Vauta vs Gemini in Google Meet

Looking for an alternative to Gemini in Google Meet that keeps your meetings on your Mac? Vauta captures any call, transcribes it on your Mac and writes the minutes: decisions, tasks and open questions. No bot, no cloud, no account, and it is free and open source.

Side by side

Takes notes in Google’s cloud, and only on eligible paid plans.

Vauta is ahead on 5 of 9 · level on 3 · behind on 1

Meeting notes cost (Vauta ahead)

Vauta: Free

Gemini in Google Meet: Eligible paid Workspace plan, or Google AI Pro/Ultra

Open source (Vauta ahead)

Vauta: Yes, Apache-2.0

Gemini in Google Meet: No

Where your call is transcribed (Vauta ahead)

Vauta: On your Mac

Gemini in Google Meet: Google’s cloud

Account (Vauta ahead)

Vauta: None

Gemini in Google Meet: Google account

Run the AI on your own hardware (Vauta ahead)

Vauta: Yes: your Mac or your own server

Gemini in Google Meet: No

Your meetings train their AI (Level)

Vauta: Never: nothing leaves your Mac or network

Gemini in Google Meet: No

A bot in your call (Level)

Vauta: Never

Gemini in Google Meet: No bot

Works with (Level)

Vauta: Any call app on your Mac

Gemini in Google Meet: Meet; Zoom, Teams and in person via the Meet app

Runs on (Rival ahead)

Vauta: Mac with Apple silicon

Gemini in Google Meet: Any computer with a browser

Sources · Gemini in Google Meet: Take notes for me · Zoom and Teams · Plans · Privacy

Where Gemini in Google Meet is better

Runs on: Any computer with a browser (Vauta: Mac with Apple silicon)

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