The 11 Best Fireflies.ai Alternatives in 2026

Fireflies.ai captures meetings well. That was never the problem. The gap shows up after the call ends, when the notes are saved, the summary gets skimmed, and the pipeline still does not move.

I have spent years helping sales teams get more out of their meeting stack, and the same thing keeps coming up: reps do not need better notes; they need meeting insights that turn into follow-ups.

So I compared 11 Fireflies alternatives on five things that matter after the call: capture accuracy, what happens next, integrations, pricing, and how each one handles the meeting bot.

Some are pure note-takers. A few are built to move deals. Here is where each one fits.

The 11 best Fireflies.ai alternatives at a glance

1. Cirrus Insight, for turning meetings into Salesforce pipeline
2. Otter.ai, for live transcription and captions
3. Avoma, for revenue teams that need coaching
4. tl;dv, for a free-first plan with CRM sync
5. Fathom, for free, Zoom-first note-taking
6. Granola, for bot-free, notes-first capture
7. MeetJamie, for offline and in-person meetings
8. MeetGeek, for predictable, budget automation
9. Sembly AI, for proxy attendance and multilingual teams
10. Supernormal, for fast, low-setup summaries
11. Gong, for enterprise revenue intelligence

What is an AI Meeting Assistant?

An AI meeting assistant records a call, turns speech into a transcript, and generates a summary with key points and action items, so you do not have to take notes by hand. The better ones go further and connect what was said to the tools where the work actually happens.

The tools on this list fall into four groups:

• Sales execution and CRM-native assistants: tie meeting insights directly to CRM records and follow-up actions. Cirrus Insight, Avoma.
• Real-time transcription tools: capture live captions and transcripts as the call runs. Otter.ai, MeetGeek.
• Note-takers and highlight tools: record, summarize, and share clips or recaps, some with a visible bot and some bot-free. tl;dv, Fathom, Granola, MeetJamie, Supernormal.
• Conversation and revenue intelligence platforms: analyze patterns across many calls for coaching and forecasting. Sembly AI, Gong.

How I evaluated these tools

• What happens after the call: does it just summarize, or does it push action items, CRM updates, and follow-ups?
• Capture accuracy: how well does it handle accents, crosstalk, and speaker labels?
• Integrations with your stack: does it connect to your CRM, Slack, and calendar, or does data stay stuck in its own app?
• Pricing clarity and free plan: are the limits transparent, and is the free tier actually usable?
• Bot behavior and privacy: does a visible bot join the call, or does it capture quietly?

Fireflies.ai Alternatives Compared

The 11 Best Fireflies.ai Alternatives in Detail

1. Best for Turning Meetings Into Salesforce Pipeline

Cirrus Insight (Salesforce, web)

Category: Sales execution and CRM-native assistant

Full disclosure up front: this is our blog, and Cirrus Insight is our product. I have kept the cons honest and judged it on the same five criteria as everything else on this list.

Most tools here stop when the meeting ends. Cirrus Insight is built around what happens next. Where Otter or Supernormal hand you a summary, Cirrus ties the whole meeting lifecycle to your Salesforce records, before, during, and after the call.

Before a call, the AI meeting prep pulls account context, the right contacts, and deal history into one view, so a rep walks in ready instead of digging through tabs. After the call, summaries and conversation insights attach to the Salesforce record they belong to, and the CRM AI updates fields, tasks, and timelines without anyone typing them in.

The payoff is next-step recommendations that cut manual follow-up planning, plus tighter alignment between meetings, outbound activity, and pipeline. If your reps live in Salesforce, that write-back is the difference between notes you file and notes that move a deal.

The trade-off is focus. Cirrus is built for sales execution, so a team that only wants lightweight notes will find it heavier than it needs, and the full value depends on Salesforce.

PROS

• AI meeting prep surfaces account context and deal history before calls
• Summaries and insights write back to the Salesforce record
• CRM AI updates fields, tasks, and timelines after the call

CONS

• Needs Salesforce to unlock the full value
• Heavier than lightweight tools if you only want notes
• Built around sales execution, so non-sales teams get less from it

Cirrus Insight pricing: Free trial; paid plans priced by the features you choose.

Best for: Sales teams that want meetings to drive pipeline, not just documentation.

