Olva vs Spellar AI (2026)

Olva

by Mindle Inc.

Spellar AI

by Spellar LTD

Pros

• ✓Olva runs from your device and captures both microphone and system audio, so it transcribes and coaches in real time without joining the call as a visible bot or storing any audio recording.
• ✓A genuine free trial plus self-serve Plus and Pro plans (from $12.50/mo billed annually) make it fast to start, with unlimited meeting time on Pro and 87 supported languages.
• ✓Its product-facts page states plainly that customer transcripts, prompts, and documents are never used to train or fine-tune shared AI models, a clear stance for privacy-conscious teams.

Limitations

• ⚠Independent evidence is thin: a 5.0/5 G2 score rests on just 2 reviews, and the product is new, so there is little third-party track record yet.
• ⚠Integrations are limited to Slack, Notion, and outbound webhooks today, with API, MCP, and Zapier or Make connections all still marked coming soon.
• ⚠It publishes no named security certification (no SOC 2, ISO 27001, or GDPR badge), and audio is streamed to Deepgram and OpenAI for processing, which some regulated teams will need to review.

Pros

• ✓No bot joins calls: Spellar records natively on Mac, iPhone, and iPad audio without sending a participant into the meeting, eliminating the privacy concern and awkward presence that bot-based tools like Fireflies.ai, tl;dv, and Fathom introduce
• ✓Cross-meeting memory lets users query what was said across all past recordings with cited, sourced answers linked to the exact moment in the original transcript, rather than searching through individual session notes manually
• ✓Every premium AI model is included in the base subscription: GPT, Claude, Gemini, and Perplexity are all available without additional cost and are switchable per meeting, per template, or per individual question

Limitations

• ⚠No free tier: Spellar Pro starts at $18.99 per month (or $11.99 per month annual) with no permanent free plan, unlike Fathom and Fireflies.ai which both offer free tiers with meaningful usage limits
• ⚠No SOC 2 Type II or ISO 27001 certification: Spellar covers UK GDPR and CCPA compliance but has not completed third-party security audits, which limits enterprise procurement in regulated industries where Fathom and Fireflies.ai have confirmed certifications
• ⚠Mac, iPhone, iPad, and web only: no Windows client means organizations on Windows-first environments cannot standardize on Spellar, and Windows users in mixed-device teams must use the web app which lacks native OS-level audio capture