An AI meeting recorder that makes recording, transcribing, and summarizing meetings effortless.
tl;dv (short for "Too Long; Didn't View") is an AI meeting recorder, founded in 2020 by Raphael Allstadt, Carlo Thissen, and Allan Bettarel in Aachen, Germany. It records, transcribes, and summarizes calls on Zoom, Google Meet, and Microsoft Teams.
The company says it's used by over 2 million people. tl;dv has leaned into privacy and security positioning specifically, partnering with Anthropic for its AI processing and highlighting EU data hosting, GDPR compliance, and alignment with the EU AI Act.
The most common use case is recording client or team calls and reviewing them later without sitting through the full video. tl;dv transcribes and translates across 30+ languages and lets you jump directly to key moments instead of scrubbing through footage.
A consultant working with international clients uses tl;dv to record a call in Spanish and get an English transcript automatically. A solo founder who forgot to take notes on a discovery call searches the transcript afterward for the exact detail a prospect mentioned, rather than rewatching the whole recording.
On paid plans, tl;dv can also auto-fill CRM fields, draft follow-up emails based on what was discussed, and generate aggregated reports across multiple meetings, useful for spotting a pattern across several client calls rather than reviewing them one by one.
No storage cap and no time-based limit on the free plan for recording and transcribing calls. This is a genuinely generous baseline compared to competitors that cap free-tier minutes, though the AI layer on top is far more restricted.
Transcribes and translates across 30+ languages, including English, Spanish, German, Japanese, and Korean. Useful for solo founders taking calls with clients or collaborators who don't share a primary language.
tl;dv can analyze several calls at once and surface trends, like common objections across a week of sales calls, rather than summarizing one meeting at a time. This is a paid-tier feature, not available on Free.
Automatically logs call notes and outcomes into your CRM, and drafts follow-up emails based on what was actually discussed. Meant to remove post-call admin entirely, but only unlocked on Pro and above.
tl;dv processes meeting data using Anthropic's models, with metadata anonymized and content processed in randomized chunks as a stated privacy measure. Relevant if client data privacy is a real concern for your business.
Solo founders and consultants who want a genuinely free, unlimited recording archive, especially those working across languages who need translation built in. Sales-led solo operators on paid plans who want CRM auto-fill after every call.
Small teams wanting sales coaching and playbook analysis, though that specific value lives on the Business tier and is priced per seat, well beyond what a true one-person operation typically needs.
Unlimited recordings, 30+ language transcription and translation, no-bot-required recording, high-quality video and audio capture, 3-hour maximum length per recording or upload
AI-generated summaries, custom AI prompts and note templates, multi-meeting aggregated insights and reports, action item generation
Zapier connectivity to 5,000+ tools, CRM sync with HubSpot, Salesforce, and Pipedrive, Slack integration, Notion integration
Playbook adherence tracking, objection handling analysis, curated coaching clips for new hires, team-wide performance analytics
SOC 2 compliance, GDPR compliance, EU data hosting, EU AI Act alignment, end-to-end encryption, privately hosted AI available on request
Free Plan: Unlimited recordings and transcription across 30+ languages, no bot required to join calls. AI summaries are capped at 10 total for the lifetime of the account, not per month. Recordings reportedly auto-delete after roughly 3 months, and most integrations are locked behind paid tiers.
Pro — approximately $18/month (billed annually) / roughly $29/month (month-to-month): Everything in Free, plus unlimited AI summaries, custom AI prompts and templates, CRM integration (HubSpot, Salesforce, Pipedrive), global meeting search, and 5,000+ app integrations via Zapier. This is the plan most solo founders would actually need once the 10 free summaries run out.
Business — approximately $59/month (billed annually): Everything in Pro, plus AI sales coaching, playbook adherence tracking, advanced CRM field mapping, and team-wide analytics. Overkill for most one-person operations.
Enterprise: Custom pricing — not relevant for most readers of this page.
Annual vs. Monthly: Annual billing reportedly saves up to 40%, though independent sources disagree meaningfully on the exact monthly rate for both Pro and Business. Confirm the current monthly figure directly on tl;dv's pricing page before committing.
If You Cancel: No clear data export policy was found for transcripts or recordings if you downgrade or cancel. Treat anything stored in tl;dv as living there, not portable, until confirmed otherwise.
⚠️ Worth knowing: the free plan's 10 AI summaries don't reset monthly. Once they're gone, you're back to reading raw transcripts. A 3-hour cap on any single recording or upload applies to every plan, including Enterprise.
Prices last verified August 2026 from third-party sources; tl;dv's official pricing page blocks automated access, so figures above should be confirmed directly before subscribing.
If you're currently taking notes manually during calls, tl;dv replaces that habit directly. For that specific job, it competes with Fireflies, Fathom, and Otter.ai.
It sits alongside your CRM rather than replacing it, feeding call notes and outcomes into HubSpot, Salesforce, or Pipedrive automatically on paid plans instead of substituting for one. It also sits alongside a screen recorder like Loom, since tl;dv is built for live meetings, not solo async video.
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