9 Best Jamie Alternatives in 2026, All Cheaper Than Plus

Most people choose Jamie because nothing joins the call. It records from your own computer, so there's no bot for anyone to admit. The plan is where it pinches.

Plus costs $288 a year, or $29 month to month, for 20 AI notes a month and meetings up to 2 hours. Go over the cap and Jamie's help center says your notes "will be locked". Unlimited notes start at Pro, at $552 a year.

Every alternative below can record without a bot, and each costs less than Jamie Plus at its headline plan. Two are the ones I'd actually recommend.

For most people: Granola

I'd pick Granola, the most polished no-bot app here, on Mac, Windows, iPhone and Android. Business is $168 a year with unlimited notes, $120 (41.7%) less than Jamie Plus. The weak spot is privacy: notes sit in Granola's US cloud, and it trains on your data by default.

For confidential client calls: Voibe Work

Voibe Work is the meeting-notes plan in the app we build, and it includes our dictation app. No bot joins on Mac or Windows, and the audio is deleted once processing completes. The transcript and summary are saved on your computer, not on Voibe's servers, and never used for training.

It costs $149 a year, $139 (48.3%) less than Plus billed annually ($288) and $403 (73.0%) less than Pro ($552). Monthly, it's $19 against $29, or $10 (34.5%) less. Voibe reminds you to tell people you're taking notes, though the recording-consent rules are yours to follow.

Five picks cost less still, from Quill Lite ($83.88) to Fireflies Pro ($120), and Jamie Free is $0 for 10 AI notes a month. Plans and fees are in our Jamie pricing guide, and storage and training in Is Jamie safe?

The ranking

1. Granola: best overall, with no bot on every device.
2. Voibe Work: best for confidential client calls, with notes on your computer.
3. Bluedot: the closest match to Jamie's EU pitch, for less.
4. Circleback: automations, an API and MCP on every plan.
5. Krisp: bot-free notes plus noise cancellation for $96 a year.
6. Quill Meetings: transcripts made on your own computer.
7. Fellow: admin controls and CRM sync, with no AI training.
8. Fireflies: a no-bot mode that tells the room, for $120 a year.
9. Otter: the big-brand pick, with a bot when you want one.

Key takeaways

Jamie is a bot-free notetaker from wespond UG in Rösrath, Germany. It records your computer's microphone and system audio, so nothing joins the call.

Users like it. It holds 4.89/5 on the App Store from 261 ratings, 4.8/5 on Trustpilot from 77 reviews and 5.0/5 on Product Hunt from 26 reviews. The complaints in those reviews mostly circle back to price.

It's expensive for one person

Plus is $24 a month billed annually ($288 a year), or $29 monthly. Pro is $46 billed annually ($552 a year), or $55 monthly. EU visitors pay €21 or €25 for Plus and €39 or €47 for Pro.

A 3-star App Store review titled "Solid but very pricey" objects to "paying almost 500 euros for an annual pro subscription".

Twenty notes, then they lock

Plus covers 20 AI notes a month, and Free covers 10 with a 30-minute cap. Each meeting uses one credit "regardless of the duration of the meeting". Over the cap, the help center says "your meeting notes will be locked" until you upgrade.

Plus also stops meetings at 2 hours, where Pro allows 5. A 1-star Trustpilot review from May 2026 blames "the combination of the weak product and premium pricing".

Stalled uploads, lost meetings and no phone calls

Some recordings never finish: a March 2026 App Store review describes a critical meeting "Uploading for hours". A December 2025 Trustpilot reviewer wrote that "during an upgrade I lost an entire meeting".

Jamie's phone apps only record in-person meetings, and its help center says "Jamie cannot record phone calls". One UK reviewer was "really disappointed with the quality of the transcription".

No refund clause, and two weeks' notice

I found no refund or money-back promise in Jamie's terms, pricing page or help center. Annual plans renew unless you cancel at least two weeks before the term ends, and the terms cover business customers only.

What Jamie does well

Plenty, which is why leaving is hard. Jamie says all data stays in the EEA, Switzerland and the UK. The audio is deleted once transcription completes, and nothing trains on it, "not by us or any of the model providers".

There's a free plan with 10 AI notes a month and phone apps for in-person meetings. Pro adds 5-hour meetings and an MCP server for Claude and ChatGPT. Jamie holds its own ISO 27001 certificate, with SOC 2 Type II pending.

If 20 notes a month cover you and EU storage is a must, staying is reasonable.

Jamie already solved who's in the call. The alternatives differ on what happens to the notes next.

