Bluedot vs Pocket
Compare pricing, recording options, notes, and follow-up—with the plan limits and tradeoffs that matter to your team.
At a glance
Bluedot
Light, bot-free recording across desktop and mobile
Price
Free for 5 meetings lifetime; paid from $14/recorder/month annually
Pricing details
Prices are per recorder/month. Basic is $14 with annual billing or $18 month-to-month, but is audio-only and capped at one-hour meetings. Pro is $20 or $25 and adds video, unlimited duration, templates, and imports. Business is $32 or $39 with advanced workflows, CRM/ATS, SSO/SCIM, retention, webhooks, and organization MCP.
Free option: Yes, but only five meetings total—not five per month.
Good for
- Bot-free capture
- Simple recordings and clips
Watch for
- Zoom extension has no speaker labels
- No workspace-wide task tracker
A physical recorder with notes and a personal task hub
Price
Recorder advertised at $139; optional Pro subscription
Pricing details
The storefront advertises a $139 hardware offer; bundles and promotions vary. Its plan table lists Pro at $19.99/month billed annually ($239.88/year). Other promotional copy uses different bundle and billing terms, so confirm the selected offer. Enterprise has custom pricing. Hardware and Pro are separate costs.
Free option: Free includes unlimited base transcription, summaries kept for 30 days, mind maps, tasks, text export, and audio download. Ask Pocket allows three chats per day with three messages each. Pro extends history and adds advanced features.
Good for
- Single-press room and phone capture
- Unlimited base transcription
Watch for
- Hardware purchase and charging
- Longer history and AI upgrades on Pro
Features and limits
Ratings show documented breadth, not overall product quality. Open a row for specifics.
What matters
Capture options
BluedotBroad supportPocketBroad supportCapture options
Bluedot:Broad supportPocket:Broad support
Capture options
Capture options
Bluedot
Bot-free browser and desktop capture, plus an optional Zoom bot
Bluedot usually captures meeting and system audio without joining a bot. Its newer desktop apps broaden support beyond browser-based Google Meet and Teams workflows, while an optional recorder bot is also documented for Zoom.
Single-press hardware and bot-free desktop audio
The recorder captures room audio or phone calls with a physical button and mode slider, storing audio offline until upload. The desktop app records microphone and system audio from Zoom, Teams, Meet, and other calls, with optional meeting detection and Auto Record. Wi-Fi upload can send device recordings directly to the account without the phone nearby.
EvidencePocket recording overviewPocket desktop recordingPocket Wi-Fi upload
Desktop and mobile
BluedotBroad supportPocketAvailable with limitsDesktop and mobile
Bluedot:Broad supportPocket:Available with limits
Desktop and mobile
Desktop and mobile
Bluedot
Browser, macOS, Windows, iOS, Android, and Apple Watch
Device breadth is a standout, especially Apple Watch. Exact capture richness and speaker labeling depend on platform and mode.
Recorder, iOS, Android, web, and desktop beta
Pocket has iOS and Android companion apps, web access, and macOS and Windows desktop apps. The desktop download guide explicitly labels the app beta. USB-C Web Sync supports Chrome, Edge, and Brave; Safari and Firefox do not support its required file-system access. No native Apple Watch recording app is documented in these guides.
EvidencePocket apps and desktop betaPocket Wi-Fi uploadPocket USB-C Web Sync
In-person capture and speaker labels
BluedotBroad supportPocketAvailable with limitsIn-person capture and speaker labels
Bluedot:Broad supportPocket:Available with limits
In-person capture and speaker labels
In-person capture and speaker labels
Bluedot
Mobile, watch, and desktop room recording
Bluedot supports iOS, Android, Apple Watch, browser, and desktop capture for room conversations. The Watch records without an iPhone nearby, then syncs through the iPhone app. Bluedot’s speaker-recognition matrix documents desktop and browser meeting platforms, not mobile or Watch name-label parity, so verify those modes on a real group meeting.
EvidenceBluedot mobile appBluedot Apple Watch captureBluedot speaker recognition
Dedicated recorder with speaker management
Record in person on the Pocket device without a phone connection. Speaker Management supports naming and merging speakers and finding their other recordings. Automatic speaker detection is unavailable for recordings of three hours or longer. Automatic speaker naming is a Pro feature; detecting separate speakers and naming them are different capabilities.
