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As of 30 August 2026, Vowel has a free plan and paid plans start at $16.49/month. Vowel is an all-in-one video conferencing platform with built-in transcription, note-taking, and AI-powered meeting summaries. Softwr lists it under Communication. Vowel is made by Vowel Inc, launched in 2020, available on Web, macOS, Windows.
Overview
What Vowel does
Vowel is an all-in-one video conferencing platform with built-in transcription, note-taking, and AI-powered meeting summaries. It automatically records meetings, generates searchable transcripts, and creates action items. Vowel helps teams spend less time in meetings and more time on execution by making meeting content accessible and actionable.
What people use it for
- Team meetings
- All-hands
- Client calls
- Onboarding
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The honest half
Where it falls short
Concrete and checkable, so you can decide whether any of them matter to you. This is the half of a review a vendor will not write about Vowel.
- The Internet Archive's capture of Vowel's homepage on 4 January 2021 showed the video conferencing/transcript tool was in a 'Request access' waitlist phase with no pricing figure published.
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Pricing
What Vowel costs
Taken from the vendor's own pricing page. Prices move, so check before you buy.
Free
Free
- Unlimited meetings
- Auto transcription
- 40-min group meetings
- AI summaries (limited)
Business
$16.49 /mo
- Unlimited AI features
- Unlimited recording storage
- Custom vocabulary
- Admin controls
Enterprise
Free
- SSO/SAML
- Dedicated support
- Custom integrations
- SLA
Capabilities
Features
Video conferencing
Auto transcription
AI meeting summaries
Action item detection
Searchable recordings
Slack
Integration with Slack
Notion
Integration with Notion
Asana
Integration with Asana
Linear
Integration with Linear
Google Calendar
Integration with Google Calendar
SOC2 Type II
SOC2 Type II security feature
End-to-end encryption
End-to-end encryption security feature
Behind it
Who makes Vowel
- Company
- Vowel Inc
- Based in
- New York, NY
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