Alternatives to Fireflies
Meeting recorder across platforms
Fireflies ranks #2 of 8 in Transcription tools, with an Alt Score of 82. It is proprietary, freemium from $10 per seat / month, billed annually and available on Windows, macOS, iOS, Android, Web and Browser extension. 8 of 10 checklist rows are verified against a public source.
Teams and professionals who spend significant time in meetings (sales, recruiting, marketing, engineering, healthcare, etc.) and need a record of what was discussed and decided without manually taking notes.
An AI bot joins calls (or records via browser extension/mobile app) to produce transcripts with speaker identification across 100+ languages. It generates automatic summaries, action items, and topic/sentiment analysis, and lets you search or ask questions across past meetings. Meeting content syncs into tools like Salesforce, Slack, and Asana.
Add the Fireflies bot to a meeting (or record via extension/app); it transcribes the conversation, then generates a summary with action items shortly after the call ends; users can review, search, or query the transcript afterward and push notes into connected apps.
Where Fireflies stands out
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Feature comparison
Rows come from the Transcription tools checklist (14 rows). Human-verified cells only. ? means the value has not been verified.
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Every fact and feature listed for Fireflies is verified against its own pages. Each alternative is sourced on its own page.
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License Proprietary verified 2026-07-10
© 2026 Fireflies.AI Corp. All rights reserved.
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Pricing model Freemium verified 2026-07-10
400 mins of storage/team
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Platforms Windows, macOS, iOS, Android, Web, Browser extension verified 2026-07-10
Available on Windows 10+ and MacOS 12+
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Starts at $10 per seat / month, billed annually verified 2026-07-10
$10 per seat / month, billed annually
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Status active verified 2026-07-10
Fireflies.ai, the #1 AI teammate for meetings used by people at 75% of Fortune 500 companies, today announced it has reached a valuation of over $1 billion following its first tender offer.
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Accuracy (benchmark class) Yes verified 2026-07-10
Our web app lets you record, transcribe, summarize, and analyze online meetings with 90%+ accuracy in 60+ languages.
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Speaker diarization Yes verified 2026-07-10
Speaker identification, sentiment analysis, and conversation metrics
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Languages supported Yes verified 2026-07-10
You can now invite Fireflies AI notetaker to your meetings and transcribe them in one of the 100+ new languages, including German, Dutch, French, Spanish, Portuguese, and Italian.
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Meeting bot (auto-join) Yes verified 2026-07-10
no bot joining your call and no one seeing an extra participant
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Summaries & action items Yes verified 2026-07-10
AI Summaries
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Export formats (SRT, VTT) Yes verified 2026-07-10
After transcribing, you can download the transcripts in various formats, such as DOCX, PDF, CSV, JSON, and SRT, the most commonly used subtitle format.
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API access Yes verified 2026-07-10
Process audio, generate transcripts, and extract actionable data.
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Free tier limits Yes verified 2026-07-10
400 mins of storage/team
https://fireflies.ai/pricing
FAQ
Yes. Rev, Otter.ai and MacWhisper have a free tier or are fully free. Free-tier limits in the comparison table are verified and dated.
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