The Short Version
The choice is mostly made by where your meetings already happen. Gemini works in Google Meet, Copilot works in Microsoft Teams, and Claude Meetings, new in November 2026, works in Google Meet only. The real difference is how much each does during the call. Claude joins as a visible participant that answers the room and builds documents while people talk. Gemini is mostly a private side panel and a notes document. Copilot sits between the two: a private assistant for each licensed user, plus a Facilitator agent that posts to the meeting chat.
Side by Side
| Claude Meetings | Gemini in Google Meet | Copilot in Teams | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Status | Beta, announced November 2026 | Generally available | Generally available |
| Works in | Google Meet | Google Meet | Microsoft Teams |
| How it shows up | A visible participant in the call | A notes feature and a side panel | A private panel, plus the Facilitator agent in chat |
| Answers questions in the call | Yes, in the chat for everyone, and aloud when asked | Yes, privately to the person asking | Yes, privately to each licensed user. Facilitator answers in the shared chat |
| Creates things during the call | Documents, whiteboards and slides | A notes document | Live shared notes and Word documents |
| Acts in connected tools | Yes, with each person's own connections and permission | Not found for in-call use | Task tracking with Planner, in public preview |
| What it keeps | Transcript, summary and screen descriptions. Not audio | Notes in the organiser's Drive. Ask Gemini data is not kept after the meeting | Transcript in the organiser's mailbox, or nothing in "only during the meeting" mode |
| Outside guests | Depends on plan settings. Where allowed, it takes notes but does not reply in chat | Notes can be sent to invited guests outside the organisation | Copilot does not work in meetings hosted by another organisation |
| Needs | Claude Team or Enterprise | Workspace Business Standard or higher, or Google AI Pro or Ultra | A Microsoft 365 Copilot licence |
What Each Costs
| Product | Plan | List price |
|---|---|---|
| Claude Meetings | Claude Team, standard seat | $20 per seat per month billed annually, $25 monthly |
| Claude Meetings | Claude Enterprise | $20 per seat per month billed annually, 20 seat minimum, usage billed separately |
| Gemini in Meet | Workspace Business Standard | About $14 per user per month on an annual plan, per third-party price lists |
| Copilot in Teams | Microsoft 365 Copilot add-on | $30 per user per month, paid yearly, on top of a Microsoft 365 plan |
| Copilot in Teams | Microsoft 365 Copilot Business add-on | $21 per user per month list, $18 promotional through December 31, 2026 |
These are not like-for-like. The Google and Claude prices are for a whole plan that includes the meeting feature. The Microsoft price is an add-on to a plan you already pay for. Google served us its European price page, so the Workspace dollar figure comes from third-party lists.
Claude Meetings
Claude is addressed by name or in the chat, and replies in writing by default. It can produce a document, whiteboard or slides while the meeting is running, and each meeting gets a page in Claude with the notes, transcript and anything created. During the beta, notes, transcripts and answers are included in Team and Enterprise plans, documents and whiteboards are free through February 10, 2027, and anything that uses connected tools counts toward usage. It is not available to organisations with zero data retention, HIPAA-ready configuration or customer-managed encryption keys. Calls are capped at eight hours. See our Claude Meetings brief.
Gemini in Google Meet
Gemini offers three things in Meet. "Take notes for me" writes a notes document to the organiser's Drive in eight languages. "Ask Gemini" lets one participant ask privately what was said or decided. Speech translation covers 63 languages as of the October 2026 rollout, limited to 90 minutes per meeting on most plans. Everyone in the call is notified when notes are on, and admins can require consent. Gemini does not join as a participant and we found no feature that answers aloud to the room.
Copilot in Teams
Copilot answers each licensed user privately during a meeting. Facilitator, an agent included with a Copilot licence, takes live notes that everyone can see and edit, answers in the meeting chat, and can create Word documents. Admins choose whether Copilot needs a saved transcript. The default policy requires one. In "only during the meeting" mode nothing is saved, and Copilot cannot be used afterwards. Copilot is not available in end-to-end encrypted meetings.
Zoom and the Note-Takers
| Tool | How it joins | Free tier | Paid from |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zoom Workplace | Built in. Its notes feature also works in Teams, Meet and in person | 3 meeting summaries a month | $14.16 per user per month, annual. ZoomMate agent add-on $16.67 |
| Otter | A bot joins Zoom, Teams and Meet | 300 minutes a month | $8.33 a month, annual |
| Fathom | Bot, or bot-free capture in beta on Mac | Unlimited recordings | $16 a month, annual |
| Granola | No bot. Captures audio on your device | 30 days of meeting history | $14 per user per month |
Zoom retired the "AI Companion" name in June 2026. Summaries and in-meeting questions are now part of paid Zoom Workplace plans.
How to Choose
- Your meetings are in Teams: Copilot is the only one of the three that works there.
- Your meetings are in Meet and you want notes: Gemini is already in your Workspace plan from Business Standard up.
- You want work done during the call: Claude Meetings is the one built for that, with the caveats of a beta.
- You meet across platforms: a note-taker or Zoom's notes feature is the only option that follows you.
- You handle regulated data: check the exclusions first. Claude Meetings is unavailable under several compliance configurations.
What It Means for Vendors
Two of these assistants answer privately and one answers the whole room. When a buying group asks an assistant in the call which tool to shortlist, the answer now reaches every decision maker at once. What the assistant says about a product depends on what it learned in training and what it can look up, the same as in a chat window.
Sources
Anthropic help centre and Claude pricing; Google Meet help and the Workspace Updates blog; Microsoft Learn on Facilitator and Copilot transcription, and Copilot pricing; Zoom pricing. Read November 13, 2026. Presenc AI has not tested these products side by side.