Communication & Collaboration · pricing
Vowel pricing
Vowel publishes 3 tiers. Below is each one, what it adds over the tier beneath it, and where the ladder stops being worth climbing for most people.
- Entry price
- Free, then $16.49/month
- Model
- Subscription
- Tiers
- 3
- Free tier
- Yes
Vowel plans, side by side
Every published tier in ascending order of price, with the number of features each one lists. An absence here means the record does not itemise it, not that the tier lacks it.
| Plan | Price | Features listed | Step up from the tier below |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | 4 | Entry tier |
| Enterprise | Free | 4 | +$0/custom, 4 more features |
| Business | $16.49/month | 4 | +$16.49/month, 4 more features |
What each tier adds
The set difference between each tier's feature list and the one beneath it. Where a tier lists nothing new, the vendor has either stopped repeating the inherited list or the tier raises limits rather than adding capability, the record does not distinguish the two, so this page does not either.
Free
FreeThe entry tier. It covers unlimited meetings, auto transcription, 40-min group meetings, ai summaries (limited).
Enterprise
FreeOver Free, this tier adds:
- SSO/SAML
- Dedicated support
- Custom integrations
- SLA
Business
$16.49/monthOver Enterprise, this tier adds:
- Unlimited AI features
- Unlimited recording storage
- Custom vocabulary
- Admin controls
Where Vowel stops being free
Free, Free
- Unlimited meetings
- Auto transcription
- 40-min group meetings
- AI summaries (limited)
Business, $16.49/month
The first thing you pay for:
- Unlimited AI features
- Unlimited recording storage
- Custom vocabulary
- Admin controls
What the product covers
The full Vowel feature record, grouped as the catalogue groups it. This is the product as a whole; the record does not map every feature onto a specific tier.
Core
- Video conferencing
- Auto transcription
- AI meeting summaries
- Action item detection
- Searchable recordings
Integrations
- Slack
- Notion
- Asana
- Linear
- Google Calendar
Security
- SOC2 Type II
- End-to-end encryption
- GDPR compliant
Deployment
- Cloud deployment
Platform
- Web support
- Macos support
- Windows support
Localization
- English language support
People bring Vowel in for team meetings, all-hands, client calls, onboarding. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to Vowel are worth a look before you commit to a tier.
How that compares in Communication & Collaboration
Too few communication & collaboration tools in this directory publish a starting price to quote a meaningful median, so the table below is a like-for-like list rather than a ranking.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Rated | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vowel (this page) | Free, then $16.49/month | subscription | - | |
| Textline | On request | usage-based | - | vs Vowel |
| Chatwork | On request | quote | - | vs Vowel |
| Quo | Free | freemium | - | vs Vowel |
| Grasshopper | On request | subscription | - | vs Vowel |
| Lark | Free, then $12/month | subscription | - | vs Vowel |
| Google Chat | On request | subscription | - | vs Vowel |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry, they are not reviews hosted on Softwr. How each figure is used is set out on the Vowel badges page.
Before you pay for Vowel
Three things this page cannot tell you, and all three change the bill. The record carries a price and a billing period but not the unit - per-seat and flat-rate pricing are indistinguishable in this data, so a five-person team may be looking at five times the figure above. It carries no annual rate, so any discount for paying yearly is not something this page can quote. And it carries no trial length.
What it can tell you is the shape of the ladder: 3 tiers between Free and $16.49/month, with the jump itemised above. Because there is a free tier, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to use it before paying anything.
Vowel runs on web, macos, windows, and is published by Vowel Inc of New York, NY. The full record is on the Vowel review, and the rest of the category is under best communication & collaboration tools.
Vowel pricing questions
- How much does Vowel cost?
- Vowel publishes 3 tiers, from Free for Free up to $16.49/month for Business. The entry tier costs nothing.
- Does Vowel have a free plan?
- Yes. The Free tier costs nothing and covers unlimited meetings, auto transcription, 40-min group meetings. Paying starts at $16.49/month for Business.
- What is the difference between Free and Enterprise on Vowel?
- Enterprise costs Free against Free, and adds sso/saml, dedicated support, custom integrations, sla.
- Which communication & collaboration tools can I use without paying?
- 4 of the 8 communication & collaboration tools listed alongside Vowel have a free tier: Quo, Lark, Chanty, Flock.
- What am I actually paying for with Vowel?
- The record lists 18 features across 6 areas: core, integrations, security, deployment, platform, localization. In practice it is brought in for team meetings, all-hands, client calls.
- Does Vowel charge per user?
- The record carries a price and a billing period for each of its 3 tiers, but not the unit that price is charged in. Per-seat and flat-rate billing look identical in this data, so check the vendor's page before budgeting for a team.
- Are these Vowel prices current?
- They are what the catalogue entry holds, refreshed when the entry is. Vendors change pricing without notice and nobody at Softwr re-verifies each tier by hand, so treat this as a structured summary and the vendor's own pricing page as the authority.
- What should I compare Vowel against before paying?
- The closest communication & collaboration tools in this directory are Textline, Chatwork, Quo, Grasshopper. Each has a side-by-side comparison with Vowel covering price, platforms and features.