HIPAA-ready transcription tools 2026: 7 services

AI transcription services from our ranking that state HIPAA compliance or offer a business associate agreement (BAA), in Score order. Usually this is limited to business or enterprise plans and requires a signed BAA before you upload patient information — check which plan includes it.

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. 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
  5. 6

    Sonix

    65/100
    Cheapest paid plan, monthly billing
    $25.00
    Free plan
    No
    Free transcription minutes per month
    Not verified
    Transcription languages (vendor's count)
    54
    Zoom, Google Meet and Teams meetings
    Yes
    Not used for AI training by default
    Yes
    • Transcribes many languages
    • Records Zoom, Google Meet and Teams meetings
    • Your recordings are not used to train AI by default
    • Vendor states a SOC 2 audit
  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. 8

    Avoma

    54/100
    Cheapest paid plan, monthly billing
    $29.00
    Free plan
    No
    Free transcription minutes per month
    Not verified
    Transcription languages (vendor's count)
    70
    Zoom, Google Meet and Teams meetings
    Yes
    Not used for AI training by default
    Yes
    • Transcribes many languages
    • Records Zoom, Google Meet and Teams meetings
    • Your recordings are not used to train AI by default
    • Vendor states a SOC 2 audit