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Fireflies

Bot-based meeting capture with strong transcript quality, summaries, search, AskFred, and MCP.

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TL;DR — our verdictUpdated August 2026 · 13 test artifacts

Strong all-around meeting memory, with a few operational caveats

Where it wins
  • You want a bot-based notetaker that can join Google Meet and stay connected through the call.
  • You need accurate speaker-labeled transcripts, structured summaries, and owner-tagged action items from a real standup.
  • You want searchable meeting memory plus AskFred or Claude MCP access afterward.
Main limitation
  • You need shared links that guests can open without creating an account.
Pricing (verified plans)
Free $0Pro $18 per seat / month, billed monthlyBusiness $29 per seat / month, billed monthlyEnterprise $39 annual only
Strongest test artifacts
Live Meeting Capture and Transcription →Structured Meeting Summaries →Action Item Extraction →

Our take

Fireflies was a strong overall winner in this cycle: it joined the meeting reliably, produced a very accurate transcript with solid diarization, generated structured summaries and real action items, and made the notes searchable through both AskFred and MCP. The main drawbacks were the recipient signup wall, read-only/copy-only editing limits, and an API test that failed for the evaluated account.

Download video: Demo videoWatch video (streaming): Demo video0:00 — Introduction to Fireflies AI0:11 — Setup and Configuration0:32 — Meeting Management0:52 — Accessing Meeting Notes1:09 — Live Meeting Features
Screen recording of Fireflies navigating from search to the home dashboard and Meeting Status page, showing the app layout and setup flow.

In-Depth Review

Our detailed analysis of Fireflies — features, performance, and real-world testing.

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Feature-by-Feature Breakdown

Live Meeting Capture and Transcription
Documented 100+ language support
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Test Summary
Feature tested: Live Meeting Capture and Transcription
Result: Passed — Documented 100+ language support

Feature tested: Live Meeting Capture and Transcription

Result: Passed

Verdict: Documented 100+ language support

Expected behavior: Fireflies joined a live Google Meet standup as a bot, stayed connected through the call, and produced timestamped, speaker-labeled transcripts. The docs also describe 100+ language auto-detect and multilingual meeting support.

Test case: Image → Image

Input type: Image

Input used: Input artifact (Image): Live Google Meet people panel for the AI Usecase Research and Outreach Team Catch-up, showing the meeting in progress. — 31-july-meeting-screenshot.png

Observed output: Output artifact (Image): The people panel lists Fireflies.ai Notetaker alongside other notetakers, confirming the bot joined the meeting. — fireflies-bot-joined-in-meeting-success.png

Input artifact: Input artifact (Image): Live Google Meet people panel for the AI Usecase Research and Outreach Team Catch-up, showing the meeting in progress. — 31-july-meeting-screenshot.png

Output artifact: Output artifact (Image): The people panel lists Fireflies.ai Notetaker alongside other notetakers, confirming the bot joined the meeting. — fireflies-bot-joined-in-meeting-success.png

What changed: Image transformed into Image

Test case: Image → Image

Input type: Image

Input used: Input artifact (Image): Recorded meeting input used for transcript generation on the 31 Jul 2026 standup. — 31-july-meeting-screenshot.png

Observed output: Output artifact (Image): Fireflies shows the transcript tab with timestamped dialogue entries, confirming transcript generation succeeded. — fireflies-ai-transcript-generated-success.png

Input artifact: Input artifact (Image): Recorded meeting input used for transcript generation on the 31 Jul 2026 standup. — 31-july-meeting-screenshot.png

Output artifact: Output artifact (Image): Fireflies shows the transcript tab with timestamped dialogue entries, confirming transcript generation succeeded. — fireflies-ai-transcript-generated-success.png

What changed: Image transformed into Image

Why it matters / Conclusion: Broad multilingual support is documented, though not live-tested here.

