Meetily vs Read AI: Local Processing, No Meeting Bot

Meetily is an open source AI meeting assistant that processes everything locally on your device. Read AI is a cloud-based service that uses bots to join meetings and processes data on their servers. Key differences: Meetily has 100% local processing (vs cloud), no meeting bot (vs visible bot joining calls), open source code (vs proprietary), and a free Community edition (vs 5 meetings/month limit on Read AI free tier).

Read AI Free: 5 meetings/month. Read AI Pro: $15-19.75/month. Read AI Enterprise: $22.50-29.75/month. Enterprise+ (with HIPAA): $29.75-39.75/month. Meetily Community: Free forever with unlimited meetings. Meetily Pro: $10/month (billed annually at $120). For teams of 5+, Meetily saves $300-900+ per year compared to Read AI.

Yes, Read AI uses a bot that joins your meetings as a visible participant. This can be awkward, may require host approval, and alerts other participants that the meeting is being recorded. Meetily captures system audio directly without any bot - only you know you're transcribing.

Meetily is significantly better for privacy. All processing happens locally on your device with zero external transmission. Read AI processes audio on their cloud servers and stores your meeting data externally. Read AI is SOC 2 and GDPR compliant, but HIPAA compliance requires their most expensive Enterprise+ plan ($29.75-39.75/month). Meetily is GDPR/HIPAA compliant by design since no data leaves your device.

Read AI offers premium integrations with Notion, Salesforce, HubSpot, Jira, Confluence, Slack, and Zapier (available on Pro plan). Meetily focuses on local-first functionality with export options (PDF, DOCX in Pro). If you need CRM integrations, Read AI has more options, but at the cost of your data being processed in the cloud.

Yes, Meetily uses state-of-the-art Whisper models that provide accuracy comparable to Read AI. Both support 20+ languages. The advantage of Meetily is that processing happens locally, so your sensitive conversations never leave your device.

Yes, Meetily works completely offline since all processing happens locally. Read AI requires constant internet connectivity as it streams audio to cloud servers for processing. This makes Meetily ideal for secure environments, travel, or areas with limited connectivity.

Based on user feedback: 1) Limited free plan (only 5 meetings/month), 2) Visible bot joining meetings can be awkward, 3) Expensive for teams ($15-40/user/month), 4) Cloud processing means your data is on their servers, 5) HIPAA compliance only on most expensive tier. Meetily addresses all of these with local processing, no bot, and a generous free tier.