Plaud competitors and alternatives
As of Nov 14, 2026, Alion lists 10 companies most like Plaud: Otter.ai, Wispr Flow, Tactiq, Pocket, Read AI, Deepgram, Cartesia, Vapi, Suki and Boson AI.
- Plaud itself has 52 open roles on Alion.
- Of them, Deepgram is hiring the most, with 61 open roles.
- Deepgram has raised the most venture funding on record: $201.9M.
- Open roles at Deepgram fell the most: from 86 on Oct 12, 2026 to 61 now.
Plaud and its competitors compared
Open roles are the postings Alion lists today; their change is shown only for career sites that state posting dates. Funding is the venture money on record. A dash means Alion holds no figure.
| Company | Open roles | Change | Raised | Last round | Lead investors | Employees | Headquarters | Main technologies | Hiring in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaud
This company
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52 | – | – | – | – | 51-200 | San Francisco, United States | Edge AI, Claude Code, Claude | United States, Singapore, Japan +2 more |
Otter.ai
In common: Speech & Audio AI, Office & Productivity Software · Python, Go, JavaScript · headquarters in United States |
17 | – | – | – | – | 51-200 | Mountain View, United States | AWS, Python, Machine Learning | United States |
Wispr Flow
In common: Speech & Audio AI, Office & Productivity Software · Python, Go, JavaScript · headquarters in United States |
27 | 0%since Oct 12, 2026 | $30M | Venture round $30M2025 | – | 501-1000 | San Francisco, United States | Machine Learning, Python, AI Agents | United States, India |
Tactiq
In common: Speech & Audio AI, Office & Productivity Software · Python, Java, SQL · headquarters in United States |
1 | – | $7.3M | Venture round $7.3M2024 | – | 51-200 | Covina, United States | Git, AWS, Docker | Australia |
Pocket
In common: Office & Productivity Software, Speech & Audio AI · Python, Go, JavaScript · headquarters in United States |
– | – | – | – | – | 51-200 | San Francisco, United States | JavaScript, TypeScript, PostgreSQL | – |
Read AI
In common: Office & Productivity Software, Speech & Audio AI · Python, Go, JavaScript · headquarters in United States |
17 | – | $81M | Venture round $50M2024 | – | 51-200 | Seattle, United States | Copilot, AI Agents, Digital Twin | United States |
Deepgram
In common: Speech & Audio AI · Python, Go, JavaScript · headquarters in United States |
61 | -29%since Oct 12, 2026 | $201.9M | Series C $130M2026 | – | 51-200 | San Francisco, United States | Cloudflare, Twilio, Text-to-Speech | United States, United Kingdom, Australia +2 more |
Cartesia
In common: Speech & Audio AI · Python, Go, JavaScript · headquarters in United States |
25 | -11%since Oct 12, 2026 | – | – | – | 51-200 | San Francisco, United States | Databricks, Multimodal AI, Machine Learning | United States, India, United Kingdom |
Vapi
In common: Speech & Audio AI · Python, Go, JavaScript · headquarters in United States |
5 | – | $70M | Series B $50M2026 | Peak XV Partners | 51-200 | San Francisco, United States | Vapi, Voice Agents, LLM | United States |
Suki
In common: Speech & Audio AI · Python, Go, JavaScript · headquarters in United States |
11 | – | $55M | Venture round $55M2021 | – | 51-200 | Redwood City, United States | GCP, Kubernetes, Python | India, United States |
Boson AI
In common: Speech & Audio AI · Python, Go, JavaScript · headquarters in United States |
11 | – | – | – | – | 11-50 | Santa Clara, United States | AI Agents, LLM, AWS | United States, Canada |
How the list is made
The list comes from Alion's similar-companies engine, the same one AI agents query through the Alion MCP server. A company ranks higher when it shares more of Plaud's industry segments and is less spread over others, when its job postings name the same technologies, when it is headquartered in the same country and when its size is close. The list is rebuilt every week.
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