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tl;dv is a solid sales-coaching notetaker: it records your calls and, on its Business tier, scores reps with MEDDIC/BANT/SPIN playbooks. The cost of that is the price curve - Pro is $18/user/mo and Business jumps to $59/user/mo - and it’s cloud, per-seat, and after-the-call. Raven helps you live during the call, shows talk ratio on every session, keeps meetings local, and is free and open source.

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At a glance

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Price

tl;dv’s free plan records unlimited calls but caps you to 10 AI notes and auto-deletes after 3 months. Real use starts at Pro $18/user/mo (annual; $29 monthly), and the sales-coaching features - scorecards, objection analysis, playbooks - live in Business at $59/user/mo (annual; $98 monthly). For a 5-rep team that’s roughly $3,540/year on Business. Raven is free; you pay your own AI/transcription usage (a few dollars a month), with no per-seat fee and no coaching-tier upsell.

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Where your meetings live

tl;dv stores recordings in its (EU-hosted) cloud. Raven keeps transcripts and notes in a local SQLite database on your machine, splits You and Them on-device, and only sends audio to the providers you chose with your own keys. Open source means the data path is auditable.

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What tl;dv does better (honestly)

  • Sales coaching: automated MEDDIC/BANT/SPIN scorecards and objection-handling analysis on Business.
  • Native CRM sync and manager review workflows.
  • EU hosting and a polished team experience.
If you’re a sales manager coaching a floor of reps and want after-call scorecards, tl;dv’s Business tier is purpose-built.

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When Raven wins

  • You want live help in the call (next question, objection response) - not just an after-call score.
  • You want talk ratio and sales modes without paying for a $59/seat tier.
  • You want meetings local and a tool you can audit.
  • You’d rather pay your AI provider cents than per seat.
Raven ships live sales-mode assist and talk ratio today; automated call-scoring checklists are on the roadmap, not shipped yet. If after-call scorecards are your core need, weigh that honestly.

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Switching from tl;dv

  1. Export anything you want to keep (tl;dv free auto-deletes after 3 months).
  2. Download Raven, add your keys, pick a sales Mode.
  3. Run both for a week; cancel tl;dv once Raven covers your daily habit.

Download Raven

Free, open source, Mac + Windows. Bring your own keys.

Live assist & modes

How Raven helps during the call.
tl;dv pricing verified August 2026 (tldv.io). Vendors change pricing often - confirm before relying on a figure.