How the alternatives answer each complaint

Granola Business, Circleback Pro, Krisp Core and Voibe Work have no monthly note cap, and Voibe Work and Quill save finished notes on your computer. Voibe Work and Krisp allow 4-hour meetings, and Bluedot Pro has no length limit.

Krisp lists an outbound phone call recorder on Core, but Voibe Work has no phone app, so it can't record calls either. Bluedot says it supports EU data residency, while most others store in the US.

Three places your notes can live

• A bot in the call (Otter, Fireflies, and Circleback by default): everyone sees it, and notes go to the vendor's cloud.
• No bot, vendor cloud (Jamie, Granola, Bluedot, Krisp): nobody sees a bot, but notes still sit on the vendor's servers.
• No bot, your computer (Voibe Work, Quill): notes are saved on your machine.

Voibe Work's audio goes to open-source models on zero-retention cloud providers and is deleted when processing completes. Its meeting notes therefore need internet.

Every tool here can record from your computer. The table covers what happens to your notes afterwards.

Bot, storage and training, tool by tool

Reading the table

Jamie looks strong: it never trains, deletes the audio and stores in Europe. Granola and Otter train by default, and Granola at least offers an opt-out.

Only Voibe Work and Quill keep notes on your computer. Only Jamie promises EU-only storage, while Bluedot supports EU residency without naming the plan. Voibe publishes no EU residency option, because its notes stay on your computer.

Jamie's own pages disagree on which AI provider writes its summaries. Our Jamie safety review has both versions, and our AI Privacy Tracker scores meeting tools tier by tier.

Answer these six before you compare prices.

1. No bot, on your computers: Jamie runs on Mac and Windows. Check whether a Mac app needs Apple Silicon, as Bluedot's and Quill's do.
2. A note cap, or none: Jamie Plus stops at 20 notes a month. Check each plan's caps on notes, minutes, history and meeting length.
3. Where notes live: Jamie uses its EU cloud, and Voibe Work and Quill use your computer. The rest use their own cloud, mostly in the US.
4. Training: Jamie never trains on your meetings, but Granola and Otter do by default.
5. Firm-wide controls: check SSO, SCIM, retention rules and a DPA or BAA. Jamie keeps most of these for Enterprise.
6. Cost and refunds: compare a year against Jamie Plus ($288) and Pro ($552). Jamie's terms have no refund clause.

I ran Jamie and each of the nine alternatives myself, and the verdicts come from that, plus a read of every vendor's pricing, security, privacy and help pages. All prices and ratings were verified again on November 3, 2026.

What I judged, in order

1. Capture: does it catch the meeting on your computer with no bot, on Mac and Windows?
2. What happens to the notes: where they're stored, for how long, and whether they train AI.
3. Caps: the limits on notes, minutes, meeting length and history.
4. Cost: a year per seat against Jamie Plus ($288) and Pro ($552).
5. Coverage: notes only, or notes plus dictation and automations.

Why the top three sit where they do

Granola matches Jamie's spread of devices and has the highest App Store rating here, 4.96/5 from 14,656 ratings. Voibe Work wins on where notes go, but misses first overall with no phone app, no free meeting-notes plan and no EU storage promise.

Bluedot is the closest match to Jamie's pitch, and Pro costs $48 (16.7%) less than Jamie Plus with no length limit.

Jamie sits in the first row as the baseline. Ratings come from the App Store unless noted.

Side by side, with Jamie as the baseline

What only Voibe Work combines

Voibe Work is the only pick that saves notes on your computer and includes a dictation app. Quill keeps notes on your computer too, but it has no dictation.

Voibe Work has no phone app, no video and no free meeting-notes plan. Voibe Free covers dictation only, with 2,000 cloud words a week.

Weighing Jamie against one rival? These are the quick answers, against a baseline of Jamie Plus at $288 a year.

Jamie vs Otter

Otter Pro is $99.96 a year, $188.04 (65.3%) less than Jamie Plus, with 1,200 minutes a month and 90 minutes a meeting. Its bot joins by default, and it trains on de-identified recordings and transcripts, which Jamie never does.

Jamie vs Circleback

Circleback Pro is $180 a year, $108 (37.5%) less than Jamie Plus, with no note cap. Both have an API and an MCP server, but Circleback includes them on Free and Jamie needs Pro.

Jamie vs Read AI

Read AI Pro is $15 a month billed annually ($180 a year), or $19.75 monthly, which is $108 (37.5%) less than Jamie Plus. Its bot joins by default, and training is opt-in, per our Read AI safety review.

