The short answer
Short answer, prices read on 27 October 2026: a 5-person team that records and summarises up to 20 meeting hours a person a month pays $0.33 a meeting hour on HyNote Pro billed yearly: $33.33 a month for five seats, or $399.95 a year. At 10 hours a person the same seats cost $0.67 an hour. Pro and Plus stop at 1,200 minutes, 20 hours, a seat a month, so a team that meets more needs Unlimited or Teams, and Teams is the cheaper of the two: $75 a month for 5 seats billed yearly against $79.16 for five Unlimited seats. At 40 hours a person, Teams costs $0.38 a meeting hour, and Fireflies Pro billed annually costs $0.25.
| Plan, 5 seats | Per month | 50 hours (10 a person) | 100 hours (20 a person) | 200 hours (40 a person) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HyNote Pro, billed yearly Our pick | $33.33 | $0.67 | $0.33 | over the cap |
| HyNote Plus, billed yearly Our pick | $54.16 | $1.08 | $0.54 | over the cap |
| HyNote Teams, billed yearly Our pick | $75 | $1.50 | $0.75 | $0.38 |
| HyNote Teams, billed monthly Our pick | $100 | $2.00 | $1.00 | $0.50 |
| Otter.ai Pro, billed annually | $41.65 | $0.83 | $0.42 | over the cap |
| Otter.ai Business, billed annually | $99.95 | $2.00 | $1.00 | $0.50 |
| Fireflies Pro, billed annually | $50 | $1.00 | $0.50 | $0.25 |
| Granola Business | $70 | $1.40 | $0.70 | $0.35 |
Our pick means we earn a commission if you subscribe through our link. HyNote is our pick on this page because its Pro plan is the lowest per-hour cost in the table up to 20 hours a person, $0.33 against $0.42 for Otter.ai Pro. That does not change any score: HyNote scores 6.0 on our published rubric, Granola 6.7, Otter.ai 6.2 and Fireflies 4.2. See HyNote plans.
What each HyNote plan costs a team of five
HyNote sells five plans, and four of them are per person. Teams is the only one billed per seat with admin controls, and it needs at least 2 seats. The decision for a team is two questions: how many meeting hours each person records a month, and whether the notes need speaker labels.
| Plan | What a seat gets | A seat, monthly | A seat, yearly | 5 seats, monthly billing | 5 seats a month, yearly billing | 5 seats, a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HyNote Pro Our pick | 1,200 transcription minutes a month, transcript export, translation | $11.99 | $79.99 | $59.95 | $33.33 | $399.95 |
| HyNote Plus Our pick | 1,200 minutes of real-time transcription a month, speaker identification, Google Docs and Notion export | $18.99 | $129.99 | $94.95 | $54.16 | $649.95 |
| HyNote Unlimited Our pick | Unlimited real-time transcription, unlimited storage, CRM integration | $24.99 | $189.99 | $124.95 | $79.16 | $949.95 |
| HyNote Teams Our pick | Everything in Unlimited, plus team templates, admin controls and priority support; from 2 seats | $20 | $180 | $100 | $75 | $900 |
Yearly billing saves less on the team plan than on the solo plans. HyNote’s pricing page says annual billing saves “up to 45%”. On Pro it is 44.4% ($143.88 a year billed monthly against $79.99), on Plus 43.0%, on Unlimited 36.6% and on Teams 25.0% ($240 a seat against $180). For five Teams seats that is $1,200 a year billed monthly against $900 billed yearly.
The 20-hour line: when Pro stops being enough
Pro and Plus each include 1,200 minutes a person a month, which is 20 meeting hours, or about 4.6 hours of recorded meetings a week. Anyone above it needs Unlimited or Teams, and at that point Teams wins on price. Five Teams seats cost $900 a year billed yearly; five Unlimited seats cost $949.95, so Teams is $49.95 a year cheaper and adds admin controls. Billed monthly, Teams is $100 a month against $124.95, a gap of $24.95 a month.
A mixed team is the harder case: two people who sell or interview all day, three who do not. HyNote’s page does not say whether Teams seats and personal plans can share one workspace, so we do not price a mix. If they cannot, the choice is five Teams seats at $75 a month on yearly billing, or separate personal plans: two Unlimited and three Pro, which is $379.98 plus $239.97, $619.95 a year or $51.66 a month, without admin controls.
What “summarised” costs: notes do not spend credits
Every paid plan lists one-time credits: 300 on Pro billed yearly, 150 billed monthly, up to 600 on Unlimited. Those are not for meeting notes. HyNote’s FAQ says credits pay for podcasts, slides and infographics, and gives the rates: a short podcast of about 3 minutes uses 10 credits, an 8-slide deck 20, one infographic 30. It adds that credits “are deducted only when content is successfully generated”.
