Tactiq is an AI meeting transcription tool that runs from a Chrome extension. It captures live captions during Google Meet, Zoom, and Microsoft Teams calls, then generates AI summaries, action items, and custom-prompt outputs once the meeting ends. No bot joins the call.
Pricing runs Free, Pro $8/user/month, Team $16.67/user/month, Business $29.17/user/month, and Enterprise on custom contracts when billed annually. Monthly billing is $12 Pro, $20 Team, and $40 Business. Tactiq’s pricing and Trust Center pages publish SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001:2022, GDPR, and HIPAA claims, with detailed documents available by Trust Center request.
The June 9, 2026 recheck also confirms Tactiq’s MCP beta and Claude Connector beta, while Tactiq’s dedicated MCP page positions transcripts as meeting context for Claude, Cursor, ChatGPT, Gemini, and other MCP clients.
System Verdict
Pick Tactiq when a bot cannot or should not join the meeting. The Chrome extension reads live captions client-side, so there is no named participant in the attendee list. That matters for investor updates, sensitive HR conversations, legal calls, and any workflow under NDA.
The free tier is unusually generous for the category. Ten transcripts a month with full AI summaries covers most founders and consultants without paying. The Pro tier at $8/user on annual is the cheapest unlimited transcription in the category.
Skip it for CRM-synced revenue intelligence. Fireflies and Gong win on Salesforce and HubSpot pipeline hooks. Skip it for cross-meeting memory at scale. Otter AI AI Chat is deeper. Skip it if your team runs Webex or Dialpad. Tactiq ships Meet, Zoom, and Teams only.
Who pays which tier: Free for up to 10 meetings a month, Pro $8/user annually for most individuals on unlimited transcription, Team $16.67/user annually for 1-20 person teams needing unlimited AI credits, Business $29.17/user annually for 20-200 person orgs wanting SAML SSO.
Key Facts
| Product type | Browser-extension AI meeting transcription |
| Supported platforms | Google Meet, Zoom, Microsoft Teams |
| Unsupported platforms | Webex, Dialpad, Riverside, phone calls |
| Delivery | Chrome extension, Edge add-on, Google Workspace Marketplace |
| Bot in room | No. Captions read client-side. |
| Audio recording | None. Transcript is text only. |
| Languages | 60+ with speaker identification |
| Compliance | SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001:2022, GDPR; pricing table also lists HIPAA compliant |
| MCP integration | Business tier MCP and Claude Connector betas; dedicated MCP page lists Claude, Cursor, ChatGPT, Gemini, and other MCP clients |
| Workflow integrations | Slack, Linear, HubSpot, Notion |
| Pricing (annual) | Free, Pro $8, Team $16.67, Business $29.17, Enterprise custom |
| Adoption signals claimed | 1m+ weekly meetings, 1,000,000+ Chrome extension users, 4.8 rating from 3,000+ Chrome Web Store reviews |
Every data point above was verified against vendor pages on 2026-06-12. See Sources.
What it actually is
One Chrome extension that rides along in your meeting tab. It reads the live caption track that Google Meet, Zoom, and Teams already produce, writes that to Tactiq’s cloud transcript, and post-processes with AI for summaries, action items, and custom prompts.
The no-bot design is the single biggest differentiator. Fireflies and Otter AI send a named participant (Fred, Otter Assistant) into the call. Tactiq does not. Attendees see no extra seat in the room, and no audio is recorded.
The moat is the privacy posture plus the free-tier generosity. The weakness is that browser-side caption capture depends on the host platform’s caption quality and does not work on Webex or phone calls. Anyone who leaves the three supported platforms cannot use Tactiq.
When to pick Tactiq
- You need meeting notes without a bot in the room. Legal, HR, investor, and NDA workflows often forbid named bot participants. Tactiq solves that cleanly.
- You transcribe under 10 meetings a month. The Free tier with 5 AI credits handles most solo founder and consultant workloads at $0.
- You want unlimited transcripts for under $10/user. Pro at $8/user annual is the cheapest unlimited plan in the category.
- You share summaries to Slack, Notion, or Linear. Native integrations push post-meeting outputs without glue.
- You are enterprise-compliance-sensitive. Tactiq publishes SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001:2022, GDPR, and HIPAA claims, with detailed documents available through Trust Center access.
- You use MCP or Claude workflows. The Business tier lists Tactiq MCP and Tactiq Claude Connector as beta features.
When to pick something else
- CRM-synced sales calls with pipeline context: Fireflies and Gong win on Salesforce and HubSpot revenue intelligence depth.
- Cross-meeting AI chat across a transcript library: Otter AI AI Chat and Fireflies AskFred both outrank Tactiq on library-wide recall.
- Webex, Dialpad, or phone calls: Tactiq covers Meet, Zoom, and Teams only. Fireflies adds Webex. Dedicated call-tracking tools cover PSTN.
- Full audio or video recordings for review: Tactiq does not record audio by design. Pick Grain, Fathom, or Fireflies Business for recorded playback.
- Mobile-first without a desktop browser: The Chrome extension is the primary entry point. Mobile-only users should prefer Otter AI.
