Avoma vs Read AI (2026)

Avoma

by Avoma, Inc.

Read AI

by Read AI, Inc.

Pros

• ✓Covers recording, AI notes, CRM updates, scheduling, coaching and forecasting in one platform, and only recorder seats are paid: viewers and collaborators are free on every plan.
• ✓Two-way HubSpot and Salesforce sync, native dialer and conferencing integrations, a REST API with webhooks, and an MCP server that lets Claude and ChatGPT read and update meeting records.
• ✓SOC 2 Type II and ISO/IEC 42001:2023 certified, transcribes more than 60 languages and dialects, and offers a 14-day trial of the Organization plan with every add-on and no credit card.

Limitations

• –Coaching scorecards, smart trackers, deal risk alerts and forecasting are add-ons at $29 per seat per month billed annually, or $35 monthly, on top of the base plan.
• –Enterprise is billed annually only, needs at least 10 recorder seats and is sold through a demo, and SSO, SCIM, HIPAA compliance and signed DPAs are Enterprise features.
• –Startup caps a workspace at 25 recorder seats and Organization at 100, every recorder must be on the same plan, and expert onboarding on Startup is an optional $1,000 one-time fee.

Pros

• ✓Joins Zoom, Teams and Google Meet meetings from a connected calendar and writes reports with summaries, action items, key questions and transcripts, plus summaries of email and Slack and Teams messages.
• ✓Scheduled agents such as Monday Briefing and End of Week, and the Ada email assistant that proposes times and books meetings, run without a prompt for each task.
• ✓Every plan from Free to Enterprise+ is publicly priced with self-serve signup, and a remote MCP server gives Claude, ChatGPT and other MCP clients 14 tools.

Limitations

• –The Free plan includes 5 meeting transcripts a month, the Salesforce, HubSpot, Notion, Jira and Zapier integrations start on Pro, and audio and video playback start on Enterprise.
• –HIPAA compliance, SAML and SCIM and custom data retention are on Enterprise+, which requires a minimum of 5 licenses.
• –Read joins meetings on Zoom, Teams and Google Meet, and other platforms such as Webex are captured through the desktop app. The MCP server is an open beta release.