Jamie alternative
No bot either. But the notes land in their EU database, not on your disk.
Jamie is a serious cloud product: it records the room without a bot, streams the audio for transcription without keeping it, and is ISO 27001 certified with the data held in the EU. Parlo keeps the same no-bot shape and changes two things: the audio never leaves your Mac at all, and every meeting ends as a Markdown folder you own. Dictation and voice commands come in the same app.
Parlo requires macOS 15 (Sequoia) or later on Apple Silicon. Intel Macs aren't supported.
Parlo vs Jamie
What is being compared.
Marks are our reading of each cell: a check is a plus for you, a cross is a limit, a dash is neither. We make one of these two products, so read this as argued rather than neutral. Jamie's prices and features were checked on its own pages on 5 November 2026; plans move, so verify before you buy.
| Jamie | Parlo | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Limit.Free tier; Plus €21/mo, Pro €39/mo, Team €33/seat/mo billed annually; no lifetime option listed | Plus.$8/mo, or $80 once (first 100) |
| Free tier | Plus.€0: 10 AI notes a month, 30-minute meeting duration limit | Neither.14-day trial, then paid |
| How it records | Plus.On your device: microphone plus system audio, online and in-person | Plus.On your Mac: microphone plus system audio, no bot, no attendee |
| Joins the call | Plus.Never | Plus.Never. System audio plus mic, no attendee |
| Where the audio goes | Limit.Streamed to Jamie's servers, transcribed there (Soniox, EU), deleted as soon as transcription completes | Plus.On your Mac, open speech models (WhisperKit, Parakeet). Audio never leaves the machine |
| Where the notes live | Limit.Jamie's EU database, until you delete them or close the account | Plus.Markdown files in ~/Documents/Parlo Meetings, plus a folder or Google Drive you pick |
| System-wide dictation | Limit.None on the pages we read; Ask Jamie chats inside the app | Plus.Hold fn (or any shortcut you pick), speak, text lands in any app. On-device |
| Voice commands for your Mac | Limit.No; Sidekick and Workflows run inside Jamie | Plus.Hold fn+ctrl: open apps, move files, set reminders, run Shortcuts |
| Chat with your meetings | Plus.Ask Jamie across all meetings, plus Briefings before and Workflows after | Limit.Not in the app; the Markdown notes are yours to grep or feed to an agent |
| Speakers | Plus.Speaker recognition on every plan; optional Speaker Memory stores voice profiles | Plus.On your Mac, mic and far end as separate tracks |
| Languages | Plus.Notes and transcripts in 99+ languages | Limit.English and Spanish on the on-device model today |
| Agent access (MCP, API) | Plus.MCP for Claude, ChatGPT and Cursor, plus API and webhooks from Pro | Limit.Not yet; the files are plain Markdown any agent can read |
| Team features | Plus.Shared workspace, templates and admin on Team; SAML SSO, SCIM, audit logs, IP allowlist on Enterprise | Limit.Team plans by request. Sharing via a shared folder or Drive |
| Compliance | Plus.ISO 27001 certified, GDPR, DORA; data resident in the EEA, Switzerland and the UK | Limit.No certification; the answer is that nothing leaves the Mac |
| Platforms | Plus.Mac, Windows, iPhone; the mobile app also ships on Google Play | Limit.macOS 15+ on Apple Silicon only |
| Maturity | Plus.Company (wespond UG, Germany), ISO 27001 audited, used by PE and law firms | Limit.Young, in alpha, built by one person |
Where the two actually differ.
The audio never leaves your Mac
Jamie's privacy policy says the audio is captured on your device and transmitted to their servers, where it is transcribed by an AI-based speech recognition service (Soniox, in the EU), and that the recording is deleted as soon as the transcription is complete. Their security page puts it plainly: meeting audio is streamed for transcription and never stored. Parlo is one step further: the model runs on your Mac, so the audio is not transmitted at all.
The meeting ends as a folder, not a row
Jamie's transcripts, summaries and meeting metadata (title, time, participants, calendar information if you connected a calendar) are stored in an EU-based database until you delete them or your account is closed. Parlo writes each meeting as a Markdown folder (notes.md, transcript.md, meta.json) on your Mac. It opens with Parlo deleted, greps from any agent, and goes into Git.
A real free tier on their side, a real price on ours
Jamie's €0 plan gives you 10 AI notes a month and a 30-minute meeting duration limit; the paid plans start at €21 a month (Plus) and €39 (Pro), billed annually, and there is no lifetime option on the pricing page. Parlo's free story is a 14-day trial; after that it is $8 a month or $80 once for the first 100 founders.
Where Jamie is the better answer.
You need the team layer.