Fireflies joined a live Google Meet standup as a bot, stayed connected through the call, and produced timestamped, speaker-labeled transcripts. The docs also describe 100+ language auto-detect and multilingual meeting support.

image
Input artifact for "Live Meeting Capture and Transcription" test: Live Google Meet people panel for the AI Usecase Research and Outreach Team Catch-up, showing the meeting in progress., 31-july-meeting-screenshot.png
Live Google Meet people panel for the AI Usecase Research and Outreach Team Catch-up, showing the meeting in progress.
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image
Output artifact for "Live Meeting Capture and Transcription" test: The people panel lists Fireflies.ai Notetaker alongside other notetakers, confirming the bot joined the meeting., fireflies-bot-joined-in-meeting-success.png
The people panel lists Fireflies.ai Notetaker alongside other notetakers, confirming the bot joined the meeting.
video
Input artifact for "Live Meeting Capture and Transcription" test: Recorded meeting input used for transcript generation on the 31 Jul 2026 standup., 31-july-meeting-screenshot.png
Recorded meeting input used for transcript generation on the 31 Jul 2026 standup.
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image
Output artifact for "Live Meeting Capture and Transcription" test: Fireflies shows the transcript tab with timestamped dialogue entries, confirming transcript generation succeeded., fireflies-ai-transcript-generated-success.png
Fireflies shows the transcript tab with timestamped dialogue entries, confirming transcript generation succeeded.
Bottom Line
Broad multilingual support is documented, though not live-tested here.
From our researchearlier researchAI Meeting Notetakers — Capture Accurate Transcripts, Summaries & Action Items From Live Calls
Structured Meeting Summaries
Excellent
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Test Summary
Feature tested: Structured Meeting Summaries
Result: Passed — Excellent

Feature tested: Structured Meeting Summaries

Result: Passed

Verdict: Excellent

Expected behavior: Fireflies turned the standup into a structured summary with named sections, making the notes skimmable instead of a single blob.

Test case: Image → Image

Input type: Image

Input used: Input artifact (Image): Meeting input used to generate notes and the summary recap. — 31-july-meeting-screenshot.png

Observed output: Output artifact (Image): The Notes view shows a named summary section and a concise narrative recap, demonstrating structured summary generation. — fireflies-ai-generated-summary.png

Input artifact: Input artifact (Image): Meeting input used to generate notes and the summary recap. — 31-july-meeting-screenshot.png

Output artifact: Output artifact (Image): The Notes view shows a named summary section and a concise narrative recap, demonstrating structured summary generation. — fireflies-ai-generated-summary.png

What changed: Image transformed into Image

Why it matters / Conclusion: Summary quality and topic grouping were strong on this standup.

Fireflies turned the standup into a structured summary with named sections, making the notes skimmable instead of a single blob.

video
Input artifact for "Structured Meeting Summaries" test: Meeting input used to generate notes and the summary recap., 31-july-meeting-screenshot.png
Meeting input used to generate notes and the summary recap.
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image
Output artifact for "Structured Meeting Summaries" test: The Notes view shows a named summary section and a concise narrative recap, demonstrating structured summary generation., fireflies-ai-generated-summary.png
The Notes view shows a named summary section and a concise narrative recap, demonstrating structured summary generation.
Bottom Line
Summary quality and topic grouping were strong on this standup.
From our researchearlier researchAI Meeting Notetakers — Capture Accurate Transcripts, Summaries & Action Items From Live Calls
Action Item Extraction
Excellent
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Test Summary
Feature tested: Action Item Extraction
Result: Passed — Excellent

Feature tested: Action Item Extraction

Result: Passed

Verdict: Excellent

Expected behavior: Fireflies extracted follow-ups from the meeting, grouped them by owner, and linked items back to source timestamps in the recording.

Test case: Image → Image

Input type: Image

Input used: Input artifact (Image): Meeting input used to extract follow-up tasks and action items. — 31-july-meeting-screenshot.png

Observed output: Output artifact (Image): The Action items section lists follow-ups under team members with timestamped references, showing action-item extraction worked. — fireflies-extracted-action-items-success.png

Input artifact: Input artifact (Image): Meeting input used to extract follow-up tasks and action items. — 31-july-meeting-screenshot.png

Output artifact: Output artifact (Image): The Action items section lists follow-ups under team members with timestamped references, showing action-item extraction worked. — fireflies-extracted-action-items-success.png

What changed: Image transformed into Image

Why it matters / Conclusion: Action items looked real, correctly owned, and timestamped.

