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FOtter.ai vs Tana
Pricing, features, platforms and who each one suits — side by side.
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Choose Otter.ai if…
- you want the lower entry price ($8.33/mo vs $20/mo)
- you work on Web, iOS, Android
- you're in its core audience: sales teams, recruiters
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Choose Tana if…
- you're in its core audience: ai-native product and engineering teams, founders
Side by side
Feature Otter.ai Tana
Pricing modelFreemiumFreemium
Starting price$8.33/mo$20/mo
Free plan
Free trial
API
Open source
Trains AI on your contentYesYes, unless you opt out
Data retention—User content kept until you remove it or while you're a registered user
Security and compliance—SOC 2
Updates, last 90 days—2
Bot-free recording
In-person mobile recording—
Speaker labels—
Chat across meetings
CRM sync
MCP server—
Custom note templates—
Call analytics—
PlatformsWeb, iOS, Android, macOS, Windows, Chrome, APIAPI
CategoryMeeting NotesMeeting Notes
CompanyOtter.ai IncTana Labs, Inc.
Based in—United States
Founded——
Part of——
Key features
O Otter.ai
- Live transcription with speaker identification
- AI notetaker joins Zoom, Teams and Google Meet
- Bot-free recording from desktop app
- Automated summaries with action items
- AI Chat search across meetings
- Live-Assist coaching during calls
- CRM sync to Salesforce and HubSpot
- MCP server for ChatGPT and Claude
T Tana
- Botless capture of Zoom, Teams and Google Meet calls
- Files issues to Linear, Jira or GitHub during calls
- Drafts follow-up emails and updates HubSpot
- Shared knowledge graph of decisions, owners and customers
- Live answers and research during meetings
- MCP server and public API for agents
- Proposals shown for approval, including diffs to the graph
- Supports 33 languages
Plans and prices
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Otter.ai
BasicFree
Pro$8.33/user/mo billed annually ($16.99 monthly)
Business$19.99/user/mo billed annually ($30 monthly)
EnterpriseCustom
Tana
Free$0
Pro (early bird)$20 per user/month (regular $30)
BusinessFrom $35 per user/month
Strengths and limitations
Otter.ai
- Free plan includes 300 transcription minutes a month
- Records via bot, desktop, Chrome or mobile apps
- Wide integration list including Salesforce, HubSpot, Slack and Notion
- MCP server connects meeting data to AI assistants
- Free plan caps conversations at 30 minutes and keeps 25 most recent
- AI transcription limited to six languages
- API, SSO and HIPAA only on Enterprise
- SSO and SCIM require a 100-user minimum
Tana
- No bot joins calls; capture runs on your machine
- Free plan includes 5 hosted meetings a month
- 30-day free trial with no credit card required
- SOC 2 Type 2 and GDPR compliant, with no training on your data
- Free plan is limited to 50 AI queries
- HIPAA compliance not expected until Q1 2027
- Google Workspace and Microsoft 365 integrations are still marked coming soon
- Supported operating systems for the desktop app are not listed
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