Nothing to buy, charge or forget
Lynkk records the room from the Mac app or from the browser on a laptop. There is no device to remember and nothing to charge the night before.
The web appA meeting in a room, from the browser
Comparison
Lynkk vs Plaud: a Plaud alternative with no device to buy, charge or carry
Plaud sells hardware. The Note is a $159 card that sticks to your phone, the NotePin is a $159 wearable, and the Note Pro is $189. They record the room, you sync them to the Plaud app, and a subscription turns the audio into notes. Limitless sells a pendant with a similar pitch.Lynkk records the room from the Mac you already carry, or from the browser on a laptop, and keeps that note next to your Zoom, Google Meet and Teams calls. If you spend your week where a laptop would be out of place, buy the device. If your laptop is usually open anyway, you may not need one.
Competitor facts checked October 2026.
The short answer
Lynkk or Plaud? It depends on your meetings.
Each line is a section further down this page, with the detail and the sources behind it.
At a glance
Lynkk and Plaud, row by row
What each tool does today, from Lynkk's product and Plaud's own pages.
A marked row is one where Lynkk leads. The others are close, or go the other way.
| What we compared | Lynkk | Plaud |
|---|---|---|
| HardwareLynkk leads here | None. The web app, the Mac app and the Chrome extension | Note $159, NotePin $159, NotePin S $179, Note Pro $189 |
| In-person meetings | Record the room from the Mac app or the browser mic | Record on the device |
| Online meetings | Zoom, Google Meet and Teams, with the bot or with no bot from the Mac app or the extension | Through Plaud Desktop and Plaud Web |
| Phone calls | No phone app. The Mac app records FaceTime and WhatsApp calls on your Mac | Recorded through the device |
| A battery to charge | None | Yes, on every device |
| Platforms | Web app, Mac app (Apple silicon, macOS 14.2 or later), Chrome extension. No phone app | The device, with the Plaud app, Plaud Desktop and Plaud Web |
| Languages | 17 languages plus Hinglish and auto-detect, four of them in beta | Not published as one list; varies by language and region |
| Ask across meetings | Ask Lynkk (Pro) answers from all your notes and cites the note and the minute | Notes and summaries for each recording |
| Free plan | Unlimited notes, 2 hours per note, the first 5 hours of AI summaries | 300 transcription minutes a month, once you own a device |
| Paid plans | Pro: $15 a month, or $117 a year. Enterprise: priced with you | Pro $17.99 a month or $99.99 a year; Unlimited $29.99 a month or $239.99 a year |
Based on Plaud's public website as of October 2026. Plans and features change, so check their site for the latest.
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Where Plaud is the better pick
If one of these matters most to you, Plaud is likely the better tool, and it is better to know that now.
You record where a laptop does not belong
Factory floors, hospital corridors, site walks and dinners. A card on the back of your phone or a pin on your shirt beats opening a laptop, and Lynkk has no phone app.
You want the recorder apart from your computer
Some people want a device that does one thing and does not depend on an app being open. Plaud records whether or not your laptop is with you.
You are not on a Mac
Plaud's hardware works whatever computer you own. Lynkk's desktop app is Mac only and needs Apple silicon, though the web app records from the browser mic on any laptop.
You record a lot of long audio
Plaud's Unlimited plan, at $29.99 a month, has no minute cap. A Lynkk note stops at 2 hours.
Where Lynkk fits
Where Lynkk is the better pick
Each point sits beside the part of Lynkk it describes, drawn the way it looks in the app.
The room and the call in one place
A Plaud recording lives in the Plaud app. With Lynkk, the coffee meeting, the Zoom call and the Teams call are notes in the same list, and on Pro, Ask Lynkk answers across all of them with the note and the minute.
Ask your meetingsAsk Lynkk, with the note and minute
Your meetings switch languages
Lynkk transcribes 17 languages plus a Hinglish mode that follows a switch between Hindi and English mid-sentence, on every plan.
Languages in LynkkHinglish, picked in the language menu
It costs less in the first year
Lynkk Free has unlimited notes and costs nothing. Pro is $15 a month, or $117 a year. A Plaud Note on Plaud Pro comes to $159 plus $99.99 for the first year.
Lynkk pricingOne price, Ask included
Pricing
Pricing, side by side
Lynkk's plans today, next to Plaud's as of October 2026. The note under the plans says where each price comes from.
Lynkk
Free$0
Unlimited notes, up to 2 hours each, and the first 5 hours of AI summaries in total. The meeting bot (audio), the Mac app, the Chrome extension, the web app and every language.
Pro$15 a month
Or $117 a year ($9.75 a month). Unlimited AI summaries, Ask Lynkk, answers in Slack, Summary Shapes, meeting video and the weekly digest.
EnterpriseCustom
A workspace of up to 10 members, each with Pro, on one bill. Set up with us on a call.
