Best Fireflies.ai Alternatives

Fireflies.ai made AI meeting notes mainstream. The bot joins your call, captures a transcript, and ships a summary to Slack before anyone has hit “leave meeting.” I have used it. It works.

But “works” is not the same as “fits.” If you have shopped the Fireflies.ai pricing page lately, you have probably asked one of these questions: is there a free forever option, is there a bot-free recorder, can I get a wider language model, and how do I compare Fireflies vs Fathom, Otter, or tl;dv without slowing down my week.

This guide is the answer. It picks the five strongest Fireflies.ai alternatives in 2026 — Otter, Fathom, tl;dv, Read AI, and Avoma — and weighs them on price, accuracy, language coverage, integrations, and post-meeting automation. Every stat was cross-checked on at least two pages, and the full source list is at the end.

Pull quote: Fireflies Pro is $10/seat/month and Business is $19, while Fathom Premium is $16, Team is $15, and Business is $25 — Fireflies is cheaper at every paid tier [Fireflies vs Fathom 2026].

Why teams look for Fireflies.ai alternatives in 2026

I hear the same four reasons from people bouncing out of Fireflies. First, the bill — Fireflies’ Business tier at $19/seat/month is fine for ten people and painful at 100. Second, the bot — clients freeze when a third-party notetaker joins their call, and Fireflies does not offer a bot-free capture option. Third, the depth — Fireflies is broad, but teams that want Gong-style deal scoring or Otter-style live conversation intelligence sometimes want a specialist. Fourth, the recording policy — many enterprise and government clients simply ban recording bots, which makes any meeting AI notetaker a non-starter.

I have grouped the five strongest alternatives below, then built a comparison table, then walked the top PAA questions buyers actually search.

Fireflies.ai alternatives at a glance (2026)

Tool	Free plan	Cheapest paid (annual)	Languages	Native integrations	Best for
Fireflies	Unlimited transcription, 400 min storage	$10/seat/mo (Pro)	100+	100+	Broadest platform coverage and AI Skills
Otter	300 min/mo	$8.33/seat/mo (Pro)	6 main	HubSpot, Salesforce, Zapier	Industry-standard with heavy adoption
Fathom	Unlimited recordings, bot-free	$16/mo (Premium)	38	26	Free, simple, bot-free for Zoom/Meet/Teams
tl;dv	Unlimited recordings	$20/mo (Pro)	30+	5,000+	Multilingual sales teams and multi-meeting AI
Read AI	5 meetings/mo	$15/mo (Pro)	20+	Premium CRM, Slack, MCP	Cross-channel (meetings + email + Slack)
Avoma	14-day trial	$19/mo (Startup)	70+	Salesforce, HubSpot, Pipedrive	Sales coaching and revenue intelligence

All prices verified on each vendor’s pricing page as of July 2026.

How I picked these five

I narrowed the field to alternatives that meet three bar tests. First, verifiable 2026 pricing on a public page — no “contact sales” for the entry tier. Second, at least 30+ languages or live transcription on Zoom, Google Meet, and Microsoft Teams. Third, evidence the tool is being used at scale in 2026 (live customer logos, funding announcement, or 2026 product launches).

That left me with Otter, Fathom, tl;dv, Read AI, and Avoma. MeetGeek is a strong runner-up at $9.99/mo on Pro with 50,000+ teams across 100+ countries; Gong and Chorus handled the enterprise-revenue side of the category at much higher price points.

Quick verdict: which Fireflies.ai alternative fits you

• Pick Fathom if you want a free forever plan and you only meet on Zoom, Google Meet, or Teams. It leads G2’s AI meeting assistants at 5/5 across 6,840 reviews [Fathom vs Gong] and saves users 38 minutes per meeting on average, per Fathom’s own case studies.
• Pick Otter if brand and adoption matter most to you. Salesforce, Harvard, IBM, NBC Universal, Amazon, Walgreens, and Mastercard are listed on its pricing page, and Otter’s free 300 monthly transcription minutes is the highest in the category.
• Pick tl;dv if you want a free forever plan, 30+ languages, and aggregated multi-meeting AI. Reported ROI dashboard claims $260k in sales impact, 480 hours of manager productivity, and 4,200 hours saved [tl;dv].
• Pick Read AI if you want the meeting AI to also read your email and Slack. Read is rated across Forbes, Fortune, ZDNet, and VentureBeat and reached a $450M valuation in October 2024 with $50M in Series B [Reuters], following a $21M Series A [Business Insider].
• Pick Avoma if you want coaching and revenue intelligence. Avoma says it can shorten ramp time and improve deal win rate by 40% with automated call scoring and coaching [Avoma pricing].

