tl;dv
AI meeting assistant that records and transcribes Zoom, Meet, and Teams calls, with a free-forever tier and an MCP server for agent access on paid plans.
RecommendedLast reviewed September 17, 2026
What tl;dv actually is.
tl;dv joins your Zoom, Google Meet, or Teams call, records it, and turns the transcript into an AI summary with action items, in 30 or more languages. Its free plan keeps raw recording and transcription unlimited; the tier gate sits on the AI layer instead. AI-generated meeting notes cap at 10 a month, and Ask AI queries cap at 5 to 10 a month (tl;dv's own pricing page states both numbers), until a seat moves to Pro. Once a team wires it into a CRM or a project tool, notes and action items push out automatically instead of getting typed up by hand.
Business layers on sales-specific coaching: playbook monitoring, objection-handling detection, and scheduled AI reports across a team's call library. Pro is the tier that actually opens up automation, since it's the first plan with an MCP server, API, and webhooks. Free stays UI-only. A 3-hour cap on any single recording holds across every tier, and the weekly cap on new web recordings scales from 40 on Free up to 500 on Enterprise.
What it does
- Records and transcribes Zoom, Google Meet, and Teams calls automatically, in 30 or more languages.
- Generates an AI summary and action items right after a call ends, with custom note templates on Pro.
- Answers questions about what was said on a single call, or across a team's whole meeting library on Business.
- Drafts follow-up emails and assigns action items from the conversation automatically.
- Flags playbook adherence and objection handling on sales calls, once a team is on Business.
- Syncs into 5,000+ tools through native integrations and Zapier, with CRM field mapping.
- Ships an MCP server, API, and webhooks for pulling data out programmatically, starting on Pro.
Past 10 AI-noted meetings a month, that layer needs a paid seat.
Where it sits in the pipeline.
- AI & Intelligence
- Data & Enrichment
- Scraping & Custom Data
- Email Infrastructure & Deliverability
- Outreach & Sending
- LinkedIn & Multichannel
- Signals & Intent
- Calls & Meetings
- CRM & Pipeline Ops
Runs well with
The tools we'd run next to tl;dv, and what each pairing covers.
Pricing, without the fiction.
From the tl;dv pricing page · verified September 17, 2026
- Unlimited video recording and transcription in 30+ languages
- 10 meetings with AI notes per month; Ask AI queries capped too, at 10 per the plan summary or 5 per the detailed feature table on the same pricing page
- Email and calendar integrations, mobile app (iOS, Android)
- 40 web recordings/week (3-hour cap on any single recording applies to every tier; tl;dv's pricing table doesn't state a simultaneous-meetings limit for Free)
- Unlimited meetings with AI notes and unlimited single-meeting Ask AI
- Premium transcription, custom AI notes templates, AI action item assignment
- Email follow-up drafter, global transcript search, 5,000+ integrations
- Unlimited uploads and storage
- MCP server, API, and webhooks
- Everything in Pro, with no usage-based AI fees
- Advanced transcription, multi-language meetings, custom vocabulary
- Unlimited multi-meeting AI insights and scheduled AI reports
- AI playbook monitoring and objection handling for sales calls
- Team management, team-wide integrations, and automations
- Organization-wide management, integrations, and automations
- SCIM provisioning and custom SSO (SAML, OIDC)
- Privately hosted AI and organization activity logs
- Optional usage-based pricing, dedicated Success Manager
tl;dv's free tier doesn't expire and never asks for a card. Recording and transcription in 30+ languages stay unlimited on every tier, including Free; the real limit sits on the AI layer instead. Free caps AI meeting notes at 10 a month. Ask AI queries are capped too, but tl;dv's own pricing page disagrees with itself on the number: the plan-summary card says 10 Ask AI queries included, while the detailed feature comparison table lists up to 5 queries for both single-meeting and multi-meeting Ask AI. Free also carries a 3-hour cap on any single recording; tl;dv's pricing table doesn't state a simultaneous-meetings limit for Free, though the same table lists 2 for Pro, 3 for Business, and custom for Enterprise. Pro removes the AI-notes cap and adds unlimited single-meeting Ask AI at $18 a seat a month billed annually ($29 monthly), plus an MCP server, API, and webhooks, but multi-meeting Ask AI stays capped at up to 5 queries a month on Pro. Business, at $29 a seat a month annually ($39 monthly), removes that multi-meeting Ask AI cap too and adds sales coaching (playbook monitoring, objection handling) and team-wide orchestration; its 'no usage-based AI fees' promise doesn't carry over to Enterprise, which explicitly lists optional usage-based pricing alongside its custom, contact-sales quote. A weekly cap on new web recordings also scales by tier: 40 a week on Free, 80 on Pro, 120 on Business, and 500 on Enterprise, so a heavy-recording team can hit that ceiling before any AI credit limit.
