A Happy Scribe alternative built for meeting minutes
Happy Scribe is a transcription and subtitling platform with 150+ languages and human proofreading. MinutesMaster is built for meetings: a bot, uploads and links go in, structured minutes with decisions and owners come out, in 38 languages. A fair comparison, with sources.
5 free credits (2.5 hours of audio) · No credit card · No AI training on your data
The short answer
Happy Scribe and MinutesMaster both transcribe uploads and YouTube or Google Drive links, record Zoom, Google Meet and Teams calls with a notetaker, translate, and connect to Claude and ChatGPT over MCP. Their focus differs: Happy Scribe is strongest at transcripts and subtitles — 150+ languages, 15+ export formats, human proofreading — while MinutesMaster is built around meeting minutes: decisions, action items with owners, templates and follow-ups.
Happy Scribe sells monthly or yearly minute allowances per plan, with extra minutes at $0.20 each. MinutesMaster sells credits by the half hour — on Pro and Business plans or as one-time packs that never expire — and every credit includes minutes, translation and all six export formats.
Camille Laurent (15:20) — We can take the spring range if delivery to Lyon stays under ten days.
Peter Novak (16:02) — Ten days works if we ship from the Czech warehouse.
The spring range ships from the Czech warehouse with ten-day delivery.
Peter Novak → confirm the ten-day delivery terms in writing by Monday
Minutes translated into French and Czech for both companies.
MinutesMaster and Happy Scribe side by side
Happy Scribe facts as listed on its public pages on 28 October 2026 (sources below). MinutesMaster facts describe our own product.
| Feature | MinutesMaster | Happy Scribe |
|---|---|---|
| Paid plans | Pro €19/month (40 credits = 20 hours) or Business €49/month (120 credits = 60 hours). One-time packs without a subscription: 10 credits €9, 30 credits €24, 100 credits €69. | Basic $8.50/month billed annually (1,440 minutes a year) or $17 monthly (120 minutes a month); Pro $19 or $29 (600 minutes a month, 3 seats); Business $59 or $89 (6,000 minutes a month, 5 seats); extra minutes $0.20 each.[1] |
| Free plan | 5 credits (2.5 hours of audio) once, no credit card. Unused free credits don’t expire. | Unlimited meeting recordings of up to 45 minutes, a 10-minute trial of AI transcription for uploaded files, and AI Chat on 3 files a month.[1] |
| Languages | 38 for transcription, minutes and translation, including Czech, Slovak, Polish, Hungarian, Romanian and Ukrainian. Mixed-language meetings work. | Transcription and subtitles in 150+ languages and dialects; AI translation into 80+.[1] |
| Ways to capture | Meeting bot for Zoom, Google Meet and Teams; file upload up to 2 GB; browser and phone recording; YouTube links; Google Drive files. | Notetaker for Google Meet, Zoom and Teams; browser recorder; mobile app; file upload; imports from YouTube, Vimeo, Google Drive, Box and Dropbox.[1] |
| AI agents (MCP) | Remote server with OAuth or API key and 31 tools: read, search and ask with citations, organize, translate, export links, send a bot, import recordings. Every plan. | Remote MCP server with OAuth, listed on every plan; Claude connector and ChatGPT plugin; it can search transcripts, extract quotes and transcribe new files and public YouTube links.[1][2] |
| Exports | PDF, DOCX, TXT, JSON, SRT and VTT on every plan, translated versions included. | TXT and SRT on Free, plus PDF and DOCX on Basic, and 15+ formats (VTT, STL, XML, FCPXML, EDL and more) on Pro and Business.[1] |
| Translation | Minutes and full transcripts into any of the 38 languages, kept next to the original. | AI translation into 80+ languages on every plan; professional human subtitling and translation as an add-on.[1] |
| Human proofreading | Not offered: you review the transcript yourself and name each speaker once for the whole meeting. | Human proofreading from $2.00 a minute, in 65+ languages.[1] |
Sources
Every Happy Scribe fact in the table comes from the public pages listed below, read on the date shown. Prices and plans change — check the vendor’s site before you decide. “Not stated” means we did not find it on those pages, not that the feature is missing.
- [1] www.happyscribe.com/pricing — checked 2026-10-28
- [2] help.happyscribe.com/en/articles/13927840-what-is-happyscribe-mcp — checked 2026-10-28
Where each one is stronger
A fair comparison names the other side’s strengths too. Here is where Happy Scribe has the edge.
Where Happy Scribe is stronger
- Far more languages: 150+ for transcription and subtitles and 80+ for translation, against MinutesMaster’s 38.
- Human proofreading and professional subtitling when a transcript has to be near-perfect.
- Subtitle work: 15+ export formats, burned-in MP4 subtitles, style guides and glossaries.
- Seats included on Pro (3) and Business (5), from a company that says it is made in Europe, with SOC 2 Type 2 listed on its pricing page.
Where MinutesMaster is stronger
- Minutes are the product: summary, decisions, action items with owners and the next meeting, from 13 built-in templates or your own, plus Follow-ups across all meetings.
