Otter.ai vs Spellar AI (2026)

Otter.ai

by Otter.ai

Spellar AI

by Spellar LTD

Pros

• ✓The meeting agent joins Zoom, Microsoft Teams and Google Meet calls automatically and produces live transcripts, summaries and action items, and AI Chat searches across past meetings.
• ✓The Otter MCP server is included on every plan, including the free Basic plan, so assistants such as Claude, ChatGPT and Cursor can search meeting transcripts.
• ✓SDR and Recruiting agents extend Otter beyond note-taking, with CRM sync for Salesforce, HubSpot and Microsoft Dynamics, and HIPAA is available on Enterprise with a BAA.

Limitations

• –Basic includes 300 transcription minutes a month and 3 lifetime file imports, and Pro caps meetings at 90 minutes and file imports at 10 a month, so frequent or long meetings need Business or above.
• –Transcription supports six languages: English, Spanish, French, German, Japanese and Chinese (Simplified).
• –The privacy policy permits training on de-identified recordings and transcripts, and only Enterprise workspaces are opted out of model training by default.

Pros

• ✓No bot joins the call: Spellar records on the Mac, iPhone, iPad or browser the user is already in, server-side transcription is opt-in per meeting, and audio can stay device-only.
• ✓GPT, Claude, Gemini and Perplexity are all included on Pro and switchable per meeting, template or question, with bring-your-own-key support for OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini and Perplexity.
• ✓Publishes a remote MCP server listed in the official MCP Registry, so Claude, ChatGPT and Cursor can read meetings and action items, with write tools opt-in and no tool able to delete anything.

Limitations

• –No permanent free plan: the free trial lasts 14 days and up to 300 minutes, after which transcription and AI stop and notes older than 7 days are locked until the user subscribes.
• –Spellar publishes no SOC 2 or ISO 27001 certification, so security reviews rely on its privacy policy, AI usage policy and the custom DPA offered with Teams.
• –There is no Windows desktop app, so Windows users rely on the Chrome extension for browser meetings and the web app for notes.