Kimiko vs Avoma: Local Meeting Notes or Sales Call AI (2026)

The short answer

Avoma is a meeting assistant and conversation-intelligence platform for revenue teams: its bot records calls, notes flow into your CRM, and add-ons score calls and forecast deals, all in Avoma’s cloud. Kimiko is a desktop app for your own meetings and notes. It records without a bot and runs speech and AI on your computer.

Choose Kimiko if

You’d rather no bot joined your calls.
You want meetings transcribed and summarized on your own computer.
You need to process meetings offline once your models are downloaded.
You want one plan for yourself, with voice dictation included.

Choose Avoma if

You run a sales or customer success team and want notes saved to your CRM.
You want call scorecards, coaching and deal forecasting.
Managers review, comment on and share teammates’ calls.
Your company needs SOC 2 Type II, ISO/IEC 42001 or HIPAA.

Side by side

Kimiko and Avoma compared, checked 17 October 2026. Numbers link to the sources at the end of the page.
Feature	Kimiko	Avoma
Recording
Records without a bot in the call	YesThe desktop app records your microphone and computer audio, so nobody new joins the call.15	PartlyA bot joins virtual calls by default. Without it, Avoma can use the platforms’ cloud recordings or its phone app.3
Zoom, Teams and Google Meet	Yes, and other call appsIt listens to your computer’s audio, so it works alongside Zoom, Microsoft Teams and Google Meet and other call apps.16	Yes, and moreThe bot joins Zoom, Teams, Google Meet, GoToMeeting and other platforms.1
Apps	Mac and WindowsApple silicon Macs with macOS 14.4 or later, and 64-bit PCs with Windows 11. No web or mobile app.17	Web, desktop and phonesA web app, iPhone and Android apps, a desktop app and a Chrome extension.1
Privacy and processing
Transcribes on your computer	Yes, by defaultLocal speech models run on your Mac or PC. Cloud transcription with Deepgram or ElevenLabs is optional.18	NoRecordings are transcribed in Avoma’s cloud on AWS in the United States.2
Summaries and chat on your computer	Yes, by defaultBuilt-in local AI writes summaries, suggests tasks and answers questions. Cloud AI is optional.19	NoAI notes, Ask Avoma and coaching run in Avoma’s cloud.2
Works without internet	Yes, after setupDownloaded models work offline. Downloads, activation and subscription checks still need a connection.20	NoTranscription and notes need Avoma’s cloud. The phone app can open downloaded meetings offline.4
Where your meetings are kept	On your computerAn encrypted database on your computer. Your Kimiko account doesn’t upload or sync your meetings.21	Avoma’s cloud, USHosted on AWS in the United States, encrypted at rest and in transit.2
Meeting audio	Not saved by defaultKimiko transcribes, then discards the audio, unless you choose to keep it for 7 or 30 days.22	Recordings keptRecordings are stored with no time limit. Enterprise can set retention policies.1
AI training on your content	NoYour meetings don’t reach Kimiko’s servers. A cloud provider you choose applies its own terms.21	NoAvoma says it doesn’t use customer data to train its models.7
Choose your AI models	YesPick local models, connect Ollama or LM Studio, or use OpenAI, Anthropic or OpenRouter with your own account.23	NoIts plans list no model choice or way to use your own AI account.1
Notes and AI
Write your own notes during the call	YesWrite in a full notes editor beside the live transcript. Your notes help shape the summary.15	YesType notes on the meeting’s page during the call; they’re timestamped to the recording.8
Ask questions across meetings	YesAsk about one meeting, a project or your whole library, then follow the source links back.24	With an add-onAsk about one meeting on every plan. Asking across meetings needs Conversation Intelligence.9
Action items	YesKimiko suggests next steps. You keep or dismiss each one, and it stays linked to its meeting.25	YesAI notes list takeaways and action items, and can sync to your CRM.10
Speaker labels	YesLive labels for up to eight remote voices; your microphone is “You”. Remembering voices is experimental.26	YesMatches speakers to participants; rename one and the whole transcript updates.11
Voice dictation in other apps	IncludedTurn it on and dictate into most apps’ text fields with your shortcut, using local or cloud speech.27	NoVoice input is only for asking Ask Avoma questions.9
Export formats	PDF, Word and MarkdownExport the summary, your notes or the transcript.28	Recordings, VTT, TXTDownload the recording, and the transcript as a .vtt or .txt file.12
Connect AI assistants (MCP)	Yes, localDesktop AI apps can read your notes, meetings and tasks through local MCP, off until you turn it on.29	Yes, hostedA remote MCP server for Claude and ChatGPT on Organization and Enterprise, or as an add-on.13
Teams and plans
Integrations	Calendars and MCPOptional Google Calendar and Microsoft Outlook connections. No CRM, Slack or Notion sync.30	CRMs, dialers, SlackNotes save to Salesforce, HubSpot, Pipedrive and other CRMs from the Startup plan.1
Shared workspaces and admin	NoBuilt for individuals. One license works on up to 3 of your computers; ask us about team licensing.31	YesFree viewer seats, privacy levels, comments and playlists. SSO on Enterprise.1
Security certifications	None yetKimiko doesn’t host your meetings: they stay in the encrypted database on your computer.21	SOC 2 Type IISOC 2 Type II and ISO/IEC 42001 certified; HIPAA on Enterprise.2
Free option	Free trialTry the full app free. No credit card needed.32	14-day trialA trial of the Organization plan with no credit card. Afterwards you can view, not record.14
Paid plans from	$12 a month, or $107.88 a yearThe full app, tax included.33	US$19 per seat a monthStartup, billed annually, per recording seat ($29 billed monthly).1

