JotMe Alternative? Clozo vs JotMe for Google Meet Translation

JotMe vs Clozo: how each one works in Google Meet

Clozo is a Chrome extension for Google Meet on a computer. It does not listen to audio. Google Meet can show live captions for everyone, and Clozo reads those captions in your browser and has the text translated by AI. Original and translation appear one under the other, with the name of the speaker, about a second after each sentence ends. Only you see it, no bot joins the call, and nobody else needs to install anything.

JotMe is made by JotMe Limited and is described as an AI tool for live translation, transcription and AI meeting notes (jotme.io, checked 2026-11-06). It comes as a desktop app for Mac and Windows, mobile apps for iPhone and Android, a web app and a Chrome extension (jotme.io).

The Chrome extension is for Google Meet only (JotMe extension page), and JotMe's help center describes it as being for individual use (docs.jotme.io). JotMe's Google Meet page says it “captures Meet captions in your browser or audio on your computer, so no bot joins” (JotMe Google Meet page). On the desktop app, it uses your microphone and computer audio to show translated captions while you stay in your usual meeting app (jotme.io).

Clozo vs JotMe at a glance

JotMe facts in the table are linked to their sources and were checked on 2026-11-06. Clozo facts come from our how it works page and product documentation.

JotMe translation in Google Meet: live translation, languages and transcripts

Live translation

Both tools give you translated captions during a Google Meet call. With Clozo, a preliminary translation appears while a sentence is still being spoken and is replaced by the final one about a second or two after the sentence ends. It is updated roughly every second, not word by word. JotMe's Google Meet page markets the extension for live translated captions (JotMe Google Meet page).

Clozo's limits come from Meet: it can only translate what Meet captions, and Meet captions one spoken language at a time. If people speak Spanish but Meet's caption language is English, the translation will not make sense. You fix this in Meet's caption settings. Accents, background noise and jargon affect captions, and machine translation can contain mistakes.

Languages

Clozo translates into 76 languages and works with every language Meet can caption. JotMe's Chrome Web Store listing says the extension supports 77 languages (store listing). The vendor site says 200+ languages and 39,000+ language pairs for live translation (JotMe live translation page), and its Google Meet page says 200+ languages and your own cloned voice come with the desktop app (source). The mobile app page mentions live voice translation in 45+ languages (source). Check the exact language you need before you commit to either.

Transcripts and notes

Clozo's live transcript opens from the pill menu (“Open live transcript”) in Chrome's side panel. Each entry has speaker, time, original and translation, and you can search and copy it. It stays in the browser's memory and is gone when Chrome closes. The transcript of the last call stays available until the next call or until Chrome closes. TXT and PDF export is part of Pro. Clozo does not record calls and does not write summaries.

JotMe works differently after the call. It stores transcript and translation on your dashboard so you can review, copy and share them (source). Transcripts include speaker labels (source), and AI notes cover a gist, summary, action items and key points (source). JotMe also says you can translate Meet transcripts into 200+ languages after the call, from the dashboard or an uploaded recording (source).

Pricing, free minutes and account: how the two models differ

Clozo's free plan gives you 15 minutes of translation every day, renewed at midnight UTC. Only minutes in which something is translated count. When they run out, translation stops mid-call and Meet's captions stay visible in the original language. Pro costs €6.99 a month or €59 a year, with 50 hours of translation a month and up to 3 browsers on one license key. You can see the details on the pricing section. There is no account: you get a license key by email, and cancellation is under Settings → Plan → Manage subscription.

JotMe's own pricing post lists Free at $0 with 20 live-translation minutes (or real-time-summary minutes) per usage cycle and 5 AI credits. Pro is $20 per user per month, or $10 per user per month billed yearly ($120, charged in one payment). Premium is $30, or $15 billed yearly ($180). Teams start at $60 a month, and Enterprise and Events pricing depends on requirements (JotMe pricing post, checked 2026-11-06).

One detail matters for planning: according to that post, live-translation minutes can be used up faster than the meeting runs. Basic mode uses 1x, Premium Quality 2x and Fast Audio 5x, and multilingual output multiplies usage by the number of target languages. Sharing live translation with guests by browser link or QR code needs Premium or above (jotme.io). We could not confirm the minute allowances of the paid JotMe plans, so check them on JotMe's pricing page.

On sign-up, JotMe's store listing says you add the extension, sign up for an account, start your Google Meet and set the language (store listing). Clozo needs no sign-up: add it, join a call and agree once in the call.

Privacy: what happens to your captions

With Clozo, nothing leaves your browser until you agree in the call (“Agree and translate”). Only the caption text is sent, with the previous sentence or two as context. No audio, video, participant names or meeting links are sent. The text is forwarded to Google Cloud (Vertex AI), processed in the EU, and Clozo keeps no recordings, captions, translations or meeting data on any server. It is not used to train AI. Clozo asks you to tell other participants that captions are translated and not to use it in confidential meetings. More on the privacy section.

JotMe says it does not use customer data to train its AI models, never sells recordings and transcripts to third parties, encrypts data in transit and at rest, and describes itself as GDPR compliant (jotme.io). Its Terms of Use say it may use aggregated, anonymized data to improve model performance, and that connecting services such as Google Drive, Notion or Slack lets it share information with them as needed (Terms of Use).

The Chrome Web Store listing says the service collects speech through live captions, that collected data is used exclusively to enhance its AI-driven services, and that users must get consent from all meeting participants before using JotMe (store listing). Since JotMe keeps transcripts on a dashboard and Clozo keeps nothing on a server, the practical difference is where the record lives. We did not review JotMe's full privacy documentation, so read it before using either tool in sensitive calls.

When JotMe is the better choice, and when Clozo fits

JotMe may be the better choice if you:

• use Zoom, Teams or Webex as well as Google Meet. JotMe's desktop app works alongside them, and Clozo supports only Google Meet in Chrome.
• want AI meeting notes, summaries and action items. Clozo has none.
• want voice-to-voice translation or translation on your phone. Clozo translates text captions only and runs on a computer.
• want transcripts stored on a dashboard and translated after the call, or need a language outside Clozo's 76 targets.
• need to share live translation with guests by link, which JotMe offers on Premium and above.

Clozo may fit better if you:

• only need to translate Google Meet live, for interviews, classes, client calls or as a guest in someone else's meeting, with a free Google account and no Workspace plan.
• prefer no account and no stored data on a server. The transcript lives in browser memory.
• like a simple allowance: 15 free minutes a day, then a flat Pro price in euros.

Both approaches avoid a bot and don't require other participants to install anything. If Clozo sounds like the right size, you can add it from the Chrome Web Store and try it in your next call.

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