We tested this on 18 October 2026, in a signed-in HyNote web account on the Unlimited plan that showed 0 AI credits. We uploaded a 2 minute 2 second recording of a scripted two-person meeting. The transcript was ready about 13 seconds after upload and was word-accurate on every line we checked. The Meeting Minutes template returned 3 of 3 decisions and every action item with its correct deadline, in about 4 seconds; the Follow Up Email template was also correct. Speaker identification did not separate the two voices: both were labelled Speaker 0. So the per-hour prices on this page cover transcripts and summaries, and a team that needs reliable speaker labels should test that first.
Against Otter.ai, Fireflies and Granola at the same hours
| Plan | A seat a month: monthly / annual | Limit that matters | 5 seats a month, annual | Per meeting hour at the team’s volume | Speaker labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HyNote Pro Our pick | $11.99 / $6.66 | 1,200 minutes a seat | $33.33 | $0.33 | no (Plus and up) |
| HyNote Teams Our pick | $20 / $15 | Unlimited, 120 minutes a session | $75 | $0.38 | yes |
| Otter.ai Pro | $16.99 / $8.33 | 1,200 minutes a user, 90 minutes a meeting, up to 5 billed users | $41.65 | $0.42 | yes |
| Otter.ai Business | $30 list ($24 for the first 3 months) / $19.99 | Unlimited, 4 hours a meeting | $99.95 | $0.50 | yes |
| Fireflies Pro | $18 / $10 | Unlimited transcription and AI summaries, 8,000 minutes of storage a seat, 2-hour recording limit | $50 | $0.25 | not on the card |
| Fireflies Business | $29 / $19 | Unlimited storage, 3-hour recording limit | $95 | $0.48 | not on the card |
| Granola Business | $14 (no billing period printed) | Unlimited meeting notes and history | $70 | $0.35 | yes (speaker tagging) |
Up to the 20-hour line, HyNote Pro is the lowest cost in this table: $33.33 a month for five, against $41.65 for Otter.ai Pro billed annually and $50 for Fireflies Pro. Two things cut the other way. Otter.ai Pro includes speaker identification, which HyNote only adds on Plus at $54.16 a month, so for labelled notes Otter.ai Pro is $0.13 an hour cheaper at 100 hours. And Otter.ai Pro caps a workspace at 5 billed users, exactly this team; a sixth hire means Business.
Above the line, Fireflies Pro billed annually is the lower bill: $50 a month for five against $75 for HyNote Teams, $0.25 against $0.38 a meeting hour at 40 hours a person. Its limits are storage and length: 8,000 minutes stored a seat fills in about 3.3 months at 40 hours a month, and Pro records up to 2 hours a meeting. Granola Business at $70 sits between them.
Where search results get HyNote’s price wrong
We captured Google’s AI Overview and top results for “hynote pricing” on 24 and 27 October 2026 and checked each claim against HyNote’s own pages, read 27 October 2026.
| Search result or page says | What the pricing page shows |
|---|---|
| AI Overview, 24 October 2026, and HyNote’s own FAQ: annual billing saves about 45% | True for Pro (44.4%) and Plus (43.0%). Unlimited saves 36.6% and Teams, the team plan, 25.0% |
| AI Overview, 27 October 2026: four paid tiers, monthly or annual, with no minute limits listed | The minutes decide the plan for a team: Pro and Plus stop at 1,200 minutes, 20 hours, a seat a month; Unlimited and Teams have no monthly cap |
| AI Overview, 27 October 2026: mobile in-app prices may differ | Apple’s page, loaded 27 October 2026, lists in-app purchases without prices, so we could not check them. Every price here is the web price |
| yespress.io, 20 August 2026: Pro $79.99 a year, Plus $129.99, Unlimited $189.99, Teams $180 a seat | Matches the yearly prices on 27 October 2026 |
Which plan to pick
| If your team | Pick | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Records up to 20 hours a person a month and reads summaries, not speaker labels | HyNote Pro, billed yearly Our pick | $33.33 a month for five, $0.33 a meeting hour at 20 hours each. See HyNote plans |
| Records more than 20 hours a person and wants admin controls | HyNote Teams, billed yearly Our pick | $75 a month for five, $49.95 a year under five Unlimited seats |
| Needs speaker-labelled notes under 20 hours a person | Otter.ai Pro, billed annually | $41.65 a month for five with speaker identification, against $54.16 on HyNote Plus |
| Records 40 hours a person and only wants the lowest bill | Fireflies Pro, billed annually | $50 a month for five; watch the 8,000-minute storage a seat and 2-hour recordings |
| Will not commit to a year | HyNote Teams, billed monthly Our pick | $100 a month for five, against $124.95 for five Unlimited seats |
The tools on this page
HyNote Our pick
AI note taker for meetings, uploaded audio, PDFs, YouTube links and web pages. Pro is $11.99 a month or $79.99 a year with 1,200 transcription minutes a month; Plus adds real-time transcription and speaker identification; Unlimited removes the monthly cap; Teams is $20 a seat a month or $180 a seat a year, from 2 seats. Our full test is in HyNote review: what 1,200 minutes a month costs. Try HyNote.
