# Pocket vs Plaud After a Month of Real Meetings

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> Pocket vs Plaud Note Pro on price, transcription limits, size and agent access, after a month of using Pocket in real meetings.

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- Author: Mike Moore (https://webofmike.com/about/)
- Published: 2026-11-03
- Last modified: 2026-11-03
- Tags: AI Life
- Cite as: Mike Moore, "Pocket vs Plaud After a Month of Real Meetings", Web of Mike (webofmike.com), 2026-11-03. https://webofmike.com/ai-life/gadgets/ai-recorders/pocket-vs-plaud-month-of-meetings/


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<div class="product-photo-row"><figure class="product-photo"><img src="/images/products/pocket-magsafe.webp" alt="Pocket AI recorder attached magnetically to the back of a phone" width="800" height="800" loading="lazy" decoding="async"><figcaption>Image: Pocket</figcaption></figure></div>

I wear a Pocket every workday, so this is the one comparison in the AI Life section where I can speak from use. For Plaud, I'm going on the spec sheets and published reviews. The deeper version of this lives in my original [Pocket vs Plaud comparison](/pocket-vs-plaud/). More recorders are on the [AI recorder hub](/ai-life/gadgets/ai-recorders/).

{{< owner pocket >}}I use Pocket myself. 5/5.{{< /owner >}}

## The numbers

| | Pocket | Plaud Note Pro |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Price | $129 (list $199) | $189 |
| Free transcription | Unlimited | 300 minutes a month |
| Paid plan | Pocket Pro $19.99/mo billed yearly | Plaud Pro $99.99/yr for 1,200 minutes a month |

Sources: [Plaud](https://www.plaud.ai/), [How-To Geek](https://www.howtogeek.com/), and my [Pocket price breakdown](/pocket-ai-price/).

Pocket weighs 52g and runs up to four days on a charge. The Note Pro has four mics for picking up a room.

## What a month of meetings shows

The free minutes are the deciding number. A normal week of calls blows through 300 minutes. With Pocket I never think about a meter. That's the main reason I stayed. {{< aff pocket "Get Pocket" />}}

Plaud's hardware is well reviewed, and the four-mic Note Pro is built for rooms. If you record a few long meetings a month, its free tier may be enough. {{< aff plaud "See the Plaud Note Pro" />}}

## Where it matters for agents

Pocket has an MCP server, which is how my agent reads my meetings. See the box below.

Related: [best AI voice recorder for students vs professionals](/ai-life/gadgets/ai-recorders/best-ai-voice-recorder-students-vs-professionals/), [turning a recorder into a second brain](/ai-life/gadgets/ai-recorders/voice-recorder-second-brain/), and the meeting software side in [Granola vs Otter vs Fireflies](/ai-life/work-study/meeting-assistants/granola-vs-otter-vs-fireflies-agent-access/).

## What my agent can do with it

This is the device my agent uses most. Through the [Pocket MCP server](/pocket-mcp-server/), my agent reads yesterday's meeting notes, pulls action items, and preps me for the next call. I wrote up the setup in [Pocket as an AI agent's memory](/pocket-ai-agent/).