Choose it, or skip it.
Choose it if
- Agencies and small teams running client calls across Zoom, Meet, or Teams that want a free tier with unlimited recording and transcription before any seat cost.
- Teams that want an MCP server plus a real API and webhooks so an agent can pull transcripts and summaries automatically, once the workspace is on Pro.
- Sales teams that want playbook monitoring and objection-handling coaching built into the same tool, instead of buying a separate call-intelligence suite.
- Teams testing the workflow first: the Free plan never expires and needs no card, though AI notes cap at 10 a month and Ask AI queries cap at 5 to 10 a month depending on which part of tl;dv's pricing page you read.
Skip it if
- Teams that need more than 10 AI-generated summaries, or more than 5 to 10 Ask AI queries, a month without paying; the Free plan caps both even though raw recording stays unlimited.
- High-volume shops that will hit the weekly web-recording caps (40/week Free, 80/week Pro, 120/week Business) before they hit any minutes limit.
- Anyone needing SSO, SCIM, or privately hosted AI on day one; those sit behind a custom, contact-sales Enterprise quote with no published number.
If not tl;dv, then what.
- FirefliesFree tier available; paid plans from $10/user/mo (Pro, billed annually) up to $39/user/mo (Enterprise)
Pick it when a bigger prebuilt AI Skills library and CRM sync matter more than an unmetered free recording tier.
- FathomFree forever tier (unlimited recordings/transcripts); paid tiers run $19-34 per user/month (Premium $20, Team $19/user, Business $34/user, all discounted annually); Team and Business need a 2-user minimum; Enterprise is contact-sales only.
Pick it for a leaner free note-taker built around Zoom, Meet, and Teams recording, without tl;dv's Business-tier sales coaching layer.
- GongContact-sales only. No public tiers or dollar figures; pricing is a per-user license plus a platform fee scaled to team size.
Pick it when the buyer already runs an enterprise revenue-intelligence budget and wants deal forecasting bundled with call coaching.
- Nooksenterprise quote only; no public tiers or free trial, custom quote via sales
Pick it when the job is parallel dialing and a virtual sales floor rather than meeting notes and coaching.
Asked in real client work.
How does the free tier compare to the paid plans?
Free never expires and needs no card. It gives unlimited video recording and transcription in 30+ languages, but caps AI meeting notes at 10 a month. Ask AI queries are capped too, though tl;dv's own page gives two different numbers for it (10 on the plan summary, 5 on the detailed feature table), plus a 3-hour recording limit. tl;dv's pricing table doesn't state a simultaneous-meetings cap for Free specifically.
What actually forces an upgrade from Pro to Business?
Pro removes the AI-notes cap and turns on unlimited single-meeting Ask AI, plus an MCP server, API, and webhooks. Multi-meeting Ask AI stays capped at up to 5 queries a month until Business, which removes that cap too and adds multi-language meetings, custom vocabulary, scheduled AI reports, and sales-specific playbook monitoring and objection handling, plus team-wide orchestration, which is why the pricing page marks it 'Popular' over Pro.
Does the price change if you pay monthly instead of annually?
Yes. Pro is $18/seat/month billed annually or $29/month billed monthly. Business is $29/seat/month billed annually or $39/month monthly. Enterprise has no published number; it's contact-sales only.
Can an AI agent pull data out of tl;dv automatically?
Starting on Pro, yes. tl;dv ships an MCP server plus an API and webhooks, and Business extends that access team-wide. Free stays UI-only, with no automated access.
What compliance certifications does it carry?
GDPR and SOC 2 apply across the product, plus EU AI Act compliance and EU-hosted data centers. Custom SSO, SCIM provisioning, and privately hosted AI are Enterprise-only, per the pricing page.