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BrightHire is the best Metaview alternative for most recruiting teams because it was built for structured hiring, with coaching and scorecard notes that land in the ATS. Fireflies.ai is the best low-cost alternative for small teams that mainly need clean transcripts and summaries at a low per-seat price.
- Metaview Notetaker Pro costs $60 per user per month, so a cheaper notetaker can cut the bill fast for a team that only needs transcripts.
- BrightHire is the only tool here built first for hiring, with structured interview guidance, scorecards and interviewer coaching.
- Fireflies.ai and Otter.ai are the cheapest paid starting points, at $10 and $8.33 per user per month on annual billing.
- Gong and BrightHire hide prices behind a quote, so budget for a sales call and a platform fee first.
- Read AI and Supernormal meter by meetings or credits, which suits uneven interview volume.
- Avoma only becomes a real hiring tool once you add its $29 per seat Conversation Intelligence add-on.
A recruiting team should look for scorecard-ready notes, ATS integration and candidate consent controls first, because a plain transcript does not finish the hiring job. Metaview won teams over by writing notes in the scorecard format and pushing them to Greenhouse, Ashby or Lever. Any replacement must do the same, or recruiters will paste notes by hand. Check that the tool joins Zoom, Google Meet and Microsoft Teams, since interviews now happen across all three. Ask whether it records without a visible bot, because some candidates find a bot in the call off-putting. Finally, check data retention and where recordings are stored, since candidate data carries stricter rules than sales call data in many regions.
The right tool depends on how many interviews you run and what kind they are. A team running a few screens a week needs a cheap notetaker, while a team running structured panels needs scorecards and coaching.
| Hiring pattern |
Best fit |
Why it fits |
| Under 50 interviews a month, mostly screens |
Fireflies.ai |
Low per-seat price and fast summaries |
| Under 50 interviews a month, tight budget |
Otter.ai |
Cheapest paid plan and a free tier |
| 50 to 200 interviews a month, structured panels |
BrightHire |
Scorecards, coaching and ATS notes |
| 50 to 200 interviews a month, mixed meetings |
Read AI |
Per-user price with unlimited transcripts on Pro |
| Over 200 interviews a month, high volume |
HireLogic |
Transcript analysis priced by the month |
| Sales and recruiting in one team |
Gong or Avoma |
Conversation intelligence across both kinds of calls |
| Light, uneven volume |
Supernormal |
Credit bundles shared across the team |
A team of 10 recruiters running 200 interviews a month would pay $600 a month for Metaview Notetaker Pro at $60 per user per month. Fireflies.ai Pro on annual billing costs $100 a month for the same 10 seats, a saving of $500 a month. Otter.ai Pro costs about $83 a month for 10 seats. Read AI Pro costs $150 a month for 10 seats. Avoma Startup plus its Conversation Intelligence add-on costs $480 a month for 10 seats at $48 each. HireLogic at the third-party reported $69 a month is a flat monthly figure rather than a per-seat price, so it stays at $69 whether 5 or 15 people use it, though you should confirm the plan limits with the vendor. BrightHire and Gong are quote only, and third-party reports put BrightHire near $15,000 a year for a small team, so expect a far higher bill than any per-seat tool here. Supernormal Team costs $20 a month for a shared 50-credit bundle, but the credit cost per interview is not published.
Most tools in this list connect to an ATS, but the depth varies a lot, so test it with your own ATS before you buy. BrightHire and HireLogic were built around the ATS record, and BrightHire pushes structured notes into Greenhouse, Lever, Ashby, Workday, Gem and iCIMS. Fireflies.ai connects to Greenhouse and Lever and exports notes in several formats. Otter.ai connects to common work tools but is weaker on hiring-specific scorecard fields. Avoma offers API access on the Organization plan. Read AI offers premium integrations on Pro, plus webhooks. Ask each vendor for a live demo using your scorecard template.
What about candidate consent and privacy?
