tl;dv — The most generous free plan in the category — with one summarisation limit that most reviews forget to mention.
Short answer: tl;dv is an AI meeting recorder with a free plan offering unlimited recordings and transcription across Zoom, Google Meet and Teams. Pro is $18 per user monthly billed annually, or $29 monthly, adding custom AI prompts and CRM integration. Business is $29 per user annually, adding team-wide analytics, a dedicated success manager and SSO. The free plan gives a full AI summary on only the first 10 meetings.
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Verdict at a glance
Overall rating: 4.0/5 ★★★★☆
Standout: Unlimited free recordings and transcription. No other tool in this comparison lets you record every meeting you have, forever, without paying.
Watch out: The free plan summarises only your first 10 meetings in full. After that you get a summary of the first 10 minutes of each call — the recording is unlimited, the intelligence is not.
tl;dv’s free plan is the most generous in this category and deserves the attention it gets: unlimited recordings, unlimited transcription, AI summaries and support for Zoom, Google Meet and Teams, at no cost. For a small team that simply needs meetings captured and searchable, this genuinely can be a permanent arrangement rather than a trial, which is not true of Circleback’s 30-day history or Read AI’s five monthly transcripts. The limit that matters is one most write-ups skip. A full AI summary is provided on only the first 10 meetings of your account; beyond that, the free plan summarises the first 10 minutes of each meeting. So the recording really is unlimited while the intelligence is not, and if your reason for using a meeting assistant is the summary rather than the archive, the free plan converts to a paid one faster than the headline suggests. Pro at $18 per user annually removes that ceiling and adds custom AI prompts, unlimited AI prompts, template summaries and CRM integration. Business at $29 adds team-wide analytics, a dedicated success manager and advanced security with SSO — $11 a seat above Pro, which is a modest step for any team that wants the analytics or the governance. A 40% annual discount has been running since 2025 and is reflected in those figures.
Quick facts
| Attribute | Detail |
|---|---|
| Ideal team | Teams who need every meeting recorded and searchable at low cost |
| Learning curve | Very low — join a call and it records |
| Setup time | Minutes |
| Free trial | Free plan rather than a trial |
| Free tier | ⭐ Yes — unlimited recordings and transcription |
| Platforms | Zoom, Google Meet and Microsoft Teams |
| Discount | 40% off annual, running since 2025 |
| Key limit | ⚠️ Free plan fully summarises only the first 10 meetings |
Overview
tl;dv does one thing extremely well: it turns up to your meetings, records them, transcribes them and makes the result searchable. It supports Zoom, Google Meet and Microsoft Teams, and the setup cost is close to zero — connect a calendar and it appears. The product’s reputation rests almost entirely on the free plan, which offers unlimited recordings and unlimited transcription with multi-language AI summarisation, and is widely described as the most complete zero-cost entry in the category.
That reputation is deserved but needs one correction that most coverage omits. The free plan provides a full AI summary on only the first 10 meetings of your account. After that, it summarises the first 10 minutes of each meeting. The recording and transcript remain unlimited, so the archive is genuinely free forever — but the summarisation, which is the reason most people adopt an AI meeting assistant in the first place, is capped in a way the marketing does not foreground. Knowing this changes how you evaluate the free plan: it is a superb free archive and a limited free assistant.
Paid tiers resolve it. Pro is $18 per user a month billed annually, or $29 monthly, and adds custom AI prompts, unlimited AI prompts, template summaries and CRM integration — the last being what turns recorded calls into updated pipeline records. Business is $29 per user a month billed annually and adds team-wide analytics, a dedicated success manager and advanced security including SSO. The gap between Pro and Business is substantial, and Business is priced for organisations that need coaching analytics and enterprise governance rather than better notes. tl;dv advertises up to 40% off annual billing, which is what separates the $29 and $39 monthly rates from the $18 and $29 annual ones.
