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Comparison
Sway vs. Cluely
Both tools provide real-time AI assistance during calls. The difference is what happens to your audio. Cluely stores meeting transcripts on its servers — and in 2025, those servers were breached, exposing 83,000 users' private conversations. Sway processes everything locally.
FeatureSwayCluely
No meeting bot in your callYesYes (disputed)
Audio processed locally on deviceYesNo
Meeting transcripts stored server-sideNoYes
Data breach historyNo2025 — 83,000 users affected
macOS native desktop appYesYes
No account required to downloadYesNo
Real-time AI suggestionsYesYes
Follow-up draft generationYesYes
Meeting recap after callYesYes
Pricing7-day trial, then $30/moPaid
The privacy difference
Cluely's architecture sends audio to its servers for processing. Your meeting conversations are stored — and as its 2025 breach demonstrated, stored data can be exposed.
Sway processes audio locally on your Mac. Nothing is recorded. Nothing is stored. Only the text context of a specific prompt is sent to an AI provider to generate a suggestion — and it's never retained.
Who Sway is for
- —Users who want AI assistance without trusting a server with their conversations
- —Sales and CS teams where privacy matters
- —Sales professionals handling confidential deal conversations
- —Anyone burned by Cluely's breach who needs a local-first alternative
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No account required. No transcripts stored. Free 7-day trial.
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