Mina and noScribe are both AI meeting assistants for recording, transcription, and summaries, compared here on pricing, features, and workflow fit. Mina: An AI meeting assistant that joins calls as a participant and can respond, take actions, and update connected tools live during the conversation. noScribe: Free, open-source desktop transcriber that runs Whisper and pyannote fully locally with speaker identification and a synchronized editor. They overlap on ai-meeting-assistants, so the right pick depends on team size, budget, and which meeting workflows you automate.
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For ai-meeting-assistants workflows, shortlist Mina when providing live discovery support and updating the crm during sales calls matters most, and noScribe when researchers transcribing qualitative interviews while keeping data on their own machine matters most. Both record across Zoom, Google Meet, and Microsoft Teams; trial each on real meetings before committing.
An AI meeting assistant that joins calls as a participant and can respond, take actions, and update connected tools live during the conversation.
Free, open-source desktop transcriber that runs Whisper and pyannote fully locally with speaker identification and a synchronized editor.
Mina is a free tier with paid upgrades (freemium); noScribe is a free tier with paid upgrades (freemium). Always confirm current pricing on each vendor's site before buying.
| Feature | Mina | noScribe |
|---|---|---|
| Core capability | Joins Google Meet, Zoom, and Teams as an active participant | Fully local transcription using Whisper via faster-whisper |
| Standout feature | Reactive (wake-phrase) and proactive (always-on) operating modes | Speaker diarization with pyannote (automatic or manual speaker counts) |
| Team usage | Live generation of summaries, proposals, action items, and follow-ups | Support for around 60 languages |
| Integrations | Real-time CRM and workflow updates to connected tools | Synchronized companion editor (noScribeEdit) with playback follow-along |
| Languages & capture | Cross-meeting memory and configurable assistant roles | Batch transcription, pause detection, and experimental overlapping-speech detection |
| Best-fit workflow | Integrations with Slack, HubSpot, Salesforce, Jira, Notion, Linear, and GitHub | Exports to HTML, VTT, and TXT plus a command-line interface |
Mina
Choose Mina if you need providing live discovery support and updating the crm during sales calls — strengths include acts during the meeting rather than only producing notes afterward.
noScribe
Choose noScribe if you need researchers transcribing qualitative interviews while keeping data on their own machine — strengths include runs 100% locally to keep sensitive recordings confidential.
Mina
noScribe
It depends on your workflow. Mina is strong for providing live discovery support and updating the crm during sales calls, while noScribe is strong for researchers transcribing qualitative interviews while keeping data on their own machine. Both transcribe and summarize meetings.
Mina is a free tier with paid upgrades and noScribe is a free tier with paid upgrades. Check each vendor's pricing page for the latest plans and free-tier limits.
Yes. Many teams run more than one meeting assistant when the workflows are complementary and the budget is justified.