Key features
- Unlimited free recordings — across Zoom, Google Meet and Microsoft Teams
- Unlimited free transcription — with multi-language support
- AI summaries — full on the first 10 free meetings, unlimited on paid tiers
- Custom AI prompts — ask your own questions of a call, from Pro
- Template summaries — consistent structure across meetings, Pro tier
- CRM integration — push call outcomes into pipeline records, Pro tier
- Timestamped highlights — clip and share moments from a call
- Team-wide analytics — coaching and pattern analysis, Business tier
- SSO and advanced security — Business tier
- Dedicated success manager — Business tier
Pricing (as of 2026-09-28)
Model: published per-user tiers with a 40% annual discount; free plan available · Free tier: ⭐ yes — unlimited recordings and transcription; summaries capped · Entry paid: $18/user/mo billed annually (Pro)
| Plan | Price | Includes |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0/user | ⭐ Unlimited recordings and transcription · AI summaries · Zoom, Google Meet and Teams · ⚠️ full AI summary on the first 10 meetings only, then the first 10 minutes of each |
| Pro | $29/user/mo · $18/user/mo annual | Everything in Free plus custom AI prompts, unlimited AI prompts, template summaries and CRM integration · summarisation limits removed |
| Business | $39/user/mo · $29/user/mo annual | Everything in Pro plus team-wide analytics, a dedicated success manager and advanced security including SSO |
⚠️ The free plan’s headline is accurate but incomplete. Recordings and transcription really are unlimited and free forever, but a full AI summary is provided on only the first 10 meetings of your account; after that you get a summary of the first 10 minutes of each meeting. If summarisation is why you are adopting the tool, the free plan is not the long-term answer.
tl;dv advertises up to 40% off annual billing, which is what separates the $18 Pro and $29 Business annual rates from their monthly equivalents. Confirm it still applies at checkout, since a long-running promotion is not a guaranteed rate.
Business is only $11 a seat above Pro, so the analytics and SSO tier is an easier step here than at most competitors. Business buys team analytics, a success manager and SSO rather than better meeting output — only justify it if you need those specifically.
Ratings breakdown
| Criterion | Score | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Ease Of Use | 4.5/5 | Connect a calendar and it works; nothing to configure |
| Features | 4.0/5 | Strong recording and summarisation; lighter on automation than Circleback |
| Value | 4.5/5 | Unlimited free recording is unmatched, and Pro is fairly priced |
| Support | 3.5/5 | Standard support; a dedicated success manager needs Business |
Pros
- Unlimited free recordings and transcription — unmatched in this comparison
- Works across Zoom, Google Meet and Microsoft Teams
- Multi-language AI summarisation included on the free plan
- Custom and unlimited AI prompts from the Pro tier
- CRM integration turns recorded calls into updated pipeline records
- Timestamped highlights make clips easy to share
- 40% annual discount has been running consistently since 2025
- Near-zero setup — it simply joins your calendar’s meetings
Cons
- ⚠️ Free plan fully summarises only the first 10 meetings, then 10 minutes each
- Business is $11 a seat above Pro — an unusually small step for analytics and SSO
- No free viewer seats — every user is a paid seat on paid plans
- Less automation depth than Circleback for routing output elsewhere
- No API access on the free plan, unlike Circleback
- No HIPAA compliance offering in the published tiers
- Team analytics and SSO reserved for the $29 Business tier
Who it’s for
- Teams who need every meeting recorded and searchable at minimal cost
- Small companies who can genuinely live on a free plan long term
- Sales teams wanting call recordings pushed into a CRM, from Pro
- Multi-language teams needing summarisation across languages
Who it’s not for
- Teams whose main need is automation and routing — Circleback fits better
- Revenue organisations needing conversation intelligence — that is Avoma
- Anyone requiring HIPAA compliance from their meeting tool
- Teams with many read-only users, since there are no free viewer seats
Best use cases
- Recording and archiving every meeting a small team has, at no cost
- Searching months of past calls for what was actually agreed
- Pushing call outcomes into a CRM record automatically, from Pro
- Asking custom AI questions of a specific call using Pro’s prompts
- Sharing a timestamped highlight instead of a 45-minute recording
Integrations
tl;dv connects to Zoom, Google Meet and Microsoft Teams for capture, and to CRM systems from the Pro tier for pushing call outcomes into pipeline records. The CRM integration is the one that justifies the upgrade for sales teams — a recorded call that updates an opportunity automatically removes the administrative step that most reps skip, which is usually where meeting-tool ROI actually comes from.
