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Silo Transcribe vs Otter.ai · on-device

The on-device alternative to Otter.ai and Granola.

Silo Transcribe is a private, on-device meeting-notes app for macOS — an offline alternative to cloud transcription tools like Otter.ai and Granola that records, transcribes, and summarizes meetings entirely on your Mac, with no bot joining the call and no audio leaving your machine.

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$9.99 · one-time100% on-deviceNo accountNo subscription
I · Side by Side

Silo Transcribe vs Otter.ai.

on-device · vs cloud
Dimension
Silo Transcribe
Cloud (Otter, Granola)
Where it runs
On your Mac (Apple Silicon, offline)
Their servers
Your audio & transcripts
Stay on your Mac
Uploaded & stored
Bot joins your call
No — captures audio locally
Often a meeting bot
Account
None required
Required
Pricing
One-time $9.99
Monthly subscription
Transcription limits
Unlimited minutes, on-device
Monthly minute caps
Summaries
Generated locally
Generated in the cloud
Works without internet
Yes, after one model download
No

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II · Frequently Asked

Otter.ai alternative, answered.

Silo Transcribe · on-device

Yes, if privacy matters. Silo Transcribe records, transcribes, and summarizes meetings on your Mac with a Metal-accelerated Whisper model, so confidential conversations never go to a third-party server the way they do with Otter.ai or Granola.

Keep your work on your Mac.

Silo Transcribe is a one-time $9.99 purchase on the Mac App Store. No subscription, no account, nothing uploaded — a private, on-device alternative to Otter.ai.

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