What AI recorders cost to run
The device price plus two years of the cheapest plan that covers 20 hours of recording a month (about an hour of meetings each working day). Free means the brand's free allowance or on-device transcription already covers it. A blank means the brand does not state the figure, or we have no current device price: we never estimate a missing part.
| Device | Device price | Free a month | Plan for 20 h a month | Two-year cost | Uncapped plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Comulytic Note Pro | $109.69 | — | Free | $109.69 | Free |
| HiDock P1 mini | $119 | — | Free | $119 | Free |
| $129 | — | Free | $129 | Free | |
| Comu Action Pro | $169.99 | — | Free | $169.99 | Free |
| Omi (Consumer Version 1) | $179 | 300 min | Free | $179 | — |
| HiDock P1 | $199 | — | Free | $199 | Free |
| HiDock H1 | $289 | — | Free | $289 | Free |
| UMEVO Note ONE | $179 | 400 min | $69.99/yr | $318.98 | $149.99/yr |
| Notta Memo | $149 | 300 min | $97.99/yr | $344.98 | $199.99/yr |
| Plaud Note | $159 | 300 min | $99.99/yr | $358.98 | $239.99/yr |
| Plaud NotePin | $159 | 300 min | $99.99/yr | $358.98 | $239.99/yr |
| soundcore Work (8 GB) | $159 | 300 min | $99.99/yr | $358.98 | $239.99/yr |
| soundcore Work (64 GB) | $169.99 | 300 min | $99.99/yr | $369.97 | $239.99/yr |
| Plaud NotePin S | $179 | 300 min | $99.99/yr | $378.98 | $239.99/yr |
| Plaud Note Pro | $189 | 300 min | $99.99/yr | $388.98 | $239.99/yr |
| Vibe Dot | $199 | 300 min | $108/yr | $415 | $348/yr |
| Plaud One (Limited Explorer Edition) | $249.99 | 300 min | $99.99/yr | $449.97 | $239.99/yr |
| BOYA Notra Neo | $79.99 | 320 min | $215.88/yr | $511.75 | $359.88/yr |
| TicNote AI Voice Recorder | — | 600 min | — | — | — |
| TicNote Lite | — | 600 min | — | — | — |
| TicNote Pods 4G | — | 600 min | — | — | — |
| TicNote Pods Wi-Fi | — | 600 min | — | — | — |
| TicNote Watch | — | 600 min | — | — | — |
| Bee Frontier | $74.99 | — | — | — | — |
| Bee Eclipse | $99.99 | — | — | — | — |
| Fieldy 3 | — | 150 min | $191.88/yr | — | $191.88/yr |
| Pebble Index 01 | $75 | — | — | — | — |
| Sandbar Stream Ring | $349 | — | — | — | — |
| SwitchBot AI MindClip | $119.99 | — | — | — | — |
| iFLYTEK AI Recorder P1 | $109 | 300 min | — | — | — |
| iFLYTEK AI Recorder S6 | $369 | — | — | — | — |
| BOYA Notra | — | 320 min | $215.88/yr | — | $359.88/yr |
| UMEVO Note Plus | $169 | — | — | — | — |
| HiDock H1E | — | — | Free | — | Free |
| HiDock H1 Lite | — | — | Free | — | Free |
Prices are the brands' own (store page, or published list price where the store refuses automated reads), with the date on each product page. Plans are regular US prices on yearly billing where offered; launch discounts and bundled trial months are not counted. How the figures are chosen.