Recall.ai free tier: quotas, limits and gotchas

Recall.ai Free Tier

Last verified: 2026-11-02

What you get for free

Feature	Free tier	Notes
Free-tier allowance	Register for the Pay As You Go plan and get the first 5 hours of recordings completely free; Calendar API is provided free of charge.	As seen on the official site on the day of entry; see the official site for details

Limits at a glance

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Auto-admitted challenger candidate: data checked once, not yet triple-verified by a human. Treat the free allowance and commercial terms as whatever the official site says today.

When the free plan runs out, what does upgrading cost?

Plan	pricing	Description
Pay As You Go	US$0.5 / usage_based	No monthly base fee (No platform fee); billing is calculated per second of recording duration: US$0.50 per hour of recording (also applicable to Meeting Bot API and Desktop Recording SDK); built-in transcription is an add‑on (US$0.15 per hour, and you may also supply your own third‑party key); each recording is stored free of charge for 7 days, after which storage is retained for 30 days at US$0.05 per hour of recording.

Checked 2026-11-02

Where you can use it

Platforms: web

Try it on the official site