{
    "title": "Fireflies.ai Alternatives 2027: 10 Paid, Free & Open-Source",
    "url": "https://zekaiwork.com/alternatives/fireflies-ai/",
    "summary": "The best Fireflies.ai alternatives in 2027 are Otter.ai (best overall, $8.33/user/mo billed yearly), Fathom (best free plan: Unlimited recordings, free forever) and Meetily (best open source, MIT). Fireflies.ai itself starts at $10/user/mo billed yearly. Zekai checked these prices on vendor pages on 11 Nov 2026; 7 more are compared below, including 3 with a free plan and 2 open source.",
    "tool": {
        "name": "Fireflies.ai",
        "starting_price": "$10/user/mo billed yearly",
        "free_plan": "400 min storage per team, 20 AI credits",
        "price_checked": "2026-11-11",
        "pricing_url": "https://fireflies.ai/pricing"
    },
    "task": "AI meeting notes",
    "prices_checked": "2026-11-11",
    "date_modified": "2026-11-11",
    "alternatives": [
        {
            "name": "Otter.ai",
            "type": "Free plan + paid",
            "starting_price": "$8.33/user/mo billed yearly",
            "free_plan_limit": "300 min per user a month, 30-min conversations",
            "best_for": "Live transcripts for individuals and teams",
            "difference": "Otter's Pro plan costs $16.99 a user monthly or $8.33 billed yearly; its free Basic plan allows 300 transcription minutes per user and 30 minutes per conversation, up to 5 members.",
            "price_checked": "2026-11-11",
            "pricing_url": "https://otter.ai/pricing",
            "website": "https://otter.ai/",
            "zekai_score": 8.6,
            "zekai_review": "https://zekaiwork.com/ai-tools/otter-ai/"
        },
        {
            "name": "Fathom",
            "type": "Free plan + paid",
            "starting_price": "$16/user/mo billed yearly",
            "free_plan_limit": "Unlimited recordings and transcriptions",
            "best_for": "Free unlimited call recording and summaries",
            "difference": "Fathom's free plan lists unlimited recordings and transcriptions with instant AI call summaries, clips and playlists, and its paid Premium plan is $20 a user monthly or $16 billed yearly.",
            "price_checked": "2026-11-11",
            "pricing_url": "https://www.fathom.ai/pricing",
            "website": "https://fathom.ai/",
            "zekai_score": 8.8,
            "zekai_review": "https://zekaiwork.com/ai-tools/fathom/"
        },
        {
            "name": "Read AI",
            "type": "Free plan + paid",
            "starting_price": "$15/user/mo billed yearly",
            "free_plan_limit": "5 meeting transcripts per month",
            "best_for": "Meeting reports with engagement scoring",
            "difference": "Read AI's Free plan caps meeting transcripts and reports at 5 a month; Pro is $19.75 a user monthly or $15 billed yearly, with Enterprise and Enterprise+ tiers above it.",
            "price_checked": "2026-11-11",
            "pricing_url": "https://www.read.ai/pricing",
            "website": "https://www.read.ai/",
            "zekai_score": 8.2,
            "zekai_review": "https://zekaiwork.com/ai-tools/read-ai/"
        },
        {
            "name": "tl;dv",
            "type": "Free",
            "starting_price": "Free plan; paid price not published",
            "free_plan_limit": "Free plan, limits not readable",
            "best_for": "Meeting recorder with free tier",
            "difference": "tl;dv's pricing page advertises a free plan for recording, transcribing and note-taking and 40% off annual plans, but the plan table did not load, so no price or limit is quoted here.",
            "price_checked": "2026-11-11",
            "pricing_url": "https://tldv.io/app/pricing/",
            "website": "https://tldv.io/",
            "zekai_score": 8.8,
            "zekai_review": "https://zekaiwork.com/ai-tools/tldv/"
        },
        {
            "name": "Granola",
            "type": "Free plan + paid",
            "starting_price": "$14/user/mo",
            "free_plan_limit": "30-day meeting history, limited AI chat",
            "best_for": "Notes you edit during the call",
            "difference": "Granola's free Basic plan keeps 30 days of meeting history and limits AI chat to auto only; Business is $14 a user and Enterprise $35, with integrations and API access held back from Basic.",
            "price_checked": "2026-11-11",
            "pricing_url": "https://www.granola.ai/pricing",
            "website": "https://www.granola.ai/",
            "zekai_score": 8.6,
            "zekai_review": "https://zekaiwork.com/ai-tools/granola-ai/"
        },
        {
            "name": "Avoma",
            "type": "Paid",
            "starting_price": "$19/user/mo billed yearly",
            "free_plan_limit": "No free plan",
            "best_for": "Meeting notes with revenue-team workflows",
            "difference": "Avoma charges per recorder seat, Startup at $19 billed yearly or $29 monthly, with unlimited free view-only seats; after its 14-day trial accounts without a paid seat can only watch recordings.",
            "price_checked": "2026-11-11",
            "pricing_url": "https://www.avoma.com/pricing",
            "website": "https://www.avoma.com/",
            "zekai_score": 7.9,
            "zekai_review": "https://zekaiwork.com/ai-tools/avoma/"
        },
        {
            "name": "Krisp",
            "type": "Paid",
            "starting_price": "$8/user/mo billed yearly",
            "free_plan_limit": "No free plan",
            "best_for": "Bot-free notes plus noise cancellation",
            "difference": "Krisp's Core plan at $8 a user billed yearly bundles unlimited AI note-taking with unlimited noise cancellation and 10 GB storage; the page lists a 7-day trial rather than a free plan.",
