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Alternatives · Fireflies.ai

The Fireflies alternative for recordings you already have.

Short answer. Fireflies is a meeting notetaker: a bot joins Zoom, Meet and Teams, records and transcribes in 100+ languages. Free is $0; Pro is $18 a seat a month or $10 billed annually; Business $29 or $19; Enterprise $39, annual only. Recording limits run from 2 hours (Free and Pro) to 4 (Enterprise). For live meetings, that is the job Fireflies is built for. For files you already have, up to 10 hours, Whipscribe is packs are $4 for 500 minutes, $12 for 2,000 and $24 for 5,000. (Fireflies.ai figures: fireflies.ai/pricing, checked 26 October 2026.)
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Drop a file or paste a link to start, no signup. Packs from $4 for 500 minutes.
No seat fee Credits never expire 10 h / 5 GB per file 99+ languages

Fireflies.ai pricing, explained

Fireflies prices a meeting bot per seat.

Read on fireflies.ai/pricing, checked 26 October 2026.

Free: $0, 400 mins of storage a team. Pro: $18 per seat a month, or $10 billed annually, 8,000 mins of storage a seat. Business: $29, or $19 billed annually, unlimited storage. Enterprise: $39 per seat a month, annual only.

Recording limit by plan: 2 hours on Free and Pro, 3 on Business, 4 on Enterprise. Every plan lists uploading audio and video files and transcription in 100+ languages.

Side-by-side

Whipscribe vs Fireflies.ai

Fireflies.ai figures from fireflies.ai/pricing, checked 26 October 2026. Where their page does not say, the cell says so.

FeatureWhipscribeFireflies.ai
Built for Recordings you already have Live meetings: a bot joins Zoom, Meet and Teams
How you pay $4 for 500 minutes, $12 for 2,000, $24 for 5,000, one-time Per seat: Pro $10 billed annually ($18 monthly), Business $19 ($29)
Longest recording 10 hours or 5 GB per file 2 hours on Free and Pro, 3 on Business, 4 on Enterprise
Storage Transcripts kept until you delete them Free 400 mins a team; Pro 8,000 mins a seat; Business unlimited
Languages 99+ 100+
Bot in your meeting No Yes

Whipscribe prices are the ones on /pricing. Product notes: Fireflies.ai on our tools index.

What a month costs

1, 10 and 50 hours of audio a month

Fireflies charges per seat; storage, not transcription, is what runs out first at high volume.

Your monthWhipscribeFireflies.ai
1 hour a month The $4 pack of 500 minutes lasts about 8 months: about $0.48 a month at $0.48 an hour Free (400 mins of storage a team)
10 hours a month The $12 pack of 2,000 minutes lasts about 3 months: about $3.60 a month at $0.36 an hour Pro: $10 a seat a month billed annually, or $18 monthly
50 hours a month The $24 pack of 5,000 minutes lasts about 7 weeks: about $14.40 a month at $0.29 an hour. Or Workspace, $19 a month for up to 150 hours Pro stores 8,000 mins a seat, under 3 months of this; Business ($19 billed annually, $29 monthly) has unlimited storage

Whipscribe: one-time packs, credits never expire, so the monthly figure is the share of a pack you use. Fireflies.ai: fireflies.ai/pricing, checked 26 October 2026.

Be fair to Fireflies.ai

Who Fireflies.ai is the better choice for.

Sales and team meetings

A bot records, transcribes and summarises every call.

Searching across many meetings

Conversation intelligence and an AI assistant on paid plans.

Teams that want notes without uploading

Nothing to download or upload: the bot handles it.

Where each one wins

Whipscribe, better and worse.

Where Whipscribe is better

  • Files up to 10 hours, against a 2-hour recording limit on Free and Pro.
  • No seat fee: $4 for 500 minutes, $12 for 2,000, $24 for 5,000, credits never expire.
  • Interviews, lectures, podcasts and YouTube links, not only meetings.
  • Nothing joins your call.

Where Whipscribe is worse

  • No meeting bot and no live notes.
  • No CRM or meeting analytics.
  • Speakers are named in the summary, quotes and chapters, not on each transcript line.

Switching

Moving from Fireflies.ai, step by step.

  1. Keep Fireflies for meetings if you use its bot.
  2. Download the recordings you need from Fireflies.
  3. Drop them here, or paste a link; each starts with a free preview of the opening minutes.
  4. Download TXT, DOCX, SRT, VTT and JSON.

Questions people ask first

Fireflies.ai alternative, answered.

How much is Fireflies?

Free $0; Pro $18 a seat a month or $10 billed annually; Business $29 or $19; Enterprise $39, annual only (fireflies.ai/pricing, checked 26 October 2026).

What is Fireflies' recording limit?

2 hours on Free and Pro, 3 on Business, 4 on Enterprise. Whipscribe takes files up to 10 hours.

Does Whipscribe join meetings like Fireflies?

No. Record the meeting, then upload the file. Zoom meeting links are not accepted.

When were these Fireflies.ai figures checked?

Every Fireflies.ai figure on this page was read on fireflies.ai/pricing on 26 October 2026, as the page displayed it (currency USD). Pricing pages change without notice, so check theirs before you buy.

Other comparisons

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Every recording starts with a free preview of its opening minutes; a pack from $4 (500 minutes) transcribes the rest and opens every export. Credits never expire, no seat fee.

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