EvidencePocket recording overviewPocket speaker managementPocket product and plans
Recordings, playback, and clips
BluedotAvailable with limitsPocketAvailable with limitsRecordings, playback, and clips
Bluedot:Available with limitsPocket:Available with limits
Recordings, playback, and clips
Recordings, playback, and clips
Bluedot
Audio on Basic; video, clips, and unlimited duration on Pro+
Basic records audio only and limits meetings to one hour. Pro adds video and removes the meeting-length limit, with playback and clips for reviewing and sharing recordings.
Saved audio, downloads, and recording exports
Pocket retains audio and supports downloads through the app and API. USB-C Web Sync transfers large recordings directly from the device. Recordings can be combined into a merged memory. Desktop capture is audio-only and does not preserve video, webcams, shared-screen content, or chat.
EvidencePocket product and plansPocket desktop recordingPocket exports and data managementPocket USB-C Web SyncPocket public API
Notes, action items, and search
BluedotBroad supportPocketBroad supportNotes, action items, and search
Bluedot:Broad supportPocket:Broad support
Notes, action items, and search
Notes, action items, and search
Bluedot
AI notes, templates, action items, chat, and workspace memory
Notes and meeting chat are easy to use. Templates can extract action items, responsible people, and timelines. Bluedot does not document an all-meetings workspace task center with assignment and completion state, so serious follow-through usually moves into another system.
EvidenceBluedot product overviewBluedot 2.1 releaseBluedot custom note templates
Summaries, mind maps, Ask Pocket, and a task hub
Summaries and mind maps organize recordings; Ask Pocket answers questions with date and recording filters. The Checklist consolidates extracted actions with source references and labels. MCP can search tasks and change status, priority, due date, or assignee. Pro adds unlimited chat and custom templates; free chat is limited.
EvidencePocket first-day workflowPocket Ask PocketPocket action itemsPocket Pro featuresPocket MCP
People, companies, and context
BluedotAvailable with limitsPocketAvailable with limitsPeople, companies, and context
Bluedot:Available with limitsPocket:Available with limits
People, companies, and context
People, companies, and context
Bluedot
Workspace meeting memory, without broader email relationship context
Bluedot supports search and chat across meetings. The cited docs do not establish person and company histories that combine meetings, email, and calendar context.
EvidenceBluedot product overview
Recording memory, speaker history, and calendar context
Ask Pocket searches conversation history, and named speaker profiles collect their recordings. Calendar Hub connects follow-up actions to calendar events. This provides useful personal context; the cited guides do not document company pages combining email threads, relationship timelines, and rolling company summaries.
EvidencePocket Ask PocketPocket speaker managementPocket first-day workflow
Automatic sharing and workspace defaults
BluedotAvailable with limitsPocketNarrow or indirectAutomatic sharing and workspace defaults
Bluedot:Available with limitsPocket:Narrow or indirect
Automatic sharing and workspace defaults
Automatic sharing and workspace defaults
Bluedot
Attendee auto-share and workspace permissions
Individuals can automatically share recordings and notes with meeting participants. Workspace admins can restrict external sharing and enforce recording defaults, while conditional auto-sorting remains a user-level setting rather than a workspace-wide sharing policy.
Exports, connected destinations, and organization access
Pocket supports exporting recordings and notes to other tools. Organization roles govern access to recordings, templates, and analytics. Its published guides do not establish meeting-level automatic sharing rules by participant, domain, title, and team; confirm those requirements for an Enterprise rollout.
EvidencePocket exports and data managementPocket organization controls
Automations
BluedotAvailable with limitsPocketAvailable with limitsAutomations
Bluedot:Available with limitsPocket:Available with limits
Automations
Automations
Bluedot
Advanced workflows and task-capable webhooks on Business
Bluedot supports automated recording and post-meeting workflows. Webhooks can send summaries and transcripts to custom endpoints that create tasks in Asana, Trello, or Jira, although that downstream mapping is something the customer builds. Its deepest CRM/ATS and team-wide workflow features are reserved for Business.
EvidenceBluedot pricingBluedot 2.1 releaseBluedot webhooksBluedot custom note templates
Task follow-through and recording-event webhooks
Automatically add extracted tasks to the Checklist and use calendar or task integrations for follow-up. Webhooks cover completed transcripts and summaries, speaker labeling, and task updates, with personal and organization destinations. Custom backends, Zapier, Make, or n8n can consume these events; organization controls depend on Enterprise packaging.