- Credits that never expire on packs and carry over on plans, priced per half hour of audio.
- 5 free credits — 2.5 hours of real meetings or uploads — where Happy Scribe’s free plan includes a 10-minute trial for uploaded files.
- MCP tools that also send a meeting bot, translate a meeting and create PDF, Word or subtitle export links, with OAuth or an API key.
Which one should you choose?
Choose Happy Scribe if your work is transcripts or subtitles — interviews, video, media — if you need a language outside MinutesMaster’s 38, or if a human should proofread the result.
Choose MinutesMaster if what you need after a meeting is minutes: who decided what and who does what by when, in the meeting’s language, with follow-ups tracked across meetings. The 5 free credits cover 2.5 hours.
Try MinutesMaster alongside Happy Scribe
Keep Happy Scribe for subtitles and try MinutesMaster on your next meeting.
- 1
Create a free account
Sign up with email, Google or Apple. 5 credits — 2.5 hours of audio — are added without a credit card.
- 2
Process the same meeting
Upload a meeting recording or paste a YouTube or Google Drive link, or send the MinutesMaster bot to your next Zoom, Teams or Google Meet call.
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Compare the minutes
Compare the minutes — decisions, action items with owners, the template — and export to Word, PDF or SRT.
What you get with MinutesMaster
The parts of MinutesMaster that matter most when you compare it with Happy Scribe.
38 languages, mixed meetings included
Transcripts, minutes and translations in 38 languages. A meeting that switches between Czech and English, or Polish and German, needs no language setting.
Minutes, not just a transcript
Every recording becomes a summary, decisions, action items with owners and the next meeting date, in one of 13 templates or your own. Open items land in Follow-ups.
AI agents that can act
Claude, ChatGPT, Copilot, Cursor and other MCP apps can search, ask, translate, export, send a bot and import recordings — within the permissions you grant.
Pay for hours, not seats
1 credit covers 30 minutes of audio. Buy a pack that never expires, or pick Pro or Business for regular use; unused plan credits carry over.
Six export formats
PDF and Word minutes, plain text, JSON, and SRT or VTT subtitles — on every plan, translations included.
Czech company, no AI training
MinutesMaster is run by a Czech company, hosted in Europe under the GDPR, and does not use your meetings to train AI models. Delete a meeting or your account at any time.
Frequently asked questions
- Is MinutesMaster a good Happy Scribe alternative?
- For meetings, yes: MinutesMaster turns each recording into structured minutes with decisions and owners and tracks follow-ups across meetings. For subtitles, media transcription, rare languages or human proofreading, Happy Scribe offers more.
- Is Happy Scribe free?
- Happy Scribe lists a free plan with unlimited meeting recordings of up to 45 minutes and a 10-minute trial of AI transcription for uploaded files, as read on 28 October 2026. MinutesMaster gives 5 credits once — 2.5 hours of audio from any source — without a credit card.
- How much does Happy Scribe cost compared with MinutesMaster?
- Happy Scribe Basic is $17 a month for 120 minutes, or $8.50 a month billed annually for 1,440 minutes a year; Pro is $29 a month for 600 minutes; extra minutes cost $0.20. MinutesMaster Pro is €19 a month for 20 hours, and packs start at €9 for 5 hours and never expire.
- How many languages does Happy Scribe support?
- Happy Scribe lists 150+ languages and dialects for transcription and subtitles and 80+ for translation. MinutesMaster supports 38 languages for transcripts, minutes and translation, including Czech, Slovak, Polish, Hungarian, Romanian and Ukrainian.
- Does Happy Scribe have an MCP server?
- Yes. Happy Scribe’s remote MCP server connects Claude, ChatGPT and other assistants with OAuth and can search transcripts, extract quotes and transcribe new files or YouTube links. MinutesMaster’s MCP server also sends meeting bots, translates meetings and creates export links, with OAuth or an API key.
- Does MinutesMaster offer human proofreading?
- No. MinutesMaster is fully automatic; you can edit the transcript and name speakers once for the whole meeting. If you need human-verified transcripts or subtitles, Happy Scribe lists human services from $2.00 a minute.
- Can I export subtitles from MinutesMaster?
- Yes. MinutesMaster exports SRT and VTT subtitles as well as PDF, DOCX, TXT and JSON, on every plan and for translated versions too.
- Is my meeting data used to train AI?
- MinutesMaster does not use recordings, transcripts or minutes to train AI models, and you can delete any meeting or your whole account at any time. For Happy Scribe’s data practices, see its own privacy documentation.
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- Audio to textConvert MP3, WAV, M4A or video recordings into a transcript with speaker names, then into minutes.
- YouTube transcriptPaste a public YouTube link and get a transcript with speakers, a summary and translations.
- Transcription in 38 languagesTranscripts, minutes and translations in 38 languages, with a guide for each major language.
Get minutes, not just a transcript
5 free credits, no credit card — upload a recording or paste a YouTube link.
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