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Fireflies.ai review 2026

Fireflies.ai Corp.

4.2

Fireflies.ai sends a bot into calls to record, transcribe and summarize meetings, then pushes notes and action items into CRMs and collaboration tools. It is aimed at revenue and operations teams that live inside their CRM.

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Quick overview: Fireflies.ai vs. other AI meeting assistants

How Fireflies.ai stacks up against other tools.

Where Fireflies.ai shines

  • Integration depth is the real edge: 60+ native connectors, and CRM sync writes summary, transcript and action items straight into HubSpot or Salesforce, creates missing contacts and attaches everything to the right deal (native CRM sync from the Business plan).
  • AskFred plus search across every meeting: ask questions over months of calls and find the exact words spoken, with strong recall of names, dates and numbers.
  • Over 100 languages including German, and records both online and in-person meetings.

What you should know

  • AI features run on a shared credit pool rather than being unlimited; heavy use needs add-on bundles that auto-renew monthly, and many users find the credit system opaque.
  • Reviewers report repeated charge attempts after cancelling, a hard-to-find cancel option and refused refunds, often resolved only after a public review.
  • The bot auto-joins calendar events (even private 1:1s) and shows up as a visible participant, and consent for guests without a Fireflies account, whose voiceprint its speaker recognition can capture, is a documented concern.
  • Hosting outside the EU, with private storage only from the Enterprise plan.

Who is Fireflies.ai for?

Fireflies.ai is built for these teams and needs.

Sales and RevOps teams

CRM sync and conversation intelligence

Integration-heavy teams

Broad integrations and automation

Multilingual teams

100+ languages

Privacy-minded teams

SOC 2, no training on your data

Less suitable if you need ISO certifications or guaranteed EU hosting.

Fireflies.ai pricing

Indicative prices in US dollars per user per month (annual billing); a free plan is available.

Free

$0per user / month

  • Unlimited transcription and summaries
  • 400 min storage per team
  • Zoom, Teams and Google Meet
  • AskFred AI assistant

Pro

$10per user / month

  • Unlimited transcription and summaries
  • 8,000 min storage per user
  • Video recording and downloads
  • AI assistant and AI skills
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Business

$19per user / month

  • Unlimited storage
  • Conversation intelligence and analytics
  • Multi-language mode
  • Team analytics

Enterprise

$39per user / month

  • SSO and SCIM, audit logs
  • Private storage, custom retention
  • HIPAA compliance
  • Dedicated account manager

How we assessed Fireflies.ai

Every criterion we assess, checked against the same public rubric. A checkmark means the AI assistant delivers it. Hard claims link to a source and carry a verification date. See the methodology for weights and scoring.

CriterionFireflies.ai LogoFireflies.ai
Security & compliance
ISO certificationsNo
SOC 2YesType II
GDPR compliantYes
Sourceverified 2026-06-01
Data processing agreement (DPA)Yes
Sourceverified 2026-06-01
Data residencyPartialEU (optional)
Private storage at a preferred location from Enterprise.
Legal jurisdictionPartialUSA
On-premise deploymentNo
Customer data used for AI trainingYesNever
Sourceverified 2026-06-01Meeting data is never used for AI training.
Encryption (in transit & at rest)Yes
SSO / SAMLYes
From the Enterprise plan.
SCIM provisioningYes
From the Enterprise plan.
Roles & permissions (RBAC)Yes
Admin roles and audit logs from Enterprise.
Configurable retention / deletionYes
Custom retention from Enterprise.
Sub-processor list publishedYes
Sourceverified 2026-06-01
Penetration test / bug bountyYes
Sourceverified 2026-06-01HackerOne bug bounty programme.
Capture & transcription
Real-time transcriptionYes
Transcription after the meetingYes
Recording modeBot or bot-free
Customizable meeting botYes
Custom bot name; included from Enterprise, otherwise a paid add-on.
In-person meetingsYes
Via the mobile and desktop app.
Speaker identificationYes
Transcription accuracyNo
Supported languages100+
Over 100 languages and dialects, including German
Automatic language detectionYes
Custom vocabularyNo
AI insights
Automatic summaryYes
Action-item extractionYes
Decision detectionYes
Custom summary templatesYes
Custom extraction fieldsYes
Chat / Q&A with the meetingYes
Topic & chapter detectionYes
Conversation analyticsYes
Cross-meeting searchYes
Integrations & workflow
Video platformsZoomMicrosoft TeamsGoogle MeetWebex
CalendarGoogle CalendarOutlook
CRM & ERPSalesforceHubSpotAffinityRedtail
Collaboration & project managementSlackNotionConfluenceSharePointLinearAirtableAny.do
AutomationZapierMakeSkyviaLatenode
AI agents (MCP)ClaudeChatGPTCursor
Via the Fireflies MCP server.
WebhooksYes
Public APIYes
Public GraphQL API.
Usability & onboarding
Mobile appYes
Setup effortLow
Team & admin managementYes
AccessibilityNo
Pricing & model
Permanent free planYes
Free trialYes
Entry price€10
Price transparencyYesPublic
Sourceverified 2026-06-01
Billing modelPer user
Vendor & trust
HeadquartersUSA
Founded2016
Support languagesEnglish
Support in German-speaking regionNo
Availability SLANo
Public reviews (G2, Capterra)G2CapterraOMR Reviews

Figures are indicative and may change. Last editorial review: 2026-06-01

Verdict: is Fireflies.ai worth it?

Fireflies.ai is a strong fit for sales and RevOps teams that want deep CRM sync, broad integrations and conversation intelligence, backed by SOC 2 and a no-training privacy stance. It is less suitable if you need ISO certifications or guaranteed EU hosting (private storage only from Enterprise).

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