MBox AI meet vs tl;dv

MBox AI meet

MBox AI Meet is a narrow, cheap tool for one job: real-time Google Meet transcription with an emailed summary, and it says it does not keep the audio afterward. The tradeoff is that it only works on Google Meet, so anyone mixing meeting platforms needs a second tool for Zoom or Teams.

Pros

• +Real-time transcription with speaker identification directly inside Google Meet
• +States it does not store audio or video, only the resulting transcript/summary
• +Pro tier is priced at $4.99/month, well under most meeting-summary competitors

Cons

• −Google Meet is the only supported platform; other platforms are only 'under consideration'
• −As a Chrome extension, it's unavailable on mobile or on browsers without Chrome extension support
• −Free tier's exact summary/transcription limits aren't spelled out on the page

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 MBox AI meet cheaper than tl;dv?

MBox AI meet starts at $4.99/mo. tl;dv has a free tier; what its paid plans cost is not confirmed by us yet.

Does MBox AI meet or tl;dv have a free tier?

Both: MBox AI meet has a free tier, and tl;dv has a free tier.

Which has a public API, MBox AI meet 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.