Jamie gives you a shared workspace, shared templates, user management and admin controls on Team, and SAML SSO, SCIM, audit logs, IP allowlist and custom retention policies on Enterprise. Parlo has a shared-folder export and that's it.
You need certified compliance and EU residency.
Jamie is ISO 27001 certified, GDPR compliant, aligned with DORA, and keeps storage and processing inside the EEA, Switzerland and the UK. It also states that no meeting content is used to train models, by them or by their providers, and that this is contractually enforced. Parlo has no certification behind it; the answer there is that the data never leaves the machine.
You want an assistant that works around the meeting.
Ask Jamie chats across all your meetings, Briefings prepare you before one, Sidekick answers from inside it, and Workflows update the CRM and draft the follow-ups after. Parlo has the notes as files, and that is the integration.
You are not on a Mac.
Jamie ships for Mac, Windows and iPhone, with the mobile app also on Google Play, and it captures in-person meetings from a laptop or a phone. Parlo is a macOS app and nothing else is planned yet.
If none of those are you, and what you wanted was the part Parlo does well, that is what Parlo is for.
Best for.
Parlo
Someone on a Mac who wants the audio to stay on their machine, the notes to stay as files they own, and dictation and voice commands in between meetings.
Jamie
Teams and regulated firms who need certifications, EU residency, a shared workspace and an assistant that works across meetings, and who are happy with the notes in a cloud database.
Parlo, pros
- The audio never leaves your Mac: open speech models (WhisperKit, Parakeet).
- Every meeting is a Markdown folder on your disk, no export button needed.
- $80 once for the first 100 founders, with dictation and voice commands in the same app.
Parlo, cons
- No free tier, no team layer, no SSO, no certifications.
- macOS 15+ on Apple Silicon only; no Windows, iPhone or Android app.
- One person, in alpha.
Asked before switching
Questions people search first.
Is Jamie a good Parlo alternative?
If you want the no-bot shape with EU hosting, certifications, a team workspace and an assistant that works across every meeting, Jamie is a strong answer and, for a regulated firm, probably the only one. If you want the audio to stay on your Mac, the notes to stay as files you own, and dictation and voice commands in the same app, Parlo is the closer fit.
How much does Jamie cost?
Checked on 5 November 2026 on meetjamie.ai/pricing: Free is €0 with 10 AI notes a month and a 30-minute meeting duration limit, Plus is €21 a month with 20 notes and a 2-hour limit, Pro is €39 with unlimited notes, a 5-hour limit and MCP for AI tools, Team is €33 per seat with a shared workspace, and Enterprise is priced by agreement. The prices shown are billed annually and their toggle marks the yearly plan as 17% off. Parlo is $8 a month or $80 once for the first 100 founders.
Does Jamie keep my meeting audio?
No. Their privacy policy says the audio is captured on your device and transmitted to their servers, where it is transcribed by an AI speech recognition service (Soniox, in the EU), and that the recording is deleted as soon as the transcription is complete. Their security page says it outright: meeting audio is streamed for transcription and never stored. Parlo is one step further: the audio is never transmitted, because the model runs on your Mac.
Where do Jamie's meeting notes live?
In Jamie's EU-based database. Transcripts, summaries and meeting metadata (title, time, participants, and calendar information if you connected a calendar) stay there until you delete them or close your account. Data residency is the EEA, Switzerland and the UK. Parlo writes a Markdown folder per meeting on your Mac and sends nothing anywhere except the transcript text you choose to hand to Parlo Cloud.
Does Jamie have dictation?
Not on the pages we read. Nothing on the home, pricing, security, privacy or documentation pages describes typing into another app with a global shortcut. What Jamie offers is Ask Jamie, chat with your meetings inside the app, plus Sidekick during the meeting and Workflows after it. Parlo dictates into any app with hold fn, on-device.
Can I bring my own AI key to Jamie?
Nothing on their pricing page offers a bring-your-own-key path; their privacy policy names the speech recognition and AI providers they use instead (Soniox for transcription, and EU data centres for the models). Parlo includes Parlo Cloud with every plan, keeps an on-device option, and takes your own OpenAI or Anthropic key at no charge from us.
Pricing
Dictation. Meeting notes. Voice commands.
One membership.
A power user pays $30+/month across point-solutions today: one app to dictate, another for meeting notes, nothing that acts. Parlo replaces the stack.
Audio never leaves your Mac · no usage limits
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- Dictation, meeting notes and voice commands in one app*
- Parlo Cloud meeting notes included · no API key
- Speech and dictation on-device · no usage limits
- Direct line to the founder
- Price locked in as long as you stay subscribed
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*Voice commands are in alpha.
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