Bubbles vs tl;dv

Bubbles

Bubbles combines a meeting note-taker with async video messaging, so a team can either have it sit in on calls for transcripts and summaries or skip the call and record a video update instead. It lists some large reference customers, but per-seat pricing adds up once recordings need to be kept indefinitely.

Pros

• +Combines live meeting recording with async video replies in one product
• +Free plan includes AI summaries and action items, not just raw recording
• +SOC2 Type II certified
• +Notable enterprise customers listed as references

Cons

• −Free recordings expire after two weeks and cap at 30 minutes
• −Cheapest per-seat rate needs three or more members and annual billing
• −No public tier for a single user wanting unlimited length below $18/month

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 Bubbles cheaper than tl;dv?

Bubbles starts at $12/seat/mo. tl;dv has a free tier; what its paid plans cost is not confirmed by us yet.

Does Bubbles or tl;dv have a free tier?

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

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

tl;dv ships a public API, as of our last verification. A public API for Bubbles is not confirmed by us — check its developer docs before you plan an integration.