# Brifo vs Read AI

Brifo captures meetings with no bot and no scoring. Read AI sends a bot into the call and grades engagement. The real choice is whether you want your meetings measured.

## Feature comparison

- **Capture model**: Brifo: Local system audio. No bot.; Read AI: A 'Read AI' bot joins the call, visible to everyone
- **Audio upload**: Brifo: Never. Text transcript only.; Read AI: Full audio uploaded to Read AI's cloud
- **App type**: Brifo: Native desktop app (Mac, Windows, Linux); Read AI: Web app plus Chrome extension
- **Start mode**: Brifo: Auto-detect. Brifo starts on its own.; Read AI: Bot auto-joins from your calendar
- **Pricing**: Brifo: Free, no transcript caps; Read AI: 5 transcripts/mo free, then $19.75/user/mo Pro
- **Engagement scoring**: Brifo: None. Brifo doesn't grade your team.; Read AI: Talk time, sentiment, and engagement scores per meeting
- **Coverage**: Brifo: Meetings only; Read AI: Meetings plus email plus messaging
- **Action items**: Brifo: Structured, Jira, Linear, OpenProject filing; Read AI: Basic action items, Salesforce and HubSpot integrations
- **Meeting Q&A chat**: Brifo: Yes. Ask questions across past meetings.; Read AI: Search plus summaries
- **Compliance**: Brifo: Local-first capture, compliance roadmap in progress; Read AI: SOC 2 Type 2 on Enterprise

## Brifo strengths
- No bot in the meeting. Nothing visible to participants.
- Audio never leaves your device. Only the text transcript goes to the cloud.
- No engagement or sentiment scoring of your team
- Free with no transcript caps
- Native desktop app for Mac, Windows, and Linux
- Files action items to Jira, Linear, and OpenProject natively

## Read AI strengths
- Engagement and sentiment analytics, unique in the category
- Cross-channel coverage: meetings plus email plus messaging
- Speaker analytics for coaching sales reps
- Salesforce and HubSpot integrations
- SOC 2 Type 2 compliance on Enterprise

## Pick Brifo if
Engineering and product teams that want clean meeting notes without anyone being scored. Privacy-conscious teams that don't want audio uploaded. Anyone tired of a bot named 'Read AI' showing up in their calls.

## Pick Read AI if
Sales managers who coach reps with talk-time and sentiment data. Teams that want one copilot across meetings, email, and messaging, and accept a bot plus cloud audio to get it.

## FAQ
**Should I pick Brifo or Read AI?**

Pick Brifo for bot-free capture, local audio, Jira-ready action items, and a free plan with no caps. Pick Read AI if you specifically want engagement and sentiment analytics across meetings, email, and messaging.

**Does Read AI join meetings as a bot?**

Yes. Read AI joins as a visible 'Read AI' participant and uploads the audio to its cloud for analysis. Brifo captures system audio locally on your device, so nothing joins the call and no audio is uploaded.

**Does Brifo score meeting engagement like Read AI?**

No, by design. Brifo captures what was discussed: decisions, action items, follow-ups. It does not measure talk time, sentiment, or engagement. Teams that find scoring intrusive prefer this; sales coaches who rely on it may prefer Read AI.

**Is Brifo cheaper than Read AI?**

Yes. Brifo is free with no transcript caps. Read AI's free tier allows 5 transcripts per month, and Pro is $19.75 per user per month.

**Is Brifo more private than Read AI?**

Yes for audio. Brifo never uploads audio; only the text transcript is sent for AI note generation. Read AI uploads full meeting audio to its cloud and runs analytics on it.

**Can I use Brifo on the web like Read AI?**

No. Brifo is a native desktop app for Mac, Windows, and Linux. Read AI is a web app with a Chrome extension. If you want a browser-only workflow, Read AI fits better; if you want meetings captured automatically at the system level, that requires a desktop app.