Google Meet Captions

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The first 20 minutes of any recording are transcribed free: a recording up to 20 minutes transcribes in full, a longer one is previewed, and a pack from $6 (500 minutes) transcribes the rest and opens every export, and credits never expire.

Built-in live captions and Gemini-powered notes in Google Meet.

Web, Android, iOS  ·  Workspace subscription

TL;DR

Best for google Workspace customers wanting native Meet meeting captions and notes. Pricing: Workspace subscription.

Category
Products
Pricing
Workspace subscription
Platforms
Web, Android, iOS

What it is

Google Meet ships built-in live captions and Gemini-powered take-notes-for-me functionality.

Best for: Google Workspace customers wanting native Meet meeting captions and notes.
Watch out for: Tied to Workspace.

Install / use

support.google.com — built into Meet

What people actually do with Google Meet Captions-style transcription

The tool is the means. These are the jobs — each one priced at published rates, each one wired up on its own page.

Wire it into Google DriveYouTubeAmazon S3n8nZapierMake.com

Features

Speaker diarizationNo
Word-level timestampsNo
Streaming / real-timeNo
Languages supported20
HIPAA eligibleYes

Google Meet Captions vs Whipscribe

FeatureGoogle Meet CaptionsWhipscribe
CategoryProductsTranscription APIs
PricingNot verified$6–$24 one-time packs (credits never expire) · first 20 minutes free
Speaker identificationNot verifiedNamed in the summary, key quotes and chapters
Word timestampsNot verifiedYes
StreamingNot verifiedNo
Languages2099
PlatformsWeb, Android, iOSWeb, API, MCP

Alternatives to Google Meet Captions

Frequently asked about Google Meet Captions

How much does Google Meet Captions cost?

Google Meet Captions is a paid product — published pricing: Workspace subscription. Pricing changes; verify on the vendor's own page before budgeting.

Does Google Meet Captions work on Mac, Windows and Linux?

Google Meet Captions runs on Web, Android and iOS.

How do I get started with Google Meet Captions?

There is nothing to install — Google Meet Captions is used in the browser. Create an account on the vendor's site and upload or connect your audio.

How many languages does Google Meet Captions support?

Google Meet Captions lists 20 languages.

What are the limitations of Google Meet Captions?

Tied to Workspace.

Who is Google Meet Captions best for?

Google Workspace customers wanting native Meet meeting captions and notes.

Is Google Meet Captions open source?

No. Google Meet Captions is a proprietary product. If you need source you can read and run yourself, the open-source tools in this directory are the place to look.

What kind of tool is Google Meet Captions?

In this directory Google Meet Captions is filed under product as a product.

What are the alternatives to Google Meet Captions?

There is a side-by-side page at /tools/meet-captions-alternatives comparing Google Meet Captions with the closest tools in the same category on price, platform and features.

Can I automate Google Meet Captions-style transcription without running it myself?

Yes. If what you want is transcripts rather than the tool itself, Whipscribe does the same job as a hosted API: submit a file or URL, poll a job id, pull the result as txt, json, srt, vtt or docx. $0.012 a minute — about $0.72 an audio hour — bought as credits that never expire. The automation recipes on this site show it wired to Drive folders, Zoom recordings, S3 buckets and no-code platforms.

How is Whipscribe different from Google Meet Captions?

Google Meet Captions is another vendor's product; Whipscribe is a per-minute transcription service. Recordings are transcribed on our own servers and never used for training, and every job returns five formats plus an AI summary, quotes and topics. The first 20 minutes of any recording are transcribed free, and a pack from $6 (500 minutes) transcribes the rest and opens every export.

What does transcription cost if I use Whipscribe instead of Google Meet Captions?

$0.012 a minute — about $0.72 an audio hour — bought as credits that never expire. There is no subscription and no monthly minimum: a 3-hour recording is about $2.16, a thousand-hour archive is about $720 once. The first 20 minutes of any recording are transcribed free, and a pack from $6 (500 minutes) transcribes the rest and opens every export, so you can see what your recording holds before paying anything.

Where is the Google Meet Captions category heading?

Three things are moving across the whole speech-to-text market right now: summaries, action items and speaker insights generated on top of the transcript rather than sold separately; private, secured deployment where the audio never leaves a boundary you control; and agent access — transcription exposed as a tool that Claude, Cursor or a workflow runner can call directly. Whipscribe ships all three today: per-job insights, our own servers, and an MCP server.

Whipscribe is a hosted transcription service. If you want transcripts without running infrastructure, paste a URL or drop a file in the form below — you'll have a transcript in seconds.

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