Acta vs Jamie: bot-free notes, with follow-through
Jamie records meetings from your computer without a bot, online or in person, and answers questions with Ask Jamie. Acta records without a bot too, adds a notetaker for meetings you can't attend, and keeps working after the call.
Acta vs Jamie in short
Jamie and Acta both record without a bot from a desktop app and both answer questions across meetings (Ask Jamie in Jamie, OneChat in Acta). Reviews describe Jamie's free plan as about 10 meetings a month with a limit per meeting, and list different paid prices between sources. Acta can also send a notetaker when you can't attend, and adds 42 templates that read the conversation, an action item tracker with daily follow-up emails and a decision log.
Bot-free, or a notetaker when you're away
Record with the desktop app or Chrome extension, or let Acta's notetaker attend the meetings you can't join.
The report your role needs
A sales call becomes a MEDDPICC report, an interview a scorecard, a standup a set of tickets.
Follow-up, handled
Action items are tracked to done with daily follow-ups, and decisions are kept in a log the team can see.
Acta vs Jamie, feature by feature
JamieAsk across everything
Recording
Plans
Jamie details are from their public website and reviews, checked November 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 Products change: if something here is out of date, tell us at contact@acta.ai and we'll fix it.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 Jamie
Action item tracker
Notes are the start. Done is the goal.
Every action item from every meeting goes into one tracker with owners and due dates. Acta flags what's overdue and sends 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.
Templates
No template to pick before the call
Acta works out what the meeting was about and fills the templates that fit, from sales frameworks to interview scorecards, and skips the rest.
- 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?
Decision log
A decision log across meetings
Each decision with who made it, who owns it, the quote and the moment, and how it changed later.
- “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
OneChat
Chat with meetings, files and web links
Choose meetings by date, people or type, add PDFs, Word, Excel or web pages, and get answers with a link to every source.
- 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.
Where Jamie does well
- Bot-free capture from the computer's audio.
- Works for in-person meetings too.
- Ask Jamie to search your meetings.
Best for: People who only want bot-free notes, online and in person.
Choose Acta if you want
- Bot-free recording, or a notetaker when you're away
- Templates picked from the conversation
- Action items tracked to done
- A decision log across meetings
- Mobile apps for in-person meetings
How to switch from Jamie 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 Jamie?
Install the Acta desktop app for Windows or Mac: it records Zoom and Teams without a bot and opens by itself when a meeting starts. For in-person meetings, use the Acta mobile app.
Acta vs Jamie: questions
Is Acta a Jamie alternative?
Yes. Like Jamie, Acta records without a bot. Acta can also send a notetaker when you can't attend, and adds 42 templates, an action item tracker and a decision log.
Can Acta record in-person meetings like Jamie?
Yes. The Acta app for iPhone and Android records in-person meetings, and you can upload MP3 or M4A recordings too.
What does Jamie's free plan include?
Reviews in 2026 describe about 10 meetings a month with a per-meeting time limit, with figures varying between sources. Acta's 15-day free trial includes unlimited recordings and transcriptions.
Can Acta also join as a bot?
Yes. Choose per meeting: the desktop app or Chrome extension without a bot, or the Acta notetaker from your calendar when you can't be there.
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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