Happy Scribe vs Notta Comparison 2026
Both transcribe and both summarise, at about eight dollars a month. Happy Scribe leans towards subtitles, with 60-plus languages, the formats editors actually use and human proofreading available. Notta leans towards notes, with AI summaries, action items and bilingual transcription. Minutes are budgeted per year on one and per month on the other, which is the detail that decides a heavy month.
Transcripts and subtitles in 60-plus languages
Transcription and AI summaries by the minute
At a glance
- Notta starts cheaper, at $8.17.
- Both have a genuinely free tier.
- Only Happy Scribe lets you take everything with you if you leave.
Side by side
Happy Scribe | Notta | |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price (they differ) | From $8.50 | From $8.17 |
| Pricing model | Free plan, paid tiers | Free plan, paid tiers |
| Free tier | Yes | Yes |
| Billing | Monthly or annual | Monthly or annual |
| Free trial | None | Not stated |
| API | Not stated |
Happy Scribe
Transcripts and subtitles in 60-plus languages
Happy Scribe does machine transcription and subtitles, and will sell you a human pass over the top when the machine is not good enough. The export list is long, including the subtitle formats an editor actually needs. Minutes are metered per year rather than per month, which suits lumpy production.
Only on this side
- Works with YouTube
Notta
Transcription and AI summaries by the minute
Notta records or ingests audio, transcribes it in over a hundred languages, and produces a summary with action items attached. Bilingual transcription and translation are what it is picked for over the English-first tools. The free tier's 120 minutes a month is one long interview, and everything above that is measured in minutes rather than in files.
Why people weigh these two
- Notta instead of Happy Scribe
- Notta does transcription metered by the minute and adds AI summaries, with a free tier and paid plans from around $8 a month, close to Happy Scribe's price.
- Happy Scribe instead of Notta
- Happy Scribe covers more than sixty languages for transcripts and subtitles, a wider language list than Notta for anyone publishing subtitles as well as text.
Which one should you pick
Happy Scribe is the better fit for a podcaster or video creator who needs a transcript for show notes and burned-in subtitles for social. Free gives unlimited meeting recordings at 45 minutes each and a 10-minute taste of AI transcription with watermarked export, Basic at $8.50 removes the watermark, and Pro at $19 buys 7,200 minutes a year across three seats. Human proofreading is charged separately when accuracy has to be certain.
Notta suits interviews where a summary matters more than a subtitle file, and it works well across two languages. Free covers 120 minutes and 10 summaries a month; Pro at $8.17 billed annually raises that to 1,800 minutes with transcript export. Its minute allowances are the constraint, since one long recording spends them quickly.
Common questions
- Which is better for subtitles?
- Happy Scribe. It exports the subtitle formats editors use, covers over 60 languages, and offers human proofreading when the caption has to be right.
- How do the free tiers differ?
- Happy Scribe gives unlimited 45-minute meeting recordings but only 10 minutes of AI transcription, with a watermark on video export. Notta gives 120 transcription minutes and 10 AI summaries a month.
- Which handles two languages in one recording?
- Notta advertises bilingual transcription, which is the specific case it is built for.
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