Fathom — the best free Forever Fireflies alternative

Fathom is the answer for most people. Unlimited recordings, transcription, and storage on the free plan, with summaries and AI action items in seconds. The bot-free capture option (in beta for Mac) is the practical reason people switch: a recording bot joining the call freaks out some clients, and Fathom lets you record without one [Fathom pricing].

On paid tiers, Fathom runs Premium at $16/seat/month and Team at $15/seat/month with a two-user minimum. Business is $25/seat/month with CRM field sync, deal view, and AI scorecards. Enterprise is custom [Fathom pricing]. Fathom says 95% of users say it helps them stay fully present in meetings, that teams save 6+ hours per person per week on follow-up, and that decision cycles are 3X faster from meeting to action, per Fathom’s homepage.

Fathom’s accuracy is well reviewed but not officially published. Languages are limited to 38. There is no mobile app yet, and no native file-upload transcription. If you live outside Zoom, Meet, and Teams, look at tl;dv or Fireflies itself.

Otter — the recognizable default

Otter is the meeting AI most people have heard of. The free plan gives 300 monthly transcription minutes, three lifetime audio/video imports, and Otter’s MCP server (a way for AI tools like Claude and ChatGPT to read past meetings). Pro at $8.33/seat/month (annual) adds 1,200 minutes, talk time, and speaker analytics. Business at $19.99/seat/month adds unlimited meetings, custom AI workflows, and CRM sync [Otter pricing].

The logo wall on Otter’s pricing page is the strongest peer-pressure signal in the category: Salesforce, Harvard, NBC Universal, Amazon, IBM, Walgreens, Grant, and Mastercard [Otter pricing]. That is real adoption. Live transcription in 6 main languages works, but anything more exotic routes through Otter’s manual language switching.

If you want the safest bet and live in Zoom, Meet, or Teams, Otter is the lowest-friction pick. If you want a free plan and unlimited transcription, Fathom beats it.

tl;dv — the best free forever alternative for sales teams

tl;dv is the dark horse. The free plan is genuinely unlimited: unlimited recordings, AI summaries, multi-meeting insights, no time limit. The paid Pro plan is $20/seat/month, and the Enterprise tier adds coaching, deal scoring, SOC 2 Type II, and GDPR [tl;dv homepage].

Three things make tl;dv stand out:

1. 30+ languages with translation. Useful for global teams that meet in mixed-language rooms.
2. Multi-meeting AI reports. Ask “what were the common objections from prospects this week?” and tl;dv pulls the answer across dozens of calls [tl;dv homepage].
3. SOC 2, GDPR, and EU AI Act compliant, with data hosted in the EU, end-to-end encryption, and a partnership with Anthropic for AI processing [tl;dv homepage]. tl;dv also pitches itself against enterprise tools by noting that Gong requires a $5,000+ upfront investment.

tl;dv is rated 4.7 on G2 across 450 reviews [tl;dv homepage] and trusted by 2M+ users worldwide, including folks from Anthropic, Salesforce, Cloudflare, Deel, and n8n. If you are in sales and want a free forever base with paid features that scale, start here.

Read AI — the cross-channel meeting intelligence

Read AI’s pitch is the broadest: it does meetings, email, and messaging with the same engine. The free plan gives 5 meetings per month plus unlimited enterprise search. Pro is $15/seat/month (annual), Enterprise $22.50/seat/month adds playback, and Enterprise+ at $29.75/seat/month adds HIPAA, SAML, SCIM, and domain capture [Read AI pricing].

The financial backing is real and verifiable. Read AI raised $21M in Series A in April 2024 led by Goodwater Capital [Business Insider], then closed a $50M Series B at a $450M valuation led by Smash Capital [Reuters]. It has been featured in Forbes, Fortune, TechCrunch, ZDNet, VentureBeat, and Inc.

The catch is the free tier’s 5 meeting limit. Read is for someone who wants meetings, email, and Slack unified in one search — and is willing to pay for it. If you only need meeting notes, Fathom or tl;dv give you more free.

