Record, transcribe and action meetings in Chrome — pay per hour, not per month
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According to OpenAITools.app telemetry verified on 2026-11-11, Kolva (kolva.io) is an AI platform indexed under AI Meeting Assistant generating 0 monthly visits with a month-over-month traffic delta of -4.36K (-100%). Its primary geographic market is Global (— traffic share), and it operates on a Free Trial, Paid pricing model. Top competing alternatives by monthly volume include Fireflies.ai (4.41M visits/mo), Noty.ai (16.99K visits/mo), Circleback (272.91K visits/mo).
Finally a meeting tool that doesn't bleed me dry with monthly fees when I only have two calls a week.
No bot joining the room is a game changer for client privacy.
so clean
topup minimums are a bit annoying
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Record Zoom, Teams or Google Meet calls directly from a Chrome tab by sharing tab audio — no extension and no bot joining the meeting.
Automatic transcription with speaker identification, an AI summary and extracted action items for every recorded meeting.
Turns meeting outcomes into managed tasks, breaking broader goals into concrete steps.
Upload and organize PDFs, then ask questions across your meeting and document history to get answers fast.
A free Windows and Linux markdown editor that edits your own plain .md files in place and works offline; signing in makes it the Kolva desktop app.
Kolva's central idea is that meeting software should not charge you for months you barely use. Its headline feature is a browser recorder: open kolva.io in Chrome, click record, and join your call as normal in Zoom, Teams or Google Meet. There is no bot attendee to explain away, and the transcript, AI summary and action-item extraction are generated when the meeting ends — the site says the process completes in under 30 seconds.
Beyond recording, Kolva positions itself as a single workspace rather than a one-trick transcription tool. Recordings feed into task intelligence that breaks goals into steps, smart documents that let you upload and search PDFs, AI search for asking questions across your material, and a PIN-protected secure vault for sensitive files. A focus mode gives you a unified canvas for planning the day, and integrations connect email plus Claude MCP.
Pricing is deliberately usage-based: transcription with speaker identification, AI summaries and action extraction is billed by the hour, with pay-as-you-go rates quoted from around $0.25 per hour (the site also advertises roughly £0.20/hour) and unlimited plans starting at £14 per month, with a Pro tier at £28. There is also Kolva Ink, a free offline desktop app for Windows and Linux that doubles as a markdown editor over your own plain files. Kolva is operated by Kolva Ltd, registered in England and Wales, and positions itself on EU data residency and a free starting tier with monthly credit and no card required.
Record recurring calls and rely on searchable transcripts, summaries and action lists months later instead of trying to remember who promised what.
Use pay-as-you-go billing so a light meeting month costs a few dollars rather than a full subscription.
Keep transcripts, extracted tasks and uploaded reference documents in a single workspace instead of switching between transcription, task and storage apps.
Store confidential documents in the PIN-protected vault and rely on the EU-based data handling described by the vendor.
Side-by-side telemetry comparison of competing AI tools in the same primary category
| Rank | AI Tool | Monthly Visits | MoM Growth | Direct traffic share | Pricing | Head-to-Head |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ● | Kolva | 0 | -100% | — | Free Trial, Paid | Current |
| 1 | Fireflies.ai | 4.41M | +3% | 51% direct | Freemium | vs Fireflies.ai |
| 2 | Noty.ai | 16.99K | -25.5% | 40% direct | Freemium, Free Trial, Paid | vs Noty.ai |
| 3 | Circleback | 272.91K | +12.5% | 73% direct | Free Trial | vs Circleback |
| 4 | Otter AI | 7.36M | +9.6% | 68% direct | Freemium | vs Otter AI |
| 5 | Sembly AI | 111.73K | +3.8% | 63% direct | Freemium | vs Sembly AI |
| 6 | Read Speaker Coach | 4.07M | -4.8% | 25% direct | Freemium, Paid | vs Read Speaker Coach |
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Turn recordings into transcripts, minutes, and action items automatically
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Turn voice into actionable insights for your whole team
