Fireflies.ai vs Otter.ai

In short

• Only Otter.ai states: Writes and edits, Summaries, Meeting notes, Searches your work, Automations, AI agents, Connects your apps, Real-time collaboration, Mobile app, API, Single sign-on, Admin controls

Fireflies.ai

AI meeting assistant that records, transcribes, summarizes, searches, and analyzes meetings, calls, and uploaded audio or video.

Plans

Free

Free

• Limited transcription
• 400 mins/team storage
• Limited AI summaries
• 2 Hours recording limit
• Limited AskFred - AI assistant

Pro

• $10/mo/user (billed annually)
• $18/mo/user (billed monthly)

• Unlimited transcription
• 8,000 mins/seat storage
• Unlimited AI summaries
• 2 Hours recording limit
• Unlimited AskFred - AI assistant

Business

• $19/mo/user (billed annually)
• $29/mo/user (billed monthly)

• Unlimited transcription
• Unlimited storage
• Unlimited AI summaries
• 3 Hours recording limit
• Unlimited AskFred - AI assistant

Enterprise

• $39 per seat / month, billed annually

• Unlimited transcription
• Unlimited storage
• Unlimited AI summaries
• 4 Hours recording limit
• Everything in Business, plus Rules engine, SSO + SCIM, HIPAA, Private storage, Dedicated account manager

Prices checked 2026-09-26 by web search.

Security

• SOC 2 Type II — “Certified for GDPR, SOC 2 Type II, and HIPAA compliance, ensuring top security and privacy standards.” source
• SOC 2 — “Certified for GDPR, SOC 2 Type II, and HIPAA compliance, ensuring top security and privacy standards.” source
• GDPR — “Certified for GDPR, SOC 2 Type II, and HIPAA compliance, ensuring top security and privacy standards.” source
• HIPAA — “Certified for GDPR, SOC 2 Type II, and HIPAA compliance, ensuring top security and privacy standards.” source
• Not trained on your data — “We don’t train on it by default unlike other AI companies.” source

Otter.ai

Otter.ai records meetings, creates live transcripts and summaries, and lets teams search, share, and discuss conversations with AI.

Plans

Basic

Free

• Zoom, MS Teams, and Google Meet
• AI Chat within and across meetings
• 3 lifetime audio/video file imports
• Live transcription
• Speaker identification
• 300 monthly transcription minutes

Pro

• $8.33/user/month
• $16.99/user/month

• 1,200 in-app recording minutes
• Advanced AI workflows
• 10 monthly audio/video file imports
• Up to 90 mins/meeting
• Unlimited storage
• Advanced search, export & playback

Business

• $19.99/user/month
• $30/user/month

• Unlimited meetings + in-app recordings
• Custom AI workflows
• Unlimited audio/video file imports
• Up to 4 hours/meeting
• Enhanced admin features: activity logs, usage analytics, and more
• Prioritized support

Enterprise

Price on request

• Unlimited custom AI workflows
• Otter Sales Notetaker
• Custom integrations (CRM, dialers)
• SSO, SCIM, Domain Capture
• Enterprise-grade security & controls
• Customer Success Program

Prices checked 2026-09-24 on the maker’s page.

Capabilities

• Writes and edits — “help you create follow-ups, reports, and content.” source
• Summaries — “Otter turns every meeting into a clear summary with decisions, action items, and insights.” source
• Meeting notes — “Joins Zoom, MS Teams, and Google Meet to automatically write and share notes” source
• Searches your work — “Otter AI Chat searches across your meetings and connected apps to instantly answer questions and help you create follow-ups, reports, and content.” source
• Automations — “Clear next steps are automatically captured and assigned from every meeting.” source
• AI agents — “From live demos to booked meetings, our SDR Agent handles it all right from your website.” source
• Connects your apps — “Countless integrations automatically connect your meetings to tools like Slack, Zoom, Salesforce, Claude, Google Drive, and many others.” source
• Real-time collaboration — “Meetings grouped by team, project, or topic so everyone can find recordings and collaborate in one shared space.” source
• Mobile app — “iOS and Android apps” source
• API — “Otter API & Webhooks” source
• Single sign-on — “SSO, SCIM, Domain Capture” source
• Admin controls — “Enhanced admin features: activity logs, usage analytics, and more” source