Cluely Alternatives in 2026: 8 Tools, Prices and Free Plans Compared

The closest Cluely alternatives for live answers during a call are Final Round AI, LockedIn AI, Sensei AI, LinkJob AI, Pluely and Hinty Voice Assistant. If you mostly want meeting notes rather than help while you speak, Granola and Fireflies are the better fit. Cluely Pro costs $19.99 a month, and the cheapest paid plan on this list starts at $7.50.

All prices below were checked on the official pricing pages on 13 November 2026, unless we say otherwise. Full disclosure: we make Hinty Voice Assistant, one of the tools on this list. That's why every competitor price links to its source, and our own product gets the same treatment, including where it falls short.

What Cluely does and what Cluely pricing looks like

Cluely is a desktop AI assistant that listens to your meeting, gives you answers when you press Cmd or Ctrl + Enter and writes meeting notes afterwards. No bot joins the call. It has a free Starter plan with limited AI responses, Pro at $19.99 a month and a $149.99 tier (November 2026).

According to the Cluely pricing page in November 2026:

Starter (free): limited AI responses, limited meeting notes, custom instructions, up to 3 files and questions about past meetings. The page doesn't say how many responses "limited" means.

Pro, $19.99 a month: unlimited AI responses and notes, the latest models, unlimited files.

$149.99 a month: everything in Pro, plus the Cluely window is hidden from screen sharing.

The page also mentions Pro "from $11.99/mo", which looks like the annual rate, but the annual total isn't shown. Cluely has a desktop app and an iPhone app; we couldn't find an Android app on its site.

Interest is cooling: Google Keyword Planner showed searches for "cluely" down about 90% year over year in November 2026, while searches for "cluely alternatives" and "cluely pricing" hold at 100 to 1,000 a month in the US. People are shopping around.

Why people look for a Cluely alternative

Most people look for a Cluely alternative for one of four reasons: the free plan runs out quickly, they want hints built from their own resume or documents, they need a browser or Android option, or they want a tool made specifically for job interviews or sales calls instead of a general assistant.

Before you switch, check three things. Is it live help or a notetaker that summarizes the call afterwards? Does it support your exact setup (Zoom app or Zoom in the browser, Teams, Meet, a phone)? And what are the month-to-month price and refund terms, since several tools advertise a yearly rate and some say all purchases are final.

Cluely alternatives compared

Six of the eight tools below show answers during the call; Granola and Fireflies take notes. Prices are per month as listed on each official page in November 2026; where a vendor's page didn't show a price, we say so instead of guessing.

For more interview tools in one table, see our AI interview assistant comparison.

Cluely alternatives for interviews

If your main use is job interviews, the interview-specific tools give you more: answers built around your resume, practice interviews and help with coding rounds. They also cost more than Cluely Pro when you pay month to month, from about $70 to $150 a month (November 2026).

We also reviewed Verve AI on its own: its free plan has 3 live sessions of 15 minutes, and Standard costs $44.99 a month on monthly billing, or $16.99 a month only when billed yearly.

Final Round AI

Final Round AI is a desktop app for macOS and Windows with a live Interview Copilot, practice interviews, automatic debriefs and screen help for coding questions. On the Final Round AI pricing page in November 2026, Pro was listed as "$25+/mo", and the free plan covers resume setup, job description parsing and a prep checklist. Live sessions aren't free, and the page says there's no free trial. The $25 is the yearly rate ($300 upfront): the plans page lists $150 billed monthly and $83.33 a month billed quarterly. More in our Final Round AI alternatives guide.

LockedIn AI

LockedIn AI covers live interview help, coding help and mock interviews. According to the LockedIn AI pricing page, it runs on the web, as a desktop app for Windows and macOS and as iOS and Android apps, which makes it one of the few with Android. On 13 November 2026, with a limited-time promo code applied, Credits (400 minutes of live help a month, credits don't expire) cost $49.99 a month billed every 3 months or $69.99 monthly (regular price $139.98), Unlimited $79.99 or $139.99 (up to 2 hours per interview) and Lifetime $999.50 once. The free plan gives 10 minutes of live help, and monthly and quarterly subscriptions aren't refundable once started, per the refund policy. More in our LockedIn AI review.

Sensei AI

Sensei AI is an interview copilot that works with Zoom, Microsoft Teams and Google Meet. The Sensei AI website listed a free plan with 15-minute copilot sessions and a resume builder in November 2026. PRO costs $89 a month billed monthly, or $24 a month billed yearly, with unlimited sessions and a coding copilot.

LinkJob AI

LinkJob AI is an interview assistant with coding help and screenshot reading for Teams, Google Meet, HackerRank, CodeSignal and CoderPad; Zoom needs a specific setting. On the LinkJob AI pricing page in November 2026: $99.99 billed monthly, $69.99 a month quarterly, $29.99 a month yearly ($359.88 upfront) or $999.99 lifetime. There's no free plan, only a 30-minute trial.

