Vauta vs Otter.ai
Looking for an alternative to Otter.ai 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
Its bot joins once you connect a calendar, and it may train on de-identified recordings.
Vauta is ahead on 7 of 9 · level on 1 · behind on 1
Meeting notes cost (Vauta ahead)
Vauta: Free
Otter.ai: Free: 300 min a month, 30 min per meeting; then paid
Open source (Vauta ahead)
Vauta: Yes, Apache-2.0
Otter.ai: No
Where your call is transcribed (Vauta ahead)
Vauta: On your Mac
Otter.ai: Otter’s cloud
Account (Vauta ahead)
Vauta: None
Otter.ai: Otter account
Run the AI on your own hardware (Vauta ahead)
Vauta: Yes: your Mac or your own server
Otter.ai: No
Your meetings train their AI (Vauta ahead)
Vauta: Never: nothing leaves your Mac or network
Otter.ai: Allowed on de-identified recordings and transcripts
A bot in your call (Vauta ahead)
Vauta: Never
Otter.ai: Joins automatically once you connect a calendar; desktop app optional
Works with (Level)
Vauta: Any call app on your Mac
Otter.ai: Zoom, Meet, Teams; desktop app for others
Runs on (Rival ahead)
Vauta: Mac with Apple silicon
Otter.ai: Web, Mac, Windows and mobile
Sources · Otter.ai: Pricing · Privacy policy
Where Otter.ai is better
- Runs on: Web, Mac, Windows and mobile (Vauta: Mac with Apple silicon)
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