Comparing a YouTube-focused summarizer (AI Vid Summary) with a meeting transcription platform (Notta). Different tools for different needs.
Important: These tools serve different primary purposes. AI Vid Summary is built for YouTube video summarization and learning. Notta is built for meeting transcription and business productivity. While both can handle video content, they excel in different scenarios.
AI Vid Summary is YouTube-specialized. We don't try to do meetings, phone calls, or podcasts. We focus exclusively on helping learners extract insights from YouTube content faster.
Our Philosophy: Specialize deeply rather than spread thin. By focusing only on YouTube, we've built features competitors can't match: 111 languages, 12 templates, Notion export, and a 4-tier transcript fallback system with 99.9% success.
Best For:
Students, professionals, researchers, lifelong learners who consume educational YouTube content and want to learn 10x faster.
Notta is a professional transcription service with industry-leading 98.86% accuracy. While it supports YouTube videos, its real strength is transcribing meetings, phone calls, lectures, and live audio in real-time.
Key Strengths:
Best For:
Professionals who need accurate transcriptions of meetings, interviews, and conference calls—with YouTube summarization as a secondary feature.
| Feature | AI Vid Summary | Notta | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Languages Supported |
111
Industry-leading |
58
Transcription languages |
AI Vid Summary |
| YouTube Optimization |
Core focus |
Secondary feature
Meetings are primary |
AI Vid Summary |
| Transcription Accuracy |
4-tier fallback
99.9% success rate |
98.86%
Industry-leading |
Notta |
| Meeting Integrations |
YouTube only |
Zoom, Teams, Meet |
Notta |
| Summary Templates |
12
Study notes, blog posts, etc. |
Transcription only |
AI Vid Summary |
| Notion Export |
One-click integration |
Manual copy/paste |
AI Vid Summary |
| AI Chat with Content |
With timestamp links |
AI chat available |
Tie |
| Real-Time Transcription |
Post-video only |
Live audio support |
Notta |
| Batch Processing |
Queue playlists (Pro) |
One at a time |
AI Vid Summary |
| Student Discount |
40% off all plans
Pro: $7.20/month |
.edu email discount
Contact support |
AI Vid Summary |
| Custom Templates |
5 custom templates (Ultimate) |
Not available |
|
| Social Sharing |
Built-in share buttons |
Not available |
|
| Public Summary Pages |
Every summary gets URL |
Not available |
|
| Summary History |
Unlimited with search
Favorites & organize |
Available
Standard history |
|
| Download Formats |
PDF + Markdown
All plans (including free) |
Export available
Standard formats |
AI Vid Summary Wins
Notta Wins
Ties
Different use cases: AI Vid Summary for YouTube learning. Notta for meeting transcription.
AI Vid Summary is better for YouTube because it's YouTube-specialized:
Notta can summarize YouTube videos, but it's not their core focus. Their strength is meeting transcription, not educational YouTube content.
Notta wins decisively: 98.86% accuracy (industry-leading).
However, this comparison is misleading because:
Choose based on your need: If you need word-perfect transcripts (legal, medical), use Notta. If you want to learn faster from videos, use AI Vid Summary.
Yes. Notta integrates directly with Zoom, Google Meet, and Microsoft Teams for automatic meeting transcription.
AI Vid Summary does not support meetings or live audio—we focus exclusively on YouTube videos.
If you need meeting transcription, Notta is the better choice. If you're learning from YouTube, AI Vid Summary wins.
Notta has the most generous free tier: 120 minutes total (not per month—total lifetime).
AI Vid Summary: Use without signup OR create account for higher daily limits (ongoing, not capped).
For YouTube learners who summarize multiple videos daily, AI Vid Summary's ongoing free tier is more sustainable. For occasional meeting transcription, Notta's 120-minute cap works well.
Absolutely! Many users strategically use:
They solve different problems—you don't have to choose just one.
Depends on your use case:
Most students use AI Vid Summary for YouTube (majority of online learning) and Notta's free tier for occasional live lectures.
Yes! AI Vid Summary offers custom templates on the Ultimate plan (5 custom templates you can create from scratch). This feature is not available on Notta. Custom templates let you design your own summary formats tailored to your specific workflow needs.
AI Vid Summary has built-in social sharing with buttons for Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, WhatsApp, and Email. Every summary also gets a public shareable URL (like aividsummary.com/s/abc123) that you can share anywhere. Notta does not offer this feature.
On AI Vid Summary, every summary gets a public URL automatically (similar to YouTube's philosophy of open knowledge sharing). You can share these URLs with anyone. Notta summaries are kept private within your account.
YouTube learning? AI Vid Summary. Meeting transcription? Notta. Both excel at what they do—pick based on your needs.