Earkeep
The Avoma alternative for one person, not a sales team
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Avoma's bot joins from the invite, the cloud scores the call, and it lands in Salesforce. Earkeep records your day on your device; you mark meetings afterwards.
14-day full trial, no account required.
- No bot on the invite, no bot in the room
- Audio processed on your device, never uploaded
- €39 once, not $19 to $77 per seat per month
The short answer
Avoma is bought by a sales leader for a team of reps: call scoring, coaching, CRM hygiene and a forecast, against Gong, Chorus and Clari. Earkeep is bought by one person for a complete, locally transcribed record of their own day. If you need Salesforce write-back and a scorecard, stay with Avoma.
Why people look for an Avoma alternative
Nothing to invite, nothing on the calendar
Avoma records when its bot dials into a calendar link or a dialer call; Earkeep listens whenever it runs, so an unscheduled huddle is kept too. For in-person meetings Avoma's help centre warns that with one microphone it "will identify the host as the speaker for the entire meeting".
Transcribed on your device, not on servers in another country
Avoma runs on AWS in the USA, with no published EU region. That cloud buys real-time transcription, instant summaries and replay, which Earkeep gives up to transcribe in memory on your machine and never send the audio anywhere.
A record that outlives the subscription
In Avoma your meetings are rows in its database, and a lapsed trial drops to a Viewer role that records nothing new. Earkeep writes one .jsonl file per day into a folder you pick, readable by grep, your editor, ten ACP agents and a read-only MCP server.
Side by side
| Capability | Earkeep | Avoma |
|---|---|---|
| Always-on capture | No start/stop | Calendar or dialer triggers it |
| Bot-free | No bot ever joins | Its Notetaker bot is the architecture |
| Records a meeting you can't attend | Only what your device hears | The bot goes without you |
| Captures in-person meetings | Any app, in person too | A workaround, per its own docs |
| Audio processed on your device | Never leaves the computer | AWS in the USA, no EU region |
| Keeps a recording you can replay | Audio is never written to disk | Stored and replayable |
| Retroactive spans | Define the meeting afterward | A meeting is whatever the invite said |
| AI summary when it ends | Via an agent you connect | Templated notes in about two minutes |
| Labels who said what | Not yet | Speaker-identified transcript |
| Logs to your CRM | No CRM integration at all | Salesforce, HubSpot and four more |
| Call scoring, coaching and forecasting | Nothing of the kind | Scorecards, trackers and forecasts, on add-ons |
| Share with people who weren't there | Via your agent, where your team reads | Shared workspace, playlists, comments |
| Team roles, SSO and HIPAA | One device, one licence, no admin | Roles on every plan; SSO and HIPAA on Enterprise |
| Mobile app | Desktop only | iOS and Android |
| Your own agents can read it | ACP agents plus MCP, over local files | Four read tools over Avoma's cloud, API from Organization |
| A record that outlives the subscription | Plain .jsonl on your disk | Viewer role once the plan lapses |
| Pricing | €39 one time, one device | $19-39/seat/month annually, plus add-ons |
| Platform | macOS 13+, Windows 10+ | Web app, mobile, Chrome extension |
Built inNo, but an agent you connect canPartlyNot available
What each one costs by year five
Switching takes an afternoon
- Check whether the CRM sync is what you pay for. If calls must land in Salesforce with MEDDIC fields, or managers score calls, don't switch: Earkeep does neither.
- Install it, then let a day run. It captures from the start, with nothing to configure. Nothing migrates: your Avoma history stays in Avoma, so keep the account while you need it.
- Mark yesterday, or connect a calendar. Drag a span across the timeline, or connect Google Calendar, Apple Calendar, Outlook or any ICS URL.
Which one fits you
Choose Earkeep if
You want your own record of your own day, and you are not the person being coached.
- You carry no quota, so nobody will buy you a revenue-intelligence seat
- Much of your week is in person or unscheduled
- The audio must not leave your computer
- You want transcripts as plain files your agents can read
- You'd rather pay €39 once than per seat forever
Choose Avoma if
Avoma is a serious platform for a serious job, and most people reading "Avoma alternative" should probably stay on it.
- Calls must reach the CRM: notes and MEDDIC, SPICED or NEAT fields into Salesforce, HubSpot, Pipedrive, Copper, Zoho or Zendesk Sell
- Managers review calls at scale with scorecards, Smart Trackers, playlists and snippets
- You own a forecast: deal and churn health, pipeline inspection, win-loss analysis
- You need team roles, SSO, HIPAA, DPAs, SOC 2 Type II and ISO/IEC 42001
- You need speaker labels, replay, a mobile app or a bot for the call you miss
If that is you, buy the seats. Earkeep is for the person in the same meetings without a pipeline: the product manager, the researcher, the engineering lead. See Earkeep for product managers.
Other tools people weigh this against
The nearer comparisons are notetakers: Fireflies.ai, Otter.ai, Fathom, Read AI and MeetGeek, or all sixteen side by side.
Frequently asked questions
Is Earkeep a good Avoma alternative?
For your own on-device record, yes. For CRM, scorecards, forecasting or team sharing, Avoma is the better buy.
Does Avoma have a free plan?
Not one that records. Its 14-day Organization trial needs no card; afterwards the account drops to a Viewer role that records nothing new. Earkeep's 14-day trial needs no account, then it is €39 once.
How much does Avoma actually cost per seat?
Startup is $19 per seat per month billed annually (up to 25 seats), without conversation intelligence, API, SSO or HIPAA. With conversation intelligence it is $48, with both add-ons $77. Organization is $24 and Enterprise $39, before add-ons.
Does Avoma work for in-person meetings?
Only as a workaround: its help centre suggests dialling a laptop into a virtual call, and with one microphone it labels the host as the speaker throughout. Earkeep records microphone and system audio continuously, so a huddle at your desk is captured like an online call.
Do both have an MCP server?
Yes. Avoma's has four read tools over its cloud, from the Organization plan. Earkeep's has two read-only tools, search_spans and read_span, over the .jsonl files on your disk.
Keep your own record
14-day full trial, no account required.