What 'free' usually costs you, and what it doesn't here
Most free note takers join your call as a visible bot, upload a recording to their cloud, often train models on your data, and cap the free tier at a few calls. Nod skips all of that on every plan: no bot, no stored recording, no model training. You can try the whole thing free for 14 days without a credit card.
- Free to try for 14 days, no credit card
- No bot joining your meetings
- No stored audio; only the transcript and summary are kept
- EU-hosted, encrypted, no training on your conversations
How your data is handled
Capture is local on your Mac; transcription isn't. Each audio segment is sent through a European proxy to a hosted transcription service and discarded the instant the text returns, under Zero Data Retention and with no model training. No audio is stored at either end. Only the transcript and summary are saved, encrypted at rest in the EU (AWS eu-west-1). See the security page.
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Frequently asked questions
Is Nod really a free AI note taker?
You can use Nod free for 14 days with no credit card, and every feature is included in the trial: it captures meetings and calls, transcribes them, and builds structured notes, with no bot and no stored audio. After the trial, paid plans start on the pricing page.What's the catch with most free AI note takers?
Usually the data: a visible bot joins the call, a recording is uploaded to the vendor's cloud, your data may train models, and the free tier is capped. Nod avoids these — no bot, no stored audio, no model training.Do I need to pay to remove a watermark or unlock notes?
No. During the free trial every feature is available, and nothing about your meetings is paywalled behind a recording you can't access. Your notes, transcripts, and search are all included.