Where they differ

A bot in the call, or your computer’s audio

Avoma’s assistant joins virtual meetings from your calendar invite and appears as a participant; admins can rename it and add recording notices. To avoid the bot, Avoma can pick up cloud recordings from Zoom, Teams, Google Meet or Webex, which need the right platform licence and admin setup.

Kimiko records your microphone and your computer’s audio from the desktop app, so it works with any call app and nothing new appears in the participant list. You’re still responsible for telling people you’re taking notes.

Where meetings are processed and kept

Avoma transcribes and summarizes in its cloud on AWS in the United States, and keeps recordings without a time limit unless an Enterprise retention policy says otherwise. It says it doesn’t train its models on customer data.

Kimiko processes meetings with local models and keeps your library in an encrypted database on your computer. Meeting audio isn’t saved unless you choose to keep it.

Built for revenue teams, or for your own work

Avoma’s strengths are team workflows: notes in Salesforce or HubSpot, call scorecards and coaching, deal risk and forecasting, free viewer seats for managers and colleagues.

Kimiko is built around one person’s notes, meetings and tasks. You write in a full notes editor, organize meetings into projects, ask questions across your library and dictate into other apps. It has no CRM sync or team admin.

Pricing

Kimiko

$12 a month, or $107.88 a year

The full app on up to 3 of your computers, tax included. Free to try, no credit card needed.

See Kimiko’s plans

Avoma

Startup: $19 per recording seat a monthBilled annually, or $29 billed monthly. Up to 25 seats.
Organization: $29 per recording seat a monthBilled annually, or $39 billed monthly. Up to 100 seats.
Enterprise: $39 per recording seat a monthBilled annually. SSO, HIPAA and retention policies.
Add-ons: From $29 per seat a monthConversation and Revenue Intelligence, billed annually. Viewers are free.

As listed by Avoma, Inc. on 17 October 2026, in US dollars.1

Questions

Can Avoma record without a bot?

Partly. By default its assistant joins your call. Avoma can also use Zoom, Teams, Google Meet or Webex cloud recordings, which need the right platform licence, and its phone app records in-person meetings. Kimiko records your computer’s audio, so there’s no bot to admit.

Does Avoma work offline?

No. Avoma transcribes and summarizes in its cloud; its phone app can open meetings you’ve downloaded. Kimiko’s local models transcribe and summarize without internet once they’re downloaded.

Does Avoma use my meetings to train AI?

Avoma says it doesn’t use customer data to train its models. Your Kimiko meetings stay on your computer and don’t reach Kimiko’s servers.

Can Kimiko update my CRM like Avoma?

No. Kimiko has no CRM integration. It exports PDF, Word or Markdown files, and desktop AI apps can read your notes through local MCP when you turn it on.

How is Avoma priced?

Per recording seat: from US$19 a month billed annually, or US$29 monthly, on Startup, with coaching and revenue add-ons on top. Viewers are free. Kimiko is one plan for the full app; see Pricing above.

Try Kimiko with your next meeting

Record a short call you have permission to record, then read the summary and the tasks Kimiko suggests. Free to try. No credit card needed.

Download for Mac

Apple silicon · macOS 14.4 or later

Download for Windows

64-bit Windows 11 PCs

Running locally? 16 GB of RAM is a practical starting point. See the system requirements

Sources

We read Avoma’s pages on 17 October 2026. Plans and features change, so check them before you decide. Kimiko is an independent product and is not affiliated with Avoma, Inc. Product names belong to their owners. Spotted something out of date? Tell us.