Read AI's pricing FAQ says "we don't offer refunds". Its plans are in our Read AI pricing guide.

Jamie vs Granola

Neither sends a bot, and Granola Business is $168 a year with unlimited notes, $120 (41.7%) less than Jamie Plus. But Granola trains on anonymized data by default and is US-hosted.

Jamie vs Voibe Work

Neither sends a bot, and Voibe Work costs $149 a year against $288, or $139 (48.3%) less. Jamie adds a free plan, phone apps and CRM sync. Voibe Work keeps notes on your computer and adds dictation, a BAA on request and a 30-day money-back guarantee.

Jamie Free is $0, with 10 AI notes a month and a 30-minute cap.

Jamie's paid plans

• Plus: $288 a year ($24 a month billed annually), or $29 monthly, for 20 AI notes a month and 2-hour meetings.
• Pro: $552 a year ($46 billed annually), or $55 monthly, with unlimited notes, 5-hour meetings, CRM sync, API and MCP.
• Team: $444 a seat a year ($37 billed annually), or $45 monthly, with a shared workspace and admin controls.
• Enterprise: custom, with SAML SSO, SCIM, audit logs and custom retention.

Paying annually saves 17.2% on Plus and 16.4% on Pro. Every cap is in our Jamie pricing guide.

What each alternative costs per year

Each row is the cheapest plan for regular meeting notes, billed annually where offered.

Where Voibe Work is not the cheapest

Jamie Free, Granola Basic, Circleback Free and Fireflies Free cost nothing. Five paid plans also undercut Voibe Work:

• Quill Lite ($83.88): Voibe Work costs $65.12 (77.6%) more.
• Fellow Team ($84): Voibe Work costs $65 (77.4%) more.
• Krisp Core ($96): Voibe Work costs $53 (55.2%) more.
• Otter Pro ($99.96): Voibe Work costs $49.04 (49.1%) more.
• Fireflies Pro ($120): Voibe Work costs $29 (24.2%) more.

If notes in a vendor's cloud are fine, those are better buys, though Quill Lite and Fellow Team cap your AI notes.

Voibe Work vs Jamie, every way you can pay

Month to month, Voibe Work is $19. That's $10 (34.5%) less than Plus ($29) and $36 (65.5%) less than Pro ($55). A year of Plus paid monthly costs $348, so Voibe Work annual is $199 (57.2%) less.

For a team of 10 on annual plans, Jamie Team costs $4,440 and ten Voibe Work seats cost $1,490, or $2,950 (66.4%) less. Voibe Work has no shared team workspace, though.

Voibe Work lifetime is $399 once, $465 (53.8%) less than three years of Plus ($864), though $111 (38.5%) more than Plus in year one.

Our meeting note taker pricing guide lists every plan. The Granola pricing and Krisp pricing guides go plan by plan.

Jamie covers meetings only. If you also dictate emails, memos or AI prompts, you're paying for a second app.

What two apps cost vs one

• Jamie Plus + Wispr Flow Pro: $288 + $144 = $432 a year. Voibe Work covers both for $149, $283 (65.5%) less.
• Jamie Pro + Wispr Flow Pro: $552 + $144 = $696. Voibe Work is $547 (78.6%) less.
• Monthly: $29 for Plus plus $15 for Wispr Flow Pro is $44. Voibe Work's $19 is $25 (56.8%) less.

Fireflies is the exception. Fireflies Talk is free, unlimited dictation on every plan, so Fireflies Pro ($120) covers both jobs for $29 (24.2%) less than Voibe Work.

Granola now has free voice typing on Mac, "Unlimited words, for free", with Windows, iOS and Android to follow. On a Mac, Granola Business ($168) covers both jobs, and Voibe Work costs $19 (11.3%) less.

Where Voibe Work's bundle still differs from Granola's

Voibe's dictation already runs on Windows, and Voibe Work keeps meeting notes on your computer with no training. Its Developer Mode also resolves file names and variables in Cursor, VS Code and Windsurf.

The cheapest pair for light users

Jamie Free plus Voibe Dictation ($99) costs $99 a year. That's $50 less than Voibe Work, if 10 short meetings a month cover you.

What the Voibe side includes

You get push-to-talk (hold Fn), Hands-Free Mode, Live Dictation on Mac, a Dictionary for client names and Smart Formatting that never rewrites what you said. Dictation can run on-device on Apple Silicon Macs, but meeting notes always need internet.

See our Wispr Flow pricing guide for Wispr's plans. Our October update post covers Windows meeting notes and 4-hour meetings.

