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Otter.ai pricing
Yes. Otter.ai has a free plan, and its cheapest paid plan is $17/mo.
Otter.ai's entry plan is the 2nd cheapest of the 5 productivity tools we price, by the least a year costs on each; Raycast is lowest at $96 a year (billed annually). Figures last confirmed 27 Aug 2026.
Plans
- Free plan
- Basic plan, $0/mo: 300 transcription minutes/month, 30-minute cap per conversation, live transcription, AI Chat, speaker identification, Zoom/Teams/Meet integrations, and a lifetime limit of 3 imported audio/video files
- Entry paid plan
- Pro plan, $16.99/mo billed monthly ($8.33/mo, about $99.96/yr, billed annually), unlocks 1,200 transcription minutes/month, a 90-minute per-conversation cap, and 10 file imports per month (not unlimited)
- Bills in
- per user/seat per month, with a transcription-minutes allotment attached to each tier that resets monthly
- Cost per year
- $99.96 a year billed annually ($203.88 a year billed monthly) on the entry plan
Otter.ai against the cheapest productivity tools
Entry plans only, ranked by the least a year costs on each: the annual-billed price where the vendor offers one, otherwise the monthly price times 12. The last column compares like with like: annual billing with annual billing when both tools offer it, otherwise the monthly price times 12 for both. Per-user and flat prices are not subtracted from each other.
| Tool | Free plan | Entry | Per year | A year vs Otter.ai |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 RaycastTry | Yes | $8/mo | $96billed annually | $3.96 lessboth billed annually |
 Otter.ai | Yes | $17/mo | $99.96billed annually | this tool |
 Fireflies.aiTry | Yes | $10/mo | $120 per userbilled annually | per user vs flat |
 MemTry | Yes | $12/mo | $144billed monthly, no annual plan | $44.04 moreboth billed annually |
 GranolaTry | Yes | $14/user/mo | $168 per userbilled monthly, no annual plan | per user vs flat |
Is Otter.ai free?
Yes. Otter.ai has a free plan, and its cheapest paid plan is $17/mo. The free plan: Basic plan, $0/mo: 300 transcription minutes/month, 30-minute cap per conversation, live transcription, AI Chat, speaker identification, Zoom/Teams/Meet integrations, and a lifetime limit of 3 imported audio/video files.
How much does Otter.ai cost?
Otter.ai's cheapest paid plan is $17/mo, which comes to $99.96 a year billed annually ($203.88 a year billed monthly). Plan detail: Pro plan, $16.99/mo billed monthly ($8.33/mo, about $99.96/yr, billed annually), unlocks 1,200 transcription minutes/month, a 90-minute per-conversation cap, and 10 file imports per month (not unlimited).
Verified · source: otter.ai
Re-fetched 2026-08-27: confirmed Pro caps file imports at 10/month, correcting an earlier unlimited-imports claim. Free/Basic tier stays capped at 3 lifetime imports.
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