Wave vs DuoCast

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Wave compared with DuoCast
Detail	Wave	DuoCast
What it does	AI note taker that records, transcribes, and summarizes meetings, calls, lectures, and conversations	Turn any document into a two-voice podcast you can listen to on your commute
Stage	Startup	Not given
Founded	2024	Not given
Based in	US	Not given
Pricing model	Freemium	Freemium
Pricing	Free: 30 minutes per month, free forever. Pro: $80 per year or $15 per month (or $100 per year through App Store/Google Play). Teams: $7.50 per user per month with 5-user minimum.	Free: 3-minute preview of any episode with spoken-intro watermark, no download. Pro: $12/mo for unlimited episodes up to 50,000 characters, MP3 downloads, no watermark, priority queue. Credit pack: $9 for 20 full episodes up to 50,000 characters with MP3 downloads, credits never expire, no subscript
Key features	Records meetings, calls, lectures, and conversations on all devices Automatic speaker identification and labels Supports 76 languages with translation Records phone calls, Zoom, Meet, and Teams meetings Offline recording with online processing Export to PDF, OneNote, and email	Paste text, PDF, DOCX upload, or article URL input Two-host conversational format with Q&A dialogue Self-hosted speech synthesis models 5–15 minute episodes with chapters and synced transcript MP3 download capability on Pro plan Free 3-minute preview on any document Priority queue processing for Pro subscribers Support for documents up to 50,000 characters No watermark on Pro and Credit pack episodes
What makes it different	Records and transcribes across all devices with automatic sync Never trains AI models on user recordings SOC 2 Type 1 compliant with enterprise-grade security Supports 76 languages with automatic speaker identification	Two-voice dialogue format keeps listeners engaged better than monotone reading Self-hosted voice models optimized specifically for natural Chinese and Japanese pronunciation No per-character pricing, so long documents are voiced end-to-end without truncation Automatically rewrites source documents into conversational format Credit packs never expire, providing flexible usage without subscription commitment
Free plan	Not given	Not given
Open source	Not given	Not given
Platforms	Not given	Not given
Public API	Not given	Not given
Community votes	0	0
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)	54 −2 (down) since last check	1 no change since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)	26	3
Citation Flow (Majestic)	46	10
Referring domains (Majestic)	1400	5

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