Otter records and transcribes meetings, then summarises them. Podwise does that for podcasts you did not record: it follows the shows, processes new episodes and keeps the notes. Every fact below comes from each product's own pages.
One is built around conversations you are in; the other around episodes you listen to.
Podwise
Otter.ai
Checked against each product's own pages on Nov 5, 2026.
| Feature |  Podwise | Otter.ai |
|---|---|---|
| Price | ||
| Free plan | Free account; reading already-processed episodes is unlimited | Basic: 300 transcription minutes a month, 3 file imports in total |
| Paid plan | Standard $9.90 a month, or $5.90 a month billed annually; Pro $19.90 a month | Pro $16.99 a user a month, or $8.33 billed annually |
| AI processing on the paid plan | 20 episodes a month on Standard, 50 credits on Pro | 1,200 transcribed minutes a month on Pro |
| Free trial | 7 days | A free plan rather than a trial |
| AI | ||
| Summaries | Overview with chapters, key Q&A, keywords and highlights | Automated summaries with action items and outlines |
| Transcripts | Speaker labels, timestamps and full-text search | Speaker identification in 6 languages |
| Mind maps | Interactive; download as XMind | Not listed |
| Chat with one episode | Yes, on paid plans | AI Chat within a conversation |
| Ask across podcasts | Ask Podwise AI: 50 a day on Standard, unlimited on Pro | AI Chat across meetings, not podcasts |
| Saving moments | Clips; headphone clips in the App 2.0 beta | Highlights, notes and comments on a recording |
| Languages | Translation into 13 languages | Transcription in 6 languages; translation not listed |
| Sources | ||
| Following shows | RSS, OPML and 小宇宙; new episodes arrive on their own | Not listed: meetings and files you import |
| YouTube | Channels and videos | Not listed |
| Your own audio | MP3, WAV, M4A up to 500 MB | 10 imports a month on Pro, 3 in total on Basic |
| Exports | ||
| Note apps | Notion, Readwise Reader, Obsidian, Logseq | Not listed |
| Files | Markdown, PDF, XMind, SRT | mp3 and txt; pdf, docx and srt from Pro |
| Apps | ||
| Where it runs | Web, iPhone, iPad, Android, and Macs with Apple silicon | Web, iOS, Android, macOS, Windows and a Chrome extension |
| For developers | Open API, MCP server and CLI on Pro; Enterprise API | MCP server; API and webhooks on Enterprise |
Not listed means we couldn't find it on Otter's pricing page. Prices are per user, in US dollars, and the annual figures are the monthly equivalent of a yearly plan.
Sources:
Yes, by importing an audio file, within its monthly import limit. It will not follow the show, process new episodes, or build a library of them.
No. Podwise works on podcast episodes and other audio you add; it does not join calls or record your microphone.
On annual billing, Podwise Standard is $5.90 a month and Otter Pro is $8.33 a user a month. Monthly, they are $9.90 and $16.99. What each plan includes differs, so check the rows above.
Every page is checked against the other product's own pages, with the date it was read.
Listening and saving moments, against reading and mapping whole episodes.
A general research notebook, against a podcast library that fills itself.
A free player with AI on top, against a tool built around the notes.
Try Podwise free for 7 days and open any episode as a summary, a transcript and a mind map.
