Screenpipe vs Tactiq

Industry giant for live transcription and searchable conversation archives, but requires bot entry or direct audio uploads.

Extremely popular meeting assistant with great free tiers and summaries, though it relies on a calendar bot rather than a browser extension.

Robust enterprise meeting search and CRM integration capabilities, though it uses a bot participant in calls.

Free / Open-sourceA free, open-source personal AI agent that learns your projects and works across every messaging app.

SpecialistAI note taker that transcribes, summarizes and visualizes meetings

Local-first AI memory that makes your videos, audio and documents searchable

Record, transcribe, and summarize meetings, audio, and video with AI.

Excellent video snippet clipping and multi-platform meeting recording, though uses bot joining instead of extension capture.

Operates as a bot-free browser extension just like Tactiq, capturing high-quality local meeting transcripts without annoying calendar bots.

Free / Open-sourceOwn your intelligence: a private AI assistant that runs entirely on your machine

An AI buddy on your computer that sees your screen and walks you through anything

Free / Open-sourceFree open-source dictation that runs speech-to-text on your own machine