Your Mac remembers more than your meetings.
Otter.ai records and transcribes meetings in the cloud, usually by sending a notetaker bot into the call, and stores the results on its servers. Hindsight captures everything you see and hear on your Mac and keeps it there. A meeting’s transcript leaves your Mac only when you use AI summaries.
Free 14-day trial. No credit card required.
| Compare features | Hindsight | Otter.ai |
|---|---|---|
| Privacy and data. | ||
| Capture, OCR, and transcription run on-device | Cloud | |
| AI features without sending data to the cloud | All except opt-in summaries | |
| Recordings never leave your Mac | ||
| Transcripts leave your Mac only for AI summaries | ||
| Encrypted local database, thumbnails, and video | Stored on Otter’s servers | |
| No bot joins your calls | ||
| Pricing. | ||
| Price | $9.99/mo, $99.99/yr, or $299 lifetime | Per-seat subscription |
| Free trial | 14 days, no card | Free tier with monthly limits |
| Transcription capped by plan | ||
| One-time purchase for lifetime access | ||
| Platform and experience. | ||
| Native macOS app | Web and mobile | |
| Searchable record of meetings and calls | ||
| Everything else on your screen, in any app | ||
| Visual timeline of your screen history | ||
| Full-text screen search | ||
| On-device audio transcription | ||
| AI summaries and action items | Opt-in, via OpenAI | |
| Calendar integration and shared team notes | ||
| Pause capture and exclude specific apps | ||
| Privacy and data. | |
|---|---|
| Capture, OCR, and transcription run on-device | |
| AI features without sending data to the cloud | All except opt-in summaries |
| Recordings never leave your Mac | |
| Transcripts leave your Mac only for AI summaries | |
| Encrypted local database, thumbnails, and video | |
| No bot joins your calls | |
| Pricing. | |
| Price | $9.99/mo, $99.99/yr, or $299 lifetime |
| Free trial | 14 days, no card |
| Transcription capped by plan | |
| One-time purchase for lifetime access | |
| Platform and experience. | |
| Native macOS app | |
| Searchable record of meetings and calls | |
| Everything else on your screen, in any app | |
| Visual timeline of your screen history | |
| Full-text screen search | |
| On-device audio transcription | |
| AI summaries and action items | Opt-in, via OpenAI |
| Calendar integration and shared team notes | |
| Pause capture and exclude specific apps | |
| Privacy and data. | |
|---|---|
| Capture, OCR, and transcription run on-device | Cloud |
| AI features without sending data to the cloud | |
| Recordings never leave your Mac | |
| Transcripts leave your Mac only for AI summaries | |
| Encrypted local database, thumbnails, and video | Stored on Otter’s servers |
| No bot joins your calls | |
| Pricing. | |
| Price | Per-seat subscription |
| Free trial | Free tier with monthly limits |
| Transcription capped by plan | |
| One-time purchase for lifetime access | |
| Platform and experience. | |
| Native macOS app | Web and mobile |
| Searchable record of meetings and calls | |
| Everything else on your screen, in any app | |
| Visual timeline of your screen history | |
| Full-text screen search | |
| On-device audio transcription | |
| AI summaries and action items | |
| Calendar integration and shared team notes | |
| Pause capture and exclude specific apps | |
Give your Mac a perfect, private memory.
Capture, OCR, transcription, and search all run on your Mac. Try it free for 14 days, then subscribe or pay once for lifetime access.