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Should I use tl;dv - AI Meeting Notetaker for Zoom, Google Meet & Teams?

AI meeting notes — record, transcribe, and summarize meetings automatically. tl;dv turns Zoom, Google Meet, and Microsoft Teams calls into actionable insights with AI-powered summaries. - tldv.io

Skip. Only consider the free tier if your meetings are trivial and you've verified the 2026 breach was fully remediated. Anyone recording confidential, HR, legal, or client calls should choose a different notetaker.

Confidence

Medium. Based on 13+ public sources; no named customers or verifiable pricing tiers in evidence.

Ratings

  • Value for money
  • Ease of useNo usable evidence found
  • Feature depth
  • Support qualityNo usable evidence found
  • Security posture

Pricing

Not disclosed

ModelNot disclosed
Monthly feesNot disclosed
HardwareNot disclosed
Free tierYes

Best for

  • Teams living on Zoom, Meet, and Teams
  • Multilingual teams needing 30+ language support
  • People catching up on missed meetings fast
  • Casual calls on the free tier

Not for

  • Anyone recording confidential, HR, legal, or client calls
  • Government or regulated industries — their calls were exposed
  • Buyers who need proven, audited security today
  • Teams who treat SOC 2 badges as proof of safety — this one failed in practice

Gotchas - check before you buy

high

Exposed 181,874 meetings; confirm the flaw is fixed and data remediated before trusting sensitive calls.

high

SOC 2 and GDPR claims coexisted with the flaw — certification did not prevent the leak.

medium

Public security page was not found during checks.

medium

Independent review sentiment is mixed; most coverage is affiliate lists, not real user feedback.

Pros and cons

Pros

  • Records, transcribes, and summarizes Zoom, Google Meet, and Teams calls
  • Transcribes, translates, and summarizes in 30+ languages
  • Timestamped notes let you catch up on meetings in minutes
  • Free tier repeatedly appears in best-free-AI-notetaker roundups
  • Claims GDPR compliance with EU-based data hosting

Cons

  • Firebase misconfiguration exposed 181,874 meetings from 84,312 users
  • Any authenticated user could read other users' meeting data
  • Flaw potentially let attackers join users' calls
  • Government and corporate video calls were exposed

Sources & method

Analyzed 9/21/2026 - 13 sources - Breached Aug 2026: a misconfigured Firebase/Firestore rule exposed 181,874 meetings from 84,312 users; earlier SOC 2 and GDPR claims did not prevent it.

official x2review x8security x3
  • Firestore security rule missing — mass meeting exposure, A missing Firestore security rule exposed 181,874 meetings from 84,312 users; any authenticated user could read others' meeting data.
  • Government and corporate calls exposed, call-joining risk, The Firebase misconfiguration let users query any other users' meeting information and potentially join their calls.
  • Security page unavailable, Checks of returned no security page found.

Key stats

  • Value for money: 4/5

    Rating

  • Not disclosed

    Starting price

  • 13

    Sources

  • Analyzed

  • Value for money: 4/5. Free tier lands in best-free-notetaker lists
  • Ease of use. No usable evidence found
  • Feature depth: 4/5. Transcription, summaries, translation across 30+ languages
  • Support quality. No usable evidence found
  • Security posture: 1/5. Firebase misconfiguration exposed 181,874 users' meetings
  • 181,874 Meetings exposed in 2026 breach from 84,312 users (Aug 2026)
  • Yes Free tier appears in best-free-AI-notetaker roundups
  • 30+ Languages supported record, transcribe, translate, summarize

Pricing

Free tier: Yes

Security

Breached Aug 2026: a misconfigured Firebase/Firestore rule exposed 181,874 meetings from 84,312 users; earlier SOC 2 and GDPR claims did not prevent it.

  • Firestore security rule missing — mass meeting exposureA missing Firestore security rule exposed 181,874 meetings from 84,312 users; any authenticated user could read others' meeting data.³
  • Government and corporate calls exposed, call-joining riskThe Firebase misconfiguration let users query any other users' meeting information and potentially join their calls.⁵
  • Security page unavailableChecks of returned no security page found.²

What users say

Feedback is mixed: roundups praise the free recorder and timestamped catch-ups, but coverage is now dominated by the 2026 data exposure.

“mixed review sentiment across available feedback”
Gridinsoft URL trust scan
“tl;dv takes security seriously, with solid protocols in place to protect user data. It's both SOC 2 and GDPR compliant”
MeetJamie review (predates the Aug 2026 breach)

Alternatives

Compare tl;dv - AI Meeting Notetaker for Zoom, Google Meet & Teams with each alternative.

  • Microsoft 365 built-in recap

    If you already pay for Microsoft 365, built-in meeting recap may suffice

Full analysis

Based on 13+ public sources; no named customers or verifiable pricing tiers in evidence.

Solid free notetaker on paper — but an Aug 2026 flaw exposed 181,874 meetings. Don't trust it with sensitive calls.

Methodology

Based on 13+ public sources; no named customers or verifiable pricing tiers in evidence.

Sources

  1. tl;dv official sitetldv.io
    official
  2. tl;dv security pagetldv.io
    official
  3. 10 Best tl;dv Alternatives (breach disclosure)fellow.ai
    security
  4. tl;dv Security Breach: What It Meanshappyscribe.com
    security
  5. AI Notetaker Exposes Government, Corporate Video Callsdarkreading.com
    security
  6. tl;dv Review: Is It Worth It in 2026?meetjamie.ai
    review
  7. tl;dv Review 2026: Features, Pricing & Alternativessally.io
    review
  8. Tl;dv tool overview (30+ languages)toolbloom.ai
    review
  9. tl;dv overview (GDPR, EU hosting)eliteai.tools
    review
  10. Tldv.io Reviews and Reputationgridinsoft.com
    review
  11. 6 Best Free AI Meeting Note Takersfacebook.com
    review
  12. Thread: timestamped notes catch-upthreadreaderapp.com
    review
  13. Parse: GDPR-compliant notetaker promptparse.gl
    review

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