Both put an AI overlay on your screen. The difference that matters is which plan actually hides it.
Competitor pricing below is quoted from each company’s own public pricing page and was last checked on 28 July 2026. Prices change — check theirs before deciding.
Cluely sells three tiers. Its Starter (free) and Pro ($19.99/mo) plans are not hidden from screen-sharing software — only Pro + Undetectability at $149.99/mo is described as “completely hidden to meeting screen sharing software”.
So if invisibility is the reason you are looking at these tools at all, the honest comparison is against Cluely’s $149.99/mo plan, not its $19.99 one.
| GhostNote | Cluely Pro | Cluely Pro + Undetectability | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hidden from screen sharing | Yes, every plan | No | Yes |
| Price | $11.99/mo | $19.99/mo | $149.99/mo |
| One-time option | $250 lifetime | — | — |
| Free tier | 15 min/month, fully invisible | Free tier is not invisible | |
| Run fully offline | Yes, via Ollama | No | No |
| Runs on | Windows + macOS | Not stated on their pricing page | |
| Choose your model | 47 models, named | Not user-selectable | |
Being straight with you: Cluely is a more polished, better-funded product with a real team behind it, live meeting notes, and a company you can phone. If you want a managed product and the price is not an obstacle, buy Cluely.
GhostNote makes sense if you want the invisibility without the $149.99/mo, if you would rather pick your own model, or if you want it running entirely offline with nothing leaving your machine.
GhostNote does not resell AI tokens. You connect your own Anthropic, OpenAI or Google key, or run a local model through Ollama for free. That is why it costs $11.99 instead of $149.99 — you are paying for the app, not a token markup.
It also means there is a setup step, and if you use a paid API you pay that provider directly. For most people that lands well under a dollar a month; Gemini’s Flash models have a genuine free tier, so you can run GhostNote without paying anyone for AI at all.
Free plan, no card required. 15 minutes a month, fully invisible — enough to decide whether it works for you.