The Read AI alternative without upload credits
Read AI's free plan covers 5 meetings a month of up to an hour, and uploads start on Pro at 100 minutes a month. Scriptivox transcribes uploads with no monthly cap on Pro, in more than 100 languages, and joins your Zoom, Meet and Teams calls too.
Scriptivox vs Read AI
What each one gives you, side by side.
| Scriptivox | Read AI | |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | ||
| Free plan | 3 files a day, up to 30 minutes each | 5 meetings a month, up to 1 hour each; no file uploads |
| Cheapest paid plan | ||
| Cheapest paid plan | Pro: $20/month, or $10/month billed yearly | Pro: $19.75/month per user, or $15/month billed yearly |
| How much it transcribes | ||
| How much it transcribes | Pro: no daily or monthly cap, files up to 10 hours | Pro: unlimited meetings up to 4 hours, 100 upload minutes a month |
| Transcription languages | ||
| Transcription languages | 100+, detected for you | 36; mixed-language meetings not fully supported |
| Speaker labels | ||
| Speaker labels | Yes, on every plan | Yes (uploads show Speaker 1, Speaker 2 until you rename them) |
| Transcript exports | ||
| Transcript exports | PDF, DOCX, TXT, SRT, VTT, CSV | Transcript and summary as TXT; video as MP4 on Enterprise |
| Meeting assistant | ||
| Meeting assistant | Yes: Zoom, Google Meet and Microsoft Teams, with calendar auto-record | Yes: Zoom, Google Meet and Microsoft Teams |
| API | ||
| API | Yes | Yes, on every plan |
| File size | ||
| File size | Up to 5 GB per file | MP4 or M4A, up to 5 GB per file |
Read AI details are from its own pages, checked on October 27, 2026. Sources: Read AI pricing, Read AI languages (help center), Read AI uploads (help center), Read AI downloads (help center), Read AI API and MCP (help center).
Why people switch from Read AI to Scriptivox
Upload without buying minutes
Read AI Free has no uploads, Pro includes 100 upload minutes a month, and extra minutes cost $0.04 each. Scriptivox Free transcribes 3 files a day, and Pro has no daily or monthly cap.
More than 100 languages
Read AI supports 36 languages and says meetings that mix languages are not fully supported. Scriptivox transcribes more than 100 languages and detects the language for you.
Documents and subtitles, not just text files
Read AI downloads transcripts as TXT. Scriptivox exports transcripts as PDF, DOCX, TXT or CSV, and subtitles as SRT or VTT.
When Read AI may suit you better
- Read AI goes beyond meetings: it also summarizes email and messages, coaches you on how you run meetings, and has Windows, Mac, Android and iOS apps.
- Its API and MCP server are on every plan, Free included, and Pro connects to Salesforce, HubSpot, Notion, Jira and Confluence.
Switching takes a few minutes
Download what you have in Read AI
Read AI lets you download a report's transcript and recap as text files, and the video as MP4 on Enterprise plans.
Upload your recordings to Scriptivox
Pick the language or let Scriptivox detect it, and turn on speaker recognition.
Add your meetings
Connect your calendar so the assistant records the calls you choose.
Scriptivox and Read AI: common questions
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