Bluedot vs tl;dv

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

tl;dv

tl;dv earns its place when the recording has to end up somewhere else, in a CRM field or a shared clip, rather than sitting in an archive nobody reads. As a pure note-taker it is unremarkable.

Pros

• +Clip-and-share is faster in practice than pointing colleagues at a timestamp
• +CRM sync is a first-class feature rather than a Zapier afterthought
• +Free tier is a real plan, not a trial
• +Desktop apps and an extension cover the three major conferencing platforms

Cons

• −Billing is euro-only, which creates FX exposure for non-EU buyers
• −The API is v1alpha1 and explicitly unstable
• −Free plan cannot retrieve meeting content through the API at all
• −The 40% annual discount is permanent marketing, so the monthly rate is the real price

Is Bluedot cheaper than tl;dv?

Bluedot starts at $14/mo. tl;dv has a free tier; what its paid plans cost is not confirmed by us yet.

Does Bluedot or tl;dv have a free tier?

Both: Bluedot has a free tier, and tl;dv has a free tier.

Which has a public API, Bluedot or tl;dv?

Both ship a public API, so either can be built on; the fact table above shows the platforms each one runs on.