Productivity · Head-to-head
Fireflies.ai vs tl;dv
Fireflies.ai (freemium, AI Score 8/10) vs tl;dv (freemium, AI Score 7.6/10). Side-by-side pricing, features, pros and cons, and which to pick.
The verdict
Pick Fireflies.ai if…
- →overall capability matters more than price (AI Score 8 vs 7.6)
- →your primary use case is sales and customer-success teams on salesforce or hubspot who want every call transcribed, summarized, and logged to the crm without anyone taking notes.
- →you need: support, research
Pick tl;dv if…
- →your primary use case is smb and mid-market sales teams running calls across zoom, meet, and teams who want every call in one searchable library and auto-logged to the crm without paying gong-tier prices.
- →you need: marketing
Side-by-side specs
| Spec | Fireflies.ai | tl;dv |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Productivity | Productivity |
| Pricing model | freemium | freemium |
| Headline pricing | Freemium — Pro $10/user/mo, Business $19/user/mo, Enterprise $39/user/mo (annual billing) | Freemium — free plan available; paid seats start in the ~$20-30/user/mo range. Check website for current pricing |
| Free tier | Meeting transcription with limited AI summary credits and 800 minutes of storage per seat. Prices shown are annual billing; monthly billing costs more. Check fireflies.ai/pricing for current rates. | Yes — free plan with recording, transcription, AI summaries, and highlights; check the pricing page for current caps, as the free tier has been revised since launch |
| AI Score | 8/10 | 7.6/10 |
| Best for | Sales and customer-success teams on Salesforce or HubSpot who want every call transcribed, summarized, and logged to the CRM without anyone taking notes. | SMB and mid-market sales teams running calls across Zoom, Meet, and Teams who want every call in one searchable library and auto-logged to the CRM without paying Gong-tier prices. |
| Editor's pick | — | — |
| Use cases | productivity support research | productivity marketing |
| Date added | 2026-04-30 | 2026-05-01 |
Pros and cons
Fireflies.ai
Productivity · freemium
Pros
- ✓Joins calls automatically from your calendar across Zoom, Meet, Teams and Webex, with no manual recording step
- ✓Mobile apps record in-person meetings, which bot-only competitors cannot cover
- ✓Transcription across 100+ languages, among the widest language ranges in the category
- ✓Public API, webhooks and an MCP server make meeting data portable into other systems
- ✓SOC 2 Type II and HIPAA compliance available for regulated buyers
Cons
- ×Bot-based recording shows up as a visible participant; Granola captures audio locally with nothing appearing in the call
- ×Free tier is thin next to Fathom, which offers unlimited free recording and summaries
- ×Conversation intelligence and CRM sync are gated behind the $19/user/mo Business tier
- ×Bundled recaps in Microsoft Teams Copilot, Google Meet and Zoom AI Companion now cover the basics at no extra cost for teams already on those suites
tl;dv
Productivity · freemium
Pros
- ✓Covers Zoom, Google Meet, and Teams in one library — native notetakers only work inside their own platform, so mixed-platform teams get one searchable archive instead of three
- ✓Automatic Salesforce and HubSpot logging closes the loop that platform-native AI notes leave open
- ✓Timestamped clip-and-share means you send the 90 seconds that mattered rather than a full recording
- ✓Transcription across 30+ languages, which matters for distributed teams that multi-language-weak competitors handle poorly
- ✓Call coaching and playbook scoring at a fraction of what dedicated revenue-intelligence platforms like Gong charge
Cons
- ×The core value has been squeezed hard — Meet, Zoom, and Teams now include AI notetaking for paying seats, so single-platform teams may not need a third-party tool at all
- ×The free tier is no longer the unconditionally unlimited offer it was at launch; verify current caps before standardizing a team on it
- ×A bot visibly joining the call is increasingly dated next to local recorders like Granola, and still creates friction with external participants and in consent-sensitive jurisdictions
- ×Multi-meeting intelligence and coaching — the features that actually justify paying over a native notetaker — are gated to the higher tier
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Updated 2026-08-10. Spec data sourced from official product pages and tracked in our public directory at /tools.