Plaud
Hardware$159 to $189
Note $159, NotePin $159, NotePin S $179, Note Pro $189, bought once.
Free$0
300 transcription minutes a month.
Pro$17.99 a month
Or $99.99 a year. 1,200 transcription minutes a month.
Unlimited$29.99 a month
Or $239.99 a year. No minute cap.
Plaud prices from plaud.ai. Every Plaud plan needs one of its devices. Taxes are extra on both. Lynkk's yearly price is an early-bird offer.
Every Lynkk plan in fullSwitching
Switching from Plaud
There is nothing to migrate and nothing to import. Your Plaud recordings and summaries stay in the Plaud app, so export what you need before you stop paying. Plenty of people keep the device for the rooms where a laptop is wrong.
Comes with you
- Your rooms. Record in-person meetings from the Mac app or the browser on a laptop.
- Your calls. Lynkk's bot joins Zoom, Meet and Teams links, or the Mac app records them with no bot.
- Your calendar. Connect Google Calendar and the bot joins your scheduled meetings, with a switch on each one.
- Your follow-ups. Action items land on Lynkk's task board, and Jira is one click from the note.
Stays behind in Plaud
- Past recordings and summaries, since Lynkk has no import and takes no uploads.
- Recording from your pocket. Lynkk has no phone app and no wearable.
- Calls on your phone. Lynkk's Mac app records FaceTime and WhatsApp calls on the Mac only.
Your first day on Lynkk
- Sign up free. There is no trial to run out: the free plan has no end date.
- Connect Google Calendar. Auto-join is on from the start, so the bot joins your scheduled Zoom, Google Meet and Teams calls, and each meeting has its own switch.
- Your next meeting becomes a note with a transcript, a summary and action items, and Lynkk emails you the summary.
If you ever leave Lynkk, Settings, Privacy, Export my data emails you a link to one zip of every note, transcript and recording. The link works for 24 hours.
Calendar connected, bot on, first note
Questions
Questions about Lynkk and Plaud
Is Lynkk a good Plaud alternative?
It is if your in-person meetings happen with a laptop nearby, since you skip the device. If you need to record where a laptop cannot go, Plaud is still the better tool.
Can Lynkk record in-person conversations?
Yes. Record the room from the Mac app or from the browser mic on a laptop. The note sits in the same list as your Zoom, Google Meet and Teams calls.
Do I need to buy anything to use Lynkk?
No. Lynkk runs in the browser, on the Mac and as a Chrome extension. The free plan has unlimited notes and no end date.
Is there a minute limit?
Lynkk counts notes, not minutes. Every plan has unlimited notes of up to 2 hours each, and Free includes AI summaries for the first 5 hours in total. Plaud Pro gives 1,200 transcription minutes a month unless you pay for Unlimited.
What about Limitless?
Limitless sells a wearable pendant with the same promise: capture the conversations around you. The trade-offs against Lynkk are the same as Plaud's: a device to carry and charge, and recordings that live in their own app.
Does Lynkk work on Windows?
Not as a desktop app. On Windows, use the web app, which records from the browser mic, and the Chrome extension. The Mac app needs Apple silicon and macOS 14.2 or later.
Do I need an AI wearable or recorder to take notes in person?
No. Lynkk records in-person meetings from the Mac app you already have open, or from the browser mic on a laptop, so there is no pendant, recorder or second device to buy, charge or carry. The same account also records Zoom, Google Meet and Teams calls, so notes from the room and from the call end up in one place.
Explore more
Keep comparing, or read more about Lynkk.
The other side-by-side pages, and the parts of Lynkk this page mentions.
- Lynkk vs Otter.aiOtter has phone apps, file import and live captions. Lynkk hears 17 languages plus Hinglish and gives every plan 2 hours a note.
- Lynkk vs Fireflies.aiFireflies covers more languages, apps and CRMs. Lynkk keeps the audio when it records without a bot and asks across calls on one flat price.
- Lynkk vs GranolaBoth can record without a bot. Granola builds on the notes you type; Lynkk keeps the recording and can also send a bot.
- Lynkk vs FathomFathom has a generous free plan and CRM sync. Lynkk records in person, sends action items to Jira and asks across calls for one user.
- All comparisonsEvery comparison, with Lynkk, Otter.ai, Fireflies.ai, Granola and Fathom in one table.
- Meeting botSend it to a Zoom, Google Meet or Teams call, or let your calendar send it.
- Mac appRecords any call on your Mac with no bot, your side and theirs on two channels.
- Chrome extensionRecords Meet, Zoom in the browser and Teams from your own tab.
- Multilingual transcription17 languages plus Hinglish and auto-detect, on every plan.
- Ask your meetingsAsk across all your notes and get the note and minute behind each answer.
- Action itemsOwners, due dates, one task board, and Jira from the note.
- Lynkk for SlackAsk @Lynkk in a thread and it answers from your notes.
- PricingFree with unlimited notes, or Pro at $15 a month.
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