How do CLOVA Note and Orblit differ for one-on-ones?
Dongyoung Kim, CPO
CLOVA Note is a general recording tool that turns any conversation, from meetings to interviews to lectures, into text and summaries; Orblit focuses on the one-on-one process and connects preparation, notes, follow-through, and post-meeting feedback for leaders and team members. If you only need the conversation in writing, CLOVA Note is enough; if you want one-on-ones to keep running as a team practice, Orblit fits.
What are CLOVA Note and Orblit for?
The first tool many leaders reach for when they start one-on-ones is a meeting-note tool, because it stops them from missing what the other person says while typing. One widely used in Korea is NAVER's CLOVA Note.
CLOVA Note is a general recording tool: record audio or upload a file, and it turns speech into text and summarizes it, whatever the conversation. Orblit 1on1 is built for one-on-ones. It also turns the conversation into text, but it connects the preparation before, the follow-through after, and even the leader's conversation habits, one meeting at a time.
How do they compare on five criteria?
| Criterion | CLOVA Note | Orblit 1on1 |
|---|---|---|
| Use | Notes for any conversation: meetings, interviews, lectures | One-on-ones between leaders and team members |
| Notes | Converts live recordings and uploaded files to text with AI summaries. Automatic speaker identification for business use starts at the Business plan | Records the conversation, converts it to text, and AI organizes key questions and answers, a summary, and action items |
| Preparation | No dedicated feature | Team members write prep in advance, and tailored questions are suggested from past notes |
| Follow-through | Notes can be shared by link | Action items carry into preparing the next one-on-one, with email and push reminders on the set cadence |
| Post-meeting feedback for leaders and team members | Not applicable | AI leadership coaching analyzes speaking ratio and what the leader said |
| Pricing | Personal use free (300 minutes a month as standard) Business use from 20,000 KRW a month per company (Lite: 1,000 minutes of conversion, 25 AI summaries) | Basic plan free Business plan 8,000 KRW per member per month |
As the table shows, both tools can take notes. The difference lies in what happens before and after.
Do notes alone keep one-on-ones going?
A one-on-one is a place to align on expectations and build trust (HBR, 2024). That happens less in a single conversation than between conversations. When what you agreed last time is checked in the next meeting, and you start with the concerns the team member wrote down beforehand, they feel that one-on-ones actually change something.
Recording one-on-ones with a meeting-note tool keeps the content well. But keeping track of the next date, finding last time's action items, and collecting topics from the team member beforehand still fall to the leader. With several team members, this work scatters across leaders and people. Orblit bundles that before-and-after work around each one-on-one.
How should recorded one-on-ones be handled?
One-on-ones hold sensitive topics such as a team member's concerns, career, and relationships with colleagues. Whatever tool you use, tell the team member the purpose and how the recording is kept, and ask their consent before recording. When sharing notes by link, make sure the link is not passed on to others.
Orblit encrypts meeting records with AES-256 at rest and TLS 1.3 in transit, and does not use meeting data to train AI models. Voice recordings are deleted automatically within three days after analysis. If you use another tool, check the same points in that service's terms and guides.
So which should you choose?
CLOVA Note is enough if:
- You record more meetings, lectures, and interviews than one-on-ones and want one tool for all of them
- The goal is for the leader alone to keep one-on-ones in writing
- Your company already uses NAVER WORKS
Consider Orblit if:
- Many leaders and team members need to keep one-on-ones going on a set cadence
- You want team members to write topics in advance and last time's commitments to carry into the next meeting
- Leaders want feedback on their own conversation habits
- HR needs to see whether one-on-ones are actually happening across the company
You can also use both. Some teams keep meeting notes in CLOVA Note and one-on-ones in Orblit. A broader comparison of tool types is in How do you compare one-on-one meeting tools?.
Frequently Asked Questions
- Q.Can I record one-on-ones with CLOVA Note?
- Yes. Before recording, tell the team member the purpose and how the recording is kept, and ask their consent. When sharing notes by link, make sure the link is not passed on to others.
- Q.CLOVA Note has summaries too. Do I need Orblit as well?
- If the goal is to keep the conversation in writing and summarize it, CLOVA Note is enough. Orblit focuses on connecting those notes to preparing the next one-on-one, checking action items, cadence reminders, and leader feedback. Consider it when one-on-ones keep stalling or commitments slip.
- Q.How long does Orblit keep recordings?
- Orblit deletes voice recordings automatically within three days after analysis. The organized summary and action items remain for preparing the next one-on-one, and meeting data is not used to train AI models.
ORBLIT
How Orblit helps
To make it easier to put this article into practice, Orblit helps in these ways.
01No need to take notes
Record the conversation and it is converted to text, with AI organizing key questions and answers, a summary, and action items.
02Notes that feed the next meeting
The organized notes and action items carry into preparing the next one-on-one, and tailored questions are suggested from the team member's prep.
03Keep meetings from slipping
Set a one-on-one cycle to get email and push notifications. It works with Google Calendar and Google Meet.
04Check your own conversation habits
See the speaking ratio of leader and team member, and get AI analysis of what the leader said with strengths and areas to improve.
Sources
- 5 Signs Your One-on-Ones Aren't Working · Harvard Business Review (Jen Dary) · 2024-06-03