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Read AI

Meeting reports, coaching and search across everything — it joins your calls, scores how they went, and answers questions across meetings, email and messages.

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Solo-fit verdictSolo-Ready

The measurement pick: $15 a month billed yearly for unlimited reports plus coaching and cross-tool search — just budget Enterprise if you need to replay calls.

True solo cost · low$0/mo$0/month on Free for 1 user at up to 5 meetings a month — the low scenario is real for light meeting loads; meetings are capped at 1 hour.
True solo cost · typical$15/mo$15/month for 1 user on Pro billed annually ($19.75 monthly) at typical solo load — unlimited transcripts and 4-hour meetings; budget $22.50 billed annually instead if you need to replay recordings, because playback is an Enterprise feature.
Rank #17 of 17 in Admin & SchedulingFree start Free plan availableSetup Under 1 hourControl Acts + logs everythingNo-code 5/5Checked · prices checked 2026-11-06

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The short version

Read AI joins your meetings visibly, reports on what was decided, coaches how you performed, and makes meetings, email and messages searchable as one memory.

Buy it if

You run recurring client calls and want coaching, pre-meeting briefs and cited answers across past conversations — not just another transcript — for $15 a month yearly.

Skip it if

You need playback on the first paid tier, a bot-free recorder, or any scheduling help — Read offers none of those.

What Read AI does — the jobs it finishes

Workflows are built only from verified capabilities in our listing research — no vendor copy, nothing invented.

Walk in knowing what was promised

Starts A meeting with an existing client approaches

  1. Read assembles context from calendar, email, past meetings and CRM
  2. Open items and last-time promises are surfaced
  3. The brief is delivered to your inbox, tailored to you

You get A pre-meeting brief before the call starts

No more re-reading three threads to remember where things stand

Report and coaching after every call

Starts A Zoom, Meet or Teams meeting ends

  1. Read generates the report: summary, topics, action items, key questions
  2. Your coaching metrics — talk speed, filler words, engagement — are attached
  3. Action items are routed to the tools your team works in

You get A report with action items and a coaching readout

Every call documented, and your delivery measurably improves over time

Ask what was decided, get a citation

Starts You need a decision, owner or open item from any past conversation

  1. Ask Read across meetings, emails and messages
  2. It answers with citations to the underlying content

You get An answer you can trace back to its source

Follow-through questions stop becoming archaeology

Spot the theme across a month of calls

Starts The same topic keeps surfacing with clients

  1. Topic Readouts rank topics by your engagement
  2. For You insights surface what is trending across your meetings

You get A ranked view of what your meetings are actually about

Patterns a single transcript would never show you

Where it stops

  • No audio or video playback on Pro — playback and video highlights start on Enterprise
  • Does not schedule meetings, send booking links, plan your day or reshuffle tasks
  • Enterprise+ is not a solo plan: it requires a minimum of 5 licences
  • Free plan caps at 5 meeting transcripts a month in meetings of up to 1 hour

Getting started

Before you start

  • A Zoom, Google Meet or Microsoft Teams account for the assistant to join
  • No credit card and no install required to start free

The ongoing admin

  • Watch the free meter: 5 transcripts a month, and shared reports count toward it
  • Decide your playback needs early — the Pro-to-Enterprise step is a feature gate, not a usage one
Step 1

Start free

5 meeting transcripts a month with search and coaching at $0 — enough to judge report quality.

Step 2

Let Read join your real meetings

Add the assistant to Zoom, Meet or Teams calls; everyone in the meeting can see it is there.

Step 3

Connect premium sources on Pro

Pro at $15/mo yearly unlocks premium integrations and sources for Ask Read, plus unlimited transcripts.

Step 4

Check whether you need playback

If replaying recordings matters, skip straight to Enterprise at $22.50/mo yearly — Pro deliberately excludes it.

Time to first useful result: Under 1 hour · no-code 5/5

Full pricing — checked 2026-11-06

Per user per month, with an Annual/Monthly toggle — annual billing is 25% off the monthly rate. Free $0 — 5 meeting transcripts/month, 1-hour meetings, search, coaching, basic integrations. Pro $15/user/mo billed annually ($19.75 billed monthly) — unlimited transcripts, 4-hour meetings, 100 upload minutes/month, premium integrations. Enterprise $22.50 billed annually ($29.75 monthly) — adds audio/video playback, video highlights, 200 upload minutes, premium support. Enterprise+ $29.75 billed annually ($39.75 monthly) — HIPAA, SAML/SCIM, domain capture, custom retention, 300 upload minutes; requires 5+ licences. Volume discounts on annual billing at 100+ licences per the pricing reads.