How it compares
| tl;dv | Circleback | Avoma | Read AI | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Entry price | $18/user/mo annual | $15/user/mo yearly (Pro) | $19/user/mo annual | $15/user/mo annual |
| Free tier | ⭐ Unlimited recordings | Yes — 30-day history | No — 14-day trial | Yes — 5 transcripts/mo |
| Free plan catch | ⚠️ 10 full summaries | ⚠️ 30-day history | n/a | ⚠️ 5 transcripts/mo |
| API on free plan | No | ⭐ Yes | No | No |
| Free viewer seats | No | Business tier | ⭐ All plans | No |
| HIPAA | Not published | Enterprise | Enterprise | Enterprise |
| Best fit | Low-cost recording | Automation-first notes | Revenue intelligence | Meeting analytics |
Circleback, Avoma and Grain prices are vendor-published and verified 2026-09-28. tl;dv and Read AI figures are from published third-party reporting where the vendors’ own pages could not be verified directly.
Alternatives
Circleback is cheaper at $11 a user, includes API, MCP and CLI access on its free plan, and is built around routing meeting output into other systems. Avoma includes unlimited free viewer seats on every plan and adds conversation intelligence for revenue teams. Grain focuses on sales coaching. Read AI adds engagement scoring and speaker analytics.
Recent changes
tl;dv’s structure in 2026 runs three tiers. The free plan continues to provide unlimited recordings, unlimited transcription, AI summaries and multi-language support across Zoom, Google Meet and Microsoft Teams, with the important limitation that a full AI summary is provided on only the first 10 meetings of an account, after which only the first 10 minutes of each meeting are summarised. Pro is $18 per user a month billed annually or $29 monthly, adding custom AI prompts, unlimited AI prompts, template summaries and CRM integration. Business is $29 per user a month billed annually, adding team-wide analytics, a dedicated success manager and advanced security including SSO. tl;dv advertises up to 40% off annual billing, which is what separates both the $18 and $29 annual rates from their monthly equivalents.
Frequently asked questions
How much does tl;dv cost?
The free plan offers unlimited recordings and transcription. Pro is $18 per user a month billed annually, or $29 monthly, adding custom AI prompts and CRM integration. Business is $29 per user a month billed annually, adding team analytics, a dedicated success manager and SSO. A 40% annual discount has been running since 2025 and is reflected in those figures.
Is tl;dv’s free plan really unlimited?
The recordings and transcription are — genuinely, and indefinitely. The summarisation is not. A full AI summary is provided on only the first 10 meetings of your account; after that the free plan summarises the first 10 minutes of each meeting. So it is an excellent free archive and a limited free assistant. If summaries are why you want the tool, plan for Pro.
What does tl;dv Pro add over the free plan?
It removes the summarisation ceiling and adds custom AI prompts, unlimited AI prompts, template summaries and CRM integration. For sales teams the CRM integration usually justifies the $18 on its own, since a call that updates an opportunity record automatically removes the admin step reps most often skip.
What does tl;dv Business add over Pro?
Because it sells something different. The step from $18 to $29 per user buys team-wide analytics, a dedicated success manager and advanced security including SSO — organisational capability rather than better meeting output. If you need coaching analytics across a team or enterprise SSO, it is justified; if you want better notes, Pro already delivers that.
tl;dv or Circleback?
tl;dv for the free plan, if unlimited recording matters most — Circleback caps free history at 30 days. Circleback if you want meeting output routed automatically into Notion, HubSpot or Salesforce, need programmatic API access, or simply want the lower price at $11 a user against tl;dv’s $18.
Which meeting platforms does tl;dv support?
Zoom, Google Meet and Microsoft Teams. It joins meetings from your connected calendar automatically, so there is effectively no per-meeting setup. That breadth covers the large majority of business video calls, though teams standardised on a less common platform should verify support before committing.
Does tl;dv offer free seats for people who only watch recordings?
No. Every user on a paid plan is a paid seat, which is a meaningful difference from Avoma, which includes unlimited free viewers and collaborators on every plan, and Circleback, which adds them at Business. If many colleagues need to watch but few need to record, model that ratio before comparing headline per-seat rates.
Sources
- Claap — tl;dv pricing 2026: costs, plans and hidden limits
- Alfred — tl;dv pricing: plans and what you get in 2026
- Circleback — official pricing page
- Avoma — official pricing page
- Costbench — Read AI pricing 2026: 4 plans from free to $29.75/user/month
Compiled from public sources; last verified 2026-09-28. Pricing is subject to change — verify with the vendor. Ratings reflect editorial opinion based on documented capabilities, published pricing, and aggregated user reviews. DigiJaws does not accept payment for review placement or rating.
tl;dv Review (4/5): Pricing & Verdict (2026). DigiJaws, 2026. https://digijaws.com/reviews/tldv-review/