Poised

Poised is an AI communication coach for people who want guidance while speaking in work calls and a structured way to improve between meetings. It suits frequent presenters, managers, interviewers, salespeople and other professionals whose results depend on clear, confident conversation. Its combination of live speech coaching and meeting follow-up is distinctive, but the announced shutdown makes it a short-term choice.

Overview

Poised analyzes enabled meetings in real time, covering words spoken, filler words, confidence, energy and empathy. Customizable alerts and meters let users decide which signals deserve attention. That range is useful when the problem is broader than speaking speed or verbal tics; someone seeking occasional post-call analysis may find live coaching unnecessary.

Progress analysis follows speech trends over time, identifies moments to learn from and produces a recap after each meeting. The personalized learning plan adds assessments, in-meeting challenges, videos, exercises and articles from Poised experts. Together, these features provide a progression from identifying a habit to practicing a replacement, rather than leaving users with isolated scores.

Key features

• Live speaking feedback: Real-time coaching addresses conciseness, hedging words, interruptions and filler words, alongside confidence, energy and empathy. Pace feedback and customizable meters make it relevant to speakers working on delivery and presence at the same time.
• Meeting follow-through: Poised can display live speaker notes, mark covered items and generate summaries and action items without a bot joining the meeting. That is valuable for keeping a conversation on track and reducing manual follow-up.
• Personalized practice: Assessments, challenges, videos, exercises and expert articles turn recurring feedback into a learning routine. This suits users willing to practice deliberately, not just monitor a dashboard.
• Broad integrations: Support for more than 800 communication tools, including Zoom, Google Meet, Slack and Microsoft Teams, makes it practical in workplaces that split conversations across services.
• Privacy and security: Poised retains audio and video recordings associated with meetings a user enables, but not recordings of other participants. Deepgram Inc. processes personal information, does not sell it, and describes physical, electronic and procedural safeguards with regular security reviews, vulnerability scans and/or penetration tests.

Pricing

Poised has a free Starter plan billed Free forever. It is the sensible entry point for trying the coaching workflow, although the published plan information does not promise the full paid feature set.

The Shortcut plan is $0.00 per free and is billed “Free (limited time only!).” It includes an AI assistant, unlimited dictations with AI-polished rewrites and custom styles, but is Mac-only. That makes it useful for free-form dictation and rewriting, not a dependable cross-platform meeting solution.

Pro costs $19 per month, or $13 per month when billed annually. It includes everything in Poised Free, plus real-time feedback on conciseness, hedging words, interruptions and filler words, with macOS and Windows support. Communication Coach Pro is also $19 monthly or $13 monthly annually; it includes all Shortcut features on Mac, unlimited meetings, real-time feedback and macOS and Windows compatibility. Readers should choose between these paid tiers based on whether meeting volume or the Shortcut dictation package is the priority.

Team uses custom pricing and adds multiple members under one account and priority support to Poised Pro. It is the appropriate tier for organizations that need shared access and a support commitment, but its cost requires a quote. A free trial is offered, while the paid plans renew according to their monthly or annual billing term.

Platforms

Poised supports macOS and Windows. The Shortcut plan is Mac-only, while Pro and Communication Coach Pro cover both desktop platforms. No mobile platform is provided.

Who it's for

Product managers, executives, founders, interviewers, salespeople, consultants and managers are the clearest matches. These users can benefit from immediate prompts, trend tracking and automatic action items across frequent calls. It is less suitable for mobile-first speakers, people who avoid recording-enabled meetings, or anyone needing a product with a long operational horizon.

Pros and cons

Pros

• Combines feedback on language, delivery and interpersonal qualities instead of focusing only on filler words.
• Live notes, covered-item marking, summaries and action items add practical meeting value without a bot joining.
• Personalized challenges and learning materials give recurring habits a concrete practice path.
• Pro offers both monthly and annual pricing, with annual billing reducing the listed monthly rate to $13.

Cons

• The homepage states that Poised will shut down on October 8, 2026, making it a risky long-term investment.
• Recordings associated with enabled meetings are retained, which may require careful workplace and privacy review.
• Shortcut is limited to Mac and is marked free for a limited time only.
• Team pricing is custom, so organizations cannot estimate cost from the published plans.

Alternatives

For a broader shortlist, see AI Speech Coaching Apps.

• Speeko is the better pick for Android, iOS or web access, with a free tier and an annual plan at $8.33 per month that includes a seven-day trial and personalized real-time feedback.
• Wellspoken suits users who want mobile or web practice and a free allowance of three scored sessions per week; its Team plan is $20 per month billed annually for five or more members.
• Avorate is a free option for Android, iOS and web users who can obtain a personal invite code, with 50 credits issued once for two hours of speaking time.
• Speakeroo fits practice-focused users who want two free sessions per day with transcripts and pace, clarity and filler-word metrics.
• Banter is a mobile alternative with no-account free practice and a $9.99 monthly Pro tier.
• ClearSpeak offers free, no-expiry access and a larger paid program library for users who prefer structured courses.
• HiTalker is a mobile speaking practice app with daily coin and session limits on its free plan.
• Mic Buddy is an iOS and macOS option from NGSMedia LLC with unlimited practice sessions on its free plan.

Verdict

Choose Poised if you need desktop, in-meeting coaching plus automatic follow-up and are comfortable with a short-term commitment. Its strongest reason to buy is the unusually broad combination of live speech signals, personalized practice and bot-free meeting assistance. Look elsewhere if you need mobile support, tighter control over retained recordings or software you can rely on beyond October 8, 2026.