Amazon Bee alternative
Bee is for your day. Ona is for your meetings.
Amazon relaunched Bee in October 2026 as an always-on wristband tied to Alexa+. Ona is built for work conversations: calls on your computer, notes your team can use, and answers across every meeting.
At a glance
Ona and Amazon Bee, side by side.
Two different ideas of what an AI that listens is for.
| Feature | Ona | Amazon Bee |
|---|---|---|
| Hardware and apps | ||
| Wearable | Ona Band, on pre-order; ships early 2027 | Bee Frontier, $74.99: wrist or clip, up to 7 days battery |
| Apps | Mac, Windows and web. iPhone coming soon | Phone app, plus a desktop app on Bee Pro |
| Records calls on your computer, no bot | Yes, on Mac: records your mic and the call's audio | Not its focus |
| What it does with conversations | ||
| Built for | Work meetings and calls | Your whole day, always listening |
| Meeting notes, decisions and action items | Yes | Summaries and to-dos |
| Ask questions across conversations | Ask Ona answers across every meeting, with the meeting it came from | Through Alexa+, on Bee Pro |
| Shopping suggestions | Never | Opt-in, on Bee Pro |
| Plans and privacy | ||
| Paid plan | $14.99 a month or $179.88 a year, unlimited transcription | Bee Pro, $11.99 a month after a 30-day trial |
| Work integrations | Google Calendar, Outlook, Notion, Google Drive, Slack, Asana, Linear | Gmail, Google Calendar, Outlook on Bee Pro |
| Audio | Deleted once transcribed | Deleted after transcription, Amazon says |
Details about other products come from their public pages and press coverage, checked 17 October 2026. Prices and plans change, so check before you buy.
Choose Ona if
Your most important conversations are at work.
You spend your day in calls on a Mac or Windows PC
You want notes in Notion, Slack, Asana or Linear, not a shopping list
You want your meetings available inside Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor through MCP
You would rather not tie your conversations to an Amazon account
Choose Bee if
You want a cheap wearable today that follows your whole day.
You want a wristband now, not in early 2027
You already use Alexa+ and want Bee to work with it
You care about week-long battery more than meeting notes
Questions people ask
Bee is an AI wearable that Amazon bought in 2025 and relaunched in October 2026. The Bee Frontier wristband costs $74.99, and Bee Pro adds integrations, a desktop app and Alexa+ for $11.99 a month.
Ona works on your computer today and the Ona Band, its wearable, ships early 2027. Where Bee listens to your whole day, Ona is built around meetings and calls.
No. Ona does not show ads or shopping suggestions, and your conversations are never used to train models without your say-so. Audio is deleted once it is transcribed.