#2 in Notes & Knowledge ManagementUpdated 2026-08

Prismical

by Prismical · Open-source AI note taker that records meetings without a bot

70.6 — BenchRank score out of 100

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Overview

Prismical is a desktop note-taker that captures system audio, so it transcribes meetings, lectures and voice notes without a bot joining the call. Transcription runs locally with Whisper, or through cloud providers such as OpenAI, Deepgram or Assembly AI using your own API keys. It produces summaries, action items and decisions, and includes an MCP server so AI assistants can read and write notes.

Best for: People wanting meeting and voice-note transcription on-device, with no bot joining the call
Pricing: Free plan with 300 minutes of transcription a month, then Premium at $10/month per user billed annually ($120/year), plus a custom-priced Enterprise plan.
Runs on: macOSWindowsCLI

Strengths and trade-offs

Strengths

Captures system audio, so no bot joins the meeting
Local Whisper transcription; audio can stay on the machine
MIT-licensed, with the source public on GitHub
MCP server lets AI assistants read and write the notes

Trade-offs

Free tier caps at 300 min/month and 30 min per recording
Mobile apps are listed as coming soon; desktop only today
Speaker identification and BYOK keys need the paid Premium plan
Silent system-audio capture gives participants no recording notice

Pricing

Published plans from Prismical’s own pricing page, in USD. Usage charges and add-ons may apply on top.

Prismical pricing tiers, monthly and annual rates in USD
Plan	Monthly	Annual (per month)	Includes
Free	Freeper seat	Free	300 min/month transcription, 30 min continuous recording 1 seat Standard AI models, notes sharing, custom skills API and MCP access, community support
Premium	—per user	$10	Unlimited transcription, 2 hr continuous recording Unlimited team members Realtime meeting insights and speaker identification Bring your own AI keys (BYOK), priority support
Enterprise	Contact sales	—	Custom recording length, volume and annual discounts Premium AI models, bring your own cloud/models, private hosting SSO/SAML, licence management, SOC 2 / HIPAA compliance Founding-team support

How this score is made up

Each dimension is scored out of 100 and combined into the headline score using fixed weights.

MCP support: 92 out of 100
API quality: 55 out of 100
Documentation: 70 out of 100
Agent friendliness: 92 out of 100
Pricing transparency: 100 out of 100
Changelog: 40 out of 100
Marketing site structure: 70 out of 100
Operational trust: 0 out of 100

Measured, but not part of the score

Useful to know, but not a mark for or against the product — so these do not affect the ranking.

Openness: 60 out of 100
Maintenance: 100 out of 100

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