Fireflies extracted follow-ups from the meeting, grouped them by owner, and linked items back to source timestamps in the recording.

video
Input artifact for "Action Item Extraction" test: Meeting input used to extract follow-up tasks and action items., 31-july-meeting-screenshot.png
Meeting input used to extract follow-up tasks and action items.
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image
Output artifact for "Action Item Extraction" test: The Action items section lists follow-ups under team members with timestamped references, showing action-item extraction worked., fireflies-extracted-action-items-success.png
The Action items section lists follow-ups under team members with timestamped references, showing action-item extraction worked.
Bottom Line
Action items looked real, correctly owned, and timestamped.
From our researchearlier researchAI Meeting Notetakers — Capture Accurate Transcripts, Summaries & Action Items From Live Calls
Meeting Q&A
Excellent
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Test Summary
Feature tested: Meeting Q&A
Result: Passed — Excellent

Feature tested: Meeting Q&A

Result: Passed

Verdict: Excellent

Expected behavior: AskFred answers natural-language questions over meeting content and returned grounded responses from the tested transcript.

Test case: Text prompt → Image

Input type: Text prompt

Input used: Input artifact (Text prompt): Natural-language question used to test AskFred.

Observed output: Output artifact (Image): AskFred answers with a specific grounded date, showing the chat-with-notes experience works on the recorded meeting. — fireflies-askfred-qna-success.png

Input artifact: Input artifact (Text prompt): Natural-language question used to test AskFred.

Output artifact: Output artifact (Image): AskFred answers with a specific grounded date, showing the chat-with-notes experience works on the recorded meeting. — fireflies-askfred-qna-success.png

What changed: Text prompt transformed into Image

Why it matters / Conclusion: AskFred returned a specific, grounded answer rather than a vague summary.

AskFred answers natural-language questions over meeting content and returned grounded responses from the tested transcript.

INPUT
Ask what date a call was scheduled related to the meeting content.
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image
Output artifact for "Meeting Q&A" test: AskFred answers with a specific grounded date, showing the chat-with-notes experience works on the recorded meeting., fireflies-askfred-qna-success.png
AskFred answers with a specific grounded date, showing the chat-with-notes experience works on the recorded meeting.
Bottom Line
AskFred returned a specific, grounded answer rather than a vague summary.
From our researchAI Meeting Notetakers — Capture Accurate Transcripts, Summaries & Action Items From Live Callsearlier research
Hosted MCP Access
Working
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Test Summary
Feature tested: Hosted MCP Access
Result: Passed — Working

Feature tested: Hosted MCP Access

Result: Passed

Verdict: Working

Expected behavior: Fireflies exposes a hosted MCP connection that Claude could use to search meeting transcripts and answer questions from Fireflies data.

Test case: Text prompt → Image

Input type: Text prompt

Input used: Input artifact (Text prompt): Claude connector test for Fireflies MCP access.

Observed output: Output artifact (Image): Claude shows the Fireflies Search Meeting Transcripts tool and the permission prompt, confirming MCP connectivity. — fireflies-mcp-connected-claude-qna-success.png

Input artifact: Input artifact (Text prompt): Claude connector test for Fireflies MCP access.

Output artifact: Output artifact (Image): Claude shows the Fireflies Search Meeting Transcripts tool and the permission prompt, confirming MCP connectivity. — fireflies-mcp-connected-claude-qna-success.png

What changed: Text prompt transformed into Image

Why it matters / Conclusion: The hosted MCP server worked in Claude during testing.

Fireflies exposes a hosted MCP connection that Claude could use to search meeting transcripts and answer questions from Fireflies data.