Avoma — the best Fireflies alternative for revenue intelligence

Avoma is the conversation intelligence layer. The Startup plan at $19/mo (annual) covers unlimited transcription, AI summaries, and CRM sync. The Organization plan at $24/mo unlocks custom AI topics, group scheduling, and limited conversation intelligence. Enterprise at $39/mo adds SSO, HIPAA, data retention policies, and the full revenue intelligence stack [Avoma pricing].

Avoma markets the ROI clearly: AI coaching recommendations and AI call scoring can shorten onboarding and ramp time and improve win rate by 40%, and AI-powered pipeline updates, deal risk alerts, and win-loss analysis can increase quota attainment by 30% [Avoma pricing]. These are vendor claims — track them against your own numbers if you switch.

Where Avoma separates from Fireflies is coaching. Avoma’s sentiment heatmap, talk-pattern analytics, and AI scorecards (built on SPICED, MEDDIC, BANT, and Sandler) are built for sales managers who want scorecards, not transcripts. If your team already standardizes on a sales methodology, Avoma is the cleaner fit.

Fireflies vs Fathom: the most common comparison

Fireflies publishes its own comparison [Fireflies vs Fathom 2026], and the table mirrors the broader market: Fireflies wins on language breadth (100+ vs Fathom’s 38), on integrations (100+ vs 26), on mobile apps, and on file-upload transcription. Fathom wins on bot-free capture, a more generous free plan (unlimited on Fathom, 400 min of storage on Fireflies), and the simpler UX.

Fireflies is also cheaper at every paid tier. The same article confirms Fireflies Pro at $10/seat/month vs Fathom Premium at $16, and Fireflies Business at $19 vs Fathom Business at $25 [Fireflies vs Fathom 2026]. On transcription accuracy, Fireflies publishes 99% for English and 95% for other languages; Fathom publishes no number. Zoom’s 2025 AI Performance Report recorded a 6.57% word error rate [Fireflies vs Zoom AI Companion 2026], roughly 93% accuracy on Zoom’s own tests.

Fireflies.ai vs Otter, Read.ai, and tl;dv

The short answer:

• Fireflies vs Otter — Fireflies is the broader AI assistant; Otter is the legacy transcription leader. Pro-to-Pro, Fireflies is $10 vs Otter at $8.33, but Fireflies ships with 100+ languages and an AskFred cross-tool assistant vs Otter’s six main languages [Otter pricing] [Fireflies pricing].
• Fireflies vs Read AI — Fireflies is meeting-first; Read is meeting-plus-email-plus-Slack. Read’s free plan is 5 meetings/month, so Fireflies wins on free, Read wins on breadth [Read AI pricing] [Fireflies pricing].
• Fireflies vs tl;dv — tl;dv’s free plan is unlimited, Fireflies caps storage at 400 minutes on free. tl;dv has 30+ languages vs Fireflies’ 100+. tl;dv has 5,000+ integrations vs Fireflies’ 100+ [tl;dv homepage] [Fireflies pricing].

Fireflies vs Gong: when the budget matters

Gong is the reference point for conversation intelligence. It crossed $500M ARR in May 2026 with 55% YoY growth and 10 straight quarters of acceleration [Gong press release]. It launched Mission Andromeda in February 2026, customer logos include LinkedIn, Shopify, Slack, Zillow, ADP, Anthropic, Canva, Cisco, Docusign, Google, Paycor, Uber for Business, and Thomson Reuters.

But Gong is expensive. Independent pricing estimates put Gong at $1,300–$1,600 per seat per year, with a $5,000 to $50,000 platform fee on top [Fireflies vs Gong 2026]. For a 100-person team, Fireflies Business costs $22,800/year; the estimated Gong contract starts at $141,000, a difference of more than $118,000 each year [Fireflies vs Gong 2026]. If you do not need enterprise forecast modeling, Avoma, Fathom, or Fireflies deliver the meeting capture at a fraction of the price.

Most-asked Fireflies alternative questions — answered

Is Fathom better than Fireflies?

Fathom is better if you want a free forever plan and you only meet on Zoom, Google Meet, or Teams. Fireflies is better if you need 100+ languages, 100+ integrations, file upload transcription, or a mobile app.

What is the best free alternative to Fireflies?

Fathom and tl;dv both offer free forever plans with no time limit. Fathom gives unlimited recordings, transcription, and storage on Zoom, Google Meet, and Teams. tl;dv gives unlimited recordings, AI summaries, and 30+ languages.

Does Fireflies train AI on my meetings?

