Bluedot vs Otter.ai

Two fact sheets from our own research, side by side — pricing, platforms, API access and status re-checked by us rather than quoted from the vendors.

The short answer

Entry price: Bluedot from $14/mo, Otter.ai from $8.33/seat/mo — different billing units, so no direct winner
Free plan: Both have one
Public API: Both have one
Higher Trust score: Otter.ai — 94 vs 73 for Bluedot
Best fit: Bluedot: Sales and recruiting teams that need transcripts pushed into CRM or ATS records · Otter.ai: Teams that live in Zoom, Meet or Teams and want notes without a note-taker

From our own records as of each tool's last check. Anything we have not confirmed is left out rather than guessed. How we verify

BluedotBot-free meeting recorder that transcribes calls from device audio and syncs notes to CRM and docs tools

Otter.aiMeeting transcription with per-plan minute and length caps

Side by side

Fact	Bluedot	Otter.ai
Category	Meeting Recording & Notes	Meeting Assistants
Pricing model	Freemium	Freemium
Starts at	$14/mo	$8.33/seat/mo
Public API	Yes	Yes
Trust score	73 / 100	94 / 100
Platforms	Web, Chrome extension, macOS, Windows, iOS, Android, API	Web, macOS, Windows, iOS, Android, Chrome extension, API
Company	—	Otter.ai
Launched	—	2016
Last verified	Oct 15, 2026	Oct 15, 2026

What our research says

Bluedot

A good pick when you want meeting notes without a visible bot participant joining every call, and its billing only charges people who actually record. The catch is a nearly unusable free tier (five meetings ever) and audio-only capture until you pay for Pro.

Pros

Device-level capture means no bot joins the call
Apps across Chrome, desktop and mobile plus an API and MCP endpoint for automation
Per-recorder billing avoids paying for passive teammates
Webhooks and integrations arrive at the $14 Basic tier

Cons

Free tier is a 5-meeting lifetime demo, not a plan
Video capture and unlimited duration require the $20 Pro tier
Cancelling permanently deletes your data after 30 days

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

Which one fits

Choose Bluedot if you need

Sales and recruiting teams that need transcripts pushed into CRM or ATS records
Companies whose clients dislike bot participants appearing in meetings
Multilingual teams needing transcription across 100+ languages

Choose Otter.ai if you need

Teams that live in Zoom, Meet or Teams and want notes without a note-taker
Accessibility use, where live captions matter as much as the transcript
Recruiters and researchers who need searchable interview records across a workspace