Candidate consent and privacy matter more in hiring than in other meeting notes use, because interview recordings hold personal data about job seekers. Tell candidates before the interview that it will be recorded, and get written consent where your local law requires it. Illinois requires written consent before AI analysis of a video interview, and New York City Local Law 144 requires bias audits and candidate notice for automated hiring tools. Check where each vendor stores recordings and whether you can delete a candidate record on request. BrightHire publishes a third-party bias audit and enterprise security controls, which helps with legal review. Gong and Avoma offer enterprise controls such as SSO and retention policies on higher tiers. Otter.ai has faced a class action over recording consent, so read its consent settings with care.
| Tool |
Starting price |
Free plan |
Best for |
ATS and scorecards |
| Fireflies.ai |
$10 per user per month, annual |
Yes, limited |
Low-cost transcripts |
Good, via integrations and Zapier |
| Otter.ai |
$8.33 per user per month, annual |
Yes, 300 minutes a month |
Budget transcription |
Basic, no scorecard builder |
| Gong |
Quote only, third-party reported $1,300 to $1,600 per user per year plus fee |
No |
Large sales plus recruiting teams |
Sales CRM first |
| Avoma |
$19 per user per month, annual |
No, 14-day trial |
Scheduling plus notes |
Good on higher tiers, add-on needed |
| BrightHire |
Quote only, third-party reported about $15,000 per year |
No |
Structured hiring |
Strongest, built for hiring |
| HireLogic |
$69 per month, third-party reported |
Yes, third-party reported |
Transcript analysis |
Strong, analysis of ATS interviews |
| Read AI |
$15 per user per month, annual |
Yes, 5 meetings a month |
Meeting analytics |
Good, premium integrations on Pro |
| Supernormal |
$20 per month, shared credits |
Yes, 15 credits a month |
Light, uneven volume |
Basic, no scorecard flow |
Quick comparison
| Tool | Best for | Starting price | Free plan |
|---|
 Fireflies.ai | Small recruiting teams that need low-cost transcripts and summaries | $10 per user per month billed annually ($18 billed monthly) | Free plan with limited storage and basic transcription and summaries |
 Otter.ai | Budget teams that need simple transcription for screens and debriefs | $8.33 per user per month billed annually ($16.99 billed monthly) | Basic free plan with 300 transcription minutes a month |
 Gong | Large teams that already use Gong for sales and want one conversation platform | Quote only; third-party reported about $1,300 to $1,600 per user per year plus a $5,000 to $50,000 annual platform fee | No free plan and no free trial published |
 Avoma | Teams that want scheduling, recording and conversation intelligence in one tool | $19 per user per month billed annually ($29 billed monthly) | No free plan; 14-day free trial of the Organization plan with all add-ons |
 BrightHire | Structured hiring programmes with panels, scorecards and interviewer coaching | Quote only; third-party reported about $15,000 per year for a small team | No free plan published; pricing is quoted after a demo |
 HireLogic | Teams that want interview transcript analysis without per-seat billing | $69 per month, third-party reported | Free version available, third-party reported; free trial also listed |
 Read AI | Teams with uneven interview volume that need meeting analytics and engagement scores | $15 per user per month billed annually ($19.75 billed monthly) | Free plan with 5 meetings a month, each up to 1 hour |
 Supernormal | Small teams with light, uneven volume that want shared credits instead of per-seat billing | $20 per month for the Team plan, a shared 50-credit bundle | Free plan with 15 credits a month, capped at 5 credits a day |
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#1Fireflies.ai
Best for: Small recruiting teams that need low-cost transcripts and summaries4.7/5 on
G2 (754 reviews, checked Oct 2026)
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Starting price$10 per user per month billed annually ($18 billed monthly)
Free planFree plan with limited storage and basic transcription and summaries
Fireflies.ai joins scheduled calls as a visible bot, transcribes them and writes AI summaries that recruiters can search across candidates. Pro at $10 per user per month on annual billing adds advanced exporting, Zapier and audio file transcription. Business at $19 adds conversation intelligence, team analytics and video recording. It has no hiring-specific scorecard builder, so scorecard fields must be handled in the ATS or by export.
What we like- Lowest per-seat price among the general notetakers here, wide integration set, searchable transcripts across meetings
Watch out for- Free tier was tightened in September 2026, so new accounts get only 3 transcriptions without calendar auto-join
#2Otter.ai
Best for: Budget teams that need simple transcription for screens and debriefs4.4/5 on
G2 (505 reviews, checked Oct 2026)
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Starting price$8.33 per user per month billed annually ($16.99 billed monthly)
Free planBasic free plan with 300 transcription minutes a month
Otter.ai is the cheapest paid tool in this list, with Pro at $8.33 per user per month on annual billing and Business at $19.99. The free Basic plan gives 300 minutes a month. Pro raises the limit to 1,200 minutes a month and 90 minutes per meeting, while Business removes the meeting minute cap and allows 4-hour meetings and 3 concurrent meetings. It lacks the structured interview scorecards that BrightHire and Metaview provide, so it fits teams that treat the transcript as a record and keep scoring in the ATS.
