# Read AI vs tl;dv (slim)

> tl;dv and Read AI score within a point of each other on agent readiness, 51 (D) and 50.4 (D). Read AI leads on security & auth and payments & pricing. Both do meetings transcript. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by side.

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tl;dv and Read AI score within a point of each other on agent readiness, 51 (D) and 50.4 (D). Read AI leads on security & auth and payments & pricing. Both do meetings transcript.

- Read AI: D 50.4, rank #592 of 722 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/read-ai.min.md
- tl;dv: D 51, rank #586 of 722 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/tldv.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. Ahead on Security & auth, 54 against 49; Payments & pricing, 30 against 15. Also Free to start without a card.
- tl;dv, good for 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. Ahead on Schema & documentation, 66 against 51; Agent ergonomics, 73 against 63. Also Runs on your own machine.

| Category | Read AI | tl;dv |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 52 | 50 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 51 | 66 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 63 | 73 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 54 | 49 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 30 | 15 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 31 | 28 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 63 | 63 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Read AI | tl;dv |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | MCP server | HTTP API |
| Vendor | Read AI, Inc. | tldx Solutions GmbH |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.read.ai/mcp` | `https://pasta.tldv.io` |
| Transports | Streamable HTTP, HTTP | HTTP, Streamable HTTP, stdio |
| Auth | OAuth | OAuth or key |
| Pricing | Freemium | Paid |
| Licence | Proprietary service under Read AI's terms of service | Proprietary service under tldx's Terms of Service. The local MCP server repository is public but carries no licence file |
| Tools exposed | 4 | 5 |
| Read-only variant documented | no | yes |
| Last release | 2026-09-02 | 2026-09-29 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-02-26 | no date given |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-06-29 | no date given |
| 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 | 14 stars |