Pricing
Subscription pricing via tactiq.io/buy. Annual billing saves up to 33% across paid tiers.
| Plan | Monthly | Annual (effective) | Transcripts | AI credits | Users | Notable |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | $0 | 10/mo | 5/mo | 1 | Full AI summaries, Ask Tactiq AI |
| Pro | $12/user | $8/user | Unlimited | 10/mo | 1 | Pause auto-transcription |
| Team | $20/user | $16.67/user | Unlimited | Unlimited | 1-20 | Most small teams land here |
| Business | $40/user | $29.17/user | Unlimited | Unlimited | 20-200 | SAML SSO, MCP beta, Claude Connector beta, advanced retention |
| Enterprise | Custom | Custom | Unlimited | Unlimited | 200+ | DPA, customizable SSO, CSM |
Prices verified 2026-06-12 via tactiq.io/buy. Free tier has no credit card requirement.
Against the alternatives
| Tactiq | Otter AI | Fireflies | Fathom | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bot in room | No | Yes | Yes (Fred) | Yes |
| Audio recording | None | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Platforms | Meet, Zoom, Teams | Meet, Zoom, Teams | Meet, Zoom, Teams, Webex | Meet, Zoom, Teams |
| Free tier | 10 meetings/mo | 300 min/mo | 800 min total | Unlimited basic |
| Cheapest paid tier (annual) | $8/user | $8.33/user | $10/user | $24/user |
| CRM sync | HubSpot | HubSpot, Salesforce | Salesforce, HubSpot, Pipedrive | Salesforce, HubSpot |
| MCP | Beta (Business) | No | No | No |
| Best viewed as | No-bot privacy pick | Cross-meeting library | Revenue intelligence | Unlimited free recorder |
Failure modes
- Transcription quality tracks host-platform captions. Bad Meet captions produce a bad Tactiq transcript. There is no independent audio channel to fall back on.
- No audio or video recording. If you need playback to review tone, objections, or who said what, Tactiq cannot provide it. Pick Fireflies or Grain.
- Chrome extension only for primary use. Mobile meetings and desktop apps that bypass the browser do not capture.
- Free-tier AI credits are tight. Five AI summaries a month means heavy Free users hit the cap fast and must upgrade to keep using AI features.
- Pro tier still has a 10-credit cap. Unlimited transcripts at $8/user, but advanced AI actions on Pro stop at 10/mo. Unlimited AI requires Team.
- Webex and phone calls are not supported. Teams using Cisco Webex, Dialpad, or any PSTN workflow get zero Tactiq coverage.
- MCP and Claude Connector are Business-tier betas. Solo users wanting Tactiq context in downstream AI workflows cannot access those beta features without a Business plan.
- No bot means nothing in the attendee list. Some compliance workflows require visible evidence that the meeting was recorded. Tactiq does not provide that trail on the attendee view. Ensure consent language in the meeting invite covers it.
Methodology
This page was produced by the aipedia.wiki editorial pipeline, an automated system that ingests vendor documentation, verifies pricing and feature details against primary sources, and generates the editorial analysis you are reading. No individual human wrote this review. Scoring follows the four-dimension rubric at /about/scoring/ (Utility x Value x Moat x Longevity, unweighted average). Last verified 2026-06-12 against tactiq.io/buy, tactiq.io, Tactiq MCP, and Tactiq’s Trust Center help page.
FAQ
Is Tactiq free? Yes. The Free plan includes 10 transcripts a month, 5 AI credits, and AI-generated insights at $0 with no credit card. Pro at $8/user (annual) removes the transcript cap. Verified via tactiq.io/buy.
Does Tactiq send a bot to my meetings? No. Tactiq is a Chrome extension that reads the live caption track inside your meeting tab. No named participant is added to the call, and no audio is recorded. That is the product’s single biggest differentiator against Otter AI and Fireflies.
Which meeting platforms does Tactiq support? Google Meet, Zoom, and Microsoft Teams. Webex, Dialpad, Riverside, and phone calls are not supported. Fireflies covers Webex if that matters.
Does Tactiq record audio or video? No. Tactiq captures text transcripts only. Workflows that need playback should use Fireflies Business, Grain, or Fathom.
How many languages does Tactiq support? 60+ languages with speaker identification, pulled from the host platform’s live caption system.
Is Tactiq HIPAA and SOC 2 compliant? Tactiq publishes SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001:2022, and GDPR materials through its Trust Center, and the pricing comparison table lists HIPAA compliant. Buyers in regulated environments should request Trust Center access and confirm any DPA or BAA needs before rollout.
Does Tactiq have MCP? Yes, on the Business tier as a beta. The same Business tier also lists a Tactiq Claude Connector beta. Tactiq’s MCP page says the server gives Claude, Cursor, and AI agents access to meeting transcripts and also lists ChatGPT, Gemini, and any MCP-compatible client.
Sources
- Tactiq Pricing: current tiers, transcript caps, AI credits, annual and monthly prices, enterprise features
- Tactiq main site: product positioning, platform support, adoption claims, workflow integrations
- Tactiq MCP: MCP meeting-context surface for Claude, Cursor, ChatGPT, Gemini, and other MCP clients
- Tactiq Trust Center help: Trust Center access process and listed compliance materials
Review History
- 2026-04-17: New page. Pricing and features verified against tactiq.io.
- 2026-05-10: Refreshed pricing source from redirected /pricing to canonical /buy; reverified monthly/annual pricing, MCP/Claude beta status, Trust Center claims, platform support, and adoption signals.
- 2026-05-13: Reverified all pricing, transcript caps, AI credits, MCP/Claude Connector beta status, and compliance claims against tactiq.io/buy. No material changes.
- 2026-06-09: Reverified Free/Pro/Team/Business/Enterprise pricing, corrected Business annual effective price to $29.17/user/month, refreshed Business MCP/Claude Connector beta guidance, and added Tactiq MCP source context.
