--- title: "Caven: AI notetaker for legal and finance teams in Europe" description: "For teams where confidentiality isn't a feature request but a requirement. Caven enables you to record, transcribe and summarise every conversation without sensitive data leaving your control." url: https://caven.io/ language: en publisher: "Caven BV" --- # Caven: The secure way to capture every conversation in legal and finance. For teams where confidentiality isn't a feature request but a requirement. Caven enables you to record, transcribe and summarise every conversation without sensitive data leaving your control. ## Caven at a glance - **Recording:** No bot joins the call. Caven records from your desktop or phone: Teams, Zoom, Google Meet, Webex, in person and phone calls. - **Data location:** Processed in the EU. Your recordings are never used to train AI models. - **Hosting:** Caven EU cloud, your own AWS, Azure or GCP account, or fully on-premise. - **Security:** ISO 27001 certified, GDPR compliant, encrypted storage and optional pseudonymisation before AI processing. - **Output:** Transcript, structured summary in the right template, action items with owners, in 99+ languages. - **Integrations:** NetDocuments, SharePoint, OneDrive, Google Drive, Notion, Slack, and Outlook or Google calendar. - **Pricing:** A free plan, and Plus, Pro and Team with a 14-day free trial. Enterprise for firm-wide rollouts. ## The only tool you need to record all your conversations Online, in person or on the phone: Caven records every conversation and turns it into a transcript, a structured summary and action items, in 99+ languages. Without sensitive data leaving your control. ## Keep the meeting between you and your client No uninvited guests. No bots, no awkward questions. Works across every platform, online and in person: if it’s on your screen or in the room, Caven can record it. ## How it works - **Online meeting:** Start Caven on your computer when the call begins. It records any meeting platform straight from your desktop: no bot joins, so the conversation stays natural. - **In-person meeting:** Open Caven on your phone or laptop, put it on the table and press record. Caven captures the conversation and keeps track of who said what. - **Phone call:** Keep your current phone number. Call from the Caven app and your phone places the call with your own SIM, so the person you call sees your number, just like always. Afterwards you get a transcript, a summary and follow-ups. - **What you get:** After every conversation: a summary in the right template for the meeting type, action items with owners and deadlines, and a searchable transcript. ## You decide where your data lives Your conversations are yours. Host Caven in our EU cloud or in your own environment, keep names out of the AI model with pseudonymisation and rest assured your data is never used to train AI models. - **Your own cloud:** Run Caven inside your own AWS, Azure or GCP account. Recordings and AI processing stay in your tenant. - **Caven EU cloud:** Fully managed by Caven in the EU, with encrypted storage and strict processor controls. - **On-premise:** Deploy on your own servers, behind your own firewall. We never see your data. ## Your secure AI meeting platform - **Integrations:** Send summaries and transcripts automatically to Google Drive, OneDrive, SharePoint, Notion, Slack, iManage, NetDocuments and more. - **Ask Caven:** Ask anything regarding any of your past meetings. - **Spaces:** One shared place per client or matter, with its meetings, folders and action items. - **Meeting Templates:** Caven recognises the meeting type and applies the right summary. - **Speaker Memory:** Caven recognizes who you’ve had meetings with. - **Company Branding:** Summaries and exports in your own house style. ## Why choose Caven? - **No bot in the call:** Caven records from your desktop or phone. No third-party participant, no awkward introductions and no platform lock-in. - **Your data stays in the EU:** All recordings are processed exclusively within the EU. Never used for model training, never shared with third parties. - **Built in Belgium, under EU law:** Caven is a Belgian company with no US parent. Audio is processed on EU servers, and you can host Caven in your own cloud or on-premise. - **The right summary, automatically:** Caven recognises the type of meeting and applies a template tailored to your industry, or one built from your own notes. - **Every meeting searchable:** Every conversation becomes a structured record. Search your full history and ask the AI Copilot about any meeting. - **Deploy where you want:** Caven cloud, your own AWS, Azure or GCP, or fully on-premise. ISO 27001 certified and GDPR compliant. ## Industries - [Caven for Legal](https://caven.io/industries/legal.md): Law firms and in-house legal teams - [Caven for Financial Institutions](https://caven.io/industries/financial-institutions.md): Banks, private banking and wealth management - [Caven for Accounting](https://caven.io/industries/accounting.md): Accountants, tax advisers and auditors - [Caven for Insurance](https://caven.io/industries/insurance.md): Insurers and insurance brokers - [Caven for Private Equity & VC](https://caven.io/industries/private-equity-venture-capital.md): Private equity and venture capital funds - [Caven for Financial Advisory & M&A](https://caven.io/industries/financial-advisory.md): Financial consulting, corporate finance and M&A ## Plans - **Free:** €0, free forever. Try Caven on your own meetings. - **Plus:** €28 per user / month, billed monthly, or €23 per user / month / €276 billed yearly. For individual professionals who want Caven in their daily work. - **Pro:** €33 per user / month, billed monthly, or €27 per user / month / €324 billed yearly. Caven tailored to your practice: your templates, your jargon and your own DPA. - **Team:** €39 per user / month, billed monthly, or €32 per user / month / €384 billed yearly (min. 5 seats). For practices and boutiques that share knowledge, with firm-wide admin controls. - **Enterprise:** Custom, yearly licences (min. 10 seats). Built for firm-wide rollout, with full control over where your data lives. - [Full pricing and plan comparison](https://caven.io/pricing.md) ## Comparisons - [Caven vs Otter.ai](https://caven.io/compare/otter.md) - [Caven vs Fireflies.ai](https://caven.io/compare/fireflies.md) - [Caven vs Teams Copilot](https://caven.io/compare/microsoft-teams-copilot.md) - [Caven vs Granola](https://caven.io/compare/granola.md) - [Caven vs Jamie](https://caven.io/compare/jamie.md) ## Frequently asked questions ### What is Caven? Caven is a European AI notetaker for confidential conversations in legal, finance, accounting and insurance. It records online meetings, in-person meetings and phone calls without a bot joining the call, and turns them into a transcript, a structured summary and action items. Caven is built in Belgium, processes data in the EU and is ISO 27001 certified. ### Does Caven join my meetings as a bot? No. Caven records every meeting platform from your own desktop, so no bot or extra participant joins the call. In-person meetings are recorded on your phone or laptop, and phone calls from the Caven app with your own number. ### Which platforms does Caven work with? All of them. Teams, Zoom, Google Meet, Webex, webinars and in-person meetings: if it is on your screen or in the room, Caven can record it. No platform lock-in and no bots required. ### Where is my data processed and stored? On the Caven EU cloud, recordings are processed and stored in the EU and never used to train AI models. Firms that want full control can run Caven in their own AWS, Azure or GCP account, or fully on-premise behind their own firewall. ### Is Caven GDPR compliant? Yes. Caven processes data in the EU, signs a data processing agreement, is ISO 27001 certified and can pseudonymise names and identifiers before transcripts reach the AI model. With your calendar connected, Caven can tell external attendees in advance that the meeting will be recorded, with a one-click option to object. ### Which languages does Caven support? Caven transcribes and summarises in 99+ languages, including English, Dutch, French and German, and handles meetings where participants switch between languages. ### Is there a free trial? Yes. Plus, Pro and Team come with a 14-day free trial, without payment details. The Free plan stays free forever, with 3 hours of transcription a month. ## Next steps - [Book a demo](https://caven.io/book-a-demo) - [Start a 14-day free trial or the free plan](https://caven.io/pricing) - [Download the desktop app](https://caven.io/download)