2. Best for Live Transcription and Captions

Otter.ai (web, iOS, Android)

Category: Real-time transcription tool

Otter is the most direct swap for Fireflies on this list. If what you liked about Fireflies was the transcript and you want the same thing done reliably, Otter is the safe pick.

It records, transcribes, and summarizes across the usual platforms, with a familiar workflow and a simple interface most people learn in a few minutes. Live captions are the standout: text appears as the meeting runs, which helps hybrid calls and anyone who joined late. The mobile apps are stronger than most tools in this roundup.

Where it stops is depth. Otter is transcript-first, so the summaries can feel generic next to outcome-focused tools like Sembly, and it does little to push a deal forward the way Cirrus or Gong do. There is no CRM-native execution layer here.

If you want dependable capture and captions without a lot of setup, Otter earns its spot. If you need meeting data to drive follow-ups, treat it as a starting point, not the finish line.

PROS

• Accurate, reliable real-time transcription
• Live captions and strong mobile apps
• Simple, familiar interface

CONS

• Summaries can feel generic
• Limited execution and prospecting support

Otter.ai pricing: Free plan; paid from about $16.99 per user per month.

Best for: Individuals and teams that want dependable live transcripts.

3. Best for Revenue Teams That Need Coaching

Avoma (web)

Category: Sales execution and CRM-native assistant

Avoma is for teams that want to understand how meetings perform, not just what was said. It sits close to Cirrus in intent, but leans harder into call analysis and coaching.

Instead of a chronological summary, Avoma organizes notes around deal stages, topics, and performance signals. That structure is what makes it useful for call reviews and rep coaching, and it gives managers far better visibility than a plain transcript. Sales leaders get the talk-time and topic breakdowns they need for structured feedback.

The cost of that is complexity. Setup takes longer than a summary-first tool like Supernormal, and the price climbs once you add the conversation-intelligence layer. Smaller teams may pay for more structure than they use.

For a revenue or customer-success team that runs coaching off recorded calls, Avoma is a strong middle ground between a note-taker and a full platform like Gong.

PROS

• Structured summaries by deal stage and topic
• Built-in call review and coaching
• Strong manager visibility

CONS

• More setup than summary-first tools
• Costs more once you add conversation intelligence

Avoma pricing: Paid from about $29 per user per month; conversation-intelligence add-on priced separately.

Best for: Sales teams focused on call analysis and coaching.

4. Best for a Free-First Plan with CRM Sync

tl;dv (web, Zoom, Meet, Teams)

Category: Note-taker and highlight tool

tl;dv is for teams that want highlights, not homework. It is the tool I reach for when the point is to share a moment from a call, not to read a wall of transcript.

The pull is the free plan, which is more generous than most, plus summaries paired with short video clips instead of long text blocks. That makes it easy to skim and easy to share, which suits remote and async teams passing customer moments around. On paid plans it syncs notes into Salesforce and HubSpot and surfaces patterns across multiple meetings.

The weak spot is action structure. tl;dv is built for review and sharing, not execution, so it will not drive follow-ups the way Cirrus does, and the deeper analytics sit behind the paid tiers.

If your team lives in clips and needs a strong free tier, tl;dv is hard to beat. Just do not expect it to run your pipeline.

PROS

• Skimmable summaries linked to video moments
• Generous free plan
• CRM sync on paid plans

CONS

• Limited action-item structure
• Not built for sales execution

tl;dv pricing: Free plan; Pro from about $29 per seat per month.

Best for: Teams sharing meeting highlights asynchronously.

5. Best for Free, Zoom-First Note-Taking

Fathom (web, Zoom, Meet, Teams)

Category: Note-taker and highlight tool

Fathom built its name on a genuinely useful free plan, which is why it shows up on almost every Fireflies-alternatives list. If you run a lot of Zoom calls and do not want a monthly bill, start here.

It joins the call, records, and turns the conversation into a fast AI summary you can edit or export to a Google Doc. On the free plan you get unlimited recording and transcription; the catch, added in 2026, is that advanced AI summaries and action items are capped at five calls a month.

The highlights feature is a favorite for reps who want to clip a single objection and send it to a manager without sharing the whole recording. Paid plans carry a 90-day money-back guarantee, which is unusual for this category, and the Business tier adds Salesforce and HubSpot field sync.

Where it thins out is scale. Fathom positions Zoom-first, so teams split across Meet and Teams feel more friction, and its enterprise integrations and multilingual coverage are narrower than tl;dv or the revenue tools.

