Acta vs tl;dv: from recordings and reports to follow-through
tl;dv records your calls and sends reports across meetings. Acta records with or without a bot too, then makes the meeting count: answers across meetings and files, templates filled from the conversation, and every action item and decision tracked.
Acta vs tl;dv in short
tl;dv and Acta both record Zoom, Google Meet and Teams with a bot or a bot-free desktop app, and both answer questions across meetings. tl;dv adds scheduled multi-meeting reports and playbook monitoring on its Business plan; paid plans start at about $18 per seat per month. Acta adds OneChat over the files and links you add, 42 templates that read the conversation, an action item tracker with daily follow-up emails and a decision log.
Meetings and files, one answer
OneChat reads the calls together with the PDFs, spreadsheets and web pages you add, and links each line to its source.
Follow-up without the reminders
Acta tracks action items to done and emails owners about what's overdue, every morning.
One log of decisions
Decisions from every meeting, with owners, quotes and history, in one place the whole team can check.
Acta vs tl;dv, feature by feature
tl;dvAsk across everything
After the meeting
Templates
Recording
Plans
tl;dv details are from their public website and reviews, checked October 2026. Products change: if something here is out of date, tell us at contact@acta.ai and we'll fix it.
What you get with Acta beyond tl;dv
OneChat
Ask across meetings and the files behind them
Choose meetings by date, people or type, add contracts, price lists or web pages, and OneChat answers from all of them with a link to the exact moment or page.
- Choose meetings by date, people or type
- Contracts, price lists and playbooks in the same answer
- Click a source to play that moment
Yes. The contract allows a two-year price hold 1, and you agreed to it on the renewal call, subject to finance 2. Increases after that are capped at 5% 3.
Action item tracker
Every action item, until it's done
Owners, due dates and status for every action item from every meeting, grouped by meeting or person, with overdue alerts and a daily follow-up email.
- Group by meeting or by person
- Overdue items flagged automatically
- Daily follow-up email to owners
Overdue
3
Due this week
4
Done
12
Daily follow-up, 9:00
Priya, 1 item is overdue: Send Acme the revised proposal.
Decision log
Decisions, with the moment they were made
Each decision is kept with who made it and who owns it, the quote and timestamp, and the history when a later meeting changes it.
- “Was 60 minutes, changed to 90 on Oct 8”
- The quote and the moment it was said
- Linked actions with progress
Recordings stop after 90 minutes
Discussed in 2 meetingsWas: 60 minutes · changed Oct 8
Oct 4 · Sprint review
“Recording should stop on its own after 60 minutes.” 14:11
Oct 8 · Recorder check-in
“Sixty is too short, let's make it 90 minutes.” 8:41
Actions
Every decision, from every meeting, in one log
Templates
42 templates, chosen by the conversation
Sales frameworks, interview scorecards, PRDs, post-mortems and more. Acta fills the ones that fit and marks the rest “Not relevant”.
- MEDDPICC, BANT, SPIN and SPICED for sales calls
- Shows what's missing and what to ask next time
- Marks a template “Not relevant” instead of making things up
From the call
“If we get each rep four hours back a week, that's the case.”
“Anything above fifty thousand goes to our CFO.”
“We need a SOC 2 report before procurement.”
Metrics
Champion
Economic buyer
Paper process
Ask next: who signs off above $50k?
Where tl;dv does well
- Multi-meeting reports you can schedule.
- A bot-free desktop recorder.
- Playbook monitoring on the Business plan.
Best for: Teams that want recordings with scheduled multi-meeting reports.
Choose Acta if you want
- Answers across meetings and your files
- Action items tracked to done
- A decision log with history
- Templates matched to each meeting
- Recording with or without a bot
How to switch from tl;dv to Acta
- 1
Start your free trial
Sign up and connect your Google or Microsoft calendar. The trial is free for 15 days.
- 2
Choose how to record
Let the Acta notetaker join from your calendar, or record without a bot using the desktop app for Windows and Mac or the Chrome extension.
- 3
Turn on what happens after the call
Pick your templates and turn on the daily follow-up, so action items and decisions are tracked from the first meeting.
- 4
Coming from tl;dv?
Use the Acta desktop app if you record without a bot today. It opens by itself when a Zoom or Teams meeting starts.
Acta vs tl;dv: questions
Is Acta a tl;dv alternative?
Yes. Acta records Zoom, Google Meet and Teams with or without a bot, and adds OneChat across meetings and files, 42 templates, an action item tracker and a decision log.
Can Acta record without a bot like tl;dv?
Yes. The Acta desktop app for Windows and Mac and the Chrome extension record without a bot joining the call.
How much does tl;dv cost compared with Acta?
Reviews in 2026 list tl;dv paid plans from about $18 per seat per month billed annually, with figures varying between sources. Acta is free for 15 days, then Pro is priced per user.
Does Acta report across many meetings?
Yes. OneChat answers across the meetings you choose, and the action item tracker and decision log cover all your meetings.
Can I try Acta for free?
Yes. Acta is free for 15 days with unlimited recordings and transcriptions. After that, Pro is priced per user on the pricing page.
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