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 all of it on your Mac.
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 | ||
| Recordings and transcripts stay on your Mac | ||
| 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 | ||
| 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 | |
| Recordings and transcripts stay on your Mac | |
| 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 | |
| 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 and transcripts stay on your Mac | |
| 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.