Free and open source Cluely alternatives

The best-known free Cluely alternative is Pluely, but it's no longer fully open source: its README says version 1 and later are proprietary binaries, while older versions were GPL-3.0. Its free plan works if you bring your own AI and speech-to-text API keys (November 2026).

Pluely

Pluely is a small desktop overlay for macOS, Windows and Linux. Ask mode answers questions about your screen; Listen mode transcribes the conversation and suggests answers. According to its GitHub README, the free plan uses your own keys for any LLM or speech provider, or tools like Ollama, while Pro plans include hosted models. The Pluely pricing page names Limited Pro, Unlimited Pro and Dev Pro tiers but didn't show prices when we checked, and it says all purchases are final.

On alternativeto.net, most listed Cluely alternatives are small freemium tools such as CamCue, LinkJob AI and LastRound AI; interviewr-ai is the only open source one in the top ten (AGPL-3.0). Keep in mind that "free with your own API key" still means paying the AI provider per use.

Cluely alternatives for meeting notes

If what you liked about Cluely was the meeting notes, Granola and Fireflies do that job better. Neither gives you answers while you speak: they record or transcribe the call and give you a summary, action items and searchable history afterwards. Both have free plans (November 2026).

Granola: an AI notepad with desktop, iOS and Android apps. Basic is free with 30 days of history; Business is $14 per user a month.

Fireflies: records Zoom, Meet, Teams and more, by default with a notetaker bot that joins the call. Pro is $10 per seat a month billed annually or $18 monthly, per Fireflies' pricing guide.

Hinty Voice Assistant: a Cluely alternative in the browser

Hinty Voice Assistant hears the question in a Google Meet, Zoom or Teams call and shows a short answer about 1-2 seconds after the question ends, built from your own PDFs when they cover it. It runs as a Chrome extension, a web app and Android and iOS apps. There's a free plan with no card, and paid plans start at $7.50 a month (November 2026).

This one is ours, so judge it by a free practice call, not by this paragraph. Here's what it does:

Answers from your documents. Upload your resume, offer or product sheet; when a question matches, the hint is built from it and shows the source.

Only your questions. It tells the speakers apart and reacts when the other person asks you something.

Translator mode. You talk in one language and read hints in another (10 languages).

No bot in the call. Audio isn't saved as a recording, and Ctrl+Shift+H hides the panel when you share your screen.

Pricing by minutes. As of November 2026 there is a free plan with no card; Standard is $7.50 a month (45 minutes), Premium $10 (90 minutes), Super $20 (180 minutes). See assistant pricing.

Where it falls short: the Chrome extension works with calls in the browser, not in the Zoom or Teams desktop apps (the phone app or your laptop microphone can cover an in-person meeting instead). It's built for conversations, not for coding rounds or online assessments. And you pay for listening minutes, so if you're on calls all day, a flat unlimited plan may cost less.

It's made for job interviews, sales and client calls, meetings in a foreign language and Q&A after a presentation. Recording and consent rules differ between countries and companies; when in doubt, tell the people you talk to that you're using an AI assistant. In a sales call, a quick "I use an AI assistant to keep my notes straight" is usually enough.

Which Cluely alternative should you pick?

Pick by what you actually need during the call. For interviews with coding rounds, look at interview tools; for notes, a notetaker; for live answers from your own documents in a browser call, Hinty. Compare the month-to-month price, not the yearly rate.

Final Round AI, LockedIn AI, Sensei AI or LinkJob AI for interviews with coding rounds.

Pluely if you're comfortable with your own API keys and a desktop overlay.

Granola or Fireflies if you want notes, not live help.

Hinty Voice Assistant for interviews, sales calls and meetings in the browser, with hints from your own PDFs or in your own language.

For a deeper look at how live interview help works, read our guide to the AI interview copilot.

FAQ

Is Cluely free?

Partly. Cluely's Starter plan is free, with limited AI responses, limited meeting notes and up to 3 files. Unlimited responses need Pro at $19.99 a month, according to the Cluely pricing page in November 2026.

How much does Cluely cost?

Cluely Pro is $19.99 a month, and a higher tier costs $149.99 a month (November 2026). The pricing page also mentions Pro "from $11.99/mo", which appears to be the annual rate.

What is the best free Cluely alternative?

For live answers, Pluely has a free plan if you bring your own API keys, Sensei AI allows free 15-minute sessions and Hinty Voice Assistant has a free plan with no card. For notes, Granola and Fireflies have free plans.

Is there an open source Cluely alternative on GitHub?

Yes, but check the license. Pluely started as open source, and its README now says version 1 and later are proprietary. On alternativeto.net, interviewr-ai is listed as open source under AGPL-3.0.

What is the best Cluely alternative for interviews?

Interview-specific tools like Final Round AI, LockedIn AI, Sensei AI and LinkJob AI add resume-based answers and coding help. Hinty Voice Assistant suits interviews in Meet, Zoom or Teams in the browser, with hints from your resume.

Is there a Cluely alternative for Android?

Yes. LockedIn AI and Hinty Voice Assistant both have Android apps. We didn't find an Android app on Cluely's website in November 2026.

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