The best Zoom AI Companion alternatives for Mac

For a Mac, Koi is the closest thing to Zoom's AI notes that works the same on every call app and keeps the call on your computer: it records Zoom, Meet, Teams or any call with no bot, transcribes on your Mac, keeps the audio or a video of the screen there, and writes a summary and to-dos when you say yes. Granola and Jamie also take notes with no bot, in the cloud. Otter, Fathom and tl;dv add a team library, with a bot or without.

One thing first: Zoom retired the AI Companion name in June 2026. Its community guide says the features, like meeting summaries, now go by their own names under “Zoom AI” and are still included with paid Zoom Workplace plans. ZoomMate, launched June 1, 2026, is a separate paid AI teammate from $20 a user a month.

We make Koi, so read this with that in mind. Everything about Zoom and the other apps comes from their own sites, checked October 21, 2026. We didn't run tests or benchmarks.

Inside Zoom, meeting summaries are counted per meeting you host. For notes beyond that there's My Notes, which takes notes on Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Google Meet and other platforms, and in person, with no bot. It's part of the Zoom Workplace app, needs version 6.7.5 or later for every feature, and shows a visible indicator in a Zoom meeting while it transcribes. Notes and transcripts are stored in Zoom Hub and Zoom Canvas. Zoom lists 9 languages for My Notes.

On price, Zoom's page says the free Basic plan gets 3 My Notes uses a month, summaries for 3 hosted meetings a month, and meetings of up to 40 minutes. Paid Zoom Workplace plans start at $14.16 a user a month and include My Notes, and a standalone plan starts at $8.33 a user a month.

Zoom's responsible AI whitepaper says it doesn't use customer audio, video, chat or screen sharing to train its own or third-party AI models.

• It's built around Zoom. My Notes reaches Teams and Meet, but everything lives in Zoom Hub, and you need the Zoom app and account.
• Free is tiny: 3 note-taking uses and 3 meeting summaries a month, with 40-minute meetings.
• Notes and transcripts are stored in Zoom's cloud, not on your Mac.
• My Notes lists 9 languages.
• On a company account, an admin decides which AI features you get.
• The rename to Zoom AI and ZoomMate has left people unsure what they're paying for.

If your company already pays for Zoom Workplace, the built-in notes cost nothing extra and are a sensible default. People look elsewhere when they want the call on their own Mac, a recording to keep, or one tool that treats every call app the same.

With Zoom's My Notes:

1. Update the Zoom Workplace app to version 6.7.5 or later.
2. Start or join a Zoom meeting, or join one on Teams or Meet, or meet in person.
3. Click the My Notes icon in the Zoom meeting window or app. Transcription is optional, and Zoom shows an indicator while it runs.
4. Find the notes afterwards in Zoom Hub, under My Notes.

With Koi, for Zoom or any other call:

1. Tap Fn + ⌃, or click Record when Koi's dock asks "Record this call?"
2. Pick Online call, then Audio only or Audio and video.
3. The first time, allow Screen Recording for Koi in System Settings, then quit and reopen it.
4. Stop from the dock or tap Fn + ⌃ again. The page opens in Recents with the recording, then You and Them in turns.
5. Say yes to Summarize this call? for a summary, your to-dos and a follow-up email.

Our guide to recording a Zoom meeting on a Mac covers Zoom's own recording options too.

From each company's own site, checked October 21, 2026.

Koi is the better pick when you're a guest on someone else's call, you hop between Zoom, Meet and Teams in a day, or the call shouldn't sit in anyone's cloud. Koi's transcript and recording are files on your Mac, and the call's page is a document you can edit and export to Word or PDF. Koi also has unlimited dictation in any app and a calendar that offers the dates a call agreed on.

Zoom's free plan counts meeting summaries per meeting you host. My Notes is your own, and works on calls you join on Zoom, Teams or Meet, but it's still Zoom's app, Zoom's account and Zoom's cloud.

Koi doesn't care who hosts. It records your own microphone and what your Mac plays, so it works the same as a guest, on a free Zoom account, or on a Teams call from a client. That also means Koi doesn't announce itself to the call, so tell people you're recording.

• Every call app, transcribed and kept on your Mac, with video? Koi.
• Your own notes, filled out, on every device? Granola.
• A notetaker for the team, with CRM sync? Otter.
• Unlimited free recordings? Fathom or tl;dv.
• No bot, data kept in Europe? Jamie.

More options in the best AI note takers for Mac, and Koi's plans to try it on your next Zoom call.