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Quick verdict: I gave Notta and Otter the same two-person meeting recording. Notta wins for most people: it spelled every tool name right except one, wrote a Roman Urdu line in proper Urdu script, and its AI summary assigned each task to the right person. Otter was better at one thing, telling the two speakers apart, and it still has the bigger free plan. But it turned “Notta” into “Nada” and “Murf” into “Murph”, and its action items list stayed empty.
Winner: Notta · Best free plan: Otter · Urdu and Hindi: only Notta
Notta vs Otter is a close call on paper: both join Zoom, Google Meet and Teams, both write AI summaries, and their cheapest paid plans are only 16 cents apart. So I ran a new test for this comparison. On 8 November 2026 I uploaded the same 53-second, two-speaker meeting to both tools on their free plans and checked every name, number and speaker turn against the script. Prices were checked on both official pricing pages the same day.
Notta vs Otter: results at a glance
| Test item | Notta | Otter |
|---|---|---|
| Names and brands (9) | 8 right (“tl;dv” became “TLNDV”) | 5 right (“Nada”, “Murph”, “AI Toolwise”, “TL and DV”) |
| Numbers, dates, times (7) | 7 right, but written as words (“eight dollars and seventeen cents”) | 7 right, as digits ($8.17, 3:30 p.m.) |
| Two speakers told apart | 8 of 9 turns (added a “Speaker 3”) | 9 of 9 turns |
| Roman Urdu line | Written correctly in Urdu script | Became “Okay, I’ll report.” |
| AI summary | Correct names, tasks with owners | Wrong names, empty action items |
| Hindi and Urdu support | Yes (58 languages) | No (18 languages) |
| Free plan | 120 min/month, 3 min per recording | 300 min/month, 3 lifetime imports |
| Cheapest paid plan | $8.17/month yearly | $8.33/month yearly |
My own test on 8 November 2026, free plans of both tools, English language setting. Prices from the official Notta and Otter pricing pages, checked 8 November 2026.
How I tested Notta and Otter
- Test date
- 8 November 2026
- Plans
- Free plan of both tools (Notta Free, Otter Basic)
- Recording
- A 53-second weekly team meeting with two speakers and nine turns
- Voices
- Generated with ElevenLabs (one female, one male voice), so both tools heard exactly the same clean audio and I knew every word in advance
- What it checks
- Names (Daniel, Priya, Ahmed), tool names (Murf, Notta, Otter, Fathom, tl;dv), prices ($8.17, $8.33, $175), times (3:30 PM, 4:15), a date, and one Roman Urdu line
- Upload setting
- English, automatic speaker identification on
The script, line by line: Priya opens the weekly review for “AI Tool Wise” on Monday, November 9; Daniel reports that the Murf review got forty-one clicks and two sign-ups; Priya asks him for the Notta versus Otter accuracy numbers by Wednesday at 3:30 PM; Daniel quotes Notta Pro at $8.17 and Otter Pro at $8.33; Priya confirms a $175 budget; Daniel asks about testing Fathom and tl;dv; Priya says Ahmed will update the Urdu page; Daniel answers in Roman Urdu (“Theek hai, main kal tak report bhej doon ga”, meaning “OK, I’ll send the report by tomorrow”); Priya closes the meeting at 4:15.
This is a different test from my earlier one-speaker voice notes, which you can see in my Notta AI review and Otter AI review.
Notta vs Otter transcription accuracy
Notta got almost every name right. “AI Tool Wise”, Daniel, Priya, Murf, Notta, Otter, Fathom and Ahmed were all correct; only “tl;dv” came out as “TLNDV”. Every number was correct too, but Notta wrote them as words, for example “one hundred and seventy-five dollars” and “three thirty PM”. That is accurate, but harder to scan when you’re looking for a price or a deadline.
Otter wrote numbers neatly as digits and got all seven right, but it struggled with names. “Notta” became “Nada” both times, “Murf” became “Murph”, “AI Tool Wise” became “AI Toolwise” and “tl;dv” became “TL and DV”. If you search your transcripts later for “Notta”, Otter won’t find this meeting.
Speaker identification: Otter wins
This is where Otter beat Notta. Otter split the meeting into two speakers and put all nine turns under the right person (it shows “Speaker 1 56%, Speaker 2 44%”).
Notta also found both speakers, but when Daniel switched to Roman Urdu it labelled that one line as a new “Speaker 3”. So 8 of 9 turns were right. In a long meeting where people switch between English and Urdu, expect to fix a few speaker labels in Notta.
Tip: neither tool knows real names from an uploaded file. Both show “Speaker 1” and “Speaker 2” until you rename them, which takes a few seconds in both apps.
Urdu, Hindi and Roman Urdu
The single Roman Urdu line showed the biggest gap. Notta wrote it in proper Urdu script, word for word: “ٹھیک ہے. میں کل تک رپورٹ بھیج دوں گا.” Otter turned it into an English guess, “Okay, I’ll report.”, and lost “by tomorrow”.
