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Raven vs Sembly
A free, open-source Sembly alternative - live in-call help and local notes, with no per-seat cloud subscription (Sembly retired its free plan in 2026).
Sembly is a cloud notetaker with structured minutes, task detection, and analytics, captured by a bot. As of 2026 it retired its free plan (now a 7-day trial), and it’s per seat. Raven keeps a free tier, runs local with no bot, is open source, and helps you live during the call.
| Raven | Sembly | |
|---|---|---|
| Live in-call assist | Yes | No - minutes after the call |
| Free tier | Yes - full app | No (retired March 2026; 7-day trial) |
| Capture | Local, bot-free (Mac + Windows) | Bot joins the call |
| Where your meetings live | Local SQLite | Sembly's cloud |
| Price | Free, open source (your own keys) | Basic $10/mo; Pro $20/user/mo; MAX $30/user/mo (annual) |
| Open source | Yes | No |
Sembly’s old free Personal plan is gone. Paid plans (annual) are Basic $10/mo (1 user), Pro $20/user/mo, and MAX $30/user/mo (3-seat minimum), all higher month-to-month.
Raven is free; you pay your own AI/transcription usage (a few dollars a month for typical use), no seat fee.
Structured meeting minutes, automatic task/risk detection, and an analytics dashboard.
Broad integrations and multi-meeting AI chat on higher tiers.
If you want automated formal minutes across a team, Sembly is designed for that.
You want a real free tier - not a 7-day trial then per-seat billing.
You want live help during the call, meetings kept local, and no bot.
You want a free, open-source, auditable tool.