Colibri.ai

Colibri.ai is a meeting transcription tool that turns captured calls into summaries and action items. It suits individuals who want those outputs across several meeting platforms, especially if their monthly hours and call lengths fit a defined plan. Its free tier makes it easy to start, but longer meetings or heavier use call for a paid plan.

Overview

Colibri.ai combines transcription with summaries and action items, and captures meetings through a browser extension. Its reach across Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams and other platforms is a practical strength for people who meet across different services. The trade-off is a single transcription language, which makes it a poor fit for multilingual workflows.

Key features

• Transcription, summaries and action items: Colibri.ai covers the core post-meeting tasks in one tool. That makes it relevant to people who need a written record and follow-up points, though it is not a fit for teams that require transcription in multiple languages.
• Extension-based meeting capture: It supports Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, Webex, Whereby, BlueJeans, GoToMeeting, RingCentral and UberConference. This breadth can help when participants use different meeting services; capture is through an extension rather than a stated native meeting app.

Pricing

Colibri.ai has a free plan and paid plans. The entry paid price is $16/user/mo (annual), while the monthly plan prices below are billed monthly; compare the billing terms as well as the quotas.

• Free — free: One user gets 5 transcription hours per month and recordings up to 40 minutes. It is a useful way to assess whether the workflow suits occasional, shorter meetings, but the cap is tight for regular use.
• Starter — $20 a month: One user gets 20 transcription hours per month and recordings up to 90 minutes. This is the clearest step up for an individual with recurring calls, but it still imposes both a monthly-hours ceiling and a call-length limit.
• Pro — $50 a month: Starting from one user, it offers unlimited transcription hours per user per month and a four-hour maximum recording length. It suits heavier individual use, though the recording cap remains relevant for long sessions.
• Growth — $60 a month: Starting from one user, it has the same stated unlimited hours and four-hour recording maximum as Pro. Those limits alone do not show why a buyer should pay more than Pro.
• Scale — $80 a month: Starting from one user, it offers unlimited transcription hours per user per month and unlimited recording length. It is the fit for calls that may exceed four hours, at a substantial step up from Pro.

The free plan and Starter impose explicit monthly hour limits; Pro, Growth and Scale remove that limit but retain a four-hour recording cap except on Scale. Paid tiers start from one user, so the quoted monthly price should not be mistaken for a multi-seat total. A 30-day trial is also offered.

Platforms

Colibri.ai supports web, Windows, macOS and Linux. That range accommodates desktop users across the major operating systems as well as browser-based use.

Who it's for

Colibri.ai is best for individuals who want transcripts, summaries and action items from meetings on several supported platforms, and can choose a plan around their call volume. Free is suited to light use; Starter to moderate monthly hours; Pro or Growth to frequent transcription within four-hour recordings; Scale to sessions of any length. Look elsewhere if you need more than one transcription language or need plan limits that match a different usage pattern.

Pros and cons

• Pro: Captures meetings across nine named platforms, useful when calls are spread across services.
• Pro: Summaries and action items accompany transcription, bringing follow-up into the same workflow.
• Pro: A free plan provides up to five monthly hours, so occasional users can begin without a paid subscription.
• Con: Transcription supports one language, limiting multilingual use.
• Con: Free and Starter cap both monthly hours and recording length, while most higher tiers still cap recordings at four hours.
• Con: Growth costs more than Pro despite the same stated transcription-hour and recording-length limits.

Alternatives

For a different balance of coaching and meeting capture, consider Amotions AI, ConversationPilot or TalkPilot. Amotions AI has a free Basic plan with limited usage, live coaching, roleplay, scorecards, transcripts and two playbook documents or links. ConversationPilot's free plan allows three calls per month without live coaching, while its $39 a month Solo plan includes full live coaching for individual use. TalkPilot's free plan allows five conversations per month of up to 30 minutes, five practice runs and three scenarios.

For broader sales or conversation platforms, compare Avoma, Jiminny, Gong Forecast, Allego and ExecVision. Avoma's Startup plan is $19 a month billed annually, with up to 25 paid seats and unlimited free view-only seats. Jiminny's Insights Seat is $42 a month with a minimum 12-month contract. Gong Forecast, Allego and ExecVision use custom pricing.

Readers comparing categories can also browse Meeting Transcription Software, Meeting Intelligence Software, AI Meeting Assistants and AI Sales Call Analysis Software.

Verdict

Choose Colibri.ai if you want transcription, summaries and action items across a wide range of meeting platforms, and its hour and recording caps fit your calls. The free tier is a sensible starting point for occasional use; frequent users can move to unlimited-hour plans. Look elsewhere if you need multilingual transcription, or if Growth's stated limits do not justify its higher price over Pro.