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Shadow vs Circleback

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Bottom line: Shadow for sales reps; Circleback for meeting-heavy professionals.

Botless AI meeting assistant that captures every call, on screen and off

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AI meeting notes, action items, and automations

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PricingFreemiumTrial
CategoryMeeting AssistantsMeeting Assistants
Tags
meeting notesbotlesstranscriptionsalesaction items
ai-notetakermeeting-notesaction-itemstranscriptionautomations
Best for
  • sales reps
  • consultants
  • account managers
  • Meeting-heavy professionals
  • Sales and customer teams using a CRM
  • International/multilingual teams
Pros
  • Botless, OS-level capture of every call
  • Works on impromptu and non-Zoom meetings
  • Captures on-screen content, not just audio
  • Very generous free tier
  • Integrates with Notion, Slack, and major platforms
  • Accurate, well-structured meeting notes
  • Strong post-meeting automation and CRM auto-fill
  • Supports 30+ languages
  • Integrates with thousands of tools
  • Simple, stable plan structure
Cons
  • Always-listening design raises consent concerns
  • Recording disclosure is the user's responsibility
  • Desktop-only capture
  • No public API
  • Screen capture may be sensitive in some settings
  • No permanent free plan (short trial only)
  • Paid pricing may deter solo users
  • Not a full collaboration suite
  • No self-hosting
  • Bot joins meetings, which some hosts dislike

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