Circleback
AI notetaker with automations and a company brain.
Notes are table stakes. The automations are why I'd try it.
Comparison
7 Conversation Intelligence tools already in the catalog. Paid listings sit last, so a sponsor pin is not a ranking. I copied the job, pricing model and verdict below from those listings. The Conversation Intelligence category page keeps the same tools, with sponsored listings pinned on top.
Alternatives pages: Gong, Fathom, Granola and Fireflies.ai.
| Tool | Job | Pricing model | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Circleback | AI notetaker with automations and a company brain. | Paid plans; free trial | Notes are table stakes. |
| Attention | AI agents that learn from your best sales conversations. | Not verified; check pricing page | Turns call recordings into CRM updates and coaching. |
| Cluely | AI meeting assistant that gives live answers during calls. | Free tier; paid from $19.99/mo | Controversial marketing, useful product. |
| Gong | Revenue AI that records and analyzes sales calls and emails for deal insights, coaching and forecasting. | Quote only (per-user licenses plus platform fee) | For sales orgs with enough reps that coaching and forecasting at scale matter. |
| Fathom | AI notetaker that records, transcribes and summarizes video meetings, with action items and CRM sync. | Free plan; paid from $15/user/mo billed annually | The free notetaker I'd hand any individual or small team first. |
| Granola | AI notepad that captures meeting audio on your device without a bot and turns your notes into summaries. | Free plan; paid from $14/user/mo | For founders and execs in back-to-back calls who don't want a bot in the meeting. |
| Fireflies.ai | AI meeting assistant that joins calls to record, transcribe, summarize and search conversations. | Free plan; paid from $10/seat/mo billed annually | For teams that want one searchable record of meetings across every meeting tool they use. |
Best for is the opening line of that tool's verdict. The full verdict is below. Pricing is the catalog note, not a quote I calculated.
AI notetaker with automations and a company brain.
Notes are table stakes. The automations are why I'd try it.
AI agents that learn from your best sales conversations.
Turns call recordings into CRM updates and coaching.
AI meeting assistant that gives live answers during calls.
Controversial marketing, useful product. Tell people you're using a notetaker.
Revenue AI that records and analyzes sales calls and emails for deal insights, coaching and forecasting.
For sales orgs with enough reps that coaching and forecasting at scale matter. Their pricing page lists a platform fee on top of per-user licenses, which weighs more on a small team. Agree call recording consent rules with legal before rollout.
AI notetaker that records, transcribes and summarizes video meetings, with action items and CRM sync.
The free notetaker I'd hand any individual or small team first. It fits as long as you don't need meeting notes written back to CRM fields, because their pricing page lists CRM field sync on the Business plan. If you upgrade for it, map the fields before the first call so notes land on the deal record.
AI notepad that captures meeting audio on your device without a bot and turns your notes into summaries.
For founders and execs in back-to-back calls who don't want a bot in the meeting. It captures audio from your device, so it fits when you want notes for yourself more than a shared recording for the team. Still tell people you're taking notes, even without a bot in the call.
AI meeting assistant that joins calls to record, transcribe, summarize and search conversations.
For teams that want one searchable record of meetings across every meeting tool they use. It records through a bot that joins your calls, so it fits if your company is comfortable with that on external calls. Set clear recording rules for external calls before you turn on auto-join.