# Recall.ai vs tl;dv (slim)

> Recall.ai scores 59.5 (C) on agent readiness against tl;dv's 51 (D), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Both do meetings transcript. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by side.

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Recall.ai scores 59.5 (C) on agent readiness against tl;dv's 51 (D), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Both do meetings transcript.

- Recall.ai: C 59.5, rank #378 of 629 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/recall-ai.min.md
- tl;dv: D 51, rank #512 of 629 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/tldv.min.md
- 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 66; Security & auth, 54 against 49; Payments & pricing, 35 against 15; Maintenance & community, 63 against 28.
- 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. Also Runs on your own machine.

| Category | Recall.ai | tl;dv |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 50 | 50 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 80 | 66 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 71 | 73 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 54 | 49 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 35 | 15 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 63 | 28 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 64 | 63 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Recall.ai | tl;dv |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Hyperdoc Inc. | tldx Solutions GmbH |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://us-west-2.recall.ai` | `https://pasta.tldv.io` |
| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP | HTTP, Streamable HTTP, stdio |
| Pricing | Pay per use | Paid |
| Licence | Proprietary service under Recall.ai's terms of use. Sample apps on GitHub, some MIT and most with no licence file | Proprietary service under tldx's Terms of Service. The local MCP server repository is public but carries no licence file |
| Tools exposed | 45 | 5 |
| Read-only variant documented | no | yes |
| Last release | 2026-10-08 | 2026-09-29 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-10-01 | no date given |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2023-02-01 | no date given |
| Popularity | 91k npm/wk | 14 stars |