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Prokoll

A private alternative to Plaud

Prokoll records, transcribes and writes notes on your Mac. Here it is side by side with Plaud on facts you can check. Every fact about Plaud comes from its own website, with the date we checked it.

Where the meeting is transcribed
ProkollOn your Mac PlaudIn the cloud
From their website, checked Oct. 16, 2026
Account
ProkollNo account PlaudNeeds an account
From their website, checked Oct. 16, 2026
In an online call
ProkollNobody joins the call PlaudNobody joins the call
From their website, checked Oct. 16, 2026
Languages it transcribes
Prokoll9 languages Plaud112 languages
From their website, checked Oct. 16, 2026
How you pay
ProkollOne payment PlaudA recorder to buy, and a subscription with a free plan
From their website, checked Oct. 16, 2026
Where it runs
ProkollMac PlaudMac, Windows, Web browser, iPhone, Android
From their website, checked Oct. 16, 2026

Prices change, so this page leaves them out: see Plaud's own website, and our pricing page for ours. Plaud is a trademark of its owner and is named here only for comparison.

What Prokoll does differently

Nobody joins the call

Prokoll records your microphone and the sound your Mac plays, so both sides of a Zoom, Teams or Meet call are in the notes.

Encrypted on this Mac

Meetings are encrypted and saved only on your Mac. The recording is deleted once it has been transcribed. There is no account.

Works without the internet

Once the first download is done, Prokoll records, transcribes and writes notes with the internet switched off.

Pay once

Every update we release is included, and your licence never expires.

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