# Reline vs Zoom AI Companion

Reline (reline.so) is an AI meeting notepad for macOS, Windows, the web and Linux (beta). It records your mic and the call audio on your computer, so no bot joins the call, and keeps the audio with the note so any transcript line plays back. Transcription, AI summaries and storage run in the cloud. Chat answers can cite the note or the exact moment they came from. Reline does not claim on-device AI. Granola's security page says it does not store the audio. Free plan, no credit card.

Last updated: 2026-07-02. Canonical page: https://www.reline.so/vs/zoom-ai-companion

## Reline vs Zoom AI Companion

**Choose Reline if you want AI notes for every meeting (Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, or in-person) captured bot-free on your computer, with collaborative Notion-style notes, the kept audio behind every transcript line, and 60+ languages. Choose Zoom's built-in AI (formerly AI Companion) if you already pay for Zoom Workplace and want unlimited summaries at no extra cost, natively in-meeting.**

Zoom's built-in AI is genuinely good, inside paid Zoom. Reline records any meeting (Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, or in-person) bot-free on your own computer, then turns it into AI summaries next to the kept recording in a collaborative Notion-style notepad. 60+ languages, free to start, no Zoom license required.

First, the name: Zoom retired the AI Companion brand in mid-2026. Per Zoom's blog, the features live on as Meeting Summary and My Notes, with the agentic ZoomMate add-on on top. This page compares Reline against that whole stack. Zoom's pitch is unlimited AI included with paid Zoom Workplace; Reline's is one notepad for every meeting on every platform: captured bot-free on your computer, summarized next to the kept recording, and edited together by your whole team.

| Feature | Reline | Zoom AI Companion | Notes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Works with any meeting platform — Zoom, Meet, Teams, in-person | Yes | partial | Zoom's AI is native in Zoom; per Zoom's docs it joins Meet and Teams as a visible Zoom-branded bot, and My Notes claims bot-free capture from the Zoom app. |
| No visible bot in the call — on any platform | Yes | partial | Nothing joins native Zoom meetings; on Meet and Teams, Zoom's AI appears as a participant with Zoom branding and an AI indicator (per Zoom's docs). |
| Works without a paid Zoom license | Yes | No | Full AI use requires a paid Zoom Workplace plan; the free Basic plan lists 3 meeting summaries (per Zoom's pricing page). |
| Free tier | 1 hr per note, 10 hrs of transcription / mo, unlimited notes | 3 meeting summaries / AI note-takings on Basic (per Zoom's pricing page) |  |
| Price for AI meeting notes | $15/user/mo · $12 annual (free plan available) | Included in paid Zoom Workplace from $14.16/user/mo annual; standalone My Notes from $8.33/user/mo |  |
| Transcription / summary languages | 60+ | 32 for meeting summaries; 9 for My Notes (per Zoom) |  |
| Editable, collaborative meeting notes | Yes | No | Only the meeting host can edit or delete a Zoom summary; participants get read-only copies by email. |
| Keeps the recording + click-to-seek playback | Yes | No | Zoom's Meeting Summary saves a summary and a transcript, not an audio file. Keeping the audio means switching on Zoom's separate recording feature, stored and managed apart from the AI notes. Reline keeps the recording with the note, so you can press play on any transcript line and hear the moment it came from. |
| Notion-style collaborative notepad (real-time co-edit) | Yes | No |  |
| Reusable AI Lenses (templates with 4 output formats) | Yes | No |  |
| Multi-note rollups across a folder | Yes | No |  |
| RAG chat across notes / folders / workspaces | Yes | partial | Zoom bundles AI chat in its suite, and the ZoomMate add-on (priced separately) extends it with agentic features. |
| Live speaker-separated transcript | Yes | Yes | Reline separates Me vs Other (mic vs system audio); Zoom transcribes in-meeting. |
| Captures breakout rooms | Yes | No | Zoom's Meeting Summary is not available in breakout rooms (per Zoom's docs); Reline records whatever you can hear. |
| Full web app for notes | Yes | partial | Zoom summaries surface in the web portal and Zoom Hub, but editing stays host-only. |
| Linux support | Beta: records both mic and system audio, same as the Mac and Windows apps | Desktop apps incl. Linux (per Zoom's docs) |  |
| Self-serve sign-up, no credit card | Yes | Yes |  |

