Notion AI Meeting Notes and Shadow are both AI meeting assistants for recording, transcription, and summaries, compared here on pricing, features, and workflow fit. Notion AI Meeting Notes: Notion's built-in AI meeting notes feature that records system audio, transcribes, and summarizes meetings directly inside your Notion workspace. Shadow: A bot-free, Mac-based AI meeting assistant that transcribes and summarizes calls locally without joining as a participant. 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 Notion AI Meeting Notes when capturing meeting notes that automatically link to related notion project pages matters most, and Shadow when capturing notes and summaries across multiple conferencing platforms without a bot joining matters most. Both record across Zoom, Google Meet, and Microsoft Teams; trial each on real meetings before committing.
Notion's built-in AI meeting notes feature that records system audio, transcribes, and summarizes meetings directly inside your Notion workspace.
A bot-free, Mac-based AI meeting assistant that transcribes and summarizes calls locally without joining as a participant.
Notion AI Meeting Notes is a free tier with paid upgrades (freemium); Shadow is a free tier with paid upgrades (freemium). Always confirm current pricing on each vendor's site before buying.
| Feature | Notion AI Meeting Notes | Shadow |
|---|---|---|
| Core capability | Records system audio and microphone without a meeting bot | Bot-free capture that records system audio without joining the meeting as a participant |
| Standout feature | Works with Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, and in-person meetings | On-device (local) transcription on macOS |
| Team usage | Automatic transcripts with AI-generated summaries | Speaker identification during transcription |
| Integrations | Extracts action items, key decisions, and next steps | Captures on-screen content in addition to spoken audio |
| Languages & capture | Summaries tailored to meeting type (1:1s, syncs, client calls, interviews) | Customizable prompts/Skills to generate notes, summaries, and emails |
| Best-fit workflow | Notes live inside the Notion workspace and link to pages, databases, and tasks | Webhook integration to connect outputs to other tools |
Notion AI Meeting Notes
Choose Notion AI Meeting Notes if you need capturing meeting notes that automatically link to related notion project pages — strengths include deep, native integration with an existing notion workspace and databases.
Shadow
Choose Shadow if you need capturing notes and summaries across multiple conferencing platforms without a bot joining — strengths include does not add a visible bot to meetings.
Notion AI Meeting Notes
Shadow
It depends on your workflow. Notion AI Meeting Notes is strong for capturing meeting notes that automatically link to related notion project pages, while Shadow is strong for capturing notes and summaries across multiple conferencing platforms without a bot joining. Both transcribe and summarize meetings.
Notion AI Meeting Notes is a free tier with paid upgrades and Shadow 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.