INPUT
Use Claude with Fireflies Search Meeting Transcripts to answer a question about meeting content.
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image
Output artifact for "Hosted MCP Access" test: Claude shows the Fireflies Search Meeting Transcripts tool and the permission prompt, confirming MCP connectivity., fireflies-mcp-connected-claude-qna-success.png
Claude shows the Fireflies Search Meeting Transcripts tool and the permission prompt, confirming MCP connectivity.
Bottom Line
The hosted MCP server worked in Claude during testing.
From our researchAI Meeting Notetakers — Capture Accurate Transcripts, Summaries & Action Items From Live Calls
API Access
Broken this cycle
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Test Summary
Feature tested: API Access
Result: Failed — Broken this cycle

Feature tested: API Access

Result: Failed

Verdict: Broken this cycle

Expected behavior: Fireflies appears to expose a GraphQL API, but the tested transcript query returned a user-not-found error for the evaluated account/configuration.

Test case: Text prompt → Image

Input type: Text prompt

Input used: Input artifact (Text prompt): API request used during testing.

Observed output: Output artifact (Image): The terminal response returns a user-not-found / object-not-found error instead of transcript data. — fireflies-api-issue.png

Input artifact: Input artifact (Text prompt): API request used during testing.

Output artifact: Output artifact (Image): The terminal response returns a user-not-found / object-not-found error instead of transcript data. — fireflies-api-issue.png

What changed: Text prompt transformed into Image

Why it matters / Conclusion: The API did not work in this cycle for the tested account.

Fireflies appears to expose a GraphQL API, but the tested transcript query returned a user-not-found error for the evaluated account/configuration.

INPUT
Run a Python request against the Fireflies GraphQL endpoint with bearer authentication to fetch transcripts.
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image
Output artifact for "API Access" test: The terminal response returns a user-not-found / object-not-found error instead of transcript data., fireflies-api-issue.png
The terminal response returns a user-not-found / object-not-found error instead of transcript data.
Bottom Line
The API did not work in this cycle for the tested account.
From our researchAI Meeting Notetakers — Capture Accurate Transcripts, Summaries & Action Items From Live Callsearlier research
Integrations Ecosystem
Extensive
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Test Summary
Feature tested: Integrations Ecosystem
Result: Passed — Extensive

Feature tested: Integrations Ecosystem

Result: Passed

Verdict: Extensive

Expected behavior: Fireflies documents a broad integrations ecosystem across meeting, CRM, and productivity platforms, including Google Meet, Dropbox, HubSpot, and Microsoft Teams.

Test case: Text prompt → Image

Input type: Text prompt

Input used: Input artifact (Text prompt): Documentation check for third-party integrations.

Observed output: Output artifact (Image): The integrations page shows popular apps such as Google Meet, Dropbox, HubSpot, and Microsoft Teams, with search and app tiles visible. — fireflies-integrations.png

Input artifact: Input artifact (Text prompt): Documentation check for third-party integrations.

Output artifact: Output artifact (Image): The integrations page shows popular apps such as Google Meet, Dropbox, HubSpot, and Microsoft Teams, with search and app tiles visible. — fireflies-integrations.png

What changed: Text prompt transformed into Image

Why it matters / Conclusion: Docs show a wide integrations ecosystem.

Fireflies documents a broad integrations ecosystem across meeting, CRM, and productivity platforms, including Google Meet, Dropbox, HubSpot, and Microsoft Teams.

INPUT
Review the product documentation for Fireflies integrations.
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image
Output artifact for "Integrations Ecosystem" test: The integrations page shows popular apps such as Google Meet, Dropbox, HubSpot, and Microsoft Teams, with search and app tiles visible., fireflies-integrations.png
The integrations page shows popular apps such as Google Meet, Dropbox, HubSpot, and Microsoft Teams, with search and app tiles visible.
Bottom Line
Docs show a wide integrations ecosystem.
From our researchAI Meeting Notetakers — Capture Accurate Transcripts, Summaries & Action Items From Live Calls
Summary Editing and Correction Controls
Copy-only on the tested screen
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Test Summary
Feature tested: Summary Editing and Correction Controls
Result: Partial — Copy-only on the tested screen

Feature tested: Summary Editing and Correction Controls

Result: Partial

Verdict: Copy-only on the tested screen

Expected behavior: The notes UI exposed controls for handling summaries, but the tested screen did not show inline editing; correcting text would have required the copy/export flow instead.

