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Category · AI Meeting Notes & Scheduling  /  Vol. 04  /  2026

Best AI Meeting Notes & Scheduling (July 2026)

9 live, price-verified AI Meeting Notes & Scheduling tools this month, ranked by relevance and live status, not by who pays us.

Verified Jul 21, 202622 tools trackedOnly live tools listed
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The verdict, first

9 AI Meeting Notes & Scheduling, live and price-verified as of Jul 21, 2026.

7 offer a permanent free tier; paid plans start at $11/mo. Prices shown are the lowest paid monthly plan; dead or degrading tools are never recommended.

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The ranking

01EST. 2016
Top pick / relevance-first

Fireflies.ai / solo & SMB & enterprise

AI notetaker that records and summarizes calls

Our relevance-first pick in AI Meeting Notes & Scheduling as of Jul 21, 2026: best for teams meeting across many platforms wanting searchable records. Commission never moves this rank.

  • Lowest paid plan from $18/mo (price).
  • Permanent free tier available.
  • Best fit: solo & SMB & enterprise.

What sets it apart cross-platform capture with sentence-level search across your whole history

Fireflies records and transcribes meetings across Zoom, Meet, Teams, and other platforms, with transcription in a wide range of languages and search that can jump to a specific sentence and timestamp months later. It connects to CRMs and collaboration tools and layers on assistants such as AskFred. It fits teams that meet across several platforms and want one searchable, integrated record.

Sources Fireflies pricing

$18/mo · lowest paid
LiveFree tier
Visit Fireflies.ai
02EST. 2020

Fathom / solo & SMB

Free AI notetaker for calls and meetings

  • Lowest paid plan from $20/mo (price).
  • Permanent free tier available.
  • Best fit: solo & SMB.

What sets it apart unusually generous free plan with unlimited recordings and summaries

Fathom records and summarizes meetings and lets you query a call through a chat interface it calls Ask Fathom. Its distinguishing move is a genuinely generous free plan with unlimited recording, transcription, and summaries, where most rivals cap the free tier. It suits individuals and small teams that want solid notes without paying, with paid tiers adding team collaboration and coaching.

Sources Fathom pricing

$20/mo · lowest paid
LiveFree tier
Visit Fathom
03EST. 2020

Notta / solo & SMB

AI transcription and meeting notes

  • Lowest paid plan from $13.99/mo (price).
  • Permanent free tier available.
  • Best fit: solo & SMB.

What sets it apart transcription across dozens of languages with bilingual and real-time translation add-ons

Notta focuses on transcription across a wide set of languages, with speaker labels, AI summaries, and bilingual or real-time translation offered as paid add-ons. It works on mobile as well as desktop and keeps a searchable recording library. It fits multilingual teams and interviewers who need transcripts and translation more than sales intelligence.

Sources Notta pricing · Notta pricing breakdown (Sonix)

$13.99/mo · lowest paid
LiveFree tier
Visit Notta
04EST. 2023

Granola / solo & SMB & enterprise

AI notepad that enhances your own notes

  • Lowest paid plan from $14/mo (price).
  • Permanent free tier available.
  • Best fit: solo & SMB & enterprise.

What sets it apart enhances your typed notes as a local notepad instead of joining as a bot

Granola takes a different shape from a meeting bot: it runs as a notepad that listens and then enhances the notes you type yourself, rather than joining the call as a visible participant. It works from a Mac app, connects to tools like Notion, Slack, and HubSpot, and adds a chat that draws on your meeting context. It fits individuals and small product-minded teams who prefer augmenting their own notes.

Sources Granola pricing

$14/mo · lowest paid
LiveFree tier
Visit Granola
05EST. 2017

Krisp / solo & SMB & enterprise

AI noise cancellation and meeting notes

  • Lowest paid plan from $16/mo (price).
  • Permanent free tier available.
  • Best fit: solo & SMB & enterprise.

What sets it apart device-level AI noise cancellation as the foundation, with notes layered on

Krisp started with AI noise cancellation and built meeting transcription, notes, and recording on top of that core. The noise-removal layer works at the device level across any conferencing app, and it adds features like accent conversion and call-center voice tooling. It fits people in noisy environments who want clean audio first and meeting notes second.

Sources Krisp pricing

$16/mo · lowest paid
LiveFree tier
Visit Krisp
06EST. 2020

tl;dv / solo & SMB

AI meeting recorder and notetaker

  • Lowest paid plan from $22/mo (price).
  • Permanent free tier available.
  • Best fit: solo & SMB.

What sets it apart timestamped clips and highlight reels from calls, with CRM sync

tl;dv records and transcribes Zoom, Meet, and Teams calls, then makes them useful after the fact with timestamps, clips, and highlight reels you can share, plus CRM connections. It offers a free tier and leans toward sales and research teams that revisit recordings. It fits teams that want to cut and share meeting moments rather than only read a summary.

Sources tl;dv pricing

$22/mo · lowest paid
LiveFree tier
Visit tl;dv
07EST. 2017

Avoma / SMB & enterprise

AI meeting assistant and conversation intelligence

  • Lowest paid plan from $19/mo (price).
  • No permanent free tier (trial only).
  • Best fit: SMB & enterprise.

