💸 Pricing Tier Breakdown
🆓 Free
$0
- • 300-600 min/mo
- • Basic features
- • Limited storage
👤 Individual
$10-20
- • 1200-6000 min/mo
- • Advanced features
- • Integrations
👥 Team
$30-60
- • Unlimited/high mins
- • Collaboration
- • Admin controls
🏢 Enterprise
$100+
- • Custom limits
- • Revenue intel
- • Priority support
📊 Complete Pricing Comparison
| Tool | Free | Basic | Pro/Team | Enterprise |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Otter | 300 min/mo | $10/mo 1200 min | $20/mo 6000 min | Custom |
| Fireflies | 800 min/mo | $10/mo 8000 min | $19/mo Unlimited | $39/mo |
| tl;dv | Unlimited Limited AI | - | $30/mo Unlimited AI | Custom |
| Granola | Limited | $10/mo | - | - |
| Supernormal | 10 meetings | $24/mo 1000 min | $36/mo Unlimited | Custom |
| Gong | - | - | ~$100/user | $150+/user |
| Avoma | Limited | $19/mo | $49/mo | $79-149/mo |
⏱️ Cost Per Minute Analysis
Understanding the real cost based on your meeting volume:
🟢 Light User
10 hrs/month (600 min)
- Best: Free plans
- Cost: $0/min
- Tools: Otter, Fireflies
🟡 Regular User
40 hrs/month (2400 min)
- Best: Basic paid
- Cost: $0.004-0.008/min
- Tools: Fireflies Pro
🔴 Power User
100+ hrs/month
- Best: Unlimited plans
- Cost: Fixed monthly
- Tools: tl;dv, Fireflies
🕵️ Hidden Costs to Consider
💾 Storage Limits
- Video storage extra ($5-20/TB)
- Transcript retention limits
- Export restrictions on lower tiers
- Archive access fees
👥 User Seats
- Minimum seat requirements
- Guest access limitations
- Admin seat pricing
- Viewer-only licenses
🔧 Add-ons
- API access ($100+/mo)
- Custom integrations
- Priority processing
- White-label options
🌍 International
- Multi-language support
- Regional compliance
- Local phone numbers
- Currency conversion fees
🏆 Best Value by Use Case
🎯 Individual Professionals
Best Value: Fireflies Pro ($10/mo)
- 8,000 minutes/month (plenty for most)
- All core features included
- Good integrations
- No per-minute charges
👥 Small Teams
Best Value: tl;dv Pro ($30/user)
- Unlimited recordings and AI
- Great collaboration features
- No minute counting needed
- Strong team workspace
💼 Sales Teams
Best Value: Avoma Business ($49/user)
- Revenue intelligence features
- Deep CRM integration
- Coaching insights included
- Better than Gong pricing
💡 Money-Saving Tips
- 1
Start with Free Trials
Most tools offer 7-14 day trials. Test with real meetings first.
- 2
Annual Billing Discounts
Save 15-20% by paying yearly instead of monthly.
- 3
Team Bundles
5+ seats often get 10-30% discounts. Pool with colleagues.
- 4
Educational Discounts
Students and educators get 50%+ off many tools.
- 5
Stack Free Plans
Use multiple free tiers for different meeting types.