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Meetily vs OpenWhispr

Pricing, features, platforms and who each one suits — side by side.

MMeetilyFree · from $10/moVisit site
OOpenWhisprFree · from $6.67/moVisit site
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M

Choose Meetily if…

  • you work on Self-hosted
  • you're in its core audience: privacy-conscious professionals, healthcare and legal teams
O

Choose OpenWhispr if…

  • you want the lower entry price ($6.67/mo vs $10/mo)
  • you need an API to build on
  • you work on iOS
  • you're in its core audience: developers, writers

Side by side

Feature Meetily OpenWhispr
Pricing modelFreemiumFreemium
Starting price$10/mo$6.67/mo
Free plan
Free trial
API
Open source
Trains AI on your contentNoNo
Data retention—Cloud recordings deleted after transcription; desktop audio kept 30 days by default
Security and complianceGDPR, HIPAA, SOC 2SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, HIPAA, GDPR
Updates, last 90 days—5
GitHub stars32.3K—
Bot-free recording
Speaker labels
MCP server
Custom note templates
PlatformsmacOS, Windows, Linux, Self-hostedmacOS, Windows, Linux, iOS, API
CategoryMeeting NotesTranscription
CompanyZackriya SolutionsGizmo Labs Inc.
Based in—United States
Founded——
Part of——

Key features

M Meetily

  • Local real-time transcription with Whisper models
  • Bot-free recording from system audio
  • AI summaries via Ollama or your own API key
  • Speaker diarization (Pro)
  • Audio/video import in 10 formats
  • Exports to PDF, DOCX and Markdown (Pro)
  • MCP, webhook and CLI integrations (Pro)
  • Automatic meeting detection (Pro)

O OpenWhispr

  • Dictation into any app that accepts text
  • On-device speech-to-text that works offline
  • Bring your own API keys for cloud transcription
  • Bot-free meeting recording with speaker labels
  • 100+ languages with auto-detection
  • Custom dictionary that learns from corrections
  • Voice commands to clean up or draft text
  • Audio file upload and transcription

Plans and prices

From each vendor's site. Prices change — confirm before buying.

Meetily

CommunityFree
Pro TrialFree
Pro$10/user/month billed yearly ($120/user/year)
EnterpriseCustom

OpenWhispr

Free$0
Pro$6.67/user/mo ($80/user billed annually)
Business$13.33/user/mo ($160/user billed annually)
EnterpriseCustom

Strengths and limitations

Meetily

  • Free MIT-licensed Community Edition
  • Recordings and audio stay on the device
  • No meeting bot joins calls
  • 14-day Pro trial with no credit card and a 30-day refund
  • Each Pro license covers only one device
  • No native Linux app yet, so Linux users build from source
  • Speaker identification is limited to paid plans
  • Calendar integration and chat with meetings are not yet available

OpenWhispr

  • Unlimited local dictation is free on every plan
  • Open source under the MIT license
  • Works offline with on-device models
  • Lists SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, HIPAA and GDPR compliance
  • Free plan limits OpenWhispr Cloud transcription to 2,000 words a week
  • iOS app and device sync require a paid plan
  • No Android app listed
  • Paid prices shown are for annual billing

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