Jamie's customer stories lean toward private equity, M&A and consulting. Those buyers ask more than whether a bot joins.

What a large firm checks before rollout

• Single sign-on and SCIM for joiners and leavers.
• Admin controls and retention rules, set once for everyone.
• A DPA, plus a BAA if health data comes up.
• Where data lives, for EU and UK counterparties.
• How notes reach the firm's archive, if they count as records.
• A clear consent step on every client call.

Firm-wide controls, side by side

A 2,000-person firm, priced at list

Circleback publishes volume bands, and each rate covers only the users in its band. At 2,000 users on annual Enterprise, that comes to $474,000 a year, about $237 a user. Granola Enterprise at list is $420 a user a year, and Jamie and Voibe both quote Enterprise privately.

My pick, by situation

For confidential client calls, I'd pick Voibe Work, because notes stay on each consultant's computer. Voibe doesn't list SSO or SCIM, so check with IT before a big rollout.

For SSO across thousands of seats, look at Granola Enterprise, which turns training off for everyone, or Circleback Enterprise. A regulated desk that archives meetings should look at Fellow, covered in our AI note takers for finance guide.

If EU-only storage is a hard rule, stay on Jamie Enterprise or test Bluedot Business. Advisers should also read our guide for financial advisors.

Granola is the no-bot note taker the others get measured against, and my pick for most people leaving Jamie. It records your mic and system audio while you jot rough notes, then fills them in.

Why it's my top pick

There's no bot on any device and no note cap on Business. Business connects to Attio, Notion, HubSpot and Affinity, so deal teams can keep their CRM. Free voice typing on Mac has unlimited words, and the app is rated 4.96/5 on the App Store from 14,656 ratings.

What it costs

• Basic: free, with limited meeting history.
• Business: $14 a user a month ($168 a year), billed monthly. That's $120 (41.7%) less than Jamie Plus.
• Enterprise: $35 a user a month, with SSO and training off for everyone.

Where it's weaker than Jamie

Training is the big one. Its pricing page says "Granola trains on your anonymized data", though each user can opt out. It's also US-hosted, where Jamie keeps everything in Europe.

A lawsuit filed in July 2026, Chamberlain v. Granola, alleges wiretapping. Nothing is proven, and our Granola lawsuit explainer has the detail.

Granola vs Voibe Work

Voibe Work is $19 (11.3%) a year cheaper than Granola Business, never trains and saves notes on your computer. Granola has phone apps and a free plan. There's more in our Granola pricing guide and Is Granola safe?

If your calls are the kind you'd never forward, this is the pick. I'd hand Voibe Work to consultants, lawyers, financial advisors and deal teams.

Where your meeting goes

Jamie already deletes the audio and never trains, so the change is where the notes sit.

1. Capture: from your Mac or Windows PC in Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Google Meet, Webex, Slack huddles or any meeting app, with no bot. In-person meetings record through your Mac or PC's mic.
2. Processing: open-source models on zero-retention cloud providers. No OpenAI, Google, Anthropic or Microsoft model is in the audio path.
3. Audio: deleted as soon as processing completes.
4. Notes: the transcript and summary are saved on your computer, not on Voibe's servers, and never used for training.
5. Internet: required, since processing happens in the cloud.

Every provider is listed on Voibe's cloud privacy page, and our Voibe Work launch post explains the design. Each time a recording starts, Voibe asks you to let the others know you're taking notes; meeting the recording-consent rules is your responsibility, not the app's.

Jamie vs Voibe Work, side by side

What else you get

The transcript labels each speaker and times every line. Rename a speaker and the summary updates, though names don't come from your calendar.

Summary templates cover each kind of meeting, like client intake or investment committee, and you can create your own. Chat with your meetings runs on the same zero-retention cloud with nothing stored, and one-click copy and PDF export are built in.

If you use Jamie's MCP server

Jamie's MCP server (Pro and up) lets Claude, ChatGPT and Cursor read your Jamie meetings. Voibe Work includes a Meeting MCP: click MCP on the Meetings page to connect Claude, Cursor, ChatGPT or Claude Code. One switch turns it off for every app.

The panel's privacy note reads: "What an app reads goes to the company behind its AI, for example Anthropic for Claude. None of it goes through Voibe's servers".

What it costs

• Voibe Work: $19 a seat a month, $149 a year, or $399 once for lifetime access.
• Voibe Dictation only: $9.90 a month, $99 a year, or $199 lifetime.
• Voibe Free: $0, with 2,000 cloud words a week on one device.

