Bridge vs Whereby: plans, recording and meeting AI compared

The short answer

Bridge publishes this comparison. It compares both products' public documentation and pricing pages, not hands-on testing.

Both products host video meetings that guests join without an account. Whereby Meetings centers on permanent room links. Bridge is a meeting workspace built around AI before, during and after each call.

• Choose Bridge if you want a transcript, structured notes and action items from your meetings, on every plan.
• Choose Bridge if you also meet on Zoom, Google Meet or Teams, and want those calls in one place.
• Choose Whereby if you want 100 attendees on a $10.99 plan, or a branded room at a fixed URL.
• Choose Whereby if you're building video calls into your own app, with Whereby Embedded.

Plans and limits side by side

Prices are US list prices with monthly billing, so they compare on the same term. Bridge charges per user, and Whereby Business charges per host. Both offer lower annual pricing. Whereby also limits active videos: 4 on Free, 12 on Pro and 24 on Business.

During the call

Whereby Meetings focuses on the room itself, with chat, reactions and screen sharing. Pro and Business add breakout groups, file sharing and custom branding, such as your logo and colors.

Bridge has chat, reactions and screen sharing too, and adds Live AI as people talk, with a live transcript. On Professional and above, artifacts build structured notes during the call, and agents can join Bridge meetings as voice participants with a visible AI badge. Larger meetings need Enterprise, which allows 1000 participants at custom pricing.

Related: Live transcript and AI during calls →Host video meetings →

After the call

Whereby lists local recording on Pro and Business, which saves the call on your side. Cloud recording and transcriptions are on Whereby Embedded, its usage-priced product for developers.

Bridge files each meeting with a summary, takeaways, a speaker-labeled transcript and the recording when one exists, on every plan, though Starter limits meeting history. Action items land in your Action items list. Paid plans add sending them to connected apps such as Notion or Linear, transcript export, and the Bridge MCP for Claude and ChatGPT.

Related: AI meeting notes and transcripts →Search your meeting history →

When Whereby is the better choice

Whereby fits when you want the room and little else. Pro allows 100 attendees for $10.99, while Bridge Professional allows 25 for $20 and Bridge Business allows 200 for $30.

• You want a permanent, branded room link that clients learn once.
• You run workshops or classes and want breakout groups and whiteboards in the room.
• You're a product team that wants video inside your app: Whereby Embedded has an API, SDKs and usage-based pricing.
• Your host count is small but your attendee count is large, since Whereby Business charges per host.

If you also meet on other platforms

Whereby hosts meetings in its own rooms. Bridge can also capture calls you run elsewhere, so they land next to your Bridge meetings with the same notes and Assistant.

Bridge Agent asks to join Zoom, Google Meet and Teams calls, and the host admits it. The Bridge desktop app for Mac records bot-free on those platforms, plus Slack huddles, Webex and GoTo Meeting.

Related: Capture Zoom, Meet and Teams calls →

How to test both

• Start Bridge's 14-day Professional trial. It needs no credit card.
• Open a free Whereby room to try joining. To test recording or breakout groups, use Whereby Business's 14-day free trial.
• Run the same internal meeting on each, and compare what you have an hour later.
• Check your largest regular meeting against each plan's participant limit before you switch.