Anarlog: Open-source, local-first AI meeting notepad (formerly Hyprnote) by Fastrepl that records and summarizes private meetings on your own device with no bot. Outset: AI-moderated research platform that runs multimodal interviews at scale and auto-synthesizes themes, quotes, and highlight reels. This comparison weighs them on pricing, features, and everyday workflow fit.
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Shortlist Anarlog when engineers and developers wanting private, bot-free meeting notes matters most, and Outset when continuous customer discovery with rapid automated synthesis matters most. Try them side by side on real calls before deciding — needs vary by team.
Open-source, local-first AI meeting notepad (formerly Hyprnote) by Fastrepl that records and summarizes private meetings on your own device with no bot.
AI-moderated research platform that runs multimodal interviews at scale and auto-synthesizes themes, quotes, and highlight reels.
Anarlog is an open-source, local-first AI meeting notetaker developed by Fastrepl, Inc., the team behind the project previously known as Hyprnote and Char. It is positioned as an open-source alternative to cloud meeting-notes tools and is designed for people who want to keep meeting data under their own control. Instead of sending a bot into a call, Anarlog captures system audio directly on the user's computer, transcribes it locally, and merges the transcript with short notes the user jots down during the meeting to produce structured, editable summaries with action items. Audio, transcripts, and notes are stored as files on the local disk rather than in an external service, and users can choose between running local AI models or supplying their own API keys for cloud processing. The application is available for Apple Silicon Macs and its codebase is published on GitHub under a GPL license, so it can be inspected, forked, and self-hosted. Anarlog is best for engineers, privacy-conscious professionals, and teams that want bot-free meeting notes with full ownership of their data. Pricing varies by plan. Check the official website for current pricing.
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Outset is an all-in-one AI-moderated research platform that combines conversational AI with behavioral and emotional analysis to run qualitative interviews at scale. Its AI moderator conducts natural, adaptive conversations via video, voice, or text, dynamically probing based on audio and visual cues to uncover detail beyond surface-level answers, and supports interviews in effectively any language across a broad set of countries. Researchers set up interview guides quickly with help from automated logic, including advanced probing rules and intelligent question skipping, and the platform can field hundreds of interviews simultaneously. Built-in recruitment provides access to a very large pool of potential participants across many geographies, or teams can bring their own audience. After interviews complete, Outset automatically synthesizes results into relevant summaries, themes, powerful quotes, and customizable highlight reels without manual tagging, and generates shareable outputs including custom AI-generated reports, highlight reels, and slide decks for stakeholders. Most teams complete interviews within hours and receive AI-synthesized summaries minutes later. The company is venture-backed and reports adoption by large enterprises using the platform to accelerate or replace traditional market research methods. Pricing varies by plan. Check the official website for current pricing.
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Anarlog is a free tier with paid upgrades (freemium); Outset is a free tier with paid upgrades (freemium). Always confirm current pricing on each vendor's site before buying.
| Feature | Anarlog | Outset |
|---|---|---|
| Core capability | Bot-free capture via local system-audio recording | AI moderator conducting multimodal video, voice, and text interviews |
| Standout feature | Local transcription with notes merged into structured summaries | Dynamic probing driven by audio and visual cues |
| Team usage | Data stored as files on the user's own device | Automated interview-guide setup with probing rules and smart skipping |
| Integrations | Choice of local AI models or bring-your-own API keys | Hundreds of simultaneous interviews with built-in recruitment |
| Languages & capture | Open-source codebase available on GitHub | Automatic synthesis into summaries, themes, quotes, and highlight reels |
| Best-fit workflow | Action-item extraction from meeting notes | Stakeholder outputs including custom reports and slide decks |
Anarlog
Choose Anarlog if you need engineers and developers wanting private, bot-free meeting notes — strengths include open source with a publicly available codebase.
Outset
Choose Outset if you need running large-scale qualitative interviews for market research — strengths include runs large volumes of interviews in parallel with fast synthesis.
Anarlog
Outset
It depends on your workflow. Anarlog is strong for engineers and developers wanting private, bot-free meeting notes, while Outset is strong for running large-scale qualitative interviews for market research. Both transcribe and summarize meetings.
Anarlog is a free tier with paid upgrades and Outset is a free tier with paid upgrades. Check each vendor's pricing page for the latest plans and free-tier limits.
You can — some teams pair them when each covers a different part of the meeting workflow.
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