Comparison · verified October 9, 2026
Konvo vs Notta
Notta is the default choice for meeting transcription in Japan, and it’s a good one. It gives you more hours than we do, and a real free tier. The biggest difference shows up in one row of the table.
Notta gives more hours and a mobile app. Konvo is cheaper and wins whenever you need translation running in every meeting, because Notta rations it to two uses a month.
Side by side
| Konvo | Notta | |
|---|---|---|
| Monthly price | ✓$9 | ¥1,980/month |
| Billed annually | ✓$69/year (~$5.75/month) | $8.17/month |
| Hours included | ~20 hours | ✓1,800 min = 30 hours (Pro) |
| Real-time translation | ✓Unlimited, 40+ languages | Up to 2 uses per month, on every tier |
| Two-way interpreting with speech output | ✓Yes | No |
| Joins your meeting as a bot | No | No, it has a bot-free desktop recorder |
| Where transcripts live | ✓On your device | Notta cloud, hosted on AWS |
| Unlimited transcription option | No | ✓Business tier, $16.67/user/month annually |
| Mobile app | Desktop only | ✓iOS & Android |
| Free tier | ~30 minutes | ✓120 min/month, capped at 3 min per recording |
When to pick Notta instead
- Transcription is the job and translation is occasional. Notta gives you 30 hours a month against our 20.
- You want it on your phone. Konvo is desktop only: macOS, Windows, Linux.
- You need unlimited transcription. Notta’s Business tier has it and we have nothing like it.
- You want a real free tier to test with. Notta gives 120 minutes a month against our one-off 30 minutes.
Questions we get
Does Notta translate meetings in real time?
It has the feature, but the pricing page limits monolingual real-time translation to two uses a month on every tier, free through Business. That’s fine for the occasional call with an overseas client. If every second meeting runs in a language you don’t speak, you’ll hit the cap in the first week.
Is Konvo cheaper than Notta?
Per month, yes. Notta Pro is ¥1,980 a month, or $8.17 a month billed annually, for 1,800 minutes (30 hours). Konvo is $9 a month, or $69 a year (about $5.75 a month), for about 20 hours. Notta gives more hours; per hour, Konvo’s annual plan still comes out a little cheaper.
So when is Konvo the better buy?
When translation is the point rather than a bonus. Konvo streams it word by word in 40+ languages with no monthly cap, and can speak your reply back in the other person’s language. If you only need Japanese transcription, buy Notta.
Try it on your next meeting
~30 minutes free, no card needed. After that, $9/month for ~20 hours, or $69/year (~$5.75 a month).
Sources
Pricing and features move around. Everything above was checked on October 9, 2026 against the sources below. Spot something out of date? Tell us and we will fix it.