            "price_checked": "2026-11-11",
            "pricing_url": "https://krisp.ai/pricing/",
            "website": "https://krisp.ai/",
            "zekai_score": 8.6,
            "zekai_review": "https://zekaiwork.com/ai-tools/krisp/"
        },
        {
            "name": "Meetily",
            "type": "Open source",
            "starting_price": "Free (self-hosted)",
            "free_plan_limit": "No limit (self-hosted)",
            "licence": "MIT",
            "best_for": "Local-first private meeting assistant",
            "difference": "Meetily is a free MIT-licensed desktop app that transcribes live audio and writes summaries on your own computer, with no meeting bot joining and no per-seat subscription.",
            "price_checked": "2026-11-11",
            "repository": "https://github.com/Zackriya-Solutions/meetily",
            "zekai_open_source_page": "https://zekaiwork.com/free-open-source/meetily/",
            "zekai_score": 8.4,
            "zekai_review": "https://zekaiwork.com/free-open-source/meetily/"
        },
        {
            "name": "Vexa",
            "type": "Open source",
            "starting_price": "Free (self-hosted)",
            "free_plan_limit": "No limit (self-hosted)",
            "licence": "Apache-2.0",
            "best_for": "Self-hosted meeting bots and transcript API",
            "difference": "Vexa is an Apache-2.0 project that sends meeting bots into calls and exposes real-time transcripts through an API, so you can host a Fireflies-style notetaker yourself.",
            "price_checked": "2026-11-11",
            "repository": "https://github.com/Vexa-ai/vexa",
            "zekai_open_source_page": "https://zekaiwork.com/free-open-source/vexa/",
            "zekai_score": 7.8,
            "zekai_review": "https://zekaiwork.com/free-open-source/vexa/"
        },
        {
            "name": "Muesli",
            "type": "Open source",
            "starting_price": "Free (self-hosted)",
            "free_plan_limit": "No limit (self-hosted)",
            "licence": "MIT",
            "best_for": "Offline Mac meeting transcription",
            "difference": "Muesli is an MIT-licensed macOS app that transcribes meetings and dictation locally using Apple Silicon, so it works for one Mac user but has no shared team workspace.",
            "price_checked": "2026-11-11",
            "repository": "https://github.com/Muesli-HQ/muesli",
            "zekai_open_source_page": "https://zekaiwork.com/free-open-source/muesli/",
            "zekai_score": 6.8,
            "zekai_review": "https://zekaiwork.com/free-open-source/muesli/"
        }
    ],
    "faq": [
        {
            "q": "What is the best alternative to Fireflies.ai in 2027?",
            "a": "Otter.ai is the best overall Fireflies.ai alternative on this page ($8.33/user/mo billed yearly). For no cost, Fathom has a free plan (Unlimited recordings and transcriptions). To self-host, Meetily is open source (MIT)."
        },
        {
            "q": "Is there a free version of Fireflies.ai?",
            "a": "Yes. Fireflies.ai has a free plan: 400 min storage per team, 20 AI credits. Paid plans start at $10/user/mo billed yearly, checked on 11 Nov 2026."
        },
        {
            "q": "Is there a 100% free alternative to Fireflies.ai?",
            "a": "Yes. Meetily, Vexa, Muesli are open source and free to self-host. Otter.ai, Fathom, Read AI, tl;dv, Granola have a free plan with limits, shown in the table."
        },
        {
            "q": "What is cheaper than Fireflies.ai?",
            "a": "Krisp starts at $8/user/mo billed yearly, against $10/user/mo billed yearly for Fireflies.ai, as listed on each vendor's pricing page on 11 Nov 2026."
        },
        {
            "q": "How much do Fireflies.ai alternatives cost for a team of 5?",
            "a": "If each of 5 people buys the entry paid plan, at the prices Zekai checked on 11 Nov 2026, the monthly cost is Krisp $40/mo, Otter.ai $41.65/mo, Granola $70/mo, against Fireflies.ai $50/mo for Fireflies.ai. Team and business plans can cost more per seat. The Zekai Cost Finder on this page recalculates for any team size."
        },
        {
            "q": "Which is better, Otter.ai or Fireflies.ai?",
            "a": "Otter's Pro plan costs $16.99 a user monthly or $8.33 billed yearly; its free Basic plan allows 300 transcription minutes per user and 30 minutes per conversation, up to 5 members. Choose Otter.ai if you want a lower yearly seat price and a free plan with a per-user minute allowance. Stay with Fireflies.ai if you want Fireflies' longer recording limits on higher tiers and storage counted per team."
        },
        {
            "q": "Why are people leaving Fireflies.ai?",
            "a": "The documented reasons are: The Free plan limits AI summaries, stores only 400 minutes per team and includes 20 AI credits, while Pro raises storage to 8,000 minutes per seat (11 Nov 2026); Fireflies.ai caps recordings at 2 hours on Free and Pro, 3 hours on Business and 4 hours on Enterprise; Enterprise is billed annually only (11 Nov 2026). Each is sourced in the section above."
        },
        {
            "q": "What is better than Fireflies.ai?",
            "a": "Fathom suits people who want unlimited free recording, Otter.ai suits live transcripts for teams, and Meetily suits people who need transcripts to stay on their own computer."
        }
    ],
    "publisher": "Zekai (zekaiwork.com) — independently reviewed; prices read on vendor pages on the dates shown.",
    "licence": "Free to quote with a link to https://zekaiwork.com/alternatives/fireflies-ai/. Bulk copying or republishing the dataset is not permitted."
}