Pick Fireflies.ai if
revenue and CS teams who want every call transcribed without a human scribe.
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Our take
Pick Fireflies.ai if revenue and CS teams who want every call transcribed without a human scribe. Pick Otter.ai if sales and CS teams who want notes without a dedicated notetaker. Skip Fireflies.ai if people who want bot-free on-device notes (Krisp) or a local Whisper file drop (OpenAI Whisper). Skip Otter.ai if people who only need noise cancel (Krisp) or a self-hosted transcriber (OpenAI Whisper).
Fireflies.ai
meeting notetaker
Otter.ai
meeting transcription and notes app
Best for
Fireflies.ai A bot that joins Zoom / Meet / Teams and writes the recap
Otter.ai A written record of a Zoom / Meet / Teams call
Free plan
Fireflies.ai $0 · free forever on the card we fetched
Otter.ai No free plan
Lowest paid
Fireflies.ai Pro $18/mo yearly
Otter.ai Student / teacher (.edu) $6.67/mo
Next step up
Fireflies.ai Business $29/mo yearly
Otter.ai Pro $16.99
Watch out
Fireflies.ai Seats are billed
Otter.ai Minutes do not roll over
Last checked
Fireflies.ai 2026-10-20 · fireflies.ai/pricing
Otter.ai 2026-10-20 · otter.ai/pricing
Which one, then?
Pick Otter.ai if
sales and CS teams who want notes without a dedicated notetaker.
Read the Otter.ai page