by Otter.ai · Productivity
Worth it if you transcribe meetings and 1,200 recording minutes a month fits; Pro is $8.33 a month billed yearly.
Skip if you'd pay monthly: Pro is $16.99, about twice the yearly rate.
Start free if the free plan covers you: Basic plan, free forever.
| Plan | Monthly USDCAD | Yearly USDCAD/mo | Limits, in Otter.ai’s words |
|---|---|---|---|
| BasicBest for trying it before you pay | Free | — | Limited minutes |
| ProBest for the lowest paid price | $16.99≈CA$24.12 Estimate | $8.33CA$10.83 App Store CAD≈ $99.96billed CA$129.99 yearly Save 51% | 1,200 in-app recording min/mo |
| Business TeamBest for teams, priced per seat | $30.00CA$40.00 App Store CAD | $19.99CA$25.00 App Store CAD≈ $239.88billed CA$299.99 yearly Save 33% | Unlimited meetings |
Before tax, from Otter.ai’s official pricing page ↗. ≈ = converted from USD at 1.4196 (Bank of Canada, Oct 15). Other CAD prices are the vendor’s own Canadian price or the App Store Canada price. Hover a price for its label and checked date.
Pro $16.99 monthly or $8.33/mo annual; Business $30 or $19.99/mo annual. Regular prices shown, not the temporary 50%-off promos.
Free plan: Basic plan, free forever.
| Plan | Monthly USDCAD | Yearly USDCAD/mo | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|
| BasicBest for trying it before you pay | Free | — | Verified · Source for Basic: Otter.ai pricing page ↗Verified · Source ↗ |
| ProBest for the lowest paid price | $16.99≈CA$24.12 Estimate+ 13% HST = ≈CA$27.26/mo in ON | $8.33CA$10.83 App Store CAD≈ $99.96billed CA$129.99 yearly Save 51%+ 13% HST = CA$12.24/mo in ON | Verified · Source for Pro: Otter.ai pricing page ↗Checked · BoC rate 1.4196 (source for this CAD price) ↗ Checked · apps.apple.com (source for this CAD price) ↗ |
| Business TeamBest for teams, priced per seat | $30.00CA$40.00 App Store CAD+ 13% HST = CA$45.20/mo in ON | $19.99CA$25.00 App Store CAD≈ $239.88billed CA$299.99 yearly Save 33%+ 13% HST = CA$28.25/mo in ON | Verified · Source for Business: Otter.ai pricing page ↗Checked · apps.apple.com (source for this CAD price) ↗ |
USD from Otter.ai’s US pricing page, before tax. Switch to CAD to see Canadian prices with sales tax.Official CAD = Otter.ai’s page shows CAD to Canadians. App Store CAD = Apple App Store Canada (web checkout may differ). Estimate (≈) = USD × 1.4196, Bank of Canada, Oct 15, 2026. Tax is an estimate: what you pay depends on the vendor’s GST/HST registration. Yearly totals with tax
Tracking started . No price or plan changes confirmed since then.
| Tool | Cheapest paid USDCAD/mo | Free plan | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Microsoft Copilot / 365Verified Microsoft | $9.99CA$11.50 Official CAD | Yes | Otter.ai vs Microsoft Copilot / 365 |
| GammaVerified Gamma | $12.00≈CA$17.04 Estimate | Yes | Otter.ai vs Gamma |
| Notion AIVerified Notion | $12.00CA$14.99 App Store CAD | Yes | Otter.ai vs Notion AI |
| Wispr FlowVerified Wispr | $15.00CA$18.00 Official CAD | Yes | Otter.ai vs Wispr Flow |
| Fireflies.aiPartly verified Fireflies.ai | $18.00≈CA$25.55 Estimate | Yes | Otter.ai vs Fireflies.ai |
Prices checked – against official pricing pages. Before tax. ≈ = converted from USD at 1.4196 (Bank of Canada, Oct 15). Other CAD prices are the vendor’s own Canadian price or the App Store Canada price. Hover a price for its label and checked date.
Options for transcription that you can run yourself or use on a hosted service. Checked .
| Your setup | Option | Licence or price | Needs / free tier |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windows or Linux PC with an NVIDIA GPU or Apple Silicon Mac | Whisper (OpenAI) ↗ | MIT | tiny ~1GB to large ~10GB VRAM; macOS ok |
| CPU only or a laptop | whisper.cpp ↗ | MIT | CPU, Apple Silicon optimized |
| No hardware (hosted) | Together AI ↗ | Per token/unit. gpt-oss-120B $0.15/$0.60 per 1M tok; Llama 3.3 70B $1.04; Kokoro-82M TTS $4/1M chars; Whisper Large v3 $0.0015/min; FLUX.2 dev $0.0154/img | Some $0 models listed (e.g. Ternary Bonsai 27B) |
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USD prices from Otter.ai's official pricing page (US version, before tax), last verified . A script re-checks that every listed price still appears on that page, and nothing here changes until a person confirms it. Each CAD price shows where it came from and when we checked it; estimates use the Bank of Canada rate (1.4196, Oct 15, 2026). Usage limits, credits and models are quoted from the vendor’s page; “Not published” means the page doesn’t say. Full method