EvidencePocket action itemsPocket webhooksPocket first-day workflow
Integrations
BluedotAvailable with limitsPocketBroad supportIntegrations
Bluedot:Available with limitsPocket:Broad support
Integrations
Integrations
Bluedot
Core collaboration tools; CRM and ATS on Business
The catalog covers common destinations but is smaller than platforms advertising hundreds or thousands of connections. CRM/ATS access is a top-plan feature.
EvidenceBluedot pricing
Calendars, task apps, document sync, and AI tools
Pocket connects calendars and task apps; its Pro table lists Notion, Google Drive, OneDrive, Linear, Asana, and ClickUp sync. MCP connects recordings to AI assistants, while API and webhooks support custom destinations. Confirm which integrations your selected plan includes.
API, MCP, CLI, and data portability
BluedotAvailable with limitsPocketBroad supportAPI, MCP, CLI, and data portability
Bluedot:Available with limitsPocket:Broad support
API, MCP, CLI, and data portability
API, MCP, CLI, and data portability
Bluedot
Personal MCP; organization MCP and webhooks on Business
Personal MCP and user-level webhooks are available below Business; organization-wide MCP and team webhooks require Business. MCP follows the meetings the authenticated Bluedot user can already access, while team webhooks can receive events for every workspace user after support enables them. Users can also export transcripts as PDF or TXT and recordings as WebM.
EvidenceBluedot MCP with ClaudeBluedot webhooksBluedot transcript exportBluedot recording download
Public API, webhooks, and MCP with task updates
The API provides recordings, transcripts, summaries, semantic search, uploads, audio downloads, and organization resources. MCP includes conversation and task search plus task updates on all plans; targeted recording retrieval and synthesized meeting queries require Pro. Recent-transcript retrieval is also available through MCP search. No first-party standalone CLI is documented.
EvidencePocket public APIPocket MCPPocket webhooksPocket organization controls
Security, privacy, and admin
BluedotAvailable with limitsPocketAvailable with limitsSecurity, privacy, and admin
Bluedot:Available with limitsPocket:Available with limits
Security, privacy, and admin
Security, privacy, and admin
Bluedot
Retention, SSO/SCIM, and advanced administration on Business
Business adds SSO/SAML, SCIM, configurable retention, and EU residency. Bluedot says customer data is not used to train models and AI providers retain nothing after generation. Its pricing and cancellation help pages currently disagree on whether canceled recordings are deleted after one or three months.
EvidenceBluedot workspace settingsBluedot cancellation policyBluedot pricingBluedot security
Encryption and Enterprise organization controls
Pocket documents encryption at rest and in transit, US-based processing, and a no-training commitment. Its Organization API defines owner, admin, member, and viewer roles. Enterprise lists centralized billing, recording access controls, organization exports, and BAA support. Verify specific compliance reports and deployment requirements with the vendor.
EvidencePocket organization controlsPocket product and plansPocket trust and privacy
Languages
BluedotBroad supportPocketBroad supportLanguages
Bluedot:Broad supportPocket:Broad support
Languages
Languages
Bluedot
100+ languages advertised
Bluedot advertises broad language support. As with every vendor, evaluate real calls with accents, crosstalk, and domain vocabulary rather than relying on the count alone.
EvidenceBluedot pricing
120+ languages advertised
Pocket advertises support for more than 120 languages. Test the required languages and mixed-language conversations on real recordings; a published language count does not establish accuracy for a particular accent, room, or specialist vocabulary.
EvidencePocket product and plans
A third option
Circleback
If neither Bluedot nor Pocket quite fits, consider Circleback for shared meeting notes, assigned follow-up, and automations across your team’s apps. Online and in-person meetings stay together, with the full record available to people and AI agents through the app, API, MCP, and CLI.
Every meeting
Online meetings with or without a bot, plus mobile and Apple Watch recording. Speaker-labeled transcripts every time; keep recordings if you need them.
Shared company memory
Detailed notes, automatic sharing, and meeting and email history for each person and company.
People and AI agents
Assigned actions and automations for people; the same full meeting data for agents through API, MCP, and CLI.
Sources
First-party pricing, product docs, help articles, and release notes.
Bluedot sources16 first-party references
- Bluedot pricing
Lifetime free limit, audio/video gates, meeting duration, recorder billing, Business workflows, and governance.
- Bluedot product overview
Desktop, mobile, Watch, clips, meeting chat, and workspace memory.
