Audio To Text Converter vs Otter.ai

Audio To Text Converter

Honest prepaid transcription with no subscription trap - useful if you have a stack of recordings once a quarter rather than a weekly meeting habit. The 90-day expiry on packs is the real cost, and the total absence of any named operator makes it a poor fit for anything confidential.

Pros

• +Fifteen input audio formats accepted, including OPUS, AMR and WMA
• +Six export formats including SRT, VTT and CSV, not just plain text
• +Paid packs add speaker identification, AI translation and bulk uploads
• +Free tier of 30 minutes needs no purchase to evaluate quality

Cons

• −Credits expire after 90 days, so unused minutes are simply lost
• −No named company, registered address or country anywhere on the site
• −Free tier is throttled to three files a day on a lower-quality model
• −No API, so nothing here can be automated

Otter.ai

Still the default for English-language meeting notes, and the free tier is unusually usable. What determines the right plan is not features but the per-conversation ceiling: 30 minutes on Basic and 90 on Pro means a standard hour-long review truncates on the free tier and a workshop truncates on Pro. Pick the tier by your longest recurring meeting.

Pros

• +300 free minutes a month makes evaluation real rather than token
• +Annual Pro at $8.33 is roughly half the month-to-month rate
• +An MCP server is exposed from the free tier, so assistants can query transcripts without the paid API
• +Business removes the minute cap entirely rather than raising it

Cons

• −The API and webhooks require Enterprise, which is quote-only
• −Per-conversation ceilings (30 min free, 90 min Pro) cut recordings mid-meeting
• −Basic allows three file imports in total, not per month
• −Month-to-month pricing is roughly double annual at both self-serve tiers

Is Audio To Text Converter cheaper than Otter.ai?

They charge in different units, so there is no like-for-like answer: Audio To Text Converter starts at $4.90 once, Otter.ai at $8.33/seat/mo. Entry price is the lowest paid plan as we last verified it.

Does Audio To Text Converter or Otter.ai have a free tier?

Both: Audio To Text Converter has a free tier, and Otter.ai has a free tier.

Which has a public API, Audio To Text Converter or Otter.ai?

Otter.ai ships a public API, as of our last verification. A public API for Audio To Text Converter is not confirmed by us — check its developer docs before you plan an integration.