Omi vs Otter.ai
A side-by-side look at scores, pricing and features — with RECATOOLS' ASEAN-aware verdict for each.
| OM Omi Open-source AI memory pendant, with MIT-licensed app, firmware and bac... Visit |
Otter.ai
Live meeting transcripts, summaries and AI meeting agents
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| RECATOOLS Score | 7.2 / 10 | 7.3 / 10 |
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| Pricing | Freemium | Freemium |
| Free tier | Free plan with every Omi, also usable on a phone without the device: unlimited on-phone transcription plus 300 cloud minutes a month | 300 transcription minutes a month, 30 minutes per conversation, 3 lifetime file imports, 20 AI Chat queries a month |
| Paid from | $129 pendant ($179 list, $50 off at checkout); Unlimited plan $29.99/month | $8.33/user/month billed annually, or $16.99 month to month (Pro) |
| Has API | ✓ | ✓ |
| Open source | ✓ | ✗ |
| Free to use | ✓ | ✓ |
| Users | — | 35m+ users |
| Founded | 2025 | 2018 |
| Maker | Based Hardware, Inc. | Sam Liang, Yun Fu |
| Verdict | Omi's case is the licence, not the price. At $179 list it is no longer the bargain it launched as, but the app, firmware and backend are MIT-licensed and self-hostable, which no closed AI pendant offers. The free plan is... |
Otter remains one of the most complete meeting notetakers: live transcripts with speaker labels, summaries, action items, an AI chat across your meeting history and, on higher plans, CRM sync and agents. The free plan is... |
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