# Read AI vs Recall.ai (slim)

> Recall.ai scores 59.5 (C) on agent readiness against Read AI's 50.4 (D), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Both do meetings bot. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by side.

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Recall.ai scores 59.5 (C) on agent readiness against Read AI's 50.4 (D), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Both do meetings bot.

- Read AI: D 50.4, rank #517 of 629 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/read-ai.min.md
- Recall.ai: C 59.5, rank #378 of 629 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/recall-ai.min.md
- Read AI, good for An agent working for a person or team that already records meetings with Read AI and wants transcripts, summaries and action items in context. Also Free to start without a card.
- Recall.ai, good for 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. Ahead on Schema & documentation, 80 against 51; Agent ergonomics, 71 against 63; Payments & pricing, 35 against 30; Maintenance & community, 63 against 31.

| Category | Read AI | Recall.ai |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 52 | 50 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 51 | 80 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 63 | 71 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 54 | 54 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 30 | 35 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 31 | 63 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 63 | 64 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Read AI | Recall.ai |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | MCP server | HTTP API |
| Vendor | Read AI, Inc. | Hyperdoc Inc. |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.read.ai/mcp` | `https://us-west-2.recall.ai` |
| Transports | Streamable HTTP, HTTP | HTTP, Streamable HTTP |
| Auth | OAuth | OAuth or key |
| Pricing | Freemium | Pay per use |
| Price for meetings bot | not published | $0.0083 per minute of call |
| Licence | Proprietary service under Read AI's terms of service | Proprietary service under Recall.ai's terms of use. Sample apps on GitHub, some MIT and most with no licence file |
| Tools exposed | 4 | 45 |
| Last release | 2026-09-02 | 2026-10-08 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-02-26 | 2026-10-01 |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-06-29 | 2023-02-01 |
| Customer content may train models | yes, with an opt-out | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text | yes |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes | not found in the text |
| Popularity | none | 91k npm/wk |