No. Fireflies’ security page states: “Fireflies.ai does not use customer data to train any AI models. Your personal data is never used to train AI models. Users own their data” [Fireflies security]. Fathom, Otter, tl;dv, and Read AI all publish similar commitments.

Can I use Fireflies without a bot joining the call?

No. Fireflies’ capture is bot-based for live meetings. Avoma and Fathom are the two 2026 alternatives that offer bot-free capture (Fathom’s is in beta for Mac; Avoma offers botless native recording on paid plans) [Avoma pricing] [Fathom pricing].

Which Fireflies alternative works with Salesforce and HubSpot?

All five of Otter, Fathom, tl;dv, Read AI, and Avoma have native Salesforce and HubSpot integrations. Avoma also adds Pipedrive, Zoho, Copper, and Zendesk Sell [Avoma pricing].

How accurate is Fireflies transcription?

Fireflies publishes 99% English accuracy and 95% for other languages [Fireflies pricing]. Zoom AI’s published 2025 word error rate in its AI Performance Report translates to roughly 93% accuracy. Fathom does not publish a number.

Can I transcribe meetings in languages other than English?

Fireflies supports 100+ languages with automatic detection. MeetGeek supports 100+ languages too. tl;dv supports 30+ with translation. Avoma supports 70+. Read AI supports 20+. Otter’s main six plus a few more. Fathom supports 38.

Which Fireflies alternative is cheapest?

The cheapest credible Fireflies alternatives in 2026 are Fathom Premium ($16/mo), Otter Pro ($8.33/mo annual), and MeetGeek Pro ($9.99/mo). All three post public pricing with no platform fee.

Can I migrate my Fireflies recordings to another tool?

Fireflies does not currently offer a migration service to other tools. If you want to switch, your old transcripts stay in Fireflies and you start fresh. Fathom and tl;dv both offer switcher deals to win customers from Firedock and Gong.

Is Fireflies worth paying for in 2026?

If you record across many platforms, work in 100+ languages, and need AI Skills automation that reaches beyond meetings, yes. If you only need a simple recorder on Zoom, Meet, or Teams, Fathom’s free plan covers it.

If you already have transcripts from a recording platform, ChatGPT and Claude can summarize and structure them well. They cannot join a meeting, capture audio, identify speakers, or sync to your CRM. For the actual meeting capture, you still need a meeting AI. Use a general-purpose LLM for the synthesis layer, not the capture layer.

Evaluation checklist before you switch

Before you move off Fireflies, score your current state on these five axes:

• Recording policy — Does your company or your clients allow recording bots? If not, Fathom and Avoma are the only two with bot-free capture today.
• Where notes must live — Slack, Salesforce, Notion, Asana, or a custom LLM? The fewer the integrations, the more important native breadth is.
• Search across historical meetings — Fireflies, Read AI, and tl;dv all let you query past calls. Fathom and Otter surface search but limit lookback on lower tiers.
• Seat and storage limits — Fireflies Business is unlimited storage; Otter caps transcription minutes per seat; Fathom is unlimited on free. Run the math before you pick.
• Compliance — Healthcare teams need HIPAA plus a BAA. Enterprise teams need SOC 2 Type II, SSO, and SCIM. Every vendor on this list covers SOC 2 Type II on paid tiers; HIPAA is gated to enterprise tiers.

What I would actually do

If I were picking today for a 20-person team that meets on Zoom and Meet, I would start on Fathom’s free plan. Run it for two weeks. If we need Salesforce sync and AI scorecards, bump to Fathom Business at $25/seat/month. If we cross into 10+ languages or need bot-free capture on a Windows machine, I would re-test tl;dv Pro at $20/seat/month.

If the answer is a 50-person sales org that lives in HubSpot and wants coaching, I would trial Avoma Organization at $24/seat/month and budget for the Conversation Intelligence and Revenue Intelligence add-ons at $29/seat/month each. The Avoma coaching loop pays off only if your sales managers actually use AI scorecards.

If you want a meeting AI that also reads your email and Slack, Read AI Enterprise at $22.50/seat/month is the only one of the five that crosses that boundary cleanly. The 5-meeting free cap means you have to commit to test it properly.

If you want the safest bet and brand recognition, Otter Pro at $8.33/seat/month is the lowest-cost entry tier with the heaviest adoption.

The rest of the time, Fireflies is fine. Do not switch for the sake of switching.

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