HAPPYSCRIBE AND RECAPRO COMPARED
Comparing Recapro and Happyscribe
Happyscribe transcribes, subtitles and translates files in more than 150 languages, in the cloud, with data hosted in the European Union. Recapro focuses on meeting summaries and can be installed on your own servers, up to air-gap mode. The facts below were checked on October 16, 2026.
About this comparison. Happyscribe is a trademark of its publisher, Happy Scribe Limited. Recapro is neither affiliated with nor endorsed by this publisher. This page is published by Recapro, one of the two vendors compared: the facts come from the public sources cited, and that context should be kept in mind.
Facts checked on October 16, 2026 against these sources, archived on the Wayback Machine. An error, an update or a right of reply: write to [email protected] and we will correct the page.
Happyscribe and Recapro: five verified differences
Findings from happyscribe.com and its Trust Center on October 16, 2026. Sources and their archives are listed below the table.
Deployment model
Happyscribe’s security page states that all of its services run in the cloud, on Amazon Web Services and Heroku. We found no offer to install it on the customer’s servers on happyscribe.com as of October 16, 2026. Besides its Cloud offer, Recapro offers a Fortress installation on your servers, with an air-gap mode.
Published subprocessors
Happyscribe’s Trust Center lists 34 subprocessors with their role and region, including Amazon Web Services (Ireland) for hosting and AI models, and CoreWeave (United States) for self-hosted AI models. Recapro runs open-weight models on its servers; its Cloud data at rest sits at Scaleway, fr-par region, and Cloudflare terminates TLS in transit.
HDS certification
Happyscribe displays SOC 2 Type II and GDPR compliance. It publishes no HDS certification on its security page or its Trust Center, checked on October 16, 2026. Recapro holds no HDS certification either; its architecture is HDS-ready.
Recording video calls
Happyscribe’s notetaker joins Zoom, Google Meet and Teams calls as a participant. Happyscribe also offers an iOS and Android app for in-person meetings, and a Browser Recorder. Recapro records from the participant’s mobile or desktop app, with no bot in the meeting.
Functional scope
Happyscribe covers file transcription, subtitling and translation in more than 150 languages. Recapro does neither subtitling nor file translation. It produces meeting summaries in 70 languages and a private debrief, kept separate from the shared summary.
Recapro and Happyscribe: the comparison table
Facts checked on October 16, 2026 against the sources cited below the table.
Happyscribe is published by Happy Scribe Limited, a company registered in Ireland with its registered office in Dublin. Source: happyscribe.com/terms, accessed October 16, 2026 (archive).
Happyscribe’s security page states that all of its services run in the cloud, on Amazon Web Services and Heroku, with a data center in the European Union, and mentions SOC 2 Type 2 and GDPR. It mentions neither an HDS certification nor an installation at the customer’s site. Source: happyscribe.com/security, accessed October 16, 2026 (archive).
The Trust Center lists 34 subprocessors, including Amazon Web Services EMEA (Ireland, for hosting, storage and AI models), Heroku (Ireland), Hetzner (Germany), Wasabi (France, for media storage), CoreWeave (United States, for self-hosted AI models) and Cloudflare (global network). Source: trust.happyscribe.com/subprocessors, accessed October 16, 2026.
The notetaker joins Zoom, Google Meet and Teams from the calendar; the iOS and Android app records in-person meetings. Source: happyscribe.com/ai-meeting-notetaker, accessed October 16, 2026 (archive).
Recapro Cloud: data at rest in France at Scaleway (Postgres and object storage, fr-par region); in transit, Cloudflare terminates TLS. Transcription and summaries use open-weight models run on our servers, or on yours with Fortress On-Premise. Recapro holds no HDS certification, ISO 27001, SOC 2 or SecNumCloud qualification; its architecture is HDS-ready. Cloud Team: €22.90/user/month (€17.90 billed annually), 5 users minimum; Fortress On-Premise: €19.90/seat/month, 10 seats minimum, hardware extra from €4,990 (prices excluding VAT). Details on the Security page and in the pricing grid.
Happyscribe or Recapro? it depends on your need
The two tools do not cover the same scope.
Choose Happyscribe if…
- You transcribe, subtitle or translate audio and video files in volume.
- You work in many languages: Happyscribe lists more than 150.
