Entry priceUSD 8.33 / seat / month
Pricing modelper-seat, billed annual
OwnerOtter.ai, Inc.
Pro standard USD price per user/month billed annually; monthly standard $16.99. Conditional regional promotions excluded. Source
Otter.ai vs Whisper
Fit:
Migration notes
For teams replacing only audio-to-text: export or record audio separately and process with local CLI/Python. Build meeting capture, transcript UI, speaker diarization, summaries, search, sharing and integrations separately. No native incumbent workspace import or workflow parity verified.
Sources: otter.ai, github.com · checked 2026-10-21
Otter.aiPaid incumbent
| Pro | entry | USD 16.99 / user / mo |
|---|---|---|
| Business | business | USD 30 / user / mo |
| Enterprise | enterprise | Not established |
WhisperOpen-source alternative
Fit for Otter.ai
License 
Paid-feature tier A
Self-host
Paid-feature limitsNone established
| Whisper code and weights | self-hosted core | Free |
|---|
What you may give up
No paid-feature limits established for this edition.
- Local inference requires user-provided compute and setup.
- Optional first-party whisper-1 API is separate hosted usage; current documentation marks it deprecated, available to existing integrations until 2027-02-26.
Tier A: Tier A for the published speech recognition code and model weights, explicitly MIT in README. Local CLI/Python workflow has no documented paid edition gate. A developer engine, not a meeting-notes workspace. May be run locally or embedded in a self-operated service. License source
What running it takes
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- FFmpeg command-line tool
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Documented default deployment path; optional services are separate from core runtime. No unverified backend alternatives asserted. Infrastructure and staff time are not priced here; this page does not compare total cost.