Every new account gets a 7-day trial of every Voibe Work feature, with no credit card and no automatic charge. Paid plans carry a 30-day money-back guarantee, and Enterprise starts above 10 seats.

Where it falls short

There's no free meeting-notes plan, phone app or EU storage promise, and meetings stop at 4 hours against 5 on Jamie Pro. It has no calendar auto-join, CRM sync or team workspace, and five picks here cost less per year.

Who it's for

It's for confidential client calls on Mac or Windows. We have deeper guides for lawyers and financial advisors.

Try every Voibe Work feature free for 7 days. One seat covers Mac and Windows.

Bluedot is the closest match to what Jamie sells, with no bot by default, no training and EU residency. It also costs less.

Why it's third

It captures without a bot from a Chrome extension, a desktop app or a phone app. Its terms say it "does not use Customer Content to train or improve artificial intelligence models". Its security page says it supports EU data residency, without naming a plan.

Bluedot lists SOC 2 Type II and is rated 4.75/5 on the App Store from 268 ratings.

What it costs

• Free: 5 meetings, for the life of the account.
• Basic: $14 a month billed annually ($168 a year), or $18 monthly, for audio only and 1 hour per recording.
• Pro: $20 billed annually ($240 a year), or $25 monthly, with video and no length limit. That's $48 (16.7%) less than Jamie Plus.
• Business: $32 billed annually ($384 a year), or $39 monthly, adding CRM sync, SSO, SCIM and custom retention.

Before you buy

Its pricing FAQ gives you one month after cancelling before "your recordings will be permanently deleted", and its terms say "Payments are non-refundable". The Mac app needs Apple Silicon, and Basic's 1-hour cap is tighter than Jamie Plus's 2 hours.

Bluedot vs Voibe Work

Voibe Work is $91 (37.9%) a year cheaper than Bluedot Pro and saves notes on your computer, not in Bluedot's AWS cloud. Bluedot has phone apps, video and EU residency support, so it suits European teams who want Jamie's pitch for less.

Circleback suits people who wanted Jamie Pro for its MCP server, API or CRM sync. It includes API, MCP and CLI access on every plan, Free included.

What it does

You can use a bot or the bot-free desktop app on any plan. Pro adds automations to Notion, HubSpot, Salesforce, Attio and webhooks. Its trust center says "We do not use customer data to train models".

It holds SOC 2 Type II, a BAA comes with Enterprise, and phone and Apple Watch apps cover in-person meetings. It's rated 4.80/5 on the App Store (273).

What it costs

• Free: unlimited meetings, with 30 days of history.
• Pro: $15 a user a month billed annually ($180 a year), or $18 monthly, with no note cap. That's $108 (37.5%) less than Jamie Plus.
• Business: $25 billed annually ($300 a year), or $29 monthly, with admin roles and custom retention.
• Enterprise: $35, annual only, with SSO and SCIM. Larger teams pay less per seat.

Limits

With joining preferences on, it tries the bot first, and the bot's chat message can't be turned off. Data is stored in the US, and payments are non-refundable, per its terms. Every plan is in our Circleback pricing guide.

Circleback vs Voibe Work

Voibe Work is $31 (17.2%) a year less than Circleback Pro and keeps notes on your computer. It has no bot option or CRM automations, though, so Circleback wins when notes must flow into a CRM or an AI app.

Krisp started as a noise-cancellation app and now sells bot-free meeting notes in the same plan. Nothing joins your call by default, though Core and up let you add a bot.

Why it's here

Core costs $96 a year ($8 a month billed annually, or $16 monthly), which is $192 (66.7%) less than Jamie Plus. It includes unlimited AI notes, noise cancellation on your mic and an outbound phone call recorder.

Its pricing FAQ says "Your meeting data is never used to train Krisp's AI models".

Watch for

There's no free plan, but the 7-day trial needs no credit card. Recordings and notes stay in Krisp's US cloud until you delete them. On-device transcription is Enterprise-only, and a BAA needs a team of 100+ seats.

Advanced is $30 a month, or $15 billed annually ($180 a year). Krisp is rated 4.73/5 on the App Store (271).

Krisp vs Voibe Work

Voibe Work costs $53 (55.2%) more than Krisp Core, and the extra gets you notes on your computer plus dictation. For noisy calls, Krisp gives unlimited bot-free notes for a third of Jamie Plus. See our Krisp pricing guide and Is Krisp safe?

Quill Meetings goes one step past Voibe Work on privacy, because it records and transcribes on your computer. Its homepage says your audio "never leaves it", while Jamie uploads audio to Frankfurt and then deletes it.

