$ notabium --new

A quieter
notetaker.

Notabium listens during calls, lectures, and quiet desk hours, transcribing as you speak, surfacing what mattered later. The second pair of ears in the room.

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// 01 · modes

Three workflows, one quiet app.

Take notes locally. Record a meeting and send the link. Or schedule a bot for a call you cannot attend. You pick the mode, per meeting.

01 free

local_notes

Sona records on your machine and transcribes locally. No bot in the call. No audio uploaded. Your library lives on your laptop.

02 pro

share_link

Record audio, screen, and camera. Generate a watchable link with transcript and AI summary attached. Like Loom for meetings already happening.

03 pro+

bot_mode

Cannot make a meeting? Schedule a Notabium recorder. It joins, identifies itself, captures the call, and delivers the recording to your library.

// 02 · manifesto

The best tools give your attention back.

Every meeting, lecture, and quiet thought you have ever had has slipped through your fingers. Notabium is the second pair of ears in the room. It listens, transcribes, and quietly understands what mattered, so you can find it again three weeks later, when you need it.

01Stay present

The product fades into the background. You stay in the conversation.

02Earn trust

Recordings are encrypted on device. Yours, end to end. Always.

03Be precise

Speakers labelled. Timestamps exact. No padded summaries.

04Quietly useful

The right note finds you, three weeks later, the moment you need it.

// 03 · features

What it actually does.

Nine capabilities across free, Pro, and Pro+. Pick the tier for the workflow you want. Everything runs on your machine by default.

01FREE

Live transcription

Watches your call. Labels who said what. Tabular timecodes. Runs locally on Parakeet v3 or Whisper. Real time on Apple Silicon.

02FREE

Auto detect

Idle daemon watches your calendar plus audio devices. The moment a meeting starts, a small overlay asks if you want to record.

03FREE

Encrypted on device

Audio stays on your machine. No cloud round trip required. Cloud features stay opt in, per meeting, per feature.

04PRO

AI summary

Local Qwen3, your own API key, or hosted Claude. Six templates and custom routing. 100 hosted credits a month on Pro.

05PRO

Shareable recordings

Record screen, camera, and audio. Upload with one click. The link plays the video with synced transcript and AI summary attached.

06PRO

Three weeks later search

Ask Notabium what was decided. It finds the moment, not the file. Search across your whole library, instantly.

07PRO+

Bot mode

Paste a meeting URL. A Notabium recorder joins on your behalf, identifies itself, and delivers the recording. 20 bot hours a month.

08PRO+

Custom share branding

Your logo and accent on every share page. Powered by Notabium footer removable on Team.

09FREE

Chrome extension

Detects meeting URLs in your browser. Adds a record button to Zoom, Meet, and Teams web. Falls back to tab audio on locked down laptops.

// 04 · comparison

Three categories. One library.

Most tools force a single workflow. Bot only, share only, or notes only. Notabium gives you all three. Same app, same history, one subscription.

otter, fireflies, read granola, meetily loom, vimeo record notabium
Local recording, no bot × ×
Shareable video links cloud only ×
Bot mode for unattended meetings × × ✓ (pro+)
Audio stays on device by default × ×
Free unlimited transcription 300 min/mo n/a
Trial requires card yes yes yes no
Pro starts at $17 / mo $10-18 / mo $15 / mo $8 / mo
// 05 · pricing

Free to record. $8 to summarise.

Recording and transcription stay free, forever. AI summary, video sharing, and bot mode unlock with Pro and Pro+. Fourteen day trial, no credit card.

// free
$0
forever · personal use
  • Local recording, mic + system
  • Local transcription, unlimited
  • Auto detect meetings
  • 25 transcript share links / month
  • Chrome extension
  • Search across your library
  • AI summaries
  • Video share links
  • Bot mode
download
// pro+
$16/ mo
$192 yearly. $24 monthly.
save $96 · 14-day trial, no card
  • Everything in pro
  • Bot mode, 20 hours / month
  • 500 hosted credits / month
  • Unlimited video retention
  • Custom branding on share pages
  • Advanced share analytics
  • Recurring bot schedules
  • Priority email support
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// team
$20/ seat / mo
3+ seats · annual
everything in pro+
  • Everything in pro+
  • Shared template library
  • Admin dashboard
  • SSO / SAML
  • Audit logs
  • Per-org retention policies
  • Org-wide video library
  • Slack channel support
talk_to_us →

enterprise · self-hosted + saml + sla · talk_to_us · 30-day money back on all plans

// notabium.config
product"notabium"
surfaces["night", "paper"]
audio"stays on device"
trial14 days, no card
pricing$0 / $8 / $16 / $20-seat
refund30 days, no questions
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// 06 · faq

The honest answers.

Does Notabium join my meeting as a bot?

Only if you turn on Pro+ bot mode and explicitly schedule one. By default, Notabium is a desktop app that captures audio locally. No bot, no participant added. The bot is opt in and always identifies itself when used.

How does auto detect work?

Notabium runs quietly in the background under 100 MB of RAM. When a meeting is about to start, based on your calendar, your audio device flipping into call mode, or a meeting URL opening in your browser, a small overlay asks if you want to record. One click and it starts.

Where is my audio processed?

By default, fully on your device. Transcription uses Parakeet v3 or Whisper running locally on your GPU. Summaries use local Qwen3 unless you opt into BYOK or Notabium Hosted. Video share links upload to our encrypted cloud only when you click Share.

What is bot mode for?

Pro+ users can schedule a Notabium recorder to join meetings on their behalf. Useful for time zone conflicts, sales calls you delegated, recurring standups you can skip, or any meeting you cannot attend. The bot identifies itself in the participant list, never speaks, and delivers the recording when done.

What is free and what is paid?

Free forever covers unlimited local recording, transcription, auto detect, and transcript share links. Pro at $8 a month yearly adds AI summaries, video sharing, cross device sync, and integrations. Pro+ at $16 a month yearly adds bot mode and custom branding. Fourteen day trial of any paid tier, no credit card required.

Which meeting platforms work?

For local recording, any platform that plays audio on your computer. Zoom, Meet, Teams, Webex, Discord, Slack huddles, FaceTime. For bot mode, Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, and Webex.

Is recording without telling people legal?

Depends on your jurisdiction. Most places allow one party consent. Some require all party consent. Notabium surfaces a reminder based on your set timezone. You decide whether to disclose. For bot mode, the bot always identifies itself in the participant list.