Fireflies.ai vs Otter.ai vs tl;dv

Written head to head: Otter.ai vs Fireflies.ai, with when to choose each side.

Compared on	Fireflies.ai Free plan · from $10/user/mo VisitRemove	Otter.ai Free plan · from $8.33/user/mo VisitRemove	tl;dv Free plan · from $18/seat/mo VisitRemove
What it is	AI meeting assistant that records, transcribes and summarizes team calls	AI notetaker that transcribes, summarizes and searches meeting conversations	AI meeting recorder and notetaker for Zoom, Google Meet and Teams
Free plan	Unlimited transcription when the notetaker auto-joins meetings; 400 minutes of storage per seat (older files must be deleted to store new ones); 20 AI credits per month; 3-10 one-off credits (depending on sign-up source) used to summarize meetings captured by the bot, Chrome extension or mobile app and to transcribe uploads; uploads up to 100MB and 150 minutes per file; transcript downloads need a paid plan.	Basic plan: 300 transcription minutes per month, up to 30 minutes per conversation, 3 lifetime audio/video file imports, 20 AI Chat queries per user (3 per conversation), 1 meeting at a time, and access to the 25 most recent conversations.	Unlimited recordings and transcripts. Lifetime limits (they do not renew monthly): full AI notes for the first 10 meetings, then only the first 10 minutes of each meeting; 10 AI prompts; 10 AI reports; 20 integration credits; 4 clips. Recordings are stored for 3 months.
Cheapest paid plan	$10/user/mo billed annually (Pro)Fireflies.ai pricing	$8.33/user/mo billed annually (Pro)Otter.ai pricing	$18/seat/mo billed annually (Pro)tl;dv pricing
What it covers	Up to 8,000 minutes of storage per seat.	1,200 in-app recording minutes, up to 90 minutes per meeting, 10 audio/video file imports per month.	$216 per seat per year on annual billing.
Free trial	None stated	None stated	None stated
Platforms	Web, iOS, Android, Chrome extension, API	Web, iOS, Android, macOS, Windows, Chrome extension, API	Web, macOS, Windows, iOS, Android
Integrations (vendor's figure)	100+ third-party apps (help centre; the Free plan article says 50+)	Not stated	5,000+ apps
Open source	No	No	No
Good for	Keeping a searchable archive of team and client meetings Sharing meeting summaries and action items with people who missed the call Reviewing sales or support calls for recurring topics	Keeping searchable transcripts and summaries of recurring team meetings Recording and transcribing in-person conversations with the mobile app Logging sales call notes in Salesforce or HubSpot	Recording customer calls and sharing short clips with colleagues Getting AI notes and action items from weekly team meetings Reviewing sales calls for coaching
Watch out for	Free plan storage is capped at 400 minutes per seat Transcript downloads require a paid plan Video recording, conversation intelligence and API access start on the Business plan	Free Basic plan caps transcription at 300 minutes a month and 30 minutes per conversation Free plan shows only the 25 most recent conversations Otter API and webhooks are listed only on the Enterprise plan	Free plan AI limits are lifetime, not monthly: full AI notes for the first 10 meetings only Free plan recordings are stored for 3 months Recorded or uploaded meetings are capped at 3 hours on all plans
Made by	Fireflies.ai Corp	Otter.ai Inc	tldx Solutions GmbH

Entry prices are the cheapest paid plan, as each vendor publishes it; “What it covers” says what that price is per (a user, a channel, a brand, a number of contacts). The sources are listed on each tool's page.

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