Plans

• Free: unlimited local recordings and transcripts.
• Lite: $6.99 a month billed annually ($83.88 a year), or $7.99 monthly, for 16 hours of AI meetings a month. That's $204.12 (70.9%) less than Jamie Plus.
• Unlimited: $16.99 billed annually ($203.88), or $19.99 monthly.
• Teams: $12 a seat billed annually, with a 5-seat minimum.

What to know first

AI notes send transcript text to Quill's default cloud model unless you bring your own provider. Quill says neither it nor its AI providers train on your transcripts.

The Mac app needs Apple Silicon, and phone apps need a paid plan plus the desktop app. Ratings are thin, at 4.60/5 on the App Store from 10.

What Voibe Work's extra $65 gets you

Quill Lite is $65.12 a year cheaper than Voibe Work. Voibe Work has no 16-hour cap, though, and Quill Unlimited at $203.88 a year costs more: Voibe Work is $54.88 (26.9%) less.

Voibe also includes dictation, runs on Intel Macs and covers any Mac plus Windows with one seat, with a 30-day money-back guarantee. Pick Quill if you want transcripts made on your own Apple Silicon Mac or Windows PC.

Fellow is built for firms where compliance signs off on the notetaker. It records with a bot, or botless from its Mac and Windows app, and phone apps handle in-person meetings.

Its homepage says "Our AI is never trained on your data". Business adds Salesforce and HubSpot sync, and Enterprise adds SSO (Okta, OneLogin), HIPAA and BAA, and custom contracts.

Plans and prices

• Free: 5 AI notes per user, for life.
• Team: $7 a month billed annually ($84 a year), or $11 monthly, for 10 AI notes a user a month.
• Business: $15 billed annually ($180 a year), or $23 monthly, with unlimited AI notes. That's $108 (37.5%) less than Jamie Plus.
• Enterprise: $25 billed annually ($300 a year).

Where it's weaker

The iPhone app is rated 3.17/5 on the App Store from 24 ratings, the lowest here. Team's cap of 10 notes a month is half of Jamie Plus's 20. Notes live in Fellow's cloud, which its privacy policy says is hosted by Amazon Web Services.

Our finance guide covers Fellow's retention rules and archive connector.

Fellow vs Voibe Work

Fellow Team is $65 a year cheaper, so Voibe Work costs 77.4% more. Against Fellow Business ($180), Voibe Work is $31 (17.2%) less and keeps notes on your computer. Fellow is the pick for admin control and CRM sync with no AI training.

Fireflies is bot-first, but its desktop Take Notes mode records with no bot and plays a spoken notice about 10 seconds in. Jamie relies on an email before the meeting and a chat notice still in beta.

Its privacy policy says it doesn't train on personal information. Every plan includes Fireflies Talk, which is free, unlimited dictation, plus CRM autofill for HubSpot and Salesforce.

What it costs

• Free: unlimited transcription, with 400 minutes of storage.
• Pro: $10 billed annually ($120 a year), or $18 monthly, with 8,000 minutes of storage. That's $168 (58.3%) less than Jamie Plus.
• Business: $19 billed annually ($228 a year), or $29 monthly, with unlimited storage.

Things to know first

Free and Pro meetings stop at 2 hours, and no-bot mode labels people Speaker 1, Speaker 2. Notes are stored in the US and other countries, not the EU.

Fireflies also faces a biometric privacy class action, Fricker v. Fireflies.AI Corp., though these are allegations, not findings. It's rated 4.82/5 on the App Store (5,439). See our Fireflies pricing guide and Is Fireflies safe?

What Voibe Work's extra $29 gets you

The extra $29 gets you notes on your computer and 4-hour meetings against Fireflies Pro's 2. Fireflies is the better buy for a bot on some calls, an audible no-bot mode and free dictation.

Otter is the biggest name here. A bot joins Zoom, Meet and Teams, and its Mac and Windows app records with no bot.

What it costs

• Basic: free, with 300 minutes a month and 30 minutes per conversation.
• Pro: $8.33 a month billed annually ($99.96 a year), or $16.99 monthly, for 1,200 minutes a month and 90 minutes a meeting. That's $188.04 (65.3%) less than Jamie Plus.
• Business: $19.99 billed annually ($239.88 a year), or $30 monthly.

The 50% Pro discount on its pricing page needs an India-issued card.

What holds it back

Otter trains its AI on de-identified audio and transcripts, per its privacy policy, and I found no opt-out. Pro's 90-minute cap is also shorter than Jamie Plus's 2 hours.

