AI tool Otter for beginners: free minutes and where they run out

What the free plan includes

Otter's pricing page lists these limits on Basic:

• 300 minutes of transcription a month, shared across everything you record.
• 30 minutes maximum per conversation.
• 3 audio or video file imports, for the lifetime of the account.
• 1 meeting at a time.
• Your 25 most recent conversations kept in history.
• 20 Otter AI Chat questions a month, and 3 per conversation.

Three hundred minutes is five hours. That's enough for a couple of short meetings a week, as long as each one is under half an hour.

What the paid plans cost

Prices are per user, from Otter's pricing page on Nov 11, 2026.

What to try first

1. Record one real meeting. A 20-minute check-in fits inside the free cap.
2. Read the summary first, then the transcript. See whether the summary alone would have been enough.
3. Ask Otter AI Chat a question. "What did we decide about the deadline?" You get 3 questions per conversation on Basic.

Tell people you're recording before you start.

When paying makes sense

The 30-minute cap is what most people hit first. If your meetings usually run an hour, the free plan will cut every one of them short, and Pro is the plan to look at. If your meetings are short, Basic may be all you need.

For the wider picture, see AI tools for meeting notes.

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