Aside vs tl;dv
tl;dv is a team meeting recorder with a bot by default and an audio-only desktop mode. Aside is a Mac app for your own calls that transcribes on your Mac and can guide you live.
Which should you choose?
Choose tl;dv if…
- You want video recordings of your calls, with clips.
- Your sales or customer-success team wants templates like MEDDIC, playbooks, coaching and multi-meeting reports.
- You want Salesforce, HubSpot or Pipedrive sync, Zapier, an API or MCP.
- You want EU hosting and apps for Windows, the web and mobile.
- You want unlimited recording on a free plan.
Choose Aside if…
- You never want a bot in the call.
- You want the call transcribed on your Mac, with the audio never uploaded.
- You want guidance during the call from your own goals and answers.
- You want speaker names suggested in bot-free recordings.
Side by side
| tl;dv | Aside | |
|---|---|---|
| How it records | A visible bot joins Zoom, Meet and Teams by default. The desktop app records audio only, without a bot. | No bot. Records your microphone and the sound your Mac plays. |
| Where transcription happens | In the cloud, through providers including AssemblyAI. Hosted in the EU. | On your Mac, with an on-device speech model. Audio is never uploaded. |
| The audio afterwards | Free-plan recordings are kept for 3 months. | Kept on your Mac, with playback of both sides. |
| Notes during the call | Notes you type become timestamps. Live transcript through its Zoom and Teams apps. | Press ⌃⌥N in any app to type a note. It lands in the transcript at the moment you started typing. |
| Live guidance during the call | No real-time AI suggestions are documented. | Optional. Goals you set fill in as dots, one line suggests your next move, and answers you prepared appear when the topic comes up. Paid plan. |
| After-call write-up | Summaries with templates, action items, follow-up email drafts, clips and multi-meeting reports. | A summary, the goals you reached, next steps and a follow-up email to copy. Paid plan. |
| Speaker names | Names from the meeting platform with the bot. Bot-free recordings show Speaker 1, Speaker 2 unless matched to a calendar event. | Suggested from clues in the call, like a name said aloud, with the reason shown. Voices you’ve confirmed before are named for you, and you can undo it. |
| Platforms | Web, Chrome extension, Mac, Windows, iPhone and Android. | Mac only (Apple silicon, macOS 14.2 or later). |
| Languages | More than 30. | English plus 24 European languages. |
| Integrations | Salesforce, HubSpot, Pipedrive, Slack and Notion, thousands more through Zapier, plus API and MCP. | None yet. |
| Search or ask across meetings | AI reports across several meetings. | Not yet. |
| AI training on your data | Its homepage says recordings are never used to train AI. | Nothing you record or write is used to train AI models. |
| Price | Pro is €18 per seat a month billed yearly, or €29 monthly. Its pricing page doesn’t publish USD. | $15 a month, or $12 a month billed yearly, for guidance and write-ups. |
| Free plan | Yes. Unlimited recording; full AI notes on your first 10 meetings, then the first 10 minutes of each. | Yes. Recording, notes and transcripts. |
tl;dv prices are from its pricing page on 8 Oct 2026.
What tl;dv is
tl;dv is a meeting recorder and AI notetaker for team collaboration and sales, from a German company. Its bot joins Zoom, Meet and Teams by default. A desktop app records audio without a bot.
Where tl;dv is stronger
tl;dv records video, makes clips and builds reports across many meetings. Sales teams get templates, playbooks, coaching and CRM sync. It is hosted in the EU and says it never trains AI on your recordings.
Where Aside differs
Aside never joins the call. It transcribes on your Mac and never uploads audio; tl;dv transcribes in the cloud. Aside also suggests speaker names in every call, where tl;dv’s bot-free recordings show numbered speakers unless matched to a calendar event.
Help during the call
tl;dv turns the notes you type into timestamps. Aside can also guide you: your goals fill in as you cover them, one line suggests the next move, and the answers you prepared appear when the topic comes up.
Questions
Can tl;dv record without a bot?
Yes. Its desktop app records audio only, without a bot. The bot is the default.
Which one transcribes on my computer?
Aside. It runs an on-device speech model on your Mac. tl;dv transcribes in the cloud.
Does Aside record video?
No. Aside records audio: your microphone and your Mac’s sound.
Is Aside built for teams?
Not yet. Aside is for your own calls on your Mac, with no shared workspace or integrations today.
Last checked 8 Oct 2026. Products change, so check each company’s pages before you decide.
Sources
Facts about tl;dv come from its own pages, read on 8 Oct 2026.