OpenPublica alternatives
Tools that do what OpenPublica does, found by what they say they do rather than by shelf. Among the equally alike, the most used come first. Each line says how it differs from OpenPublica.
Read 2026-10-20
With a free plan or free to use: Read AI, Fathom, TownBrief, OneScribe, note1, Otter, threadfork, LokalBot.
- #1
Read AIMeetings
Records and transcribes meetings, generates summaries and action items, searches across conversations.
Also: Analytics, Workflow automationMore widely used
162kActiveFrom $15/user/mo2021 - #2
FathomMeetingsMCP · sign-in
Records and summarizes meetings, generating transcripts and action items automatically.
Also: Workflow automationMore widely used
44.7kActiveFrom $15/user/mo - #3
TownBriefMeetingsMCP · sign-in
Records and transcribes local government meetings, then drafts AP-style articles and deep reads that an editor reviews.
Same job
608ActiveFrom $5/mo - #4
OneScribeMeetings
Joins Zoom, Teams, Meet and Webex calls from your calendar to transcribe in real time and produce sentiment, action item and decision analysis.
Also: Analytics, SummarizationMore widely used
386MaintainedFrom $25/user/mo2025 - #5
note1MeetingsMCP · sign-in
Records meetings on a Mac or imports recordings, producing searchable transcripts, summaries and action items linked to timestamps.
Also: Summarization
74ActiveFrom $16/user/mo - #6
OtterMeetings
Transcribes meetings, generates summaries and action items, syncs insights to CRM and connected apps.
More widely used
340kActiveFrom $8.33/user/mo - #7
Upmeet.aiMeetings
Records meetings, transcribes conversations, and generates summaries with automatic action item detection.
Also: Analytics, Workflow automationMore widely used
217ActiveFrom $9.99/mo - #8
threadforkMeetings
Records and transcribes meetings on your Mac, extracting summaries, decisions and action items without uploading audio.
More widely used
4ActiveFrom $39/mo - #9
LokalBotMeetings
Searches meeting recordings and saved screen text to find decisions, action items, and past context.
More widely used
2Active - #10
MinuteSmithMeetings
Converts board meeting minutes into searchable governance records with decision tracking and institutional memory.
Also: Compliance
42ActiveFrom $1,500/yr
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How this list is made: the words OpenPublica is described with (what it does, for whom, what it is used for) are matched against every tool in the Atlas. A tool on the same shelf, or doing the same kind of work, counts for a little more. Nothing here is paid for.