In In re Otter.AI Privacy Litigation, wiretap and biometric claims survived an August 13, 2026 ruling. They're allegations, not findings. Otter is rated 4.79/5 on the App Store from 87,739 ratings, the biggest sample here. See Otter pricing and Is Otter safe?

What Voibe Work's extra $49.04 gets you

The extra $49.04 gets you 4-hour meetings instead of a 90-minute cap, no training and no cloud archive. Otter suits short, non-confidential calls on a budget.

A few more came close, each for a narrower need.

More note takers

• Read AI sends a bot by default and has a desktop app. Pro is $180 a year billed annually, $108 (37.5%) less than Jamie Plus, and it's rated 4.88/5 on the App Store (1,052).
• Fathom sends a bot by default, with bot-free capture in beta. Premium is $16 a month billed annually ($192 a year), with a 90-day guarantee.
• Wispr Flow Notetaker adds bot-free notes to the Wispr Flow dictation app, with longer history on Pro ($144 a year). Notes sit in Wispr's US cloud; see Wispr Flow Notetaker vs Voibe Work.
• Tactiq is a browser extension that reads meeting captions in Chrome or Edge. No bot joins, but it can't record in person.

Built into your meeting app

Zoom's built-in AI and Google Meet's "Take notes for me" add no third-party bot. On Teams, see our Teams note taker guide.

Our best no-bot meeting note takers list has more options. Tools with an MCP server are in our AI note takers with MCP roundup, and every roundup is on our alternatives hub.

Jamie is clear on this: its help center says it is "required to inform" everyone in the meeting. It gives you two ways to do it.

How Jamie helps you tell people

Every plan can send a recording-notice email, which needs a connected calendar and goes out 4 hours before by default. A meeting chat notice on Teams, Meet and Zoom is in beta and off by default.

That chat notice isn't posted on a Mac without Accessibility approval, and it skips phone recordings and meeting apps Jamie doesn't recognize.

What the others do

Fireflies' no-bot mode plays a spoken notice, and Circleback's bot posts a chat message you can't turn off. Granola Enterprise lists an org-wide notification, and Quill reminds you when you start recording.

Bluedot's help center (October 2026) says its desktop app records without a visible desktop notification. Voibe Work has no notice email, but it reminds you to tell everyone when recording starts.

What the law asks

About a dozen US states generally need everyone's consent to record a private talk, including California, Florida, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania and Washington. Justia keeps a 50-state survey of the rules. Under the GDPR, Jamie says the legal basis is your call as the data controller.

A line you can use

"I'm using an AI note taker so I can focus. It doesn't join as a bot. Is everyone okay with that?"

If anyone says no, turn it off. This is general information, not legal advice, and our recording consent guide covers the rules state by state.

Do these seven steps in order. The first three save your meetings and stop the notice emails.

Before you cancel

1. Export what you need: send notes to Notion, Google Docs or OneNote, which every plan supports. Pro's API can fetch meetings too.
2. Do it while you still pay: Jamie's help center says notes over a plan's limit lock until you upgrade.
3. Turn off auto-start and the notice email: then disconnect your calendar, so guests stop getting notices.

When you cancel

4. Cancel in billing settings: click Manage, then cancel your subscription.
5. On Team, remove members first: Jamie only lets you cancel after every other member is removed.
6. Time it right: monthly plans can stop up to one day before the next cycle. Annual plans need notice in text form at least two weeks before the term ends.

After you switch

7. Run both for a week, and tell people: Voibe Work's 7-day trial needs no credit card and doesn't charge automatically. With no bot in the call, nobody knows you're taking notes unless you say so.

If you paid through the App Store, cancel in your Apple account settings instead.

Answer in order and stop at your first yes. Figure 3 shows the same path.

1. Are your calls confidential client or deal calls?

If yes, pick Voibe Work, which keeps notes on your computer. If not, go on to question 2.

2. Must meeting data stay in the EU?

If yes and Jamie's price is fine, stay on Jamie. For EU residency at a lower price, try Bluedot.

3. Should transcription run on your own computer?

If yes, pick Quill Meetings, because its audio never leaves your computer.

4. Must notes flow into a CRM or an AI app?

Pick Circleback for automations, an API or MCP, or Fellow for Salesforce or HubSpot sync with no training.

5. Is price the deciding factor?

If yes, Krisp Core gives unlimited bot-free notes for $96 a year. Fireflies suits a bot on some calls with a notice in no-bot mode, and Otter Pro a cheap big-brand bot on calls under 90 minutes. Otherwise, pick Granola, the best overall no-bot app.

