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Condens vs MeetGeek

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Condens

Research

UX research repository for storing, tagging and sharing qualitative study findings

From
€15/month
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
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MeetGeek

Productivity

AI meeting recording, transcription and summaries with published per-seat pricing

From
Free
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Only MeetGeek has a free tier, so it costs nothing to try first.
  • Each has a real cost: Condens the gap between the 15 euro Lite plan and the 500 euro Business plan has nothing in it, so a team adding a second and third researcher jumps roughly thirtyfold in cost at exactly the point budget scrutiny arrives.; MeetGeek the free tier is capped at three hours of transcription a month and one month of audio retention, which is a demonstration rather than a working allowance, and the retention limit deletes evidence just as it becomes useful.
  • They diverge on capability: Condens covers Automatic transcription, MeetGeek covers Automatic meeting join.
  • Prices and features above were last checked on 31 August 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Condens and MeetGeek actually diverge.

Attributes where Condens and MeetGeek differ
AttributeCondensMeetGeek
Starting price€15/monthFree
Pricing modelPer contributor per monthPer user per month
Free tierNoYes
PlatformsWebWeb, iOS, Android
CategoryResearchProductivity

Identical on both: user rating (Not yet rated).

What each one covers

Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.

Only in Condens

  • Automatic transcription
  • Highlight and tag
  • Theme clustering
  • Insight pages
  • Participant profiles
  • Search across studies
  • Viewer seats
  • Video clip reels

Only in MeetGeek

  • Automatic meeting join
  • Transcription
  • AI summaries and action items
  • Highlight clips
  • Team workspace
  • Published retention tiers
  • CRM and task sync
  • Enterprise controls

What people use each for

The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.

Condens

  • A solo researcher at a 40-person product company building a searchable evidence base for 15 euros a monthnot MeetGeek
  • A European enterprise research team that needs GDPR-oriented data handling to clear internal procurementnot MeetGeek
  • A team wanting product managers to click from a stated insight straight to the participant clip that supports itnot MeetGeek
  • A researcher inheriting years of interview recordings and needing them transcribed, tagged and searchable in one placenot MeetGeek

MeetGeek

  • A sales team that needs every discovery call summarised into the CRM record automatically so a handover does not depend on whoever took notes.not Condens
  • An agency that must be able to show a client exactly what was agreed on a call six months ago, where transcript retention length is the deciding feature.not Condens
  • A recruitment team running many first-stage interviews who want structured summaries and highlight clips to share with a hiring manager instead of a full recording.not Condens
  • A distributed team where people miss calls across time zones and need a searchable record rather than a recording nobody watches.not Condens

Where each one falls short

Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.

Condens

  • The gap between the 15 euro Lite plan and the 500 euro Business plan has nothing in it, so a team adding a second and third researcher jumps roughly thirtyfold in cost at exactly the point budget scrutiny arrives.
  • Lite includes no viewer seats at all, which defeats the main purpose of a repository: anyone outside the research team who wants to read a finding has to be paid for as a contributor or sent a static export.
  • Cross-project participant profiles are capped at 25 on Lite, so a solo researcher doing longitudinal work with a recurring panel outgrows the entry tier on that limit rather than on seats.
  • As a bootstrapped fifteen-person company it ships AI synthesis, automatic theme extraction and moderated-interview features more slowly than venture-funded rivals, so teams that want the repository to do the analysis rather than organise it will find it behind.
  • It is a repository, not a research platform: recruitment, panel management, unmoderated testing and survey fielding all live elsewhere, so it adds a subscription rather than consolidating one.

MeetGeek

  • The free tier is capped at three hours of transcription a month and one month of audio retention, which is a demonstration rather than a working allowance, and the retention limit deletes evidence just as it becomes useful.
  • Pro is capped at 20 hours a month, so anyone in back-to-back meetings hits the ceiling in the first fortnight and is pushed to the Business tier regardless of team size.
  • A visible assistant joins the call, which changes how candidly people speak, and in jurisdictions with two-party consent rules it creates a legal obligation the buyer, not the vendor, has to manage.
  • Summaries are machine-generated and will misattribute statements in overlapping speech, so they should never be treated as an authoritative record of a contentious discussion.
  • It is a smaller company than the dominant players in this category, so the integration catalogue is narrower and there is less enterprise procurement, security review and audit history to lean on.