Otter.ai
Meeting agent with live transcription and summaries. Pro is $16.99 a user a month billed monthly or $8.33 billed annually, with 1,200 minutes a user and up to 90 minutes a meeting; Business is $19.99 billed annually, with unlimited meetings up to 4 hours each.
Fireflies
Meeting recorder with unlimited transcription and AI summaries from its Pro plan, $18 a seat a month billed monthly or $10 billed annually. Pro stores 8,000 minutes a seat and records up to 2 hours; Business, $29 or $19, stores without limit and records up to 3 hours.
Granola
Bot-free AI notepad that captures device audio. Basic is free with limited meeting history; Business is $14 a user a month with unlimited notes and history, integrations and API access.
How we checked
Every price on this page was read on 27 October 2026 on the vendor’s own page in a rendered browser, in both billing states where the page has a toggle: HyNote’s pricing page and FAQ, Otter.ai, Fireflies and Granola. The meeting-hour figures assume the team uses the hours stated and nothing else; they are our arithmetic, not vendor quotes. The summary and speaker test is our own, run on 18 October 2026 on one 2-minute scripted recording, so it shows what the features do, not an accuracy rate. We did not test Otter.ai, Fireflies or Granola for this page. For the full category, see AI note takers compared, with scores and verified prices.
Questions people ask about HyNote pricing
How much does HyNote cost?
Pro is $11.99 a month or $79.99 a year, Plus $18.99 or $129.99, Unlimited $24.99 or $189.99, and Teams $20 a seat a month or $180 a seat a year with at least 2 seats. Free is $0. Read on hynote.ai/pricing, 27 October 2026.
How much does HyNote cost for a team of 5?
On yearly billing: $33.33 a month for five Pro seats, $54.16 for five Plus seats and $75 for 5 Teams seats. On monthly billing Teams is $100 a month. Our arithmetic on prices read 27 October 2026.
What does HyNote cost per meeting hour?
For 5 people recording 20 hours each a month, Pro billed yearly works out to $0.33 a meeting hour. Above 20 hours a person Pro and Plus run out of minutes; Teams billed yearly is $0.38 an hour at 40 hours a person.
Is HyNote Teams cheaper than five Unlimited seats?
Yes. Five Teams seats cost $900 a year against $949.95 for five Unlimited seats, $49.95 less, and Teams adds admin controls and team templates. Billed monthly the gap is $24.95 a month.
Do HyNote summaries use credits?
HyNote’s FAQ says credits pay for podcasts, slides and infographics: a short podcast uses 10, an 8-slide deck 20, an infographic 30. In our 18 October 2026 test, meeting minutes and a follow-up email ran on an account showing 0 AI credits.
Does HyNote have a free trial or refund?
The pricing page gives Pro, Plus and Unlimited a 7-day free trial; Teams shows a Buy Now button instead. HyNote’s FAQ offers a 7-day money-back guarantee on all paid plans.
Is HyNote cheaper than Otter or Fireflies for a team?
Up to 20 meeting hours a person a month, yes: five HyNote Pro seats billed yearly cost $33.33 a month against $41.65 for Otter Pro annual and $50 for Fireflies Pro annual. Above that, Fireflies Pro annual at $50 costs less than HyNote Teams at $75.
Related reading
- HyNote review: what 1,200 minutes a month costs
- AI note takers compared, with scores and verified prices
- Otter.ai alternatives and what each one costs
Sources
- HyNote pricing (monthly and annual), read 27 October 2026.
- HyNote FAQ (credits, refunds, cancellation), read 27 October 2026.
- Otter.ai pricing (monthly and annual), read 27 October 2026.
- Fireflies pricing (monthly and annual), read 27 October 2026.
- Granola pricing, read 27 October 2026.
- Our HyNote hands-on test, 18 October 2026: one uploaded 2-minute scripted meeting, Meeting Minutes and Follow Up Email templates.
- Google AI Overview and top results for “hynote pricing”, our captures, 24 October and 27 October 2026.
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