If you already know your situation, find your row.

Privacy, platform and where your data lives

Budget, length and team needs

Basics

What is the best Jamie alternative?

Granola, for most people. It has no bot on any device, the top App Store rating here (4.96/5) and unlimited notes on Business for $168 a year, $120 less than Jamie Plus.

It trains on anonymized data by default, though. For confidential client calls, pick Voibe Work ($149 a year), which saves notes on your computer.

Is there a Jamie alternative without a bot?

Yes. Granola, Voibe Work and Quill Meetings never send a bot, and Bluedot and Krisp are bot-free by default. Circleback, Fellow, Fireflies and Otter have desktop apps that skip their bots.

Whichever you pick, tell everyone you're taking notes. Voibe Work reminds you when recording starts.

What is the closest alternative to Jamie?

Bluedot. Like Jamie, it's bot-free by default, never trains on customer content and says it supports EU data residency.

Pro costs $240 a year billed annually, $48 (16.7%) less than Jamie Plus, with no length limit. Its Mac app needs Apple Silicon.

Privacy and the EU

Which Jamie alternative keeps data in the EU?

Bluedot, whose security page says it supports EU data residency without naming a plan. Most other picks store notes in the US.

Voibe Work publishes no EU residency option and saves notes on your own computer instead. If EU-only storage is a hard rule, stay on Jamie.

What is the most private Jamie alternative?

Voibe Work or Quill Meetings. Voibe Work deletes the audio after processing on zero-retention providers, saves notes on your computer and never trains, with a BAA available on request.

Quill transcribes on your computer, but its AI notes use a cloud model by default.

Pricing

Is Voibe Work cheaper than Jamie?

Yes, against every paid Jamie plan. Voibe Work costs $149 a year, $139 (48.3%) less than Plus annual ($288) and $403 (73.0%) less than Pro annual ($552).

Jamie Free ($0, 10 AI notes a month) is cheaper, and so are Quill Lite, Fellow Team, Krisp Core, Otter Pro and Fireflies Pro.

Is there a free Jamie alternative?

Yes. Quill Meetings Free gives unlimited local transcripts, Circleback Free gives unlimited meetings with 30 days of history, and Otter Basic gives 300 minutes a month.

Granola Basic is free with limited history. Voibe Work has a 7-day trial with no credit card, after which Voibe Free covers dictation only.

Teams and switching

What is the best Jamie alternative for consultants and finance teams?

Voibe Work, for confidential client calls, because notes stay on each consultant's computer. Enterprise (more than 10 seats) adds team admin, central billing and a BAA on request, but no listed SSO or SCIM.

For SSO across thousands of seats, look at Granola Enterprise or Circleback Enterprise. Regulated desks that archive meetings should look at Fellow.

How do I cancel Jamie?

Export your notes to Notion, Google Docs or OneNote, then open billing settings, click Manage and cancel. On a Team plan, remove every other member first.

Annual plans need notice in text form at least two weeks before the term ends.

Can I get a refund from Jamie?

Probably not. We found no refund or money-back clause in Jamie's terms, pricing page or help center.

Annual plans auto-renew unless you cancel two weeks before the term ends. Voibe Work's paid plans have a 30-day money-back guarantee.

For most people, I'd pick Granola ($168 a year), the most polished no-bot app on every device Jamie covers. In exchange, you accept a US cloud and training by default.

For confidential client calls, I'd pick Voibe Work ($149 a year or $399 lifetime), which saves notes on your computer and never trains on them.

Jamie still gets a lot right: no training, data in Europe, a free plan and phone apps. If 20 notes a month cover you and EU storage is a must, staying is fair.

Switching to Voibe Work

Voibe Work fixes three Jamie gaps: the 20-note cap on Plus, notes in a vendor cloud and the missing dictation app. Tell people you're taking notes, and check the recording-consent rules where you work.

To switch, cancel Jamie and email the confirmation to hi@getvoibe.com. Voibe's switch offer then gives you Voibe Work free for the time left on your Jamie plan, plus a bonus month, up to 12 months in total.

Try Voibe Work free for 7 days → You get every feature, with no credit card and no automatic charge.

Related reading

• Jamie pricing: every plan, the note caps and the cancellation terms
• Is Jamie safe?: EU storage, subprocessors and training
• Granola alternatives and Circleback alternatives
• Best no-bot meeting note takers and our privacy guides
• All alternatives roundups