A meeting assistant built for live calls compared with a transcript tool for published video.
Try JotVox free →Otter.ai is a meeting notetaker. It joins Zoom, Microsoft Teams and Google Meet, transcribes live, identifies speakers, runs AI chat across your meetings and pushes into tools like Salesforce, HubSpot and Zapier. Its free Basic plan includes 300 monthly transcription minutes and three lifetime file imports, with paid tiers adding recording minutes and more imports.
JotVox does not touch meetings. It takes a link from one of 19+ platforms or a file upload, returns existing captions free with no sign-up, and runs AI transcription at 98%+ accuracy across 99 languages for one credit.
The file import limit is the number worth noticing if you were hoping to use Otter for online video.
| JotVox | Otter.ai | |
|---|---|---|
| Primary use | Published video and audio | Live meetings |
| Meeting platforms | Not a meeting tool | Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Google Meet |
| Speaker identification | Not offered | Yes |
| File imports | Unlimited uploads, one credit each | 3 lifetime on free; 10 a month on Pro |
| Video platform links | 19+ including TikTok, Bilibili, Xiaohongshu, Weibo | Not a link-paste tool |
| Free tier | Free caption grabbing, no sign-up; 3 credits on signup | 300 transcription minutes a month |
| How it charges | Credits from $4.99, or plans from $9/month | Per user per month |
| Best fit | Text from online video and podcasts | Team meeting notes and follow-ups |
Otter is designed for conversations you are part of. Live transcript, speaker labels, action items and CRM sync all follow from that, and it is very good at the job.
JotVox is designed for media someone else published. Platform coverage, free caption grabbing and subtitle exports follow from that instead. Neither substitutes for the other.
People sometimes try to use Otter for podcasts and YouTube by uploading audio. That works, but the free plan allows three imports for the lifetime of the account, and Pro allows ten a month.
JotVox has no import ceiling of that kind: one credit per AI transcription, and nothing at all when the video already has captions. For steady video work, that shape fits better.
If your day is meetings, Otter wins outright. JotVox cannot join a call, cannot transcribe live, and does not identify speakers. Otter does all three and pushes the result where your team works.
It is also stronger for teams and follow-through. AI chat across past meetings, shared notes, admin controls and CRM integrations turn transcripts into a searchable record of what the company decided.
No. Otter's job is live meeting capture in Zoom, Teams and Google Meet, with speaker identification and integrations. JotVox does none of that. It replaces the awkward workaround of uploading online video to Otter, which the file import limits make impractical anyway. Most people who use both use them for different things.
No. JotVox produces a transcript of what was said without speaker labels. For a single-presenter video, a podcast monologue or a lecture, that is usually fine. For interviews, panels and meetings where attribution matters, a tool with speaker diarisation such as Otter or Transcript LOL is a better fit.
JotVox, by design. It takes a link directly from YouTube, Apple Podcasts, SoundCloud and 16 or more other platforms, with no download or import step. Otter requires you to upload a file, and its plans cap how many imports you get, which makes regular online video work expensive.
Otter's free plan gives 300 transcription minutes a month plus three lifetime file imports. JotVox grabs existing captions free with no account at all, gives three credits on signup, and adds one free AI transcription per day after email verification. Otter meters minutes; JotVox meters actions.
Pick Otter.ai for meetings. Live transcription, speaker labels and integrations make it the obvious choice for calls you are actually in.
Pick JotVox for published video and audio, where a link is the input, captions are often free, and subtitle exports are the output.