent free plan
    • Transcribes many languages
    • Records Zoom, Google Meet and Teams meetings
    • Your recordings are not used to train AI by default
  5. 5

    Fathom

    68/100
    Cheapest paid plan, monthly billing
    $20.00
    Free plan
    Yes
    Free transcription minutes per month
    Unlimited
    Transcription languages (vendor's count)
    38
    Zoom, Google Meet and Teams meetings
    Yes
    Not used for AI training by default
    No
    • Has a permanent free plan
    • Records Zoom, Google Meet and Teams meetings
    • Vendor states a SOC 2 audit
    • Public status page
  6. 7

    Rev

    58/100
    Cheapest paid plan, monthly billing
    $29.99
    Free plan
    Yes
    Free transcription minutes per month
    45
    Transcription languages (vendor's count)
    37
    Zoom, Google Meet and Teams meetings
    Yes
    Not used for AI training by default
    Not verified
    • Has a permanent free plan
    • Records Zoom, Google Meet and Teams meetings
    • Vendor states a SOC 2 audit
    • Documented public API
  7. 9

    Otter.ai

    54/100
    Cheapest paid plan, monthly billing
    $16.99
    Free plan
    Yes
    Free transcription minutes per month
    300
    Transcription languages (vendor's count)
    Not verified
    Zoom, Google Meet and Teams meetings
    Yes
    Not used for AI training by default
    No
    • Has a permanent free plan
    • Records Zoom, Google Meet and Teams meetings
    • Vendor states a SOC 2 audit
    • Identifies who is speaking
  8. 10

    Descript

    48/100
    Cheapest paid plan, monthly billing
    $24.00
    Free plan
    Yes
    Free transcription minutes per month
    60
    Transcription languages (vendor's count)
    25
    Zoom, Google Meet and Teams meetings
    Not verified
    Not used for AI training by default
    No
    • Has a permanent free plan
    • Vendor states a SOC 2 audit
    • Public status page
    • Identifies who is speaking