Fireflies alternatives are sought by people who dislike a notetaker bot joining every call, by teams that hit the free plan's storage and summary limits, and by buyers who find the credit and tier structure harder to read than a flat per-seat price. They move to bot-free capture tools, to sales-oriented recorders, or to cheaper note takers.
Sebastiaan SmitsFounderShort answer: The closest replacements for Fireflies in our AI meeting assistants ranking are Read AI, Fellow and Jamie. Choose Read AI if you want search across meetings, email and chat and a coaching layer in one tool. All 11 alternatives below are ranked products from Best AI Meeting Assistants in 2026, and each says where it differs from Fireflies.
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Fireflies' default route is a notetaker that joins the call as a participant. Its pricing page lists a Chrome extension that records without the bot as a separate feature, and its FAQ covers renaming the Notetaker bot. Organisations whose clients or counterparties object to a visible recorder, or whose staff meet in person, often prefer tools that capture audio on the device.
The free plan states 400 minutes of storage per team, limited AI summaries and 20 AI credits. Unlimited transcription sits on every plan, but unlimited summaries start on Pro at $10 per seat a month billed annually ($18 billed monthly). A team that adopts the free plan for a trial finds the real working limits are summaries and storage, not the transcript.
Fireflies' plan table counts AI credits per plan (20, 20, 30 and 50 from Free to Enterprise), storage by seat or team, and recording limits of two to four hours depending on plan. Buyers who want one clear price per user, or a hard cap on the number of notes, sometimes find other tools easier to budget.
| Alternative | Headquarters | Free option | Pricing | Key difference | Switch if | Our rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Read AI | United States | Yes | Free plan with 5 transcripts a month; per-user plans, published | Meeting summaries and cross-app search, with a small free tier | you want search across meetings, email and chat and a coaching layer in one tool | #11 |
| Fellow | Canada | Yes | Free plan with 5 AI notes per user; per-user plans billed annually, published; Enterprise from 10 users | Meeting notes tied to agendas, with a lifetime free allowance | you run recurring meetings and want agendas and action items managed in the same place | #8 |
| Jamie | Germany | Yes | Free plan with 10 notes a month; per-seat paid plans, published; Enterprise quoted | Bot-free note-taker from a German company, running on your device | clients object to a bot on the call or data residency in the EU matters | #1 |
| Granola | United States | Yes | Free plan with 30-day history; per-user monthly plans, published | Notepad that captures device audio, with no bot in the meeting | you take notes for yourself and want a bot-free tool with templates | #4 |
| Tactiq | Australia | Yes | Free plan with 10 transcripts a month; per-user paid plans, published; Enterprise quoted | Transcript tool for Meet, Zoom and Teams with a free tier | you mostly attend browser-based meetings and want the cheapest paid plan | #3 |
| MeetGeek | Romania | Yes | Free plan with 3 hours a month; per-user paid plans, published; Enterprise quoted | Meeting recorder with a bot, desktop app and a free hours allowance | you want a choice between bot and bot-free capture and on-premise storage as an option | #2 |
| Notta | Singapore | Yes | Free plan with 120 minutes a month; per-plan monthly or annual billing, published; Enterprise quoted | Transcription service with minute allowances and a Singapore contracting entity | you transcribe uploaded recordings and want a clear minutes-based price | #5 |
| Krisp | United States | No free tier | 7-day trial only; per-user plans, published; Enterprise quoted | Noise cancellation maker that added notes, with a short trial | you join calls from noisy places and want one tool for audio quality and notes | #10 |
| Avoma | United States | No free tier | Per recorder seat, published; 14-day trial only; add-ons priced separately | Per-recorder seats with free viewers and sales add-ons on top | only a few people record and many others need to read the notes | #9 |
| Grain | United States | Yes | Free plan with 20 meetings; per-seat paid plans, published; Enterprise quoted | Meeting recorder with free viewer seats and no bot required | your main use is coaching sales calls and reviewing customer conversations | #6 |
| Sembly | United States | No free tier | Free trial; credit-based per-user plans, published; Enterprise quoted | Credit-based meeting notes with a time-limited free trial | you are an agency that produces client-branded deliverables from meetings | #7 |
United States · Free plan with 5 transcripts a month; per-user plans, published
Read AI is the closest like-for-like swap. It has a free plan with 5 meeting transcripts a month and paid plans from $15 per user a month billed annually. It adds enterprise search across meetings, email and messaging, and a meeting coach.
Switch from Fireflies if you want search across meetings, email and chat and a coaching layer in one tool.
Canada · Free plan with 5 AI notes per user; per-user plans billed annually, published; Enterprise from 10 users
Fellow ties meeting notes to agendas, templates and follow-ups. The free plan gives 5 AI notes per user for life, Team costs $7 per user a month billed annually, and Business $15 with unlimited notes. Enterprise starts at 10 users.
Switch from Fireflies if you run recurring meetings and want agendas and action items managed in the same place.
