tl;dv vs Bluedot

tl;dv

Web, Chrome, macOS, Windows, and an early mobile app

Desktop capture is broad. tl;dv now documents a mobile app for in-person meetings, but describes it as recently launched, early-stage, and available for testing.

Evidencetl;dv bot-free recordingtl;dv mobile app

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.

EvidenceBluedot product overviewBluedot 2.1 release

tl;dv

Desktop microphone or early-stage mobile recording

A laptop can capture room audio and the newer mobile app can record in-person meetings. tl;dv documents speaker identification generally but does not explain whether the early mobile path preserves the same naming behavior, so test it before a broad rollout. There is no documented Watch capture.

Evidencetl;dv mobile apptl;dv speaker identification

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

tl;dv

Rich playback, clips, and reels—with a botless video caveat

Bot recordings support video, transcript, clips, reels, and shareable moments. Bot-free recordings are audio-only and omit video, screen sharing, and chat.

Evidencetl;dv bot-free recordingtl;dv free-plan limits

Bluedot

Audio on Basic; video, clips, and unlimited duration on Pro+

The lowest paid plan is deliberately audio-only and limits meeting length. Video and longer calls require Pro, while clips and playback are otherwise polished.

EvidenceBluedot pricingBluedot recording download

tl;dv

AI notes, action digests, multi-meeting reports, and topic tracking

The product is particularly good at synthesizing multiple meetings and turning recurring prompts into reports, including action lists grouped by person and date. Those are report or checklist outputs rather than a native task lifecycle with workspace queues and completion state. Free accounts get a limited number of AI notes.

Evidencetl;dv pricingtl;dv free-plan limitstl;dv AI prompts

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

tl;dv

Meeting library and multi-meeting synthesis

tl;dv can query and report across accessible meetings, but it does not present a broader email/calendar/person/company relationship memory as its core model.

Evidencetl;dv MCP

Bluedot

Workspace meeting memory, without broader email relationship context

Bluedot can search and chat across meetings, but it does not emphasize a combined email/calendar/person/company history as a primary product surface.

EvidenceBluedot product overview

tl;dv

Granular team privacy defaults and automatic sharing

Teams can automatically share with participants, publish to a team or organization library, and apply admin privacy rules using meeting context such as title, internal or external type, and team role. Sensitive categories can remain private by rule.

Evidencetl;dv team privacy 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.

EvidenceBluedot automatic sharingBluedot workspace settings

tl;dv

Recurring AI reports and sales workflows

Automated multi-meeting reports, playbooks, CRM updates, and conditional Slack posts are useful, especially for customer-facing teams. Slack workflows can format decisions and action items with owners and deadlines, but team workflow scope excludes team admins and billing-group admins, and the overall system is less open-ended than a general meeting condition/action builder.

Evidencetl;dv pricingtl;dv Slack workflows

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

tl;dv

CRM and collaboration integrations on paid plans

tl;dv connects to common CRMs and work tools; exact access varies by plan. The catalog is oriented around GTM and collaboration workflows.

Evidencetl;dv pricing

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

tl;dv

MCP on Pro+ and a public alpha API

MCP can search meetings and participants, with typical result sets capped at 50. A subtle access rule matters: viewing a shared meeting is not enough if its organizer is on Free—the organizer must have Pro or higher before that meeting is available through MCP or the API. The API is documented as v1alpha1 and includes recording downloads, so integration teams should expect contract evolution.

Evidencetl;dv MCPtl;dv APItl;dv download limits

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

tl;dv

Paid Team controls, with a looser domain Organization layer

Paid Teams add roles, billing administration, and forward-looking defaults; team settings do not override Team Admins. The separate domain-based Organization has no organization-wide admin defaults, any same-domain user can join it, and it cannot be deleted. Multi-team management is Business-only.

Evidencetl;dv pricingtl;dv team privacy defaultstl;dv organization and team modeltl;dv permission levels

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

tl;dv

Multilingual transcription; advanced multilingual mode is plan-gated

Language selection behavior varies by capture mode, and the multilingual Whisper option is documented for Business and Enterprise.

Evidencetl;dv pricingtl;dv bot-free recording

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