What sets it apart notes plus call scoring, coaching, and deal-risk intelligence; only recording seats billed

Avoma pairs an AI meeting assistant with conversation and revenue intelligence, so a recorded call can feed call scoring, coaching, and deal-risk tracking rather than only producing notes. Only seats that record are billed; viewers and collaborators are free, and the deeper intelligence layers are paid add-ons. It fits sales and revenue teams that want CRM-synced meeting data, not just transcripts.

Sources Avoma pricing

$19/mo · lowest paid
Live
Visit Avoma
08EST. 2017

Fellow / SMB & enterprise

AI meeting notes and agenda management

  • Lowest paid plan from $11/mo (price).
  • Permanent free tier available.
  • Best fit: SMB & enterprise.

What sets it apart collaborative agendas plus an AI notetaker in one meeting system

Fellow combines collaborative meeting agendas and shared notes with an AI notetaker, covering the meeting before, during, and after rather than only transcribing it. Its AskFellow agent answers questions across past meetings and can push updates to task tools and CRMs, and the company states it does not train on customer data. It fits teams that run structured meetings and want agendas and notes in one place.

Sources Fellow pricing

$11/mo · lowest paid
LiveFree tier
Visit Fellow
09EST. 2023

Circleback / solo & SMB

AI meeting notes and action items

  • Lowest paid plan from $25/mo (price).
  • No permanent free tier (trial only).
  • Best fit: solo & SMB.

What sets it apart automations triggered after a meeting across many connected apps

Circleback records and transcribes meetings, assigns action items, and can trigger automations that fire after a call, connecting to a large set of downstream apps. It handles over a hundred languages and can capture in-person meetings as well as video calls. Pricing is per user, aimed at individuals and small teams that want meeting output to kick off real workflows.

Sources Circleback pricing

$25/mo · lowest paid
Live
Visit Circleback
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At a glance

ToolFrom $/moFree tierFoundedStatusBest for
Fireflies.ai$18Yes2016Livesolo & SMB & enterprise
Fathom$20Yes2020Livesolo & SMB
Notta$13.99Yes2020Livesolo & SMB
Granola$14Yes2023Livesolo & SMB & enterprise
Krisp$16Yes2017Livesolo & SMB & enterprise
tl;dv$22Yes2020Livesolo & SMB
Avoma$19No2017LiveSMB & enterprise
Fellow$11Yes2017LiveSMB & enterprise
Circleback$25No2023Livesolo & SMB

ALL FIGURES = LOWEST PAID MONTHLY PLAN · STATUS & PRICE VERIFIED JUL 21, 2026

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Reading the pulse

Live
Reachable and price-verified. Eligible to be recommended.
Price hike
Still live, but the entry price rose since last verification. Dated and sourced.
Degrading
Signals of decline - shrinking limits, stalled updates. Never recommended.
Unreachable
Failing health checks from multiple probes. Under review, not yet declared dead.
Dead
Set by an editor after a confirmed shutdown or permanent outage. Never automatic.
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Questions of record

Which AI Meeting Notes & Scheduling tools are best in 2026?
As of Jul 21, 2026, the strongest live options are Fireflies.ai, Fathom, Notta. All are price-verified this cycle; dead or degrading tools are excluded.
Which AI Meeting Notes & Scheduling tools have a permanent free tier?
Fireflies.ai, Fathom, Notta, Granola, Krisp, tl;dv, Fellow offer a permanent free plan (not just a trial).
What is the cheapest AI Meeting Notes & Scheduling tool right now?
Fellow, from $11/mo (verified Jul 21, 2026). Prices shown are the lowest paid monthly plan.PRICE = LOWEST PAID MONTHLY PLAN · VERIFIED JUL 21, 2026
Are any of these tools shutting down?
No. There is no official sunset announcement for any listed tool as of Jul 21, 2026. Only reachable, live tools appear here - a status of "dead" is set exclusively by an editor, never by an automated check.
How current are these prices and statuses?
We re-check reachability twice a day; the latest confirmation on this page is Jul 21, 2026. Every price links to the vendor's live pricing page as its source, so you can confirm the current figure at any time.REACHABILITY RE-CHECKED 2×/DAY · EACH PRICE LINKS TO ITS SOURCE
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How we rank

Relevance and live status come first. Commission is a tiebreaker; it never moves a tool up the list.

  1. Relevance and live status decide order. A tool must be reachable and verified to place at all.
  2. Commission is a tiebreaker only. Affiliate economics can separate two otherwise-equal tools; nothing more.
  3. Dead and degrading tools are never recommended - they are tracked, but excluded from the ranking.
  4. Every price and status carries a date and a source. No verdict without evidence.
  5. Vendors have a right to reply before a status is changed or a claim is published.
  6. Structured for machine reading - ItemList, FAQPage and dateModified schema, plus a plain-text mirror at /api/md/.

The full method: how we verify.

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