Vexa vs Meetily
Both are open source. Meetily gives one person AI notes on a laptop. Vexa gives a team the bot, plus knowledge and agents.
Where your
meetings live
Both can keep your meetings off a vendor’s cloud: on one person’s computer, or on servers your team shares.
Where recordings and transcripts live
On servers you run, in one place for the whole team.
On the recording computer. By default, audio never leaves the device.
How the meeting is captured
A bot joins the call from a link you send by API.
The desktop app records the audio on your computer. No bot joins.
The licence
Apache-2.0, perpetual and irrevocable: we cannot withdraw it from your copy.
Community Edition: MIT. Meetily Pro: a commercial licence.
Which model it runs on
A speech-to-text model you choose and deploy, via an OpenAI-compatible endpoint.
Whisper or Parakeet on your device by default; Pro adds cloud providers.
Vexa is also available hosted, at the prices on our pricing page. Meetily details are from its pricing, Pro page and repository licence, read 3 October 2026.
Feature
comparison
Knowledge and agents: from Meetily’s pricing, Community Edition page and MCP page, read 4 October 2026.
Need an API, not a desktop app?
Vexa sends a bot to the call and keeps every meeting in one place on your servers.
No credit card required
Frequently asked questions
What is the main difference between Vexa and Meetily?
Meetily is a desktop app that records and transcribes meetings on your computer. Vexa sends a bot to the call and serves the transcript over an API. Meetily fits one person’s local notes; Vexa fits a team or a product.
Does Vexa require a desktop app?
No. Vexa is entirely API-driven. Send a meeting URL via REST API, and Vexa deploys a bot that joins, records, and transcribes the meeting.
Are both Vexa and Meetily open source?
Yes. Vexa is licensed under Apache-2.0. Meetily’s Community Edition is MIT, and Meetily Pro is sold under a commercial licence. Both run on hardware you control: Meetily on your computer, Vexa on your servers.