Pricing, plan by plan

Condens

€15/month
  • Lite$15/month
    • 1 contributor included, additional contributors 15 euros each
    • No viewer seats
    • Unlimited projects, transcription hours and storage
  • Business$500/month
    • 5 contributors included, additional contributors 85 euros each
    • Unlimited viewers
    • Unlimited participant profiles and folders
  • Enterprise$undefined/year
    • Minimum 5 contributors
    • Custom contributor rates
    • Unlimited viewers

MeetGeek

Free
  • BasicFree
    • 3 hours of transcription per month
    • 3 months transcript storage
    • 1 month audio storage
  • Pro$9.99/month
    • 20 hours of transcription per month
    • 1 year transcript storage
    • 6 months audio storage
  • Business$17/month
    • Unlimited transcription
    • Unlimited transcript storage
    • 12 months video storage
  • Enterprise$undefined/month
    • Unlimited transcription and storage
    • Custom video retention
    • Single sign-on and SCIM

Which should you pick?

Choose Condens if

  • You need automatic transcription.
  • You also want highlight and tag.
Condens review

Choose MeetGeek if

  • You need automatic meeting join.
  • You want to start without paying.
  • You work on Web, iOS, Android.
  • You also want transcription.
MeetGeek review

Questions people ask

Is Condens or MeetGeek better?
Neither clearly leads. Condens starts at €15/month and MeetGeek at Free, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Condens or MeetGeek?
MeetGeek has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at €15/month for Condens and Free for MeetGeek.
Does Condens or MeetGeek run on more platforms?
Condens runs on Web. MeetGeek runs on Web, iOS, Android.
Can I use MeetGeek for free?
Yes. MeetGeek has a free tier, so you can try it without paying. Condens starts at €15/month.
What is Condens best used for?
Condens is most often used for a solo researcher at a 40-person product company building a searchable evidence base for 15 euros a month, a european enterprise research team that needs gdpr-oriented data handling to clear internal procurement, a team wanting product managers to click from a stated insight straight to the participant clip that supports it, a researcher inheriting years of interview recordings and needing them transcribed, tagged and searchable in one place. Of those, a solo researcher at a 40-person product company building a searchable evidence base for 15 euros a month and a european enterprise research team that needs gdpr-oriented data handling to clear internal procurement are not what MeetGeek is typically brought in for.
What can Condens do that MeetGeek cannot?
Condens covers Automatic transcription, Highlight and tag, Theme clustering, Insight pages. MeetGeek covers Automatic meeting join, Transcription, AI summaries and action items, Highlight clips.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

Condens: Is there a free plan?

No, only a 15-day trial on any tier with no card required.

MeetGeek: How long are recordings kept?

It depends on the plan: 1 month of audio on free, 6 months on Pro, 12 months of video on Business, and custom on Enterprise. Transcripts last longer than media on every tier.

Condens: Can stakeholders read findings without a licence?

Only on Business and above, where viewer seats are unlimited. Lite has none.

MeetGeek: Is there a real free plan?

Yes, but only 3 hours of transcription a month with 1 month of audio retention, which is a trial in practice.

Condens: Is transcription metered?

No. Transcription hours, storage and project count are unlimited on every plan; participant profiles and folders are what the tiers restrict.

MeetGeek: Which meeting platforms does it join?

Zoom, Google Meet and Microsoft Teams, from a connected calendar.

Condens: Where is data hosted?

Condens is a German company with an explicitly GDPR-oriented setup, which is a common reason European enterprises shortlist it.

MeetGeek: Do participants know it is recording?

Yes, the assistant appears as a participant. Consent handling under local recording law remains the customer's responsibility.

MeetGeek: What is the transcription cap on Pro?

20 hours per month. Unlimited transcription starts on the Business plan at 17 US dollars per user per month.

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