Tactiq alternative

Tactiq alternative: Scriptorium vs Tactiq

Tactiq is a Chrome extension that transcribes Google Meet, Zoom and Microsoft Teams meetings while they happen, and its homepage says no bot joins the call. Scriptorium does a different job: you give it a recording after the fact (a call you saved, an interview, a lecture, a voice message) and it returns an editable, timestamped transcript. It cannot caption a meeting live. This page sets out what each says about itself, read on 2026-10-30.

Updated 2026-10-30

Where Tactiq is the better choice

Live transcription inside Google Meet, Zoom and Microsoft Teams while the meeting is running, which Scriptorium does not do.
AI summaries and action items on its homepage ("One click meeting summaries", "Generate action items").
"Supports 60+ languages" on its homepage.
ISO 27001, a SOC 2 Type II attestation, GDPR and HIPAA compliance listed on its homepage, with a Trust Center.
A free plan with no credit card: 10 transcripts a month and 5 AI credits a month, per its pricing page.

Where Scriptorium fits better

Works on any audio or video file you can save, from any app, not only a live meeting on three platforms.
Nothing to install: the first file needs no extension and no account.
TXT, timestamped TXT, SRT, VTT, Markdown, JSON and CSV exports are stated; Tactiq's pricing page lists "Upload meeting files" in its plan comparison without saying which plans include it.
A self-hosting option for audio that must stay on your own hardware.

Tactiq and Scriptorium side by side

Topic	Tactiq	Scriptorium
Where it works	Google Meet, Zoom and Microsoft Teams, through a Chrome extension (homepage)	Any audio or video file you can save, from any app, after the fact
Free route	Free forever, no credit card: 10 transcripts a month, 5 AI credits a month	One file up to 15 minutes and 25 MB, 3 tries a day, no account
Account for the free route	Check their site	No for the first file; a free account adds a saved library; it includes 60 transcription minutes a month
Languages	"Supports 60+ languages" (homepage); the pricing page does not list them	33 plus automatic detection
Exports	Check their site	TXT, timestamped TXT, SRT, VTT, Markdown, JSON and CSV
Speaker identification	Check their site	Optional speaker labels, up to 8 speakers
Meeting bot	No bot: "No bot joins call"; transcripts are "only displayed for you"	No bot: you upload the recording after the call
Entry paid price	Pro €6.67 per user a month, billed annually; the monthly-billed price is not shown on the page read	Pro $9.99 a month (1200 minutes), Pro+ $19.99 a month (2500 minutes)
Max file length	Check their site	15 minutes and 25 MB on the preview; account limits on the pricing page
Privacy statements	Says it does not record or store meeting audio and saves transcripts as text; AI summaries use OpenAI's enterprise API, which the page says does not train on API data	Hosted site receives your file (guest files are deleted after a day); can also be self-hosted

Checked on 2026-10-30 from the vendor's own pages listed below. Prices and limits change; confirm on their site before you buy. A cell that says "Check their site" means the page did not state it, was unreadable to us, or contradicted itself, and we chose not to guess. Longer read: Otter.ai alternatives with no meeting bot.

Which should you pick?

Pick Tactiq if you want live captions, notes and AI summaries inside Google Meet, Zoom or Teams while the meeting happens.
Pick Scriptorium if you already have a recording, a voice message, a lecture or a podcast, and want a transcript without installing a browser extension.

Scriptorium's transcripts are automatic and make mistakes; read them against the audio. The free preview is on the home page, and the pricing page lists plans.

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Questions

Is Tactiq free?

Its pricing page, checked 2026-10-30, lists a free plan with 10 transcripts and 5 AI credits a month and no credit card. Paid plans are shown in euros, billed annually.

Does Tactiq send a bot into the meeting?

Its homepage says no: it transcribes through a Chrome extension and "No bot joins call".

Can Scriptorium caption a Google Meet live?

No. Scriptorium works on a recording you upload after the call. If you need live captions in the meeting, Tactiq is built for that.

Is it free?

Yes — one file up to 15 minutes and 25 MB with no account, up to 3 tries a day. A free account keeps your transcripts in a library and lifts the guest limits; the current limits and paid plans are on the pricing page.

Try it with your own file

Upload a recording and read the transcript.

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