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Sayline
✓ verifiedPaid
Mac-only, fully offline AI voice-dictation app sold as a one-time lifetime license instead of a subscription.
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Fathom 2.0
✓ verifiedFreemium
AI notetaker recording, transcribing and summarizing Zoom, Meet and Teams calls; free plan plus paid team tiers from $19/user.
4.8M visits/mo5.8K saves
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Read AI
✓ verifiedFreemium
AI meeting assistant that records, transcribes, and summarizes meetings and emails across Zoom, Teams, and Meet with searchable insights.
4.1M visits/mo2.9K saves
Pricing
Trial: $0 (14 days, 15,000-word limit)
Individual: $24.99 lifetime (1 Mac device)
Business: $49.99 lifetime (3 seats, +$9.99/extra user)
Free trial available
Free: $0
Premium: $20/user/mo
Team: $19/user/mo
Business: $34/user/mo
Free trial available
Free: $0 (5 meeting transcripts/month, 1-hour max meeting length)
Pro: $15/mo billed annually or $19.75/mo (unlimited transcripts, 100 file upload credits/mo)
Enterprise: $22.50/mo billed annually or $29.75/mo (audio/video playback, 200 file upload credits/mo)
Enterprise+: $29.75/mo billed annually or $39.75/mo, 5+ licenses required (HIPAA, SSO, 300 file upload credits/mo)
Core features
- ✦Hotkey-triggered voice dictation in any Mac app
- ✦100% on-device, offline speech processing
- ✦One-time lifetime license instead of a subscription
- ✦14-day free trial with a 15,000-word limit
- ✦Multi-device team licenses for businesses
- ✦30-day money-back guarantee
- ✦Automatic recording and transcription
- ✦Instant AI call summaries
- ✦AI-generated action items and follow-ups
- ✦Ask Fathom search across meetings
- ✦CRM and tool integrations (Slack, Salesforce, HubSpot)
- ✦Automatic meeting recording, transcription, and AI summaries
- ✦Real-time in-meeting notes and metrics dashboard
- ✦AI-powered enterprise search across meetings, emails, and chats
- ✦Integrations with Zoom, Teams, Google Meet, Slack, HubSpot, Salesforce, and more
- ✦Audio/video playback with highlights on paid tiers
- ✦Personal AI digital twin (Ada) for task delegation
- ✦SOC 2, GDPR, and HIPAA compliance options
Use cases
- →Professionals drafting emails and messages faster by voice
- →Privacy-conscious users who don't want audio sent to the cloud
- →Small teams wanting shared lifetime licenses instead of per-seat subscriptions
- →Capturing notes without manual writing
- →Sharing meeting recaps across teams
- →Coaching sales calls and updating CRMs
- →Automatically capturing and summarizing team meetings
- →Searching past meetings, emails, and chats for specific decisions or facts
- →Sharing recaps and action items with teams that missed a call
- →Delegating routine email/task handling to an AI assistant
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