For freelancers, consultants, and small teams on Zoom, Fathom is one of the best free options on this list. It just is not built to run a sales org.

PROS

• Unlimited free recording and transcription
• Fast, shareable AI highlights
• 90-day money-back guarantee on paid plans

CONS

• Free plan caps advanced AI summaries at 5 meetings a month
• Thinner enterprise and multilingual support than revenue tools

Fathom pricing: Enterprise $35, Team $15, Business $25 per user per month.

Best for: Freelancers and small teams who run a lot of Zoom calls.

6. Best for Bot-Free, Notes-First Capture

Granola (Mac, Windows, iOS)

Category: Note-taker and highlight tool, bot-free

Granola takes the opposite approach to most tools here: no bot joins the call. It captures system audio straight from your desktop, so nobody in the meeting sees a recorder, the same bot-free idea MeetJamie is built on.

The twist is that Granola is notes-first. You jot rough points during the call, and when it ends Granola cleans them into a structured summary using context from the transcript. It ships templates for common formats like user interviews and standups, and on the Business plan it pushes notes into Notion, HubSpot, and Slack. That makes it a natural fit for executives and consultants who want to stay in the conversation and get clean notes after.

The limitations are real. It does little if you do not type anything, since it enhances your notes rather than replacing them, the free plan keeps only about 30 days of history, and there is no live transcription. Speaker attribution can also slip.

If a visible bot is your dealbreaker and you are happy to take a few notes yourself, Granola is one of the cleanest options on this list.

PROS

• Bot-free capture, nothing joins the call
• Turns your rough notes into clean summaries
• Notion, HubSpot, and Slack sync on paid

CONS

• Does little if you do not type notes yourself
• Free plan keeps only about 30 days of history
• No live transcription

Granola pricing: Basic free; Business $14, Enterprise $35 per user per month. [Flag: confirm.]

Best for: Executives and consultants who want clean notes without a bot.

7. Best for Offline and In-Person Meetings

MeetJamie (Mac, Windows)

Category: Note-taker and highlight tool, bot-free

MeetJamie is built for teams tired of editing AI notes, and, like Granola, it skips the meeting bot entirely. It records your system audio from a desktop app, which means it works for online calls, offline conversations, and in-person meetings alike.

The distinction I keep coming back to is readability. Jamie's summaries are clean, concise, and close to finished, so they need less rewriting before you share them with an external stakeholder. It handles a wide range of languages, which helps international teams.

The trade-offs are integrations and depth. Jamie has fewer connectors than tools like tl;dv, and it is not built for complex sales workflows or prospecting, so it will not push data into your pipeline the way Cirrus does. It also produces notes after the meeting rather than live.

If you want polished notes from any meeting, including the in-person ones other tools miss, Jamie is a strong, low-friction pick.

PROS

• Clean, concise summaries that need little editing
• Bot-free, works offline and in person
• Easy to share with external stakeholders

CONS

• Limited integrations
• Not built for complex workflows or prospecting

MeetJamie pricing: Free plan; paid from about €21 per user per month.

Best for: Teams that want polished notes from online, offline, or in-person meetings.

8. Best for Predictable, Budget Automation

MeetGeek (web, Chrome, iOS, Android)

Category: Real-time transcription tool

MeetGeek is the answer to one specific Fireflies frustration: unpredictable cost. Every plan lists its recording and storage limits up front, so you know what you are buying before the bill arrives.

It records, transcribes, and summarizes calls, then routes tasks through Slack, Zapier, and Make, with Chrome and mobile apps and multi-language support. For a small team that wants light automation and clear quotas without a complex rollout, it hits a useful middle point, cheaper and simpler than Avoma while still doing more than a plain note-taker.

The catches are the meters. Hourly overage fees can add up if you run past your plan, and the more useful analytics sit on the higher tiers.

If transparent pricing is what pushed you away from Fireflies, MeetGeek is built to remove that surprise.

PROS

• Transparent, published quotas on every plan
• Slack, Zapier, and Make automation
• Multi-language with Chrome and mobile apps

CONS

• Hourly overage fees can add up
• Advanced analytics gated to higher tiers

MeetGeek pricing: Free plan; Pro $9.99, Business $17 per user per month.

Best for: Small teams that want predictable pricing and light automation.

