Fireflies.ai vs MinutesLink

Fireflies.ai

• Teams that want every call transcribed and searchable in one place
• People who want apps on web, desktop, phone and a Chrome extension
• Sales and recruiting teams that log calls to a CRM or applicant tracker

MinutesLink

• Google Meet and Zoom users who want minutes written automatically
• A light meeting load that fits within 10 calls a month
• Sharing notes with people who do not have an account

Fireflies.ai

• The Free plan stores 400 minutes per team, limits AI summaries and does not include transcript downloads or video recording.
• AI Skills, custom summary sections and soundbites draw on AI credits; plans include only a one-time allowance and extra packs start at $5 a month.
• Conversation intelligence starts on Business. SSO, SCIM and HIPAA compliance are Enterprise only, and Enterprise is billed annually.
• Every teammate added to a workspace counts as a paid seat on paid plans.

MinutesLink

• The free Basic plan covers 10 calls a month; its plan card sets a 30-minute recording limit per call, while the FAQ says 60 minutes.
• Paid plans are capped too: 30 call processings a month on Pro and 100 on Business, described as billed monthly or annually "or upon limit".
• Microsoft Teams support is marked as coming soon, and CRM integrations are described as rolling out soon.
• The site lists a web app and a Chrome extension; no desktop or mobile apps are mentioned.

Fireflies.ai

Notetaker bot or bot-free capture

Invite the Fireflies notetaker to a call or let it auto-join meetings on your calendar. The desktop app can instead take notes from device audio with no bot in the meeting.

Transcripts and AI summaries

Every plan includes unlimited transcription, and paid plans add unlimited AI summaries with an overview, notes and action items. Fireflies lists support for 100+ languages.

AskFred and Live Assist

AskFred is an AI assistant for questions about meeting content. In the desktop app, a floating Live Assist pane shows notes, the transcript and AskFred during the call.

Fireflies Talk dictation

Hold a key and speak to dictate text into any app from the desktop app. Fireflies says this is free and unlimited on every plan, including Free.

Conversation intelligence

Business and Enterprise add analytics on team and individual conversations. Free and Pro do not include them.

Integrations and MCP server

Connects to CRMs, project tools, applicant tracking systems and dialers such as Aircall and RingCentral. An MCP server exposes meeting data to assistants like Claude and ChatGPT.

MinutesLink

Bot or extension recording

A bot joins the scheduled meetings in a connected calendar and records them. The Chrome extension records a call in one click without adding a bot to it.

Speaker-labeled transcripts

Meetings are transcribed automatically into dialogue labeled by speaker. The plan cards list transcription in more than 50 languages.

AI summaries and action items

After each meeting a recap highlights the key topics, decisions and action items and is delivered to the user's account.

Chat with meetings

An AI assistant answers questions about a past meeting using that meeting's content as context.

Editing and link sharing

Notes can be corrected and annotated, then shared as links that recipients read without signing up. Advanced sharing and commenting come with the Pro plan.

Bot for unscheduled calls

Pasting a Google Meet link into the field on the site and choosing Add a bot sends the assistant to a call that is not on the calendar.

Fireflies.ai

• Free$0

  Unlimited transcription and limited AI summaries, with 400 minutes of storage per team and 20 AI credits.

• Pro$10

  per seat / month, billed annually ($18 billed monthly)

  Unlimited AI summaries, 8,000 minutes of storage per seat, video recording, and transcript and recording downloads.

• Business$19

  per seat / month, billed annually ($29 billed monthly)

  Unlimited storage plus team and individual conversation intelligence.

• Enterprise$39

  per seat / month, billed annually only

  Adds SSO and SCIM, HIPAA and FERPA compliance, with volume discounts as the team grows.

MinutesLink

• Basic$0

  10 AI-powered call processings a month, a 30-minute recording limit per call, transcription in 50+ languages and meeting recap reports.

• Pro$9

  per month, billed annually; $16.99 billed monthly

  360 call processings a year (30 a month on monthly billing), unlimited recordings, personalized action items, concurrent meetings and advanced sharing.

• Business$24

  per month, billed annually; $29.99 billed monthly

  1,200 call processings a year (100 a month on monthly billing), everything in Pro and priority support.

Fireflies.ai

• Annual discount

  Save up to 44% with annual billing

  Fireflies' pricing page says annual billing saves up to 44%: Pro is $10 instead of $18 per seat a month, and Business is $19 instead of $29.

• Education

  10% off paid plans for students

  Fireflies' help center lists a 10% discount on Pro, Business or Enterprise for students, on monthly or yearly plans. It is claimed by emailing support from a school address.

• Nonprofit

  10% off paid plans for NGOs and nonprofits

  The same help article lists a 10% discount on Pro, Business or Enterprise for NGOs and non-profit organizations, requested by emailing support from the organization's email domain.

MinutesLink

• Annual discount

  Save up to 47% with yearly billing

  Billed annually, Pro drops from $16.99 to $9 a month and Business from $29.99 to $24. The plan cards label these as 40% and 20% discounts under a banner reading save up to 47%.