Free

$0 — always free, no credit card required

Per seat / month · $0/mo for one person

  • 5 meeting transcripts per month
  • Unlimited enterprise search and best-in-class summaries
  • Personalised meeting coach and Topic Readouts
  • Basic integrations; 20+ languages; Windows, macOS, Android and iOS apps

Allowance 5 meeting transcripts/month; maximum meeting length 1 hour

Limit No file uploads on Free

Limit Reports shared with you count toward the 5 in corroborating reads of the official help centre

Solo pick

Pro

$15 per user/month billed annually ($19.75 billed monthly)

Per seat / month · $15/mo for one person

  • Unlimited meeting transcripts and meeting reports
  • 100 file-upload credits per month
  • Premium integrations: Notion, Salesforce, HubSpot, Jira, Confluence, Zapier, webhooks
  • Custom assistant branding, unlimited storage and workspace access

Allowance Unlimited transcripts; maximum meeting length 4 hours

Limit No audio/video playback or video highlights — those are Enterprise features

Enterprise

$22.50 per user/month billed annually ($29.75 billed monthly)

Per seat / month

  • Everything in Pro
  • Audio and video playback and video highlights
  • 200 file-upload credits per month
  • Premium support

Limit Governance features (SAML, SCIM, HIPAA, custom retention) remain Enterprise-only-plus

Enterprise+

$29.75 per user/month billed annually ($39.75 billed monthly) — requires 5+ licences

Per seat / month

  • Everything in Enterprise
  • HIPAA compliance, SAML and SCIM, domain capture
  • Custom data retention policy and workspace onboarding
  • 300 file-upload credits per month; 8-hour meetings

Limit Minimum of 5 licences — a solo cannot buy a single Enterprise+ seat

PlanPublished priceSolo monthlyBilled byLimits & overage
Free$0 — always free, no credit card required$0/moPer seat / monthNo file uploads on Free · Reports shared with you count toward the 5 in corroborating reads of the official help centre
ProSolo pick$15 per user/month billed annually ($19.75 billed monthly)$15/moPer seat / monthNo audio/video playback or video highlights — those are Enterprise features
Enterprise$22.50 per user/month billed annually ($29.75 billed monthly)—Per seat / monthGovernance features (SAML, SCIM, HIPAA, custom retention) remain Enterprise-only-plus
Enterprise+$29.75 per user/month billed annually ($39.75 billed monthly) — requires 5+ licences—Per seat / monthMinimum of 5 licences — a solo cannot buy a single Enterprise+ seat

What could make the bill jump?

Feature gates, not usage: transcripts are unlimited from Pro, so the bill jumps only when you need playback — an Enterprise step from $15 to $22.50 billed annually. Enterprise+ adds a 5-licence minimum, which multiplies the entry cost for small teams.

Billing unitper user per month
Free tier / trialYes — Free is $0 with no credit card: 5 meeting transcripts a month, unlimited enterprise search, summaries for meetings, email and messaging, and a personalised meeting coach.
Pricing clarityClear flat price
SourceOfficial pricing page ↗
Checked 2026-11-06

Price record · 2026-11-06: First listing check, 2026-11-06, on read.ai/plans-pricing. The page was read directly in full: Free $0 with 5 meeting transcripts/month; Pro shown at both $15 (annual, -25%) and $19.75 monthly per user; Enterprise $22.50 annual / $29.75 monthly; Enterprise+ $29.75 annual / $39.75 monthly with a 5+ licence requirement — and the comparison table confirms the 1/4/4/8-hour meeting caps and 100/200/300 monthly upload minutes. Read's own official help centre states the same four price pairs and the 5-licence Enterprise+ minimum. A 7-day Enterprise trial at signup, with no card, is reported in dated reads of the official pages from October–November 2026.

At a glance — the standard checklist

The same fields on every deep listing in this job, so agents compare field by field. “Not verified” means our research has not confirmed it yet — it never means “doesn't have it.”