9. Best for Proxy Attendance and Multilingual Teams

Sembly AI (web, Zoom, Meet, Teams)

Category: Conversation and revenue intelligence platform

Sembly is built for teams that care more about outcomes than transcripts. Where Otter hands you what was said, Sembly organizes a meeting around actions, risks, and decisions.

That structure is the point. Tasks and decisions come out cleanly separated, which drives better follow-through than a summary-only tool, and it earns Sembly a place on compliance- and governance-heavy teams. Its signature is proxy attendance: Sembly can join and capture a meeting on your behalf when you cannot make it, and it covers a wide set of languages, which suits multilingual teams.

The rough edges are the interface, which can feel dense, and the setup, which needs some tuning before the output is consistent.

For teams that want an assistant to sit in for them and turn calls into accountable next steps, Sembly is a distinctive pick on this list.

PROS

• Clear separation of tasks, decisions, and risks
• Proxy attendance and wide language coverage
• Strong follow-through for accountability

CONS

• Interface can feel dense
• Needs tuning for consistent results

Sembly AI pricing: Paid from about $10 per user per month

Best for: Teams that want an assistant to attend and capture in their place.

10. Best for Fast, Low-Setup Summaries

Supernormal (web, Zoom, Meet, Teams)

Category: Note-taker and highlight tool

Supernormal is for teams that want speed over sophistication. If your bar is a clean summary in your inbox the second the call ends, it clears it.

Onboarding is about as easy as it gets, the formatting is clean and consistent, and the summaries land almost immediately with minimal setup. For quick internal notes, standups, and syncs, that speed is the whole value.

The limit is depth. On a long or complex discussion the summaries can run shallow, and there is not much room to customize how they come out. This is a capture-and-recap tool, not an execution layer like Cirrus or an analytics layer like Gong.

If you want notes without configuration and do not need them to do anything clever, Supernormal is a fast, low-friction option.

PROS

• Near-instant summaries after calls
• Very easy onboarding
• Clean, consistent formatting

CONS

• Summaries can run shallow on complex calls
• Limited customization

Supernormal pricing: Free plan; paid from about $20 per user per month.

Best for: Teams that need quick internal notes with no setup.

11. Best for Enterprise Revenue Intelligence

Gong (web)

Category: Conversation and revenue intelligence platform

Gong is for teams that treat conversations as revenue data. It belongs on any honest list of Fireflies alternatives, even though it plays at a completely different price point and scale.

Deal analytics, pipeline forecasting, conversation intelligence, and rep coaching are all native, and it integrates deeply with Salesforce. For a large sales organization where call data feeds the forecast, the ROI case is well established, and it is a level beyond what Cirrus or Avoma target for mid-market teams.

The catch is fit. Gong is expensive and quoted custom, and it is overkill for smaller teams that just need notes and follow-ups. This is a platform decision, not a note-taker purchase.

If you are a large revenue org and meeting data drives your numbers, Gong is the enterprise standard. If you are not, one of the lighter tools above will serve you better for far less.

PROS

• Powerful deal and pipeline analytics
• Strong coaching and forecasting
• Deep CRM integrations

CONS

• Expensive, custom-quote pricing
• Overkill for smaller teams

Gong pricing: Custom enterprise pricing.

Best for: Large sales organizations that treat calls as revenue data.

What About Notion AI?

One tool worth a mention that did not make the main list: Notion AI. It is not a meeting assistant, it does not join or record calls, so it cannot be scored on the same criteria. But it is where a lot of meeting summaries end up.

If your team already documents everything in Notion, its AI can restructure and refine notes you paste in, with strong collaboration and full control over format. The trade-off is that capture is manual: you bring the transcript, Notion shapes it. Notion AI runs as an add-on from about $10 per user per month.

Which Fireflies Alternative Should You Choose?

There is no single best Fireflies alternative, only the one that fits how your team works. Decide on three questions: do you need live captions, do you need bot-free capture, and do meeting insights need to reach your CRM? A solo Zoom user and a 200-rep sales floor should not buy the same tool.

If you only need transcripts, plenty of tools here will do. But if meetings are part of how you generate pipeline, the gap is not note-taking, it is what happens after the call.

That is the gap Cirrus Insight was built to close: it prepares reps before the call, turns the conversation into clear next steps, and updates Salesforce so the follow-up is already in motion. For teams that live in Salesforce, that is the difference between notes you file and deals you move.

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