Test case: Text prompt → Image

Input type: Text prompt

Input used: Input artifact (Text prompt): INPUT

Observed output: Output artifact (Image): Context menu shows only copy actions for notes and summary, with no inline edit control visible on the tested screen. — fireflies-ai-summary-no-editability-failure.png

Input artifact: Input artifact (Text prompt): INPUT

Output artifact: Output artifact (Image): Context menu shows only copy actions for notes and summary, with no inline edit control visible on the tested screen. — fireflies-ai-summary-no-editability-failure.png

What changed: Text prompt transformed into Image

Why it matters / Conclusion: Editable correction was limited in the tested UI.

The notes UI exposed controls for handling summaries, but the tested screen did not show inline editing; correcting text would have required the copy/export flow instead.

text
Same notes page, checked whether the generated summary could be edited directly before sharing.
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image
Output artifact for "Summary Editing and Correction Controls" test: Context menu shows only copy actions for notes and summary, with no inline edit control visible on the tested screen., fireflies-ai-summary-no-editability-failure.png
Context menu shows only copy actions for notes and summary, with no inline edit control visible on the tested screen.
Bottom Line
Editable correction was limited in the tested UI.
From our researchAI Meeting Notetakers — Capture Accurate Transcripts, Summaries & Action Items From Live Calls

Free tier is genuinely useful for teams

Unlimited transcription and AI summaries are available on Free, while storage, credits, sharing friction, and collaboration features become the practical limits.

Free
$0
Free forever; unlimited transcription; unlimited AI summaries; 400 mins storage/team; 20 AI credits.
Pro
$18 per seat / month, billed monthly
Unlimited transcription; unlimited AI summaries; 8,000 mins storage/seat; 20 AI credits.
Business
$29 per seat / month, billed monthly
Unlimited transcription; unlimited AI summaries; unlimited storage; 30 AI credits.
Enterprise
$39 annual only
Unlimited transcription; unlimited AI summaries; unlimited storage; 50 AI credits; annual-only plan.

The source contains conflicting seat-price text in one later narrative section versus the pricing-plan screenshots, so verify current pricing before purchase.

✓ Use This If
●You want a bot-based notetaker that can join Google Meet and stay connected through the call.
●You need accurate speaker-labeled transcripts, structured summaries, and owner-tagged action items from a real standup.
●You want searchable meeting memory plus AskFred or Claude MCP access afterward.
✕ Skip This If
●You need shared links that guests can open without creating an account.
●You need inline editing of summaries or transcripts without credit-gated steps.
●You need a verified API workflow that worked on this same account during the tested cycle.
productivityworkspacestextFounderOther
On the 31 Jul 2026 standup, Fireflies was rated very accurate: the report says names, jargon, and numbers were largely correct and no significant hallucinations were observed in the published findings.
Yes. Speaker diarization was rated good, with almost all speakers identified and only minor attribution errors noted in the report.
Yes. The report shows a structured summary with named sections and action items grouped by owner, with inline timestamps linking back to the source moment in the meeting.
No. The report says shared links lead to a login wall, so recipients need a free Fireflies account before they can view the meeting.
Yes, both were tested, but with different outcomes. The hosted MCP connection worked in Claude, while the GraphQL API request returned a user-not-found / object-not-found error in this cycle.
The pricing screenshots show Free at $0 with unlimited transcription, unlimited AI summaries, 400 mins of storage per team, and 20 AI credits.
Editing is limited. The report says the notes menu is copy-only in the tested view, editing summary or action items requires AI credits, and the transcript is read-only at all plan levels.

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