- Cloud hosting in the European Union and a SOC 2 Type II report meet your risk assessment.
- You want a notetaker that automatically joins the video calls in your calendar.
Choose Recapro if…
- You want audio and summaries to stay on your own servers, up to air-gap mode.
- You prefer recording from the mobile or desktop app, with no participant added to the meeting.
- You need a private debrief, kept separate from the shared summary.
- You want to know the price of an on-site installation before any sales call: €19.90/seat/month, 10 seats minimum, hardware extra from €4,990.
What Recapro adds
Four Recapro capabilities, described with their conditions.
Installation on your servers
Fortress installs Recapro on a dedicated server at your site: database, API, transcription (whisper.cpp) and generation (vLLM) run on the machine, with no port exposed to the internet. Recordings, transcripts and summaries stay on your servers.
Air-gap mode
The server can run with no outbound connection at all, AI models included. In standard mode, a supervision tunnel sends up metrics and logs.
Private debrief
After the meeting, you dictate a confidential debrief: impressions, weak signals, figures. It stays separate from the shared summary.
Published prices
Cloud Team costs €22.90/user/month (€17.90 billed annually), from 5 users. Fortress On-Premise costs €19.90/seat/month, 10 seats minimum, i.e. €199/month, plus hardware from €4,990.
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Nearby comparisons
- Recapro / Plaud Plaud sells recorders (Note, NotePin, Note Pro) with an app and AI subscriptions. Its data is processed in AWS data centers in the United States, Europe (Frankfurt), Japan and Singapore. Recapro works with the mobile app and the desktop app, and keeps data at rest in France or on your servers. See the comparison
- Recapro / Pocket Pocket (HeyPocket) is a recorder that attaches to the phone, sold with an app and an optional subscription. On Cloud, Recapro works with the mobile app and the desktop app, with no recorder to buy. Here are the differences verified on October 16, 2026 against the publisher’s public pages. See the comparison
- Recapro / Dicte Dicte, published by Livdeo SAS, is a French meeting-summary tool. Audio is processed on servers in Paris (Scaleway), transcripts are pseudonymised before processing and text is encrypted at rest with a post-quantum algorithm. Its Enterprise offer adds a DicteBOX unit for on-site installation. On sovereignty, the two approaches are close. The facts below were checked on October 16, 2026. See the comparison
Happyscribe and Recapro: frequently asked questions
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Does Happyscribe offer an on-site installation?
We found no offer to install it on the customer’s servers on happyscribe.com as of October 16, 2026. Its security page states that all services run in the cloud, on Amazon Web Services and Heroku. Recapro offers Fortress, an installation on a dedicated server at your site, with an air-gap mode.
02
Is Happyscribe HDS certified?
Happyscribe publishes no HDS certification on its security page or its Trust Center, checked on October 16, 2026. It displays SOC 2 Type II and GDPR compliance. Recapro holds no HDS certification either. Its architecture is HDS-ready, and Fortress On-Premise keeps the data on your servers.
03
Does the Happyscribe notetaker use a bot?
In video calls, yes: the notetaker joins the Zoom, Google Meet or Teams call as a participant. For in-person meetings, Happyscribe offers an iOS and Android app, and a Browser Recorder. Recapro records from the participant’s mobile or desktop app.
04
Where does Recapro’s AI process meetings?
Recapro uses open-weight models run on its servers, or on yours with Fortress On-Premise, with whisper.cpp for transcription, vLLM for generation, pyannote to tell speakers apart. Recapro Cloud: data at rest in France at Scaleway (Postgres and object storage, fr-par region); in transit, Cloudflare terminates TLS.
05
Does Happyscribe publish its subprocessors?
Yes. Its Trust Center lists 34 subprocessors with their role and region, including Amazon Web Services (Ireland), Hetzner (Germany), Wasabi (France), CoreWeave (United States) and Cloudflare.
06
What does Happyscribe do better than Recapro?
Happyscribe handles more multilingual volume, with file transcription, subtitling and translation in more than 150 languages. Recapro does no subtitling. Happyscribe is built for subtitling and translating files; Recapro answers the need for meeting summaries that stay on your servers.
07
Can I cut Recapro off from the internet entirely?
Yes, with Fortress On-Premise in air-gap mode. In standard mode, the server keeps a supervision tunnel that sends up metrics and logs.
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