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Pricing: Freemium
Editor rating: 4.0/5
Updated: September 2026

AI meeting notes and action items with automations. Free plan; Pro $15/user/month; Business $25/user/month; Enterprise $35/user/month, shown identically on monthly and yearly billing; free trials on paid plans.

Editor's take: Clean notes and automations at one price on either billing term; Pro $15 a user a month — Sohail Akhtar

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Editor's Verdict

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Circleback is the structured-notes alternative: accurate summaries and automations from a free plan, then $15 a user a month with no annual lock-in.
4.0 / 5.0
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Reviewed by Sohail Akhtar

Lead Editor & Founder

Pros

What we like

  • Free plan with API access
  • Same price monthly or yearly
  • Strong automations

Cons

Limitations

  • No annual discount
  • Smaller integration catalogue than Fireflies
  • Recording storage limits on lower tiers

Pricing

PlanDetails
FreeFree – $0, AI notes and action items, 30-day history, API/CLI/MCP access, 2 teams
ProPro – $15/user/month on either billing term (listed on 14 September 2026) – unlimited history, automations, 5 teams
BusinessBusiness – $25/user/month (listed on 14 September 2026) – admin controls, custom AI insights, personalised notetaker
EnterpriseEnterprise – $35/user/month (listed on 14 September 2026) – 2 years of recording storage, usage dashboard, unlimited teams

Circleback has a free plan with AI notes, action items, 30 days of history and API, CLI and MCP access. Its pricing page on 14 September 2026 listed Pro at $15 per user per month, Business at $25 per user per month and Enterprise at $35 per user per month, with the same figures shown on the monthly and yearly toggles. Paid plans include a free trial.

What is Circleback?

Quick Summary

Circleback writes structured meeting notes and action items, automates follow-ups and exposes an API, CLI and MCP server. Its pricing page on 14 September 2026 listed Free at $0, Pro at $15 per user a month, Business at $25 and Enterprise at $35, with the same figures on the monthly and yearly toggles and free trials on paid plans.

Circleback is built for people who want the notes to be right and then to go somewhere: structured summaries, action items, an assistant to ask about past meetings, automations into other apps, and API, CLI and MCP access even on the free plan. On 14 September 2026 its pricing page listed Free at $0 per user a month with AI notes and action items, 30 days of history and two teams; Pro at $15 per user a month with unlimited history and automations and five teams; Business at $25 per user a month with admin controls, custom AI insights and a personalised notetaker participant; and Enterprise at $35 per user a month with two years of recording storage, a usage dashboard and unlimited teams. The monthly and yearly toggles showed the same per-month figures, so there was no annual discount to report. Paid plans start with a free trial. Browse similar tools.

Associated Tags

ai meeting notes, action items automation, meeting api, fireflies alternative, mcp meeting assistant

Key Features

Structured notes and action items
Automations into other apps
Ask Circleback across meetings
API, CLI and MCP server access
Desktop and mobile apps

Target Audience

Who should use Circleback?

People who want accurate, structured notesBuilders who want an API from day oneTeams that dislike annual lock-in
Real Use Cases

How professionals leverage Circleback – AI Meeting Notes and Action Items with a Free Plan

Discover practical workflows and real-world scenarios where Circleback delivers key solutions.

01

A product manager pipes action items into Linear automatically

02

A developer queries meeting data via the API on the free plan

03

An agency keeps client meetings separated by team

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is Circleback free?
Yes, the free plan includes AI notes and action items, 30 days of history and API, CLI and MCP access.
How much does Circleback cost?
Pro $15 a user a month, Business $25, Enterprise $35, shown identically on monthly and yearly billing on 14 September 2026.
Circleback or Fireflies?
Fireflies has the wider integration catalogue and a cheaper annual Pro at $10; Circleback writes more structured notes and gives API access free. Pick Circleback for note quality and automation.