Best for

  • Solo founders running recurring client calls who want coaching, not just notes
  • Anyone who needs cited answers across meetings, email and messages
  • Light meeting loads who can live inside the free plan's 5 reports a month

Not for

  • Anyone who needs recording playback on the first paid tier
  • Clients or prospects who object to a visible bot in the call
  • Founders who need scheduling, booking links or day planning

Our assessment of Read AI

Read AI is the analytics-minded notetaker in this job. A visible assistant joins your Zoom, Meet and Teams calls and produces meeting reports with summaries, topics, action items and key questions, plus a personalised meeting coach that scores talk speed, filler words and engagement. Around the reports sits enterprise search: Ask Read answers across your meetings, email and messages with citations, Topic Readouts track themes, and pre-meeting briefs pull what was promised last time from calendar, email, past meetings and CRM before you walk in. Its digital-twin assistant, Ada, extends that context toward workflow help. Pricing is per user with an annual toggle worth 25 percent off. Free covers 5 meeting transcripts a month in meetings up to an hour, with search, coaching and basic integrations. Pro at $15 per user a month billed yearly ($19.75 monthly) makes transcripts unlimited, stretches meetings to 4 hours and adds premium integrations (Notion, Salesforce, HubSpot, Jira, Confluence, Zapier, webhooks) and 100 monthly upload minutes. Playback is the trap for the unwary: audio and video playback and highlights sit on Enterprise at $22.50 yearly ($29.75 monthly), not Pro. Enterprise+ at $29.75 yearly adds HIPAA, SAML, SCIM and custom retention but requires at least five licences, so it is not a solo plan. Read does not book meetings, plan your day or reshuffle tasks; for a founder who wants to know not just what was said but how their meetings are going, it is the measurement pick.

Pros — our take

  • Meeting coaching and analytics no rival here matches — you learn how your calls actually go
  • Search across meetings, email and messages with citations turns scattered context into answers
  • Free plan includes search and coaching, not just a transcript allowance

Cons — our take

  • Playback is paywalled two tiers up — Pro users cannot rewatch their own recordings
  • A visible bot assistant joins calls, which some clients dislike
  • Enterprise+ has a 5-licence minimum, and refunds are not offered per dated pricing reads
Solo Fit input · no-code5/5 — can a non-technical owner run it?
Solo Fit input · setupUnder 1 hour to the first useful result
Solo Fit input · human controlActs + logs everything
Solo Fit input · pricing clarityClear flat price

Solo Fit stays the public score: the qualitative roll-up of these four published inputs under the How We Rank method. Flat per-user pricing and a genuinely useful free tier carry it; the playback gate two tiers up is the watch-out.

Three to compare before you decide

Otter.ai$8/mo · Solo-Ready

The difference: Transcription-first with playback included on its plans and a cheaper Pro at $8.33/mo yearly — better if replay matters more than coaching and search.

Fathom$16/mo · Solo-Ready

The difference: A free notetaker with unlimited free meetings and summaries; Read's edge is coaching, analytics and cross-tool enterprise search.

Granola$14/mo · Solo-Ready

The difference: Bot-free capture that expands your own jottings for $14/mo — the discreet alternative if a visible assistant joining calls is a problem.

Questions buyers ask about Read AI

What does Read AI cost for one person?

Free covers 5 meetings a month. Pro is $15 per user/month billed annually or $19.75 monthly with unlimited transcripts. Enterprise is $22.50 annually or $29.75 monthly. Prices checked Nov 6, 2026.

Can I watch my recordings on Pro?

No. Audio and video playback and video highlights start on Enterprise at $22.50 per user/month billed annually. Pro gives you reports and transcripts, not replay.

Why can't I just buy one Enterprise+ seat?

Enterprise+ requires a minimum of 5 licences, so a solo buyer cannot purchase it singly — its HIPAA, SAML, SCIM and custom-retention features are priced for organisations.

Does Read AI only do meetings?

Meetings are the core, but its search and readouts also span email and messages, and pre-meeting briefs pull CRM context — it is a memory layer across your conversations, not a scheduler.

Stacks & next steps

Read AI is not in a published stack yet — stacks are edited buying guides, and memberships are added only when the combination has been worked through.

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