Otter AI vs Shadow

AI notetaker that records, transcribes and summarizes meetings — bot-free

AI teammate that records, transcribes and summarizes every meeting

Offers strong multilingual transcription and translation tools, but lacks Otter's widespread enterprise adoption and team collaboration features.

Great for recording and clipping video calls across platforms, but less focused on real-time dictation than Otter.

SpecialistVoice AI for meetings, call centers, and developers

SpecialistBot-free AI note taker that captures and summarizes every meeting

Bot-free AI meeting assistant hosted in Europe

AI notetaker and company brain that turns every meeting into searchable knowledge

Stronger revenue intelligence and CRM synchronization features, but geared more toward sales teams than general note-taking.

The secure AI meeting notetaker built for teams that cannot get privacy wrong

Automates meeting insights routing to external productivity tools, but has a smaller ecosystem than Otter.

Always-on AI meeting notetaker with a self-erasing screen replay