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Otter vs Fireflies

The same facts the Atlas reads for every tool, side by side, each with its page and date. No winner: which fits depends on the job.

Otter logoOtterotter.aiTranscribes meetings, generates summaries and action items, syncs insights to CRM and connected apps.From $8.33/user/moWidely usedActively maintainedFireflies logoFirefliesfireflies.aiTranscribes, summarizes, and analyzes meeting conversations across multiple platforms and languages.From $10/user/moWidely usedActively maintained
Where they differcomputed from the facts below

Where they differ

Otter≈ 339.8K
Fireflies≈ 67.2K

visits a month · estimate · log scale

  • 5.1×Otter gets about 5.1× the visits of Fireflies.visit estimates, read 2026-09-17
  • $8.33Otter starts lower: $8.33/user/mo against $10/user/mo.pricing pages, read 2026-09-18 and 2026-09-17
  • FreeBoth have a free plan.pricing pages, read 2026-09-18 and 2026-09-17
  • YesOnly Otter says it trains AI on your data.their privacy pages, quoted in the sheet
OtterFireflies

Price & plans

Price & plansOtterFireflies
PriceFree plan · From $8.33/user/mopricing page, read 2026-09-18Free plan · From $10/user/mopricing page, read 2026-09-17
Free planYespricing page, read 2026-09-18Yespricing page, read 2026-09-17
Paid plans from$8.33/user/mopricing page, read 2026-09-18$10/user/mopricing page, read 2026-09-17
Paying yearlynot on their pricing pagesave 44% yearlypricing page

Who it's for & what it does

Who it's for & what it doesOtterFireflies
What it isTranscribes meetings, generates summaries and action items, syncs insights to CRM and connected apps.Transcribes, summarizes, and analyzes meeting conversations across multiple platforms and languages.
ForTeams and individuals who want to transcribe and organize meetings into searchable knowledgeTeams and individuals who need to record, transcribe, and analyze meetings across multiple platforms.
What people do with it
  • Transcribe meetings and extract action items automatically
  • Sync meeting notes and insights to CRM systems
  • Search across meetings to answer questions and create content
  • Transcribe and summarize meetings automatically with AI-generated notes
  • Search past conversations by topic, speaker, or specific details
  • Extract action items and insights from call recordings
Built forSmall teamSmall team
How it runsHosted only · API · Slack app · Mobile appHosted only · API · Slack app · Mobile app
ShelfMeetingsMeetings

Use & momentum

Use & momentumOtterFireflies
UseWidely usedWidely used
Visits≈ 340k visits/moestimate, read 2026-09-17≈ 67.2k visits/moestimate, read 2026-09-17
iPhone appiPhone & iPad · 4.8★ from 83.5k ratingsiPhone & iPad · updated 2026-09-29iPhone & iPad · 4.8★ from 5.2k ratingsiPhone & iPad · updated 2026-10-06
ActivityActively maintainedrelease 3 weeks ago · site updated 2 days ago · 25 open rolesActively maintainedrelease 11 days ago · site updated 2 days ago

Your data & compliance

Your data & complianceOtterFireflies
Trains AI on your dataYestheir wordsNotheir words
CertificationsSOC 2 · HIPAA · GDPR · CCPAtheir wordsSOC 2 Type II · HIPAA · GDPRtheir words
Trust centerSafeBasetrust centertheir owntrust center
Privacy policy updated2026-06-16privacy policy2026-09-28privacy policy

For developers: API & MCP

For developers: API & MCPOtterFireflies
API docsnone foundfireflies.ai/apithe vendor's page
MCP servernone in the MCP registryai.fireflies/fireflieschecked 2026-10-08
When we asked itnone in the MCP registryanswers, requires sign-in
Status pageall systems operationalstatus.otter.ainone found

The company

The companyOtterFireflies
Run byOtter.ai, Inc.privacy policyFireflies.ai Corp.privacy policy
Domain since2017domain registered2017domain registered
HeadquartersMountain View and San Franciscoper their About pageMiami, USper their site

Price for your team

Both pricing pages, read plan by plan. Change seats and minutes and the cheapest plan that fits is worked out again.

What it costsOct 16, 2026
ToolCheapest plan that fitsPer month
OtterPro$50.97
FirefliesPro lowest among the plans we could price$54

Lowest cost among verified plans for these conditions, not the cheapest on the market.

Data: INITE Atlas · checked Oct 16, 2026

Questions this page answers
  • What is the difference between Otter and Fireflies?

    Otter: Transcribes meetings, generates summaries and action items, syncs insights to CRM and connected apps. Fireflies: Transcribes, summarizes, and analyzes meeting conversations across multiple platforms and languages.

  • Which is cheaper, Otter or Fireflies?

    Otter starts at $8.33/user/mo (pricing page, 2026-09-18); Fireflies starts at $10/user/mo (pricing page, 2026-09-17). Plans and limits differ; both pages are linked above.

  • Which is more widely used, Otter or Fireflies?

    Otter: about 340k visits/mo; Fireflies: about 67.2k (estimates, 2026-09-17).

  • Do Otter or Fireflies train AI on your data?

    Otter: yes, in its own words: “Improve and monitor the Services, including training our proprietary AI technology on de-identified audio recordings and on transcriptions (which may contain Personal Information) .” Fireflies: no, in its own words: “Your data is never used for AI training or any purpose outside your direct business needs.”

How we read a tool

No votes, no reviews, no vendor claims. Every week a crawler reads each tool's own site and a few public registries, and the words on the card are bands over what it read.

  • Use: visits to the site (estimated), installs from npm and PyPI, presence in Chrome's usage report.
  • Activity: the newest release on GitHub, npm or PyPI; the newest dated page on the site; open roles on a public jobs board.
  • Price: the vendor's own pricing page, read with the date. A figure is printed only when it is on that page.
  • The line and the use cases are written by us from the homepage, one tool at a time, and refused when they repeat the vendor's marketing.

How AI assistants read each site — the reading vendors ask us about — is on each tool's own visibility page.