trepil vs Otter
Otter is the established one, and it does two things trepil doesn't: it transcribes live while people talk, and its agent can attend a meeting for you. It also runs on more devices today. What trepil does is stay out of the call entirely, record without a monthly cap, and hand you the decisions and who does what the moment you press Stop.
Otter facts from otter.ai, checked 29 October 2026. If something here is out of date, write to hello@trepil.com and we will fix it.
Where Otter is ahead
- A live transcript you can read while the call is running.
- An agent that can sit in a meeting you are not at.
- Windows, Android and a Chrome extension today, and a free plan.
- Salesforce and HubSpot, team vocabulary and an MCP server.
Where trepil is ahead
- Nothing joins the call. There is no bot to invite, admit or explain.
- No monthly minute cap, and up to 4 hours in one meeting.
- Every note ends with who does what, each to-do with an owner, ready to tick off.
- A brief before every call: who's coming and what you last discussed.
Feature by feature.
| The meeting | trepil | Otter |
|---|---|---|
| Records without a bot | Always | Desktop app; the agent joins otherwise |
| Live transcript during the call | - | |
| Speaker names | ||
| Minutes on the paid plan | No monthly cap | Pro: 1,200 a month |
| Longest single meeting | 4 hours | Pro: 90 minutes |
| After the meeting | trepil | Otter |
|---|---|---|
| Action items with owners you can tick off | Not stated | |
| Chat across your meetings | Ask trepil | Otter AI Chat, capped on Pro |
| Turn an uploaded recording into notes | 10 imports a month on Pro | |
| CRM integration | On the way | Salesforce, HubSpot |
| The rest | trepil | Otter |
|---|---|---|
| Platforms | Mac, web; Windows and iPhone soon | Web, Mac, Windows, iOS, Android |
| Free plan | - | 300 minutes a month |
| Price | $14 a month, or $120 a year | $16.99 a month, or $8.33 billed annually |
The side that is ahead on a row is set in bold. "Not stated" means their site doesn't say.
Pick Otter if
you want to read the transcript while people talk, need something in meetings you can't attend, want a free plan, or live in Salesforce.
Pick trepil if
you want nothing in the participant list, no minute cap, and a checklist with owners when the call ends.
Your next meeting could end in done.
Download trepil for Mac, or open it in your browser. Your next call is written up the moment it ends.
- Mac
- Windows, coming soon
- iPhone, coming soon