Recall.ai

About Recall.ai

Recall.ai is the essential API infrastructure for capturing everything that happens in a meeting. Think of it as a powerful toolkit that lets developers add professional-grade recording, transcription, and data extraction features to their own applications in a fraction of the time. Instead of spending months building complex integrations with platforms like Zoom, Microsoft Teams, and Google Meet, you can use Recall.ai's simple API to get structured data like perfect transcripts, video recordings, participant details, and chat logs in just days. It's designed for product teams at companies building conversation intelligence tools, AI assistants, sales coaching platforms, or any software that needs to understand what happens in video calls. With a recent $38M Series B funding, Recall.ai is trusted by thousands of companies to handle the heavy lifting of meeting infrastructure, so you can focus on building your unique product features. Whether you need a visible bot to join calls for consent or a stealthier desktop recording solution, Recall.ai provides the flexible, reliable building blocks.

Features of Recall.ai

Meeting Bot API

This feature allows you to programmatically send a bot participant into video conferences on platforms like Zoom, Teams, and Google Meet. The bot seamlessly records the meeting, capturing high-quality video, audio, and all the rich metadata. This is the ideal method when you need explicit recording consent from participants, as the bot is a visible attendee. It's also perfect for building interactive AI agents that can participate in meetings, send chat messages, or display images.

Desktop Recording SDK

For a more integrated and discreet recording experience, the Desktop Recording SDK lets you build a native desktop application. This application can record meetings directly from the user's computer without requiring a bot to be present in the call. It's excellent for creating user-friendly recorders for internal meetings, one-on-ones, or situations where a bot in the call list is not desired, providing a stealthier and more seamless end-user experience.

Comprehensive Data Extraction

Recall.ai goes beyond simple audio capture. Its API delivers over 100 structured data points from every meeting. This includes 100% accurate, diarized transcripts (who said what and when), separate audio and video streams for each participant, screenshare content, chat messages, participant emails, and deep meeting metadata. This rich, organized data is ready for your application to analyze, search, or process immediately.

Enterprise-Grade Reliability & Security

Built to support thousands of companies, Recall.ai provides robust, scalable infrastructure so you don't have to. It ensures high uptime and consistent performance for mission-critical recordings. The platform is also built with serious security in mind, offering compliance with standards like SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, GDPR, and CCPA, giving enterprise customers and their clients full confidence in data handling.

Use Cases of Recall.ai

Conversation Intelligence & Sales Coaching

Platforms that help sales teams improve can use Recall.ai to automatically record and transcribe sales calls. Coaches and managers can then review perfect transcripts, analyze talk patterns, and provide data-driven feedback to reps, all without manual note-taking. This unlocks insights to close more deals and enhance training programs efficiently.

AI Meeting Assistants & Scribes

Developers can build intelligent AI agents that join meetings as a bot via the API. These assistants can generate real-time summaries, highlight action items, answer questions based on the discussion, and manage follow-up tasks, acting as an automated scribe for teams in healthcare, legal, or executive settings.

Internal Productivity & Knowledge Management

Companies can create internal tools that automatically record and archive important team meetings, project syncs, or all-hands presentations. These recordings, paired with searchable transcripts, become a valuable knowledge base, allowing team members to catch up asynchronously and never lose critical information discussed in calls.

Customer Support & Compliance

For industries like finance or legal, where documenting interactions is crucial, Recall.ai provides a reliable way to record customer meetings and phone calls (with the Mobile SDK). This ensures an accurate record for compliance, quality assurance, and dispute resolution, all while integrating seamlessly into existing workflow tools.

Frequently Asked Questions

What meeting platforms does Recall.ai support?

Recall.ai currently offers robust API support for major video conferencing platforms including Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Google Meet, and Slack Huddles. This wide coverage ensures you can build a unified recording feature for your users regardless of which platform they prefer to use for their calls.

How does the Meeting Bot handle recording consent?

The Meeting Bot API is designed with consent in mind. The bot joins the meeting as a visible participant, similar to a human attendee. This clear presence naturally prompts meeting organizers and participants to provide consent before proceeding, which is a best practice and often a legal requirement for recording conversations.

Is my meeting data secure with Recall.ai?

Absolutely. Security is a top priority. Recall.ai is compliant with major industry standards including SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, GDPR, and CCPA. They provide a detailed security portal and implement enterprise-grade measures to protect all data processed through their infrastructure, ensuring it is handled responsibly and securely.

Can I get real-time data from meetings, or just recordings?

Yes, you can get both! Recall.ai's API provides flexible access to data. You can receive real-time audio, video, and live transcripts as the meeting happens, enabling features like live captioning or real-time agent alerts. Alternatively, you can simply request the full recording and finalized transcript after the meeting concludes.