- Bluedot 2.1 release
June 2026 additions including Watch, MCP, auto-recording, and retention.
- Bluedot speaker recognition
Recognition differences across desktop, extension, Meet, Teams, and Zoom.
- Bluedot Zoom recorder bot
Optional Zoom-bot recording path alongside the bot-free capture modes.
- Bluedot automatic sharing
User-level automatic sharing of recordings and notes with meeting participants.
- Bluedot workspace settings
Admin controls for external sharing, downloads, consent, recording formats, and bot behavior.
- Bluedot mobile app
iOS and Android in-person capture, uploads, transcripts, notes, playback, and sharing.
- Bluedot Apple Watch capture
Independent Watch recording and the iPhone sync/upload path.
- Bluedot webhooks
User-level payloads and Business/Enterprise team webhooks covering every workspace user.
- Bluedot custom note templates
Custom AI output structures, including action items, responsibilities, and timelines.
- Bluedot MCP with Claude
Authenticated MCP access to permitted transcripts and meeting metadata.
- Bluedot cancellation policy
Help-center deletion timing, which currently conflicts with the pricing-page statement.
- Bluedot security
No-training policy, AI-provider zero retention, SSO/SCIM, custom retention, EU residency, and deletion behavior.
- Bluedot transcript export
Per-meeting transcript export in PDF and TXT.
- Bluedot recording download
WebM recording downloads and the workspace admin download restriction.
Pocket sources17 first-party references
- Pocket product and plans
Hardware offers, Free/Pro/Enterprise packaging, integrations, and language coverage.
- Pocket recording overview
Physical recording controls, capture modes, syncing, and the recording-to-task workflow.
- Pocket desktop recording
Microphone/system-audio capture, meeting detection, Auto Record, and audio-only limitations.
- Pocket apps and desktop beta
Supported platforms and the explicit desktop beta designation.
- Pocket Wi-Fi upload
Device uploads over saved Wi-Fi networks without the phone nearby.
- Pocket USB-C Web Sync
USB-C transfers and the supported browser/file-system requirements.
- Pocket speaker management
Speaker names, merged profiles, recording history, and the three-hour detection limit.
- Pocket action items
Consolidated Checklist, automatic task extraction, labels, and source references.
- Pocket Ask Pocket
Conversation questions, recording/date filters, chat history, and usage limits.
- Pocket first-day workflow
Summary styles, mind maps, source-linked actions, and calendar follow-through.
- Pocket Pro features
Paid chat, longer recordings, custom templates, and bulk actions.
- Pocket exports and data management
Exports, combined recordings, bulk management, and deleted-recording retention.
- Pocket public API
Recording, transcript, summary, search, upload, and audio-download endpoints.
- Pocket MCP
OAuth/API-key access, read and task-update tools, and per-tool plan requirements.
- Pocket webhooks
Recording and task events, personal/organization destinations, and signature verification.
- Pocket organization controls
Organization roles, API keys, templates, analytics, recordings, and membership.
- Pocket trust and privacy
Encryption, US processing, no model training, and Enterprise BAA availability.
Frequently asked questions
Which is better: Bluedot or Pocket?
Bluedot records on existing desktop, phone, and Watch devices and supports video clips. Pocket adds dedicated hardware for offline and phone-call audio, plus mind maps, tasks, API, and MCP.
Which is less expensive, Bluedot or Pocket?
Bluedot: Free for 5 meetings lifetime; paid from $14/recorder/month annually. Pocket: Recorder advertised at $139; optional Pro subscription. Compare the paid seats, included usage, recording access, and admin features you actually need.
Can Bluedot and Pocket record without a bot?
Bluedot: Bot-free browser and desktop capture, plus an optional Zoom bot. Pocket: Single-press hardware and bot-free desktop audio. Check whether your preferred recording method preserves video and speaker labels.
Which is better for a whole company?
Compare automatic sharing, permissions, retention, and the defaults admins can enforce. Bluedot: Attendee auto-share and workspace permissions. Pocket: Exports, connected destinations, and organization access.
Can I access and move the full meeting data?
Bluedot: Personal MCP; organization MCP and webhooks on Business. Pocket: Public API, webhooks, and MCP with task updates. Check the selected plan, authentication model, transcript scope, export format, and retention window for the workflow you need.
How was this comparison researched?
We use first-party pricing pages, product pages, help docs, and release notes for both products. Links appear in each feature comparison and in the Sources section.

