tl;dv
Nobody at the table notices the owl in the rafters until the minutes get read back verbatim.
tl;dv is an AI meeting recorder and transcription tool for Zoom, Google Meet, and Microsoft Teams with genuinely unlimited free recording and transcription, no time or minute cap. The one real limit on the free plan is AI-generated summaries, capped at 10 a month, everything past that means reading the raw transcript yourself until Pro removes the cap at $18/user/month billed annually ($22 monthly). Business, at $59/user/month, adds team analytics and leans more into sales call intelligence than personal notetaking. The verdict: one of the more generous free recording tools around, worth trying before paying anything, with a clear, predictable reason to upgrade once you actually need the AI summaries every week.
Ten free AI summaries a month sounds generous right up until the third week, when you're back-to-back in calls and quietly doing math about which meetings deserve a summary and which ones get downgraded to "I'll read the transcript later," which is a lie everyone tells themselves.
- Value for price7.5/10
- Capability7/10
- Ease of use8.5/10
- Trial safety8.5/10
tl;dv differs from most meeting-bot competitors by separating recording from AI processing entirely: the bot joins the call and captures full audio, video, and transcript regardless of plan, and the free tier never throttles that part. What's metered is the AI layer on top, the summaries, action items, and template-based notes, which is the part that actually costs the company money to run on every call, and the part that most people are really paying for once they upgrade.
Pricing breakdown
- Free ($0): unlimited meeting recordings and transcription on Zoom, Google Meet, and Microsoft Teams, AI summaries capped at 10/month
- Pro ($18/user/mo billed annually, $22/mo billed monthly): everything in Free, plus unlimited AI summaries, custom AI prompts and templates, CRM integrations (HubSpot, Salesforce, Pipedrive)
- Business ($59/user/mo billed annually): everything in Pro, plus team analytics and dedicated success management
- Enterprise (custom pricing): dedicated customer success manager, custom invoicing, advanced data management controls
Where it falls short
The 10-summary cap on the free plan is generous for occasional use but disappears fast for anyone in back-to-back calls, and once it's gone you're reading raw transcripts for the rest of the month rather than getting a partial allowance. Business is also a steep jump from Pro, more than triple the price for team analytics and a success manager, features that matter a lot to a sales team and very little to a solo operator who just wants meeting notes. And like any AI notetaker, accuracy on cross-talk-heavy or heavily accented calls is still noticeably worse than a clean one-on-one.
Pros
- Recording and transcription are genuinely unlimited on the free plan, no minute or meeting cap
- Works across Zoom, Google Meet, and Microsoft Teams out of the box
- Clear, predictable upgrade trigger: you know exactly when you've hit the summary cap
Cons
- Only 10 AI summaries a month on the free plan, everything past that is a raw transcript
- Business plan is a steep price jump from Pro for features aimed mostly at sales teams
- Transcript accuracy drops on calls with heavy cross-talk or strong accents, like most AI notetakers
Common questions
Is tl;dv's free plan really unlimited?
Recording and transcription are genuinely unlimited on the free plan, across Zoom, Google Meet, and Microsoft Teams. The one real cap is AI-generated summaries, which are limited to 10 per month on the free tier.
What happens after I use my 10 free AI summaries in a month?
Recording and transcription keep working without limit, but you'll need to read the raw transcript instead of an AI summary for additional meetings that month, or upgrade to Pro at $18/user/month (billed annually) for unlimited AI summaries and custom prompts.
What does the Business plan add over Pro?
Business, at $59/user/month billed annually, adds team analytics and dedicated success management on top of everything in Pro, positioning it closer to a full sales intelligence platform than a personal meeting notetaker.