Plaud

Plaud is a hybrid hardware + software company that has grown into the most-used AI note-taking brand in the consumer prosumer segment, with more than 2 million users. The hero products are the Plaud Note and NotePin — a credit-card-sized recorder that magnetically attaches to an iPhone and a wearable pin — which capture in-person conversations, phone calls, and online meetings without requiring a bot to join a Zoom. Audio is uploaded to the Plaud app, transcribed in 100+ languages, summarized into structured notes, action items, and templated outputs (sales call, doctor visit, lecture, interview), and searchable across the user's entire history. Recent updates added speaker diarization, multilingual real-time translation, custom templates per workflow, and integrations with Notion, Salesforce, HubSpot, and Slack so notes flow into the rest of a stack automatically. Pricing combines a one-time hardware purchase with a subscription for transcription minutes and advanced AI features; a free tier covers casual users. Plaud is most often compared to Granola, Limitless Pendant, and Otter, and differentiates by being the only one with shipping, mature hardware plus phone-call bridging. Best fit for sales, healthcare, journalism, consultants, and students who do a lot of work face-to-face.