### When Zoom AI Companion is the better choice

Choose Zoom's built-in AI if your team already pays for Zoom Workplace: meeting summaries and AI chat are included at no extra cost with unlimited use on paid plans, generated natively in-meeting with nothing extra to install, and administered from the same Zoom console. Its standalone My Notes plan — from $8.33/user/month billed annually — is also one of the cheapest entry points to AI meeting notes.

### FAQ

**Is Zoom AI Companion still a product?**

The name is being retired — Zoom announced in June 2026 that the AI Companion brand is going away, with the features living on under functional names like Meeting Summary and My Notes, plus a new agentic add-on called ZoomMate. The capabilities remain, so this comparison covers Zoom's current AI stack under its best-known name.

**Does Zoom's AI work on Google Meet or Microsoft Teams?**

Partially, per Zoom's docs. Zoom's AI can join Google Meet and Microsoft Teams meetings — but it joins as a visible participant showing Zoom branding and an AI indicator, requires a paid Zoom Workplace plan and the desktop app, and covers only those two platforms. Zoom's My Notes separately claims bot-free notes on third-party platforms when you run the Zoom app alongside. Reline records any meeting from your device with nothing joining the call and no Zoom license at all.

**Can participants edit a Zoom meeting summary?**

No. Per Zoom's support docs, only the meeting host can edit or delete a summary; participants receive read-only copies by email or team chat. In Reline, notes are a collaborative Notion-style document — everyone with edit access can correct, annotate, and build on them in real time.

**Do I need a Zoom license to use Reline?**

No. Reline captures audio locally on your device, so it works with Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, or an in-person conversation regardless of which licenses you hold. The free plan needs no credit card.

**How many languages do Reline and Zoom's AI support?**

Reline transcribes and summarizes in 60+ languages. Zoom lists 32 languages for meeting summaries and 9 for its My Notes feature, and notes that language support may be reduced for some regional configurations.

**Is Reline cheaper than Zoom's AI notes?**

It depends on what you already pay for. If your team has paid Zoom Workplace seats, Zoom's summaries are included at no extra cost — that's Zoom's strongest card. If you don't, Reline starts free (10 hours of transcription a month) and Professional is $15/user/month ($12 annually), with no Zoom license required. Zoom's standalone My Notes plan starts at $8.33/user/month annually per its pricing page.

**Reline vs Zoom AI Companion: which is better?**

Reline, if you want one notepad for every meeting: any platform plus in-person, no visible bot, collaborative editing, the kept audio for playback, and 60+ languages. Zoom's built-in AI is better if your meetings are all in Zoom and you already pay for Zoom Workplace, where summaries and AI chat come at no extra cost.

### Sources

- [Zoom Support — Using Meeting Summary (KB0058013)](https://support.zoom.com/hc/en/article?id=zm_kb&sysparm_article=KB0058013)
- [Zoom Support — AI Companion in third-party meetings (KB0080354)](https://support.zoom.com/hc/en/article?id=zm_kb&sysparm_article=KB0080354)
- [Zoom — AI note-taking (My Notes) feature page](https://www.zoom.com/en/products/ai-assistant/features/ai-note-taking/)
- [Zoom blog — Meet ZoomMate](https://www.zoom.com/en/blog/zoom-ai-companion-zoommate/)
- [Zoom pricing](https://zoom.us/pricing)
- [Zoom Support — Supported languages for AI features (KB0078144)](https://support.zoom.com/hc/en/article?id=zm_kb&sysparm_article=KB0078144)

Full page: https://www.reline.so/vs/zoom-ai-companion

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