Timeglass vs Zoom
Compare Zoom’s meeting summaries, personal notes, and smart recordings with Timeglass’s meeting and time records.
By Timeglass. Last checked November 5, 2026.
Choose the meeting record your team needs.
Zoom offers several ways to keep a meeting record. Meeting Summary prepares a recap for the host to share. My Notes combines personal notes with transcription, and Smart Recording adds chapters and highlights to cloud recordings. Each has its own settings and account requirements.
Timeglass brings a recording, speaker-labelled transcript, summary, and action items into a meeting record. It also prepares time entries from meetings and desktop work. Compare the meeting experience first, then check how each setup supports your client reporting.
Compare the features you will use.
Check the meeting features, access controls, and plan requirements against your team's daily work. Recording availability depends on your settings and the meeting being captured.
| Feature | Timeglass | Zoom |
|---|---|---|
| Meeting notes | Summaries, timestamped decisions, action items, and speaker-labelled transcripts. | Meeting Summary creates shared recaps. My Notes combines personal notes and transcription. |
| Automatic capture | Desktop meeting capture depends on the app, permissions, and recording settings. | Meeting Summary can start automatically. My Notes offers auto-start settings and desktop voice-activity prompts. |
| Speaker diarization | Automatic speaker names, returning-voice recognition when enabled, and merged teammate recordings. | Zoom supports editable speaker names. Meeting Coach includes talk-time percentages on eligible accounts. |
| Video review | Available video and audio play alongside the transcript, with chapters and timestamp controls. | Smart Recording adds highlights, chapters, and next steps to eligible cloud recordings with transcripts. |
| Meeting apps | Captures supported desktop meeting apps, including Google Meet, Zoom, and Microsoft Teams. | My Notes supports Zoom and third-party audio capture on desktop. Mobile support differs. |
| Sharing | View-only meeting links support expiry and revocation. Access follows workspace settings. | Hosts control summary recipients. Personal notes and cloud recordings have separate sharing controls. |
| Client timesheets | Drafts entries from meetings and desktop work for client and project review. | Meeting Summary, My Notes, and Smart Recording do not include automatic client and project timesheets. |
| Plans and setup | A 14-day free trial is available. Check current monthly and annual pricing. | Zoom lists limited Basic AI use and paid options. Check each feature’s license, region, and recording requirements. |
See how Zoom handles a meeting.
Let Zoom prepare the meeting recap.
A host can enable Meeting Summary and configure it to start automatically. After the meeting, Zoom can send the recap by email and place it in the meeting chat when that chat is enabled. The host chooses the sharing scope, and participants need to be signed in to receive the summary automatically.
Use personal notes across supported apps.
My Notes starts with your own notes and can add transcription. On desktop, it can capture microphone and system audio from supported third-party meetings. Voice activity can prompt you to start a note. These notes belong to the person taking them and have their own sharing controls. Third-party capture is not supported in the mobile app.
Review a cloud recording by chapter.
Smart Recording needs cloud recording and audio transcription enabled on an eligible account. It can add chapters, highlights, and suggested next steps. Meeting Coach also provides talk-time percentages and other metrics. Check these settings separately from Meeting Summary when testing the recording workflow.
Keep each speaker connected to the work.
Review the conversation in Timeglass.
Timeglass brings recordings, transcripts, and summaries together in a meeting record. Follow a live transcript during capture, then return to decisions and next steps after the call.
Return to the recording.
Play available video and audio beside the transcript. Use chapters and timestamps to find a passage, or review action items with captured owners, due dates, and completion status.
Find and share the call.
Search meetings and filter by date or team member. Copy the summary, download the transcript or available audio, and create a view-only link with expiry and revocation controls.
Keep the meeting in context.
Completed records show the date, start and end times, duration, and meeting platform. Connected AI tools can retrieve permitted summaries and transcript passages through Timeglass MCP.
Include the work before and after the call.
Client work continues through research, messages, documents, and revisions. Timeglass uses captured desktop activity and meetings to prepare time entries with client and project assignments. You can check descriptions, correct durations, and review assignments before submitting through your workspace's process.
Try a client call and its follow-up work.
For a team using Zoom, start by checking which meeting tools its accounts include. Test an automatically generated recap, a personal note, and a recorded call so the team understands where each record lives and who can read it.
Then follow the call into the proposal, revisions, and messages it creates. Review how Timeglass assigns that work to a client and project, and check the final time entries against your billing process.
You can try Timeglass for 14 days free to see how its meeting tools and time records fit your team's workflow.
Check access and data handling.
Zoom states that it does not use customer communications content to train its own or third-party AI models. Its SOC 2 Type II report covers Zoom Meetings and listed AI products. Summary sharing, personal-note access, and cloud-recording retention should each be checked in the account settings.
Timeglass has an independent SOC 2 Type II audit. Meeting access follows workspace permissions and sharing settings. Confirm participant notices, retention periods, and training terms for the configuration your team will use.
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Questions to bring to your trial.
Does Zoom take meeting notes automatically?
Meeting Summary can be configured to start automatically. My Notes has separate auto-start and voice-activity settings. An administrator or host may control which features are available.
Can Zoom take notes in Google Meet or Microsoft Teams?
My Notes can transcribe third-party meeting audio through the Zoom Workplace desktop app. Check operating-system permissions and the current app requirements. Mobile support differs.
Does a Zoom summary include a playable recording?
A meeting summary and a cloud recording use separate features and settings. To review video with Smart Recording, the account needs an eligible cloud recording and a processed audio transcript.
Can Timeglass record work around a Zoom call?
Timeglass uses supported desktop activity and meetings to prepare client and project time entries. Review the proposed descriptions, durations, and assignments before submitting under your workspace’s settings.
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Try Timeglass with your next client meeting.
You can try Timeglass for 14 days free to see how its meeting tools and time records fit your team's workflow.