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Cluely vs GPT-4o

A side-by-side look at pricing, capabilities, pros, cons, and our editorial scores.

 
Cluely
Writing
GPT-4o
Writing
TaglineReal-time AI meeting assistant that takes notes and answers questions while you talkOpenAI's multimodal flagship behind ChatGPT.
CategoryWritingWriting
PricingFreemium· Starter free (limited AI responses and notetaking) / Pro $19.99 per month (unlimited AI responses and unlimited meeting notes) / Pro + Undetectability $149.99 per month (adds screen-share invisibility)Freemium· Free tier; Plus $20/mo; Pro $200/mo
Model—GPT-4o
Editorial score—9.4 / 10
Use cases
Live sales call coachingReal-time meeting transcriptionAutomatic action-item extractionRecruiter screening notesInvestor pitch cheat-sheetsFollow-up question suggestionsPost-call AI summariesMultilingual meeting translationIn-person interview note-taking
general writingsummarizationvisionvoice mode
Pros
  • True real-time overlay — answers appear in ~300 ms while the meeting is still in progress, not after
  • Does not join calls as a bot, so participants never see a 'Cluely Notetaker' avatar in the roster
  • Works across Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, Webex and Slack Huddles from a single desktop app
  • Captures both microphone and system audio, so it handles in-person conversations as well as remote calls
  • Auto-generated summaries, action items and suggested follow-up questions save real post-call admin time
  • 12+ language transcription with strong accented-English performance
  • Strong all-rounder
  • Voice mode is uncannily good
  • Huge ecosystem & plugins
  • Available in ChatGPT, API, Copilot
Cons
  • 'Undetectability' raises serious consent and ethics issues in jurisdictions with two-party recording laws
  • Top tier at $149.99/mo is expensive compared with Otter, Fireflies or Granola
  • Underlying models are not disclosed, so enterprise buyers have no way to audit data-handling or model provenance
  • No native CRM/Notion/Slack integrations of the depth Gong or Fathom offer — export is mostly manual
  • Free tier is very restricted; realistic daily use requires the paid Pro plan
  • Product is young and pivoted from an interview-cheating tool, so trust and roadmap stability are open questions
  • Style can be generic without nudging
  • Hallucinates citations occasionally
  • Context smaller than Claude on long docs
Websitecluely.comchatgpt.com
Pick Cluely if
  • ✅ True real-time overlay — answers appear in ~300 ms while the meeting is still in progress, not after
  • ✅ Does not join calls as a bot, so participants never see a 'Cluely Notetaker' avatar in the roster
  • ✅ Works across Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, Webex and Slack Huddles from a single desktop app
  • ✅ Captures both microphone and system audio, so it handles in-person conversations as well as remote calls
Pick GPT-4o if
  • ✅ Strong all-rounder
  • ✅ Voice mode is uncannily good
  • ✅ Huge ecosystem & plugins
  • ✅ Available in ChatGPT, API, Copilot
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