Germany · Free plan with 10 notes a month; per-seat paid plans, published; Enterprise quoted
Jamie runs on your device so no bot joins the call, and its homepage states that data stays in the EU, with ISO 27001 and GDPR listed. Free allows 10 AI notes a month at up to 30 minutes each; Plus is €21 and Pro €39 per month billed annually. Notes per month and meeting length are capped on the lower plans.
Switch from Fireflies if clients object to a bot on the call or data residency in the EU matters.
United States · Free plan with 30-day history; per-user monthly plans, published
Granola captures device audio with no meeting bot and works from a desktop, iOS, Android and Apple Watch app. The Basic plan is free with limited history, Business costs $14 per user a month and Enterprise $35.
Switch from Fireflies if you take notes for yourself and want a bot-free tool with templates.
Australia · Free plan with 10 transcripts a month; per-user paid plans, published; Enterprise quoted
Tactiq is a Chrome extension that transcribes in the browser. The free plan has 10 transcripts and 5 AI credits a month, Pro costs €6.67 a month billed annually, Team €13.33 for 1 to 20 users and Business €25.50. It is priced below Fireflies on a per-seat basis and lists an MCP connector in beta.
Switch from Fireflies if you mostly attend browser-based meetings and want the cheapest paid plan.
Romania · Free plan with 3 hours a month; per-user paid plans, published; Enterprise quoted
MeetGeek offers both bot and bot-free recording, 100+ transcription languages and a free Basic plan with 3 hours of transcription a month. Pro is $15.99 with 20 hours; Business is $27 with unlimited transcription. Enterprise lists on-premise storage options.
Switch from Fireflies if you want a choice between bot and bot-free capture and on-premise storage as an option.
Singapore · Free plan with 120 minutes a month; per-plan monthly or annual billing, published; Enterprise quoted
Notta meters by minutes. The free plan allows 120 transcription minutes a month and 3 minutes per conversation, Pro costs $8.17 a month billed annually for 1,800 minutes, and Business $16.67 for unlimited transcription. Enterprise starts at 51 seats. Its summary allowances are counted per month.
Switch from Fireflies if you transcribe uploaded recordings and want a clear minutes-based price.
United States · 7-day trial only; per-user plans, published; Enterprise quoted
Krisp markets its AI meeting assistant on noise cancellation and offers bot-free transcription. There is only a 7-day trial, no free plan. Core is $8 per user a month billed annually and Advanced $15, with accent conversion as an extra.
Switch from Fireflies if you join calls from noisy places and want one tool for audio quality and notes.
United States · Per recorder seat, published; 14-day trial only; add-ons priced separately
Avoma charges per recorder seat and viewers and collaborators are free. Startup is $19 per recorder a month billed annually, Organization $24 and Enterprise $39 with a 10-seat minimum. Conversation intelligence is a $29 add-on. There is a 14-day trial but no free plan, so it fits revenue teams more than individuals.
Switch from Fireflies if only a few people record and many others need to read the notes.
United States · Free plan with 20 meetings; per-seat paid plans, published; Enterprise quoted
Grain presents itself as a sales and customer-team product with conversation and revenue intelligence. It has a free tier for viewing and trying AI notes and a paid plan at $19 per seat a month. Its pages are written for revenue and customer teams.
Switch from Fireflies if your main use is coaching sales calls and reviewing customer conversations.
United States · Free trial; credit-based per-user plans, published; Enterprise quoted
Sembly organises around clients and brand packages, aimed at agencies and professional services. Basic is $10 a month for one user, Pro $20 per user for up to 40 users and MAX $30 for up to 500, with monthly credits. There is a free trial rather than a free plan.
Switch from Fireflies if you are an agency that produces client-branded deliverables from meetings.
Fireflies stays the right choice when you want unlimited transcription at a published per-seat price across many meeting platforms, and a bot in the meeting is acceptable. Its Pro and Business plans add unlimited summaries, video recording and integrations at $10 and $19 per seat a month on annual billing, and Enterprise adds SSO, SCIM and HIPAA. If your team already stores its meetings there and uses search across them, moving means leaving that archive.
Transcripts and recordings can be downloaded on the paid plans, and the pricing page lists downloads as a Pro feature. Export before you cancel, because the free plan limits storage to 400 minutes per team.
Moving to a bot-free tool changes who knows a meeting is being recorded. Agree a notification routine with participants, and check the new tool's own notification options before you rely on it.
Yes, there is a free plan with unlimited transcription, limited AI summaries, 400 minutes of storage per team and 20 AI credits. Paid plans are Pro at $10, Business at $19 and Enterprise at $39 per seat a month on annual billing.
Jamie and Granola capture audio on the device without a bot, and Krisp and MeetGeek offer bot-free recording as well. Fireflies has a Chrome extension that records without its bot.
Tactiq's Pro plan is €6.67 per user a month billed annually and Fellow's Team plan is $7. Fireflies Pro is $10 on annual billing, so the saving is small on individual seats.
Avoma and Grain are built around revenue teams. Avoma charges per recorder and gives viewers free access; Grain advertises conversation and revenue intelligence.
Fireflies lists transcription in 100+ languages. MeetGeek also lists 100+ and Jamie lists 99+. Check the languages you need on a trial before moving.
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