Gong AI Notetaker: What It Is, What It Costs, and a Simpler Alternative (2026)

Gong's AI notetaker isn't a product you can buy by itself: it's the call recording, transcript and AI summary inside Gong, a revenue platform for sales teams, and it joins your calls as a virtual participant. Gong doesn't publish prices, but buyers report paying $1,200 to $2,400 per seat a year plus a platform fee, and Vendr's data puts the median Gong contract at $55,359 a year.

If what you want from Gong is the notes (the recording, the transcript, the summary, the follow-up email and the note in your CRM), Scribbl does that job with no bot in the call and no contract. The free plan includes Google Meet, Zoom and Microsoft Teams, and Pro is $13 per user per month billed annually, or $20 monthly.

What is Gong's AI notetaker?

Gong is a revenue platform: it records sales calls and analyzes them across a sales team, for deals, forecasts and coaching. Its "note taker" is the part that turns each recorded call into something you can read. According to Gong's help center, a recorded call page has:

• Outline: an AI-written summary with timestamped sections that link to those points in the recording
• Transcript: the full call, with each line labeled by speaker, and search
• Call info: attendees, date, length, call type, and the CRM record it's linked to
• Points of interest: moments Gong flags by itself, such as questions, competitor mentions and pricing discussions

Three things follow from that:

• You can't buy it alone. The notes come with a Gong license. There's no notes-only plan.
• It's sold, not signed up for. Gong's pricing page has no prices and no free plan. You fill out a form and get a customized proposal.
• It's priced for a sales org. You pay per user and a platform fee for the analytics on top of the notes.

How much does Gong's AI notetaker cost?

Gong publishes two facts about its pricing and no numbers: "Licenses are priced per user," and "there is a platform fee based on the number of users supported." Gong also says you can integrate your existing tools for free. Everything else comes from buyers and procurement data.

What you pay for	What's publicly reported	Source
Per-seat license	$1,200 to $2,400 per seat a year	Vendr, March 2026
Typical contract	Median $55,359 a year; range $11,497 to $203,683 (1,145 purchases)	Vendr, March 2026
Platform fee	$5,000 to $10,000 a year under 50 users; $15,000 to $30,000 for 50 to 250; $30,000 to $50,000 or more above 250	Sybill, May 2026
Onboarding	$7,500 to $15,000 one time for a standard setup	Sybill, May 2026
Contract	Annual or multi-year, no monthly billing	Sybill, May 2026
Free plan	None listed; customized proposal through a form	Gong pricing page, October 19, 2026

These are reported figures, not Gong's price list, and Gong negotiates every deal. The size of the spend is the point: Gong is a platform contract, not a per-rep subscription.

What that means for a 10-person team. Using the low end of each reported range: 10 seats at $1,200 is $12,000, plus a $5,000 platform fee, plus $7,500 onboarding, so about $24,500 in the first year, before anyone negotiates up or down. The same 10 people on Scribbl Pro pay $1,560 a year ($13 per user per month, billed annually), with no platform fee and no onboarding fee, and they can start on the free plan today.

How Gong's note taker joins your calls

Gong's help center describes two ways it records a video call:

• Bot recording: "A virtual participant, responsible for recording the call, is added to the meeting." This works on every conferencing platform Gong supports, including Google Meet, Microsoft Teams and Zoom. In Zoom, the Gong recorder appears in the attendee list like any other participant, and if the meeting has a waiting room, the host has to admit it.
• Native recording: Gong pulls the recording from the conferencing platform after the call, so no recorder appears in the meeting. Gong says this is only available with Zoom.

So on Google Meet and Teams, and on Zoom unless your company set up native recording, your prospect sees a Gong recorder in the call. On a first sales call, that's one more thing to explain.

Scribbl vs Gong for meeting notes

Feature	Scribbl	Gong
Bot in your prospect's call	Never: nothing joins the call	Yes, a virtual participant, unless your Zoom uses native recording
After every call	The video, a transcript with speaker names, AI notes and action items	Recording, transcript with speakers, AI outline, flagged moments
Follow-up email drafted	Yes, through Automations; you copy it or open it in Gmail	Ask Gong's sales team
Notes logged in HubSpot or Pipedrive	Yes, through Automations, asking before they change anything by default	Ask Gong's sales team
Ask ChatGPT or Claude about past calls	Yes, on Pro	Ask Gong's sales team
Meetings sorted by themselves	Smart Collections	Ask Gong's sales team
Free plan	10 meetings a month; includes Google Meet, Zoom and Microsoft Teams	None listed
Price	Pro $13 per user per month billed annually, or $20 monthly	No public price; reported $1,200 to $2,400 per seat a year plus a platform fee
How you buy it	Sign up and start	Form, proposal and annual contract

Gong's analytics, forecasts and coaching are what its contract pays for. If your team wants the notes, the recording and the follow-up done after every call, those are exactly the rows where Scribbl wins, at a fraction of the price.