What we like- Cheapest paid plan in this list, simple interface, unlimited meetings on Business
Watch out for- Pro is capped at 5 billed users, so a team of 6 or more must buy Business at $19.99 per user per month
#3Gong
Best for: Large teams that already use Gong for sales and want one conversation platform4.7/5 on
G2 (6,679 reviews, checked Oct 2026)
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Starting priceQuote only; third-party reported about $1,300 to $1,600 per user per year plus a $5,000 to $50,000 annual platform fee
Free planNo free plan and no free trial published
Gong is a revenue intelligence platform that records, transcribes and analyses calls, and it can serve recruiting when a company already pays for it on the sales side. Its pricing is quote only, and third-party reports put core licences at roughly $1,300 to $1,600 per user per year, plus a mandatory platform fee reported between $5,000 and $50,000 a year and implementation fees from $7,500. One source reports a flat $50,000 platform fee in early 2025, which conflicts with that range, so get the fee in writing. It has no free plan and no monthly billing. For recruiting alone it is hard to justify, but for a team that already runs Gong for sales, adding recruiters avoids a second tool.
What we like- Strongest conversation analytics in this list, deep coaching and deal insight, wide enterprise controls
Watch out for- No published price and a mandatory platform fee make it the most costly option here for a recruiting-only team
#4Avoma
Best for: Teams that want scheduling, recording and conversation intelligence in one tool4.6/5 on
G2 (1,364 reviews, checked Oct 2026)
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Starting price$19 per user per month billed annually ($29 billed monthly)
Free planNo free plan; 14-day free trial of the Organization plan with all add-ons
Avoma records and transcribes meetings, writes AI notes and adds scheduling, which suits recruiters who book many interviews. Startup costs $19 per user per month on annual billing and covers up to 25 paid seats. The headline price is misleading for hiring, because scorecards, coaching and topic tracking sit in the Conversation Intelligence add-on at $29 per seat per month, taking a Startup seat to $48 a month. Some sources list the Organization plan at $24 per user per month on annual billing while Avoma itself lists $29, so confirm the figure before you sign. Avoma has no free plan, but its 14-day trial needs no credit card.
What we like- Only recorder seats are paid, so viewers and collaborators are free on every tier
Watch out for- The Conversation Intelligence add-on that holds scorecards and coaching costs an extra $29 per seat per month
#5
BrightHire
Best for: Structured hiring programmes with panels, scorecards and interviewer coaching
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Starting priceQuote only; third-party reported about $15,000 per year for a small team
Free planNo free plan published; pricing is quoted after a demo
BrightHire created the interview intelligence category for hiring, and it remains the closest direct replacement for Metaview on hiring features. It joins Zoom, Meet or Teams interviews, records and transcribes them, drafts scorecard notes and surfaces coaching insights such as talk ratio and question consistency. It connects to Lever, Ashby, Workday, Gem and iCIMS. BrightHire publishes no price, and third-party benchmarks put small teams near $15,000 a year, scaling past $100,000 a year for enterprise use. Zoom acquired BrightHire in December 2025, and it now runs as a standalone brand inside Zoom Workplace, so ask how the roadmap and support will change.
What we like- Built first for hiring, with structured interview guidance, scorecards and coaching, plus a third-party bias audit
Watch out for- No published price and no free tier, so small teams cannot try it without a sales process
#6
HireLogic
Best for: Teams that want interview transcript analysis without per-seat billing
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Starting price$69 per month, third-party reported
Free planFree version available, third-party reported; free trial also listed
HireLogic analyses interview transcripts to surface hiring intent, topics and interviewer disagreement, with a what-if tool that shows how each interviewer score changes the outcome. Its own description prices the service at $2 per interview, which conflicts with the $69 per month starting price in third-party listings, so ask the vendor which model applies to your volume. It listens to interviews on Zoom, Teams, Google Meet, phone and VoIP, and it can also analyse intake, reference and exit interviews. It does not record calls itself, so it works best on transcripts you already have.
