Earmark vs Spinach
Spinach runs the ceremony. Earmark ships the work.
Spinach is an AI scrum master — it facilitates standups, sprint planning, and retros, then suggests and creates Jira and Linear tickets. Earmark goes further for product and engineering teams: it captures botlessly and turns the live conversation into full PRDs, specs, decision logs, and stakeholder updates — across every meeting, not just agile ceremonies.
Earmark vs Spinach, side by side
Both push tickets to Jira and Linear. Only one turns the whole meeting into finished deliverables.
| Capability | Earmark | Spinach |
|---|---|---|
| Primary output | Shippable work: PRDs, tickets, decision logs, updates | Agile meeting summaries & ticket suggestions |
| Works without a bot joining your call | Joins your call as an assistant | |
| Builds the work in real time during the meeting | Tickets on command; notes post-meeting | |
| Drafts full PRDs, specs & acceptance criteria | — | |
| Creates Jira / Linear tickets | Built-in, in real time | |
| Generates decision logs & stakeholder updates | Summaries & action items | |
| Works across every meeting type (not just agile ceremonies) | Built around standups, sprints & retros | |
| Captures in-person meetings device-side | — | |
| Privacy-first: no audio stored, no training on your data | SOC 2 / GDPR; zero retention w/ AI providers | |
| Starting price | $8 / month | Free; usage-based paid plans |
Comparison based on publicly available information as of 2026. Spinach is a trademark of its respective owner and is not affiliated with Earmark.
Why product teams pick Earmark
Deliverables, not just summaries and tickets
Spinach is great at agile recaps and one-click tickets. Earmark goes the full distance — drafting complete PRDs, specs, acceptance criteria, decision logs, and stakeholder updates from the same conversation, not just a summary and a linked ticket.
Botless, device-side capture
Spinach joins your call as an assistant. Earmark captures on-device, so nothing appears in the participant list — easy to run in customer calls, security-conscious reviews, and in-person rooms where a bot can't go.
Every meeting, not only ceremonies
Spinach is built around standups, sprint planning, and retros. Earmark works the same way across discovery calls, design reviews, customer interviews, and exec syncs — anywhere a decision needs to become shippable work.
Trusted by product teams who ship through conversation
“Earmark transforms planning calls straight into PRDs and JIRA tickets. An indispensable PM tool that saves hours of documentation.”
“No other AI transcription tool gives this level of flexibility. Cuts my admin time by about 75%.”
“Earmark is far beyond a basic meeting tool — task agents build summaries, follow-ups, and deliverables while we’re still talking.”
Questions?
How is Earmark different from Spinach?
Spinach is an AI scrum master focused on agile ceremonies — it summarizes standups, sprint planning, and retros, and suggests or creates Jira and Linear tickets. Earmark's output is the finished work itself: full PRDs, specs, acceptance criteria, decision logs, and stakeholder updates, generated in real time across every meeting type.
Does Earmark join my meetings like Spinach?
No. Earmark captures device-side by default, so no bot appears in the participant list, and it works in person too. Spinach joins your call as an assistant to facilitate and capture agile ceremonies.
Spinach already creates Jira and Linear tickets — why switch?
Ticket creation is table stakes for both. The difference is scope: Earmark drafts the whole deliverable — PRDs with acceptance criteria, decision logs, and updates — in real time, for any meeting, not just standups and sprint planning.
Is Earmark only for engineering standups?
No. Spinach specializes in agile ceremonies. Earmark is built for the full product and engineering workflow — discovery, design reviews, customer calls, and exec syncs — turning each into the artifact that meeting should produce.
Is my meeting data private?
Earmark is privacy-first: it doesn't store raw audio by default and never trains on your data. Spinach is SOC 2 and GDPR compliant with zero data retention with its AI providers.
Leave your next meeting with the work already done.
Spinach is excellent for agile ceremonies. When you need the meeting to become the full deliverable — PRD, tickets, decision log, and update — switch to Earmark. Start free, no bot, no credit card.
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