ConvertAudioToText vs Otter.ai
Otter.ai: Meeting-bot transcription that auto-joins Zoom/Meet/Teams calls. Sells primarily to teams.
Below is an honest side-by-side: where we win, where Otter.ai wins, and the real pricing on both sides. No marketing fluff.
Free to start, no credit card • Full-length files from $8.33/mo billed yearly
- 99%
- Accuracy
- 99+
- Languages supported
- $14.99
- Unlimited, billed yearly
- Anytime
- Cancel, no contract
Want a deeper deep-dive? See our side-by-side CATT vs Otter.ai comparison
CATT
No per-meeting cap. Record the whole 3-hour board meeting in a single file.
Otter.ai
30 / 90 / 240-minute per-recording cap depending on the tier.
Rev
Per-minute charged, no flat-rate unlimited tier.
CATT vs Otter.ai: side-by-side
| Capability | CATT | Otter.ai |
|---|---|---|
| Where CATT wins | ||
| Pure file and upload focus. Otter is locked to the meeting workflow | Yes | No |
| Long-form accuracy via our premium AI transcription. Otter struggles on heavy accents and African English | Yes | No |
| 11 templates for non-meeting use cases (lectures, research, sermons, voice memos) | Yes | No |
| Multilingual summaries in the audio's language. Otter forces English output | Yes | No |
| Per-call pricing simplicity with no per-seat lock-in | Yes | No |
| Where Otter.ai wins | ||
| Calendar-connected meeting bot (calendar OAuth + auto-join) | No | Yes |
| Slack / HubSpot / Salesforce native integrations | No | Yes |
| Real-time live transcription with attendees seeing captions | No | Yes |
| Enterprise SSO, admin controls, BAA for HIPAA | No | Yes |
Honest claims only. Where Otter.ai wins, we say so.
Pricing: Otter.ai side-by-side
ConvertAudioToText
- Free$0 · up to 30 files a day, 30 min each
- Pro (annual)$99.99/yr
- Pro (monthly)$14.99/mo
- Developer (API access)$19.99/mo
Otter.ai
- Free$0 · 300 min/mo, 30-min cap per conversation
- Pro$8.33/seat (annual) · 1,200 min/mo
- Business$19.99/seat · 6,000 min/mo + 3 concurrent bots
Which one fits you better?
Honest, no marketing fluff. Where Otter.ai is the right call, we say so.
Choose CATT if:
- You upload audio files (interviews, podcasts, lectures) and want structured output, not just meeting notes
- You work in 99 languages with native script summaries, not just English
- You want a flat $14.99 unlimited plan with no per-seat lock-in
Choose Otter.ai if:
- You live in Salesforce or HubSpot and need a calendar bot that auto-joins every call and pushes notes
- You need real-time meeting coaching with CRM-deep integrations
- You can pay $20 or more per seat per month for a team-first workflow
Frequently asked about switching from Otter.ai
Yes. Our Pro plan is $14.99 per month month-to-month, or $99.99 a year billed annually, with no minute cap. Most Otter.ai customers spend more than that once they pass the included minutes on a comparable tier.
Most users do. Sign up, drop a file, and you have a transcript with speaker labels in minutes. No data migration is needed because each file is independent. If you have an archive on Otter.ai, export the transcripts you want to keep and upload future audio to us.
Our premium engine reaches up to 99% accuracy on clear audio in supported languages. Independent benchmarks place us in the same tier as the leading AI transcription tools. Accuracy depends mostly on audio quality, accents, and overlapping speech, so the best test is a sample of your own audio.
No. You can transcribe the first 30 minutes without signing up. Create a free account to keep your transcripts and edit them in the browser; your first file runs on the premium engine with the 11 AI templates, up to an hour.
Start on the free plan: every file runs on our premium engine with speaker labels, up to 30 files a day, each up to 30 minutes, and your first file can run up to an hour. You can confirm the accuracy on your own audio before paying anything.
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