Tactiq

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 $29.16/user/month, and Enterprise on custom contracts (all annual). Tactiq is SOC 2 Type II certified and ISO 27001 compliant.

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 for most individuals on unlimited transcription, Team $16.67/user for 1-20 person teams needing unlimited AI credits, Business $29.16/user for 20-200 person orgs wanting SAML SSO and MCP, Enterprise for 200+ with DPA and custom SSO.

Key Facts

Every data point above was verified against vendor pages on 2026-04-17. 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. SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, GDPR, and HIPAA coverage ship in-product.
• You use MCP and want meeting context in Claude or Cursor. The Business tier beta exposes Tactiq transcripts via MCP.

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/pricing. Annual billing saves roughly 30-40% across paid tiers.

Prices verified 2026-04-17 via tactiq.io/pricing. Free tier has no credit card requirement.

Against the alternatives

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 integration is Business-tier and beta. Solo users wanting Tactiq context in Claude or Cursor cannot access MCP without a 20-seat Business commitment.
• 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 2026-04-17 against tactiq.io/pricing and tactiq.io.

FAQ

Is Tactiq free? Yes. The Free plan includes 10 transcripts a month, 5 AI credits, and full Ask Tactiq AI access at $0 with no credit card. Pro at $8/user (annual) removes the transcript cap. Verified via tactiq.io/pricing.

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? Yes. Tactiq publishes SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001 certifications, plus GDPR and HIPAA coverage. Business and Enterprise tiers add DPA and customizable SSO.

Does Tactiq have MCP? Yes, on the Business tier as a beta. That exposes Tactiq transcripts to MCP-compatible tools like Claude Desktop and Cursor.

Sources

• Tactiq Pricing: current tiers, transcript caps, AI credits, enterprise features
• Tactiq main site: product positioning, platform support, compliance posture

Related

• Category: AI Notes
• Alternatives: Otter AI · Fireflies

Review History

• 2026-04-17: New page. Pricing and features verified against tactiq.io.

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