Writing

Fireflies.ai

AI notetaker that transcribes, summarizes, and analyzes calls

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★4.6ratingPricing · Freemium from $18/moStable
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Data updated 2 November 2026
Opportunity
Moderate
Band
Saturation
Contested
Band
Wrapper risk
Low
Band
Momentum
Stable
Market trend
Rating
4.6
of 5 · FalcoScan rating

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The Brief

What Fireflies.ai does

Fireflies automatically joins your calls, records, transcribes, and generates summaries with action items. Its AI search lets you find any moment across all your past meetings. Loved by sales teams for call coaching.

How Fireflies.ai compares with its closest alternatives

4 of the 5 closest alternatives have a free plan, as Fireflies.ai does. Among the 4 that list a starting price, the cheapest is Whisper AI Transcribe – Webinar Transcription And Summary To at $9.99 a month and the median is $15.50. Fireflies.ai starts at $18 a month, above that median. 3 of the 5 offer an API; FalcoScan's records show none for Fireflies.ai. Fireflies.ai offers a web app. Of the alternatives, all 5 offer a web app. Fireflies.ai was founded in 2016; the alternatives were founded between 2016 and 2020. Fireflies.ai is based in San Francisco, United States; 3 of the 4 alternatives with a known headquarters are in the United States too, and the others in Japan.

Market position · Writing

How Fireflies.ai compares in Writing

Fireflies.ai has moderate opportunity and sits in the middle third of 329 live Writing tools on FalcoScan. Across Writing, the average opportunity score is 39.5 and the average saturation score 64.8. FalcoScan rates Fireflies.ai's own market position as contested. 23 of the 329 operating Writing tools have hot momentum, and FalcoScan has recorded 20 shutdowns in the category.

Fireflies.ai compared with its closest alternatives
ProductOpportunitySaturationPricingPricing fromFree planAPIPlatformsMomentum
Fireflies.aiFounded 2016 · San Francisco, United StatesModerateContestedFreemium$18/moYesNoWebStable
Otter.aiFounded 2016 · San Francisco, United StatesLowContestedFreemium$17/moYesNoWeb, MobileRising
NottaFounded 2020 · Tokyo, JapanModerateContestedFreemium$14/moYesYesWeb, Mobile, DesktopRising
FathomFounded 2020 · San Francisco, United StatesHighContestedFreemium—YesYesWeb, DesktopHot
Whisper AI Transcribe – Webinar Transcription And Summary ToModerateContestedFreemium$9.99/moYesNoWebStable
Otter.ai BusinessFounded 2016 · San Francisco, United StatesModerateContestedPaid$20/moNoYesWeb, MobileRising

Exact opportunity and saturation scores for all 6 of these, and where each ranks in Writing.

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What it ships with

Capabilities & who uses it

The capabilities Fireflies.ai exposes to builders and the verticals it currently serves.

AI Capabilities
TranscriptionSummarizationSpeaker Identification
Industry Verticals
EnterpriseSalesTechnology
Tagged

Fireflies.ai shows up when builders search for these

transcriptionmeeting-notessalescall-coachingsearch
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Questions

Fireflies.ai: common questions

Is Fireflies.ai free?

Fireflies.ai has a free tier, with paid plans from $18 a month.

What are the best alternatives to Fireflies.ai?

The closest alternatives to Fireflies.ai that are still running, matched on the AI capabilities, uses and audience they share, are Otter.ai, Notta, Fathom, Whisper AI Transcribe – Webinar Transcription And Summary To, and Otter.ai Business.

Is Fireflies.ai still running?

Yes. As of 2 November 2026, FalcoScan lists Fireflies.ai as operating at fireflies.ai.

Where is Fireflies.ai based?

Fireflies.ai is headquartered in San Francisco, United States.

Does Fireflies.ai have an API?

FalcoScan's records show no public API for Fireflies.ai.

Who is Fireflies.ai for?

Fireflies.ai is built for sales teams and remote workers.

How do I sign in to Fireflies.ai?

Sign in on Fireflies.ai's own website, fireflies.ai. FalcoScan reviews Fireflies.ai but does not run its accounts, so logins, passwords and billing are handled by Fireflies.ai directly.

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