What we like- Flat monthly price rather than per-seat billing, interviewer disagreement flags and what-if score analysis
Watch out for- The vendor publishes no pricing page, so the $69 figure comes from third-party listings and must be confirmed with the vendor
#7
Read AI
Best for: Teams with uneven interview volume that need meeting analytics and engagement scores
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Starting price$15 per user per month billed annually ($19.75 billed monthly)
Free planFree plan with 5 meetings a month, each up to 1 hour
Read AI records meetings and writes reports with engagement scores, sentiment and talk-time data, which helps hiring managers spot one-sided interviews. Pro costs $15 per user per month on annual billing and gives unlimited meeting transcripts, 4-hour meetings and 100 file-upload minutes a month. Enterprise at $22.50 per user per month on annual billing adds audio and video playback, video highlights and 200 upload minutes. The free plan covers 5 meetings a month, but reports shared with you count toward that limit.
What we like- Engagement scores, sentiment and talk-time analytics, plus a free tier for light use
Watch out for- Free plan counts shared reports against the 5-meeting limit, and video playback needs the Enterprise tier
#8
Supernormal
Best for: Small teams with light, uneven volume that want shared credits instead of per-seat billing
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Starting price$20 per month for the Team plan, a shared 50-credit bundle
Free planFree plan with 15 credits a month, capped at 5 credits a day
Supernormal records meetings without a bot and turns them into notes and documents, with shared credits that the whole team can use. Team costs $20 a month for 50 credits, and Business costs $40 a month for the same 50 credits plus SSO, audit logs and data retention controls. Older per-user prices are outdated under the current credit model. The credit model suits a team where only a few people record interviews, but the vendor does not publish the credit cost per interview.
What we like- Bot-free recording on Google Meet, shared credits across unlimited seats, credit rollover
Watch out for- No published rate card for what each meeting costs in credits, so a busy month can be hard to forecast
Frequently asked questions
Is BrightHire a direct replacement for Metaview?
Yes, BrightHire is the closest direct replacement for Metaview on hiring features. It records interviews, writes scorecard notes, coaches interviewers and pushes notes into the ATS, which matches the core Metaview workflow. The main difference is price and access, since BrightHire publishes no price and needs a demo and quote, while Metaview lists Notetaker Pro at $60 per user per month.
Which Metaview alternative is cheapest for a small recruiting team?
Otter.ai Pro is the cheapest paid starting point here at $8.33 per user per month on annual billing, with Fireflies.ai Pro next at $10. Both have free tiers, though Otter.ai caps Pro at 5 billed users, so a team of 6 or more must move to Business at $19.99. HireLogic at a third-party reported $69 a month can be cheaper for a larger team, since it is a flat monthly figure rather than a per-seat price.
Do I need scorecards, or is a transcript enough?
A transcript is enough when one recruiter runs screens and writes the hiring note by hand, but scorecards matter once panels and structured interviews are involved. Scorecards keep every interviewer rating the same skills, and they make debriefs faster and fairer. BrightHire handles scorecards directly, while Fireflies.ai, Otter.ai and Read AI need the ATS or an export to hold the score.
Can I use Gong or Avoma for recruiting if my company already pays for sales?
Yes, if your company already pays for Gong or Avoma on the sales side, adding recruiters can save a second bill and a second login. Gong suits large teams that already run revenue intelligence, while Avoma suits teams that want scheduling and notes together. Check add-on costs first, since Avoma scorecards need the $29 per seat Conversation Intelligence add-on, and Gong licences plus its platform fee are priced for sales teams.
What should I check before I switch from Metaview?
Check three things before you switch. First, test the ATS integration with your own scorecard template and confirm notes land on the candidate record. Second, confirm the real monthly cost for your seat count and volume, including add-ons, platform fees and credit limits. Third, check consent, retention and deletion controls, and tell candidates before each interview that it will be recorded.
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- https://fireflies.ai/pricing
- https://otter.ai/pricing
- https://www.gong.io
- https://www.avoma.com/blog/fathom-alternatives
- https://brighthire.ai
- https://www.hirelogic.com
- https://www.read.ai/plans-pricing
- https://supernormal.com/pricing
- https://www.metaview.ai/pricing
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