# Best meeting bots, recording and transcript APIs for AI agents (slim)

> Nylas Notetaker API (BB), Meeting BaaS (B) and Granola (C) lead the 9 ranked meeting bots, recording and transcript APIs. Picks by need, strengths, weaknesses and prices from the Anchor benchmark.

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All 9 ranked meeting bots, recording and transcript APIs on the Anchor benchmark, with a pick for each need and where each one falls short. Scores come from public evidence, re-checked as vendors change.

- Ranked: 9 · agent-ready (BB or better): 1 · accept x402: 0 · hosted endpoints: 9
- Full ranked table: https://www.anchorterminal.com/categories/meeting-capture.md
- Head-to-head comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/meeting-capture/index.md (36)
- Methodology: https://www.anchorterminal.com/benchmark/index.md

## The shortlist

| # | Tool | Grade | Score | Best for | Price | Where |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | [Nylas Notetaker API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/nylas-notetaker.md) | BB | 71.7 | Developers who want a meeting bot with transcripts, summaries and action items from one vendor, and those already using Nylas calendar sync. | $15 / mo | hosted |
| 2 | [Meeting BaaS](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/meeting-baas.md) | B | 62 | Developers building a notetaker, sales or compliance recorder who want one API across Zoom, Meet and Teams, EU hosting, their own storage or a self-hosted deployment. | $99 / mo | hosted |
| 3 | [Granola](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/granola.md) | C | 61.6 | People and teams who already take notes in Granola and want an agent to read notes, summaries and transcripts. | $14 / seat-mo | hosted |
| 4 | [Fireflies.ai](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/fireflies.md) | C | 60.6 | Teams already recording meetings in Fireflies who want an agent to search, summarise and organise them. | $18 / seat-mo | hosted |
| 5 | [Fathom](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/fathom.md) | C | 59.7 | Teams already recording meetings in Fathom who want an agent to read transcripts, summaries, action items and recordings. | $20 / seat-mo | hosted |
| 6 | [Recall.ai](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/recall-ai.md) | C | 59.5 | Developers building a notetaker or meeting agent who want one API across Zoom, Google Meet, Teams and Webex and will handle summaries, consent and per-customer access themselves. | Pay per use | hosted |
| 7 | [tl;dv](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/tldv.md) | D | 51 | Teams already recording with tl;dv who want an agent to search and summarise their meeting library or push transcripts to other systems by webhook. | $18 / seat-mo | hosted and local |
| 8 | [Read AI](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/read-ai.md) | D | 50.4 | An agent working for a person or team that already records meetings with Read AI and wants transcripts, summaries and action items in context. | $15 / seat-mo | hosted |
| 9 | [Attendee](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/attendee.md) | D | 49 | Developers building a notetaker or voice agent who want one API across Zoom, Google Meet and Teams with the option to run the code themselves. | Pay per use | hosted |

## Picks by need

- Highest score overall: [Nylas Notetaker API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/nylas-notetaker.md), BB, 71.7/100 on the benchmark. Also [Meeting BaaS](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/meeting-baas.md), B, 62/100.
- Reliability: [Fathom](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/fathom.md), 71/100 on reliability, against 66 for the overall leader.
- Schema & documentation: [Meeting BaaS](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/meeting-baas.md), 93/100 on schema & documentation, against 89 for the overall leader.
- Maintenance & community: [Meeting BaaS](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/meeting-baas.md), 85/100 on maintenance & community, against 81 for the overall leader.
- Transparency & trust: [Granola](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/granola.md), 76/100 on transparency & trust, against 72 for the overall leader.

## How to choose

- Platforms the bot can join: Check which meeting platforms the bot can join, since a capture that covers only one platform leaves an agent with a partial record.
- Participant notice and consent: Check how the bot tells participants it is recording and whether consent is logged, since recording without notice creates legal risk for whoever deploys the agent.
- Transcript delay and speaker labels: Check how soon a transcript arrives after a meeting ends and whether speakers are labelled, since action items need both timing and attribution.
- Recording and transcript access: Check whether the recording and transcript can be fetched by API or MCP server, since output the agent cannot fetch needs a person to copy it.

- How the benchmark tests this category: The same scripted ten-minute test meeting on Zoom, Google Meet and Microsoft Teams, captured by each listing. We check how the capture is started, the time to a transcript, speaker labels, the recording and transcript API, and what participants are told. In this run listings are graded from public evidence against the published checklist.

Each listing's verdict, strengths and weaknesses: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/meeting-capture/index.md