Reline vs tl;dv
The tl;dv
alternative built
for team knowledge.
tl;dv is a sales-recorder that shares recordings and clips. Reline is notes-first — bot-free local capture, a Notion-grade collaborative notepad, reusable Lenses, and a five-level permission model built for team knowledge.
"Switched from tl;dv and never looked back."
Why teams move to Reline
What Reline does that tl;dv doesn't.
tl;dv is a sharp meeting recorder with a generous free transcription plan and deep sales-CRM tooling. But it's a notetaker that shares recordings and clips — not a team knowledge base. Reline is notes-first: a Notion-grade collaborative notepad with bot-free local capture, reusable Lenses, multi-note rollups, and a five-level permission model — built for teams that want their conversations to become shared knowledge.
Bot-free local capture — Reline records on the device with no bot joining the call, then turns each meeting into a collaborative team note.
Notion-grade collaborative editor (Tiptap + ProseMirror) — your team co-authors block-based documents in real time, not just shares recordings, transcripts, and clips.
Free tier with no lifetime AI cap — full transcripts, full AI summaries, and Lenses within a 10 hrs/month transcription budget, instead of tl;dv's ~10 AI-summarized meetings for life.
Reusable AI Lenses for Sales · Discovery · Standup · Design review · Customer interview, with four output formats each — Markdown, email, list, or JSON.
Multi-note Lenses that roll up an entire folder into one weekly digest, quarterly research summary, or executive recap.
AI summaries cite the exact transcript segment behind every point, so each claim is verifiable against the source.
Five-level granular permissions per note and folder, with RAG chat across notes, folders, and whole workspaces — not coarse, Enterprise-gated team controls.
Cheaper paid entry for teams — Professional is $15/user/mo ($12 annual) vs tl;dv Pro at $29/user/mo, with no per-seat jump to $98 for richer plans.
Side-by-side
Reline vs tl;dv — feature comparison
| Capability | Reline | tl;dv |
|---|---|---|
No bot joins your meeting tl;dv: bot for Zoom/Meet/Teams, or bot-free system-audio capture in its desktop app | Yes | Partial |
Bot-free local capture (no bot joins the call) tl;dv offers bot-free desktop capture but also sends a bot to Zoom/Meet/Teams | Yes | Partial |
Native macOS desktop app | Yes | Yes |
Windows desktop app Both ship a bot-free Windows desktop app | Yes | Yes |
Free tier | 1 hr per note, 10 hrs / mo, full transcripts + AI + Lenses | Unlimited transcription, ~10 AI summaries lifetime |
Free-tier AI ceiling | Full AI within monthly transcription budget | ~10 AI-summarized meetings for life, then first 10 min each |
Free recordings retained | Transcripts kept (no forced expiry) | Auto-deleted after ~3 months |
Professional price | $15/user/mo · $12 annual | $29/user/mo · ~$18 annual (promo) |
Plan with SSO + admin controls | Enterprise · $32/mo · $26 annual | Enterprise · custom |
Live speaker-attributed transcription | Yes | Yes |
AI summaries with citations back to transcript tl;dv does not advertise per-segment citations on its summaries | Yes | Partial |
Reusable AI Lenses (templates with 4 output formats) tl;dv has AI notes + sales playbooks, not multi-output reusable templates | Yes | Partial |
Multi-note rollups across a folder tl;dv offers multi-meeting AI reports, organized around calls not notes | Yes | Partial |
Notion-grade collaborative notepad (real-time co-edit) | Yes | No |
Granular permissions per note and folder | 5 levels | Team sharing; finest controls Enterprise-only |
RAG chat across notes / folders / workspaces tl;dv 'ask AI' is organized around meetings, not a unified knowledge base | Yes | Partial |
Calendar sync (Google + Microsoft) | Yes | Yes |
Languages supported | 60+ languages | 30+ transcription |
Comparison reflects public pricing + feature pages at the time of writing. Found something out of date? Let us know.
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Frequently asked
Switching from tl;dv
- Is Reline a good tl;dv alternative?
- Yes. If you came to tl;dv for bot-free recording and clean AI notes, Reline gives you the same capture without a bot — plus citation-backed summaries, reusable Lenses, multi-note rollups, and a Notion-grade collaborative notepad. It's notes-first, not a sales-recorder-first product.
- Doesn't tl;dv already record without a bot?
- Partly. tl;dv's original model sends a notetaker bot into Zoom, Meet, and Teams, and since late 2025 it also offers bot-free system-audio capture in its desktop app. Reline is consistently bot-free — it captures locally on your device with no bot joining the call — and turns each meeting into a collaborative team note with citation-backed summaries, Lenses, and granular permissions.
- How does the free tier compare?
- tl;dv's free plan is generous on raw transcription — unlimited transcripts in 30+ languages — but its AI is hard-capped at roughly 10 AI-summarized meetings for life, after which only the first 10 minutes of each meeting is summarized, and recordings auto-delete after about three months. Reline's free tier includes full transcripts, full AI summaries, and Lenses within a 10 hrs/month transcription budget, with no lifetime AI cap and no forced expiry of your transcripts.
- How much does Reline cost vs tl;dv?
- Reline is free for solo note-takers (1 hour per note, 10 hours of transcription / month), $15/user/month on Professional ($12 billed annually) for unlimited recording and every integration, and $32/user/month on Enterprise ($26 billed annually) with SSO, audit log, DPA, and SLA. tl;dv Pro is around $29/user/month (about $18 annually on promo) and Business is around $98/user/month (about $59 annually); Enterprise is custom. tl;dv runs frequent promos, so confirm its live pricing before you commit.
- Is Reline better than tl;dv for sales teams?
- It depends on what you need. tl;dv is built around revenue intelligence — native Salesforce and HubSpot sync, sales coaching, and MEDDIC/BANT/SPIN playbook monitoring — so if deep CRM coaching is your core requirement, it's strong there. Reline is a general team knowledge base: it ships CRM-ready recaps via Lenses and pushes to Slack, Linear, and Notion, but its focus is private, collaborative notes across every kind of meeting, not just the sales pipeline.
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