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tl;dv vs Fathom vs Fireflies.ai

Pick up to 4 tools and see their free plans, entry prices, platforms and limits in one table. Every fact comes from each vendor's own pages, checked 16 October 2026.

Compared on
tl;dv

Free plan · from $18/seat/mo

Fathom

Free plan · from $16/user/mo

Fireflies.ai

Free plan · from $10/user/mo

What it isAI meeting recorder and notetaker for Zoom, Google Meet and TeamsAI notetaker that records, transcribes and summarizes video callsAI meeting assistant that records, transcribes and summarizes team calls
Free planUnlimited 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.Free forever: unlimited recordings, transcription in 38 languages, storage, downloads and clips; instant AI summaries, with advanced summaries for the first 5 calls a month; Ask Fathom limited; no AI action items or AI follow-up emailsUnlimited 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.
Cheapest paid plan$18/seat/mo billed annually (Pro)tl;dv pricing$16/user/mo billed annually (Premium)Fathom pricing$10/user/mo billed annually (Pro)Fireflies.ai pricing
What it covers$216 per seat per year on annual billing.Team plan is $19/user/month billed monthly or $15 billed annually, for 2+ users.Up to 8,000 minutes of storage per seat.
Free trialNone stated30-day free preview of Premium features after sign-up (60 days through a referral)None stated
PlatformsWeb, macOS, Windows, iOS, AndroidWeb, macOS, Windows, iOS, Android, Chrome extension, APIWeb, iOS, Android, Chrome extension, API
Integrations (vendor's figure)5,000+ appsNot stated100+ third-party apps (help centre; the Free plan article says 50+)
Open sourceNoNoNo
Good for
  • Recording customer calls and sharing short clips with colleagues
  • Getting AI notes and action items from weekly team meetings
  • Reviewing sales calls for coaching
  • Recording client or sales calls without taking manual notes
  • Sending call summaries and action items to a CRM such as HubSpot or Salesforce
  • Building playlists of call highlights for team training
  • 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
Watch out for
  • 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
  • Free plan does not include advanced summaries, AI action items or AI follow-up emails
  • Ask Fathom is marked 'limited use' on the free plan
  • Team plan requires at least 2 users
  • 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
Made bytldx Solutions GmbHFathom (part of Superhuman)Fireflies.ai Corp

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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