Meetings move fast. Écoute makes sure nothing gets lost.
Turn recordings into accurate, speaker-labeled transcripts in seconds. Find exactly what was said, hear it in context, and keep every conversation organized.
Transcribe a meeting →No subscription needed to transcribe. Pay only for what you use.
Actual Écoute output. Select any word to hear the original audio.
A 16-minute recording with three speakers, fully transcribed and labeled in just 23 seconds. In one October 2026 test, Écoute's speaker labels matched 96% of a manually corrected Sonix transcript.
Every speaker gets their own label. Add names, correct mistakes, and keep the conversation organized.
Click any word in your transcript to jump straight to that moment in the recording. No scrubbing or guessing.
Correct text, reassign dialogue, and merge speakers while listening to the original audio.
Search your entire library for names, decisions, numbers, and details worth remembering.
Export to Word, PDF, TXT, SRT, or VTT, or send it directly to Google Drive.
Send a read-only link, keep a transcript private, or organize recordings with your team.
| Écoute | Sonix | Otter | Fireflies | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price | $5 an audio hour | $10 an hour, or plans from $25 a month | Pro $16.99 a month, or $8.33 a month billed yearly | Pro from $10 a seat a month, billed yearly |
| Subscription | Not needed to transcribe | Optional | Paid features need a plan | Paid features need a plan |
| Bot in your meetings | Never | Optional, Sonix Agent on Pro and Enterprise plans | Optional, its notetaker can join Zoom, Teams and Meet | Optional, its notetaker can join or auto-join your meetings |
| AI summary and action items | Included with every call | Subscription plans only | Included | Limited on Free, unlimited on paid plans |
| Unused hours | Never expire | Hours you get with a monthly subscription stop working if you cancel | Monthly minutes | Not hour based |
Competitor details from their own pricing pages, checked October 27, 2026: Sonix (and its help center), Otter, Fireflies. Prices change, so check theirs before you compare. Sonix, Otter and Fireflies are trademarks of their owners, and Écoute isn't affiliated with any of them.
Only pay for the audio you transcribe, billed by the second. Buy credits whenever you need them.
Your Zoom cloud recordings, automatically transcribed and ready to review.
$5 per hour of audio, billed by the second. Buy hours when you need them and they never expire. You don't need a subscription to transcribe.
Écoute separates every voice in the recording. Add the names of the people on the call before you upload and it labels each voice with a name. If it gets one wrong, rename that speaker once and every line updates.
No. Écoute never sends a bot into your calls. You upload the recording, and soon you'll be able to connect Zoom so your cloud recordings arrive already transcribed.
In our tests so far, a 16 minute call came back in 23 seconds and a 73 minute call in 41 seconds, counted from the start of the upload. Longer recordings take a little longer.
Audio or video files up to 5 GB, including MP3, M4A, WAV, MP4, MOV and WebM.
Every call gets an AI summary, key points, and action items with who owns them and when they're due. You can search across all your calls and export to Word, PDF, TXT, SRT or VTT, or save straight to Google Drive.
The hours it held go straight back to your balance, automatically.
Only you, the people in a team you put them in, and anyone you send a share link to while the link is on. We don't sell your data.
Keep a record you can search, revisit, and trust.