Scribbl: the Gong notetaker alternative without the contract

Scribbl is an AI note taker for Google Meet, Zoom and Microsoft Teams, and nothing joins the call. On Google Meet it's a Chrome extension; for Zoom and Teams it's Scribbl Desktop for Mac (Apple silicon) and Windows. After each meeting you get the video recording, a transcript with speaker names, AI notes and action items.

Then it does the follow-up a Gong buyer usually wants from a note taker:

• Smart Collections sort your meetings by themselves. Make one for sales calls and they gather there.
• Automations do the follow-up when a call lands in a collection: draft the follow-up email (you copy it or open it in Gmail; it never sends by itself), log a note in HubSpot or Pipedrive, post to Slack or Microsoft Teams, save to Google Drive, Notion or Confluence, open an Asana, Monday, Linear or Jira ticket, or add a Google Sheet row. They ask before they change anything by default.
• Ask ChatGPT or Claude about past meetings on Pro, by connecting Scribbl. For example: "What did Acme say about budget across our last three calls?"

1. 1

   Add Scribbl

   Install the Chrome extension for Google Meet, or Scribbl Desktop for Zoom and Teams, and create your free account.

2. 2

   Take your calls as usual

   Nothing joins the call. Tell everyone you're recording.

3. 3

   Get the notes

   After each call: the video, a transcript with speaker names, AI notes and action items.

4. 4

   Let the follow-up happen

   A Smart Collection gathers your sales calls, and an Automation drafts the follow-up email and logs the note in HubSpot or Pipedrive.

The free plan includes Google Meet, Zoom and Microsoft Teams, for 10 meetings a month. Pro is $13 per user per month billed annually, or $20 monthly. Recordings are private by default, and Scribbl doesn't use your meetings to train AI for anyone other than you.

For more on picking a note taker for a sales team, see the best AI note taker for sales calls and Scribbl vs Gong.

Tell people you're recording

Whatever you use, tell people at the start of the call that you're recording. Some places require everyone's consent, and a tool with no bot doesn't announce itself, so saying it is your job. A short line works: "I record our calls so I can focus on you instead of my notes. Is that OK?"

FAQ

What is the Gong AI notetaker?

It's the note-taking part of Gong, a revenue platform for sales teams. Gong records your calls, transcribes them with speaker names, and writes an AI outline of each call with timestamped sections, plus flagged moments like questions, competitor mentions and pricing talk. You can't buy it on its own: it comes with a Gong license.

How much does the Gong note taker cost?

Gong doesn't publish prices. Its pricing page says licenses are priced per user, plus a platform fee based on the number of users. Vendr reports $1,200 to $2,400 per seat a year and a median contract of $55,359 a year, from 1,145 purchases. Sybill reports platform fees from $5,000 a year for small teams to $50,000 or more for large ones, and onboarding from $7,500.

Can I buy just the Gong notetaker?

No. The notes come with Gong's platform license, and Gong sells it through a proposal, not a sign-up page. If you want meeting notes, recordings, transcripts and the follow-up done without a platform contract, Scribbl is free to start, and Pro is $13 per user per month billed annually, or $20 monthly.

Does Gong have a free plan?

Gong's pricing page lists no free plan. It offers a customized proposal through a form. Scribbl's free plan includes Google Meet, Zoom and Microsoft Teams, for 10 meetings a month.

Does the Gong note taker join the call as a bot?

Yes, in most setups. Gong's help center says a virtual participant that records the call is added to the meeting, and that in Zoom the Gong recorder appears in the attendee list like any other participant. The exception is Zoom with native recording, the only platform where Gong offers it. With Scribbl, nothing joins the call on Google Meet, Zoom or Microsoft Teams.

What is the best alternative to Gong's AI notetaker?

For teams that want notes, recordings, transcripts, follow-up emails and notes in HubSpot or Pipedrive without Gong's contract, Scribbl. Nothing joins the call, every meeting comes back with the video, a transcript with speaker names, AI notes and action items, and Automations draft the follow-up email and log the note in your CRM, asking before they change anything by default.

Sources

Checked October 19, 2026.

• Gong, Pricing (licenses priced per user, platform fee based on number of users, free integrations, customized proposal through a form, no prices or free plan listed)
• Gong Help Center, How calls are recorded (bot recording as a virtual participant, Gong recorder in the Zoom attendee list, native recording with no recorder in the meeting)
• Gong Help Center, Web conferencing integrations (virtual participant on all web conferencing integrations, native recording only with Zoom, host must admit the bot from a waiting room, supported platforms)
• Gong Help Center, Save time with call spotlight (Outline, Transcript, Call info and Points of interest on a call page)
• Vendr, Gong pricing, last updated March 2026 (pricing not published, $1,200 to $2,400 per seat a year, median $55,359 a year, range $11,497 to $203,683, 1,145 purchases)
• Sybill, Gong pricing, May 11, 2026 (platform fee by team size, onboarding, annual or multi-year contracts, no monthly billing; figures gathered from user reports and procurement data)
• Scribbl, pricing, Scribbl for sales, desktop app, connecting Scribbl to ChatGPT or Claude, as of October 2026