tl;dv Pricing in 2026: Is the Business Plan Worth 3x the Cost?

tl;dv has one of the most unusual pricing structures in the AI meeting assistant space. The free plan is generous. Pro at $18/month is reasonable. Then Business jumps to $59/month - a 3.3x increase over Pro.

That jump isn’t a mistake. It reflects tl;dv’s split identity: Pro is a meeting note-taking tool. Business is a conversation intelligence platform. They’re different products at different price points.

Here’s exactly what you get at each tier and whether the Business premium is worth it.

All Plans at a Glance

	Free	Pro	Business	Enterprise
Monthly price	$0	$29/seat	$98/seat	Custom
Annual price	$0	$18/seat/mo	$59/seat/mo	Custom
Annual savings	-	38%	40%	-
Recordings	Unlimited	Unlimited	Unlimited	Unlimited
Storage	90 days	Extended	Unlimited	Unlimited
AI summaries	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Custom templates	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
AI reports	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Video clips	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
CRM sync	No	No	Yes	Yes
Coaching scorecards	No	No	Yes	Yes
Playbook tracking	No	No	Yes	Yes
Team analytics	No	No	Yes	Yes

Free Plan: Generous With a Cliff

tl;dv’s free plan lets you record unlimited meetings on Zoom, Google Meet, or Microsoft Teams. You get transcriptions, AI summaries, and video clips - all at no cost.

The cliff: recordings auto-delete after 90 days. There’s no way around this on the free plan. If you need to reference a call from 4 months ago, it’s gone.

For short-term use (evaluating the product, recording a few calls you’ll review soon, sharing clips from recent meetings), the free plan works well. For anyone building a long-term meeting archive, the storage limit forces an upgrade.

The free plan also includes tl;dv’s clip-sharing feature, which is one of the best in the category. You can timestamp key moments and create shareable video clips without paying anything.

Pro Plan ($18/month annual): The Meeting Note-Taker

Pro removes the storage cliff and adds features for people who use tl;dv daily:

• Extended storage (no 90-day deletion)
• Custom AI meeting templates
• AI-generated reports
• Full integration access

At $18/user/month (annual), Pro is competitively priced against Fireflies Pro ($10/month) and Fathom Team ($15/month). The main difference: Pro does NOT include CRM sync, conversation intelligence, or coaching features. Those are all Business-only.

Who Pro is for: Internal teams that need reliable meeting documentation with templates and long-term storage. Product teams, engineering teams, leadership teams - anyone who needs structured meeting notes but doesn’t need sales analytics.

Who Pro isn’t for: Sales teams. Without CRM sync or conversation intelligence, Pro is just a transcription tool with good clip sharing. You need Business for sales value.

Business Plan ($59/month annual): The Gong Alternative

Business is where tl;dv becomes a conversation intelligence platform. The feature additions over Pro:

• CRM sync (HubSpot and Salesforce)
• Playbook adoption tracking - scores each call against your defined sales methodology (MEDDIC, BANT, SPIN, etc.)
• AI coaching scorecards - automated call quality scoring with improvement suggestions
• Team analytics - compare top performers against the rest of the team
• Objection tracking - pattern analysis across all team calls
• Deal analytics - pipeline-level insights from conversation data

These are features that Gong charges $100-130/user/month for. tl;dv delivers roughly 80% of Gong’s core functionality at 40-50% of the price.

Is Business Worth 3x the Price?

For a 10-person sales team:

• Pro: $180/month (meeting notes, no sales features)
• Business: $590/month (full conversation intelligence)

That’s $410/month more. The question is whether coaching analytics, playbook tracking, and CRM sync are worth $41/user/month to you.

Business is worth it if:

• You’re currently paying for Gong and want to cut costs (saves $400-700/month for a 10-person team)
• Your sales manager actively coaches using call recordings
• You’ve invested in a defined sales methodology and want to measure adoption
• CRM sync is essential (there’s no mid-tier option for just CRM)

Business isn’t worth it if:

• You just need meeting notes and CRM sync. Fireflies Business gives you both for $19/user/month.
• Your team doesn’t follow a structured sales methodology. Playbook tracking has no value if there’s no playbook.
• You have a small team (under 5). The analytics are less useful with fewer data points.

Enterprise: For Large Organizations

Enterprise pricing is custom and includes:

• Custom security and compliance
• Advanced admin controls
• Dedicated support
• Custom integrations

Contact tl;dv’s sales team for Enterprise pricing.

Hidden Costs and Gotchas

No mid-tier for CRM sync. The jump from “no CRM sync” (Pro, $18/mo) to “CRM sync” (Business, $59/mo) is steep. There’s no $30-40/month plan that gives you just CRM integration without the full coaching suite. If CRM sync is your only need, Fireflies Business at $19/month is a much cheaper path.

Monthly billing is expensive. Business monthly is $98/user/month vs $59 annual. That’s a 66% premium for monthly flexibility. Annual commitment saves significant money but locks you in.

Platform limitations. tl;dv only works with Zoom, Google Meet, and Microsoft Teams. If your team uses Webex, BlueJeans, or Skype, tl;dv won’t cover those calls regardless of which plan you choose.

Which Plan Should You Pick?

Evaluating tl;dv: Start with Free. Record a few meetings, test the clip sharing, see if the AI summaries meet your needs.

Individual or internal team use: Pro at $18/month. Good value for meeting documentation with no sales-specific needs.

Sales team that needs coaching at scale: Business at $59/month. Compare against Gong (more expensive) and Fathom Business ($25/month, less coaching depth).

Sales team that just needs CRM sync: Skip tl;dv. Fireflies Business ($19/month) or Fathom Business ($25/month) offer CRM integration at a fraction of tl;dv Business pricing.

Pricing last verified: March 18, 2026. Verified from tl;dv’s website and recent third-party pricing reports. How I make money.