Echo or Happy Scribe: which one suits you?
Happy Scribe and Echo both transcribe files, make subtitles and have a meeting assistant, with data in the European Union and prices in euros. The main difference is focus: Happy Scribe offers many languages and human services; Echo puts Spanish first and uses its own AI. Here’s how they compare, using the information on their website.
In short
Happy Scribe transcribes 150+ languages, offers human proofreading and subtitling, and its assistant joins Zoom, Google Meet and Microsoft Teams. Echo is built for Spanish first, processes everything with its own AI on EU servers and adds synthetic-voice dubbing and tools for the work after a meeting. If you need many languages or a human service, Happy Scribe is the better fit.
Echo and Happy Scribe, point by point
| What | Edorteam Echo | Happy Scribe |
|---|---|---|
| Where your data is stored | Edorteam’s own servers in the EU (a Spanish company) | EU data centre, on AWS and Heroku, according to their website |
| Which AI processes your meetings | Our own AI on those servers; never trained on your data | See their website |
| Certifications | No certifications such as SOC 2 or ISO yet | SOC 2 Type 2 and GDPR, according to their website |
| Spanish | Built for Spanish first; app in Spanish and English | Website in Spanish; transcribes 150+ languages |
| Meetings the assistant joins | Joins Teams only; Meet and Zoom via the Chrome extension | Zoom, Google Meet and Microsoft Teams |
| Transcribing uploaded files | Yes: files up to 2 GB, plus YouTube or Drive links | Yes, with minutes depending on the plan |
| Subtitles, translation and dubbing | Subtitle editor, translated tracks and dubbing | Subtitles, translation into 80+ languages and human services |
| Integrations | Slack, Notion, HubSpot, Asana, Trello, Jira, webhooks, API and MCP | Zapier, API, MCP, YouTube, Drive, Dropbox and more |
| Free plan and entry price | Free plan, no card; prices in euros with and without VAT | Free plan, no card; Basic from €8.50 a month, billed annually |
| Mobile app | No mobile app yet | See their website |
Choose Echo if…
- You work mainly in Spanish and want a tool built for it first.
- You want transcription and AI to run on Edorteam’s own servers, with no third-party AI providers.
- You need synthetic-voice dubbing, clips or translated live captions for your guests.
- You use meetings for the work that follows: asking across all of them at once, tracking topics, scorecards and tasks in Asana, Trello or Jira.
Choose Happy Scribe if…
- You need transcripts or subtitles checked by people: Happy Scribe offers that service and Echo works with AI only.
- You work with many languages: Happy Scribe says it transcribes more than 150.
- Your meetings are on Zoom or Google Meet: its assistant joins both, while Echo’s currently joins Teams only.
- Your company requires a SOC 2 report: Happy Scribe says it has one and Echo has no certifications yet.
Frequently asked questions
Can I switch from Happy Scribe to Echo?
Yes. Upload your audio or video files to Echo, or import a public YouTube or Drive link. Echo transcribes them again with speakers separated. There’s no automatic importer.
Does Echo do subtitles?
Yes. It has a subtitle editor, tracks translated into other languages, video with burnt-in subtitles and synthetic-voice dubbing in Spanish, English, French, Italian and Portuguese.
Does Echo offer human transcription?
No. Echo transcribes with AI and you can correct the text in the editor. If you need a professional human review, Happy Scribe offers one.
Happy Scribe’s details were checked on their website on 9 November 2026. They may have changed: check their pages before deciding.
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