That matches the official language lists. Notta supports 58 languages, including Urdu and Hindi. When I checked Otter’s import screen on 8 November 2026, it listed 18 languages (English, Spanish, French, German, Japanese, Mandarin, Korean, Indonesian, Turkish and others), but still no Hindi or Urdu. In my earlier voice-note test, Notta also wrote a full Urdu recording correctly in Urdu script; see my Urdu speech to text test.
Notta vs Otter AI summaries
Notta’s free AI summary was the most useful part of the whole test. It used the right names, kept every price and date, and turned the tasks into action items with owners: “Daniel: share the Notta versus Otter accuracy numbers by Wednesday at 3:30 PM” and “Ahmed: update the Urdu speech-to-text page”. Because the Urdu line had been given to “Speaker 3”, the last task (“send the report by tomorrow”) was left without an owner.
Otter’s summary was well organised, but it carried the transcript mistakes into every heading (“Murph received 41 clicks”, “Nada Pro costs $8.17”) and turned “tl;dv” into two tools, “TL” and “DV”. The Action Items section was empty; Otter only suggested prompts like “Specify accuracy numbers needed”. This is the same problem I saw in my first Otter test, where the action items list also stayed empty.
Notta vs Otter pricing in 2026
| Plan | Notta | Otter |
|---|---|---|
| Free | 120 min/month, up to 3 min per recording, 50 uploads, 10 AI summaries, no export | 300 min/month, 3 lifetime file imports, export as txt and mp3 |
| Pro, yearly | $8.17/month ($97.99/year), 1,800 min, 5 h per recording | $8.33/month, 1,200 min, 10 imports/month, 90 min per meeting |
| Pro, monthly | $13.49/month* | $16.99/month* |
| Business, yearly | $16.67/month ($199.99/year), unlimited transcription | $19.99/month, unlimited meetings and imports |
Per seat, in USD, from the official pricing pages on 8 November 2026. *Monthly prices from my earlier checks (Notta 21 October, Otter 26 October 2026); both pages showed yearly prices by default. Taxes may apply.
- Free plan winner: Otter. 300 minutes a month and free exports beat Notta’s 3-minute limit per recording. But Otter’s free imports are only 3 for the life of the account, and my free account now shows “Access limited to last 30 days of conversations”.
- Paid plan winner: Notta. Slightly cheaper on yearly billing, more minutes (1,800 vs 1,200) and much longer recordings.
Which should you choose?
- Choose Notta if your meetings mention product or brand names, if you need summaries with clear task owners, or if anyone speaks Urdu, Hindi or Roman Urdu.
- Choose Otter if your meetings are English only, you want the most free minutes with free exports, and clean speaker separation matters more to you than perfect spelling.
Still deciding? See how both compare with Fireflies in my best AI note taker ranking and my list of Otter AI alternatives.
Notta wins
- Names and brands (8 of 9)
- Urdu, Hindi and Roman Urdu
- Summary with task owners
- Cheaper Pro plan with more minutes
Otter wins
- Speaker separation (9 of 9)
- Numbers shown as digits
- Bigger free plan, free exports
Notta vs Otter FAQ
Is Notta better than Otter?
In my test, yes for most people: Notta got 8 of 9 names right against Otter’s 5, handled Urdu, and its summary assigned tasks to the right people. Otter was better at separating speakers and has the bigger free plan.
Which is more accurate, Notta or Otter?
Both got all seven numbers right. Notta was more accurate with names and brands; Otter was more accurate with speaker labels.
Does Otter support Urdu or Hindi?
No. On 8 November 2026 Otter listed 18 transcription languages, and neither Urdu nor Hindi was among them. Notta supports both.
Which has the better free plan?
Otter: 300 minutes a month with free exports, but only 3 file imports for the life of the account. Notta’s free plan gives 120 minutes a month but stops at 3 minutes per recording and has no export.
Is this Notta vs Otter comparison sponsored?
No. I tested both on my own free accounts. Some links may become affiliate links, which never change my results. See the affiliate disclosure.
Final verdict: Notta vs Otter
To sum up this Notta vs Otter test: Notta is the better pick for most people. It got the names right, understood Roman Urdu and gave a summary you can act on. Otter is the better free option for English-only meetings and separates speakers more reliably, but check every name in its transcripts.
Sources checked for this Notta vs Otter comparison (5)
Facts below were checked on the dates shown. Plans change often, so confirm on the official pages before you buy.
- Notta pricing (8 November 2026)
- Otter pricing (8 November 2026)
- Notta help center: supported languages
- Otter import screen language list, seen in my account on 8 November 2026
- My own two-speaker test on the free plans of both tools, 8 November 2026
