Most AI meeting notes apps pick a lane — great on Zoom, weaker on Teams, absent from Google Meet, or vice versa. tl;dv is built around covering all three of the major platforms well, and doing it on a genuinely generous free tier, which makes it a strong fit for small businesses that don't control which platform a client wants to use.
What it does: tl;dv joins meetings on Zoom, Google Meet, or Microsoft Teams, records unlimited video, and generates transcripts and AI summaries — with no minute cap on the free plan. It offers both a standard bot recorder and a native desktop app for bot-free capture, so teams uncomfortable with a visible AI participant have an alternative built into the same product.
Best for: Small businesses and agencies that meet clients across multiple video platforms and don't want to run a different tool for each one.
Strengths:
- Unlimited video recording and AI summaries on the free tier across all three major platforms is a rare combination.
- Bot-free desktop capture option built natively into the product, not a separate app.
- Built on a privacy-first, GDPR-compliant foundation, which matters for small businesses working with EU clients.
Limitations:
- As with any AI note taker, accuracy softens on messy, multi-speaker, or accented audio.
- Deeper CRM-style integrations may be less extensive than a CRM-first competitor like Fireflies.
- Advanced team analytics and admin controls are typically reserved for paid tiers.
Pricing shape: The free plan is unusually generous for this category. Paid tiers add team management and advanced features. Confirm current details directly with tl;dv, since free-tier scope is a competitive area that shifts.
Verdict: If your small business meets clients wherever they prefer — Zoom one day, Teams the next — tl;dv's cross-platform coverage removes a real headache. Combined with a free tier that doesn't gate you by minutes, it's one of the strongest all-around picks on this list.
CTA: Riftwood Studio helps small teams stitch tools like tl;dv into a single, custom-built workflow — no more jumping between five apps to find one action item. Contact us to get started.