- Live screen and audio prompts: Uses the current conversation and visible screen context to suggest answers during a call.
- Undetectability tier: Adds visibility protection during screen sharing on the paid add-on plan.
- AI Meeting Notes: Produces shareable notes after calls.
- Follow-Up Drafts: Helps turn a conversation into a ready-to-edit message.
- Custom instructions and file context: Lets users provide guidance and supporting files within plan limits.
Cluely
Undetectable AI assistant for real-time meeting notes and live answers
Updated August 11, 2026
Cluely Overview
Cluely is a live AI assistant that listens to meeting audio and reads visible screen context to suggest prompts and answers during a conversation. It can also turn the session into meeting notes and draft follow-up messages.
Custom instructions and supporting files can give the assistant more context. Cluely helps while the conversation is happening. A meeting recorder that only produces a recap afterward serves a different need.
Key Features
Pricing
| Plan | Price | Featured |
|---|---|---|
| Starter | $0 (Free) | Limited AI responses, limited meeting notetaking, custom instructions and file uploads |
| Pro | $19.99/mo (Billed Monthly) / from $11.99/mo (Billed Annually) | Unlimited AI responses, unlimited meeting notetaking, latest AI models |
| Pro + Undetectability | $149.99/mo (Billed Monthly) | Undetectable during screen sharing, unlimited AI usage, priority support |
Starter is the continuing free tier. Pro costs $19.99 month to month or starts at $11.99 per month when billed annually, while Undetectability is a separate higher-priced option.
Pricing source: Cluely pricing
Pros
| Compared with | Why this product may fit better |
|---|---|
| Fathom | Cluely answers during a conversation and can use both screen and audio context. Fathom concentrates on recording and follow-up, so Cluely is more useful when the user wants help before the call ends. |
| Otter.ai | Cluely's overlay is designed to suggest answers without taking over the whole meeting window. Otter.ai makes the transcript visible and collaborative, while Cluely gives one person a more discreet prompt layer. |
| LockedIn AI | Cluely can assist across meetings, sales calls, and other on-screen conversations instead of focusing mainly on interviews. LockedIn AI is more specialized, while Cluely covers a wider set of live work situations. |
Cons
| Compared with | Where this product may fall short |
|---|---|
| Fathom | Cluely's hidden-assistant positioning can create consent and workplace-policy problems during ordinary meetings. Fathom visibly records and summarizes calls, which is easier for a team to explain to participants. |
| Otter.ai | Cluely is built first for individual live help and has less mature shared transcript work. Otter.ai fits better when teammates need a searchable conversation record, comments, and assigned actions after the meeting. |
| LockedIn AI | Cluely spreads its attention across many live situations rather than building every prompt around interview stages. LockedIn AI offers a more focused route for resume context, coding questions, and interview practice. |
| Final Round AI | Cluely's general live overlay does not provide the same end-to-end interview preparation path. Final Round AI is a better match for candidates who want mock interviews and reports as well as help during the real call. |
Reviews
What reviewers say: Hands-on sources agree that Cluely can surface useful prompts without appearing on a normal screen share. They also document delays, crashes, wrong answers, billing complaints, and concerns about consent and privacy.
- Reddit r/Cluely: The author liked the speed of microphone and speaker transcription but found the answers too slow for true real-time use. In follow-up comments, they also asked for fuller explanations of coding solutions and described the value as decent but unfinished.
- medium.com Review: In hands-on use, the writer says Cluely stayed off screen shares, recovered a forgotten partner name, and turned a client request into a usable follow-up. The same test found 5 to 10 second delays, crashes, incorrect meeting decisions, a made-up claim about speaking Portuguese, and no easy way to save different prompt profiles.
- bitdegree.org Review: BitDegree found the overlay invisible in ordinary screenshots and screen recordings and liked the quick, context-aware answers when they were correct. It also found the free output severely limited, warned that important answers can still be wrong, and raised consent, privacy, and legal concerns because the app listens to calls and reads the screen.
- Trustpilot Review (1.5/5 from 19 reviews): The small review pool is dominated by reports of accidental annual charges, refund or cancellation problems, poor transcription, wrong speaker labels, crashes, and answers that fail during interviews. Because the live profile has only 19 reviews, the score is a warning signal rather than a broad measure of every user's experience.
