Octo vs note-takers

Note-takers give you notes. Octo gives everyone their tasks.

Granola, Fireflies, Otter and Fathom are good at writing the meeting down. Octo takes part in the call and does the follow-up: each person gets their own tasks with the exact quote, and ClickUp, Asana, Notion or Trello stays up to date.

The details

Side by side

What each tool says it does, from its own pages. Where we found nothing, the table says so.

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OctoGranolaFirefliesOtterFathom
Joins the call as a participantYes, a visible participantNo bot, uses your device audio1Yes, botYes, botYes, bot, plus a bot-free option2
Speaks on the callYes, when called by nameNoYes, "Talk to Fireflies" on a wake word3Yes, "Hey Otter" Meeting Agent, Zoom first4Not found
Shows answers on its own video tileYes: lists, tables, tasks by ownerNoNot foundNot foundNot found
Tasks after the callEach person gets their own tasks by message, with a deadline and the exact quoteNotes, sent to Notion, Attio or HubSpot1Creates tasks automatically after every meeting5Action items, follow-up email drafts4Summaries and action items, Asana and Zapier integrations2
Updates the tracker when plans change on a later callYes, when someone says "done" or "changed"Not foundNot foundNot foundNot found
Brief before the callYes: who's coming, what's still openNot foundNot foundNot foundNot found
PlatformsGoogle Meet, Teams, Zoom, Slack Huddles, Webex, GoToAny, via device audioNot checkedAgent is Zoom first4Not checked
Its own name and voice per teamYesn/aNot foundNot foundNot found
Price per user per monthPer company, not per user. Prices coming soon. PricingBusiness $141Pro about $10 yearly, $18 monthly6Pro $8.33 yearly, $16.99 monthly7Free tier, Premium $16 yearly, $20 monthly8

Checked on vendor pages and reviews on 7 to 8 November 2026. "Not found" means it didn't show up on the vendor's homepage or pricing page during that check. It doesn't mean the product can't do it.

Choose

Which one fits you

Notes with no bot in the room

Granola writes notes from your device audio, so nothing joins the call.

A free recorder with summaries

Fathom has a free tier with summaries and action items.

Transcripts and voice Q&A

Fireflies and Otter record the call and answer on a wake word.

The follow-up, done

Octo takes part, sends each person their tasks with the exact quote, and keeps your tracker current from call to call.

Where this comes from

Sources

  1. granola.ai/pricing
  2. fathom.ai, fathom.ai/pricing
  3. Fireflies guide: Talk to Fireflies
  4. otter.ai, UC Today on the Otter Meeting Agent
  5. fireflies.ai
  6. Fireflies pricing, third-party summary
  7. otter.ai/pricing
  8. fathom.ai/pricing

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