Fireflies.ai vs Oliv AI (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 13, 2026, we pick Fireflies.ai: it is first in our ranking of AI meeting note takers, and it grades higher too, 3.2 against 1.6.
Checked Oct 4, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 · graded Oct 10, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA
Fireflies.ai grades higher on value for money, the free plan, features, ease of use and platforms.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Fireflies.ai
Meeting notetaker that records, transcribes and summarizes calls
Which one is for you
Pick Fireflies.ai if
- Fits if your team wants every call transcribed and searchable in one place
- Works for sales or recruiting calls that need logging to a CRM or applicant tracker
Look elsewhere if
- Tight if you're staying free, since 400 minutes of storage is shared by the whole team and there are no downloads or video
- Pricey if you pay monthly, at $18 a seat for Pro against $10 on the yearly plan
- Not for you if you lean on AI Skills and soundbites, as plans include a one-time credit allowance and packs start at $5 a month
- Watch out: every teammate added counts as a paid seat, and team analytics need Business at $19
- Watch out: the Business trial needs a card, and SSO, SCIM and HIPAA are Enterprise only at $39 a seat yearly
Pick Oliv AI if
- Fits if your sales team runs on Salesforce or HubSpot and wants calls matched to deals
- Works for managers who want deal risk and forecast notes drawn from calls
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you want to try before you pay, as no free plan or trial is listed
- Pricey if you add what most teams need: bot capture is $10 a user, Engage $29 and Dialer $10, a month
- Watch out: agent actions cost $0.01 a credit on top of seat prices
- Watch out: the pricing page does not say if seat prices are monthly or yearly
- Too heavy for a solo person wanting plain meeting notes, as it is aimed at sales and customer teams
How we grade them
| 3.2GPAFireflies.aiVery good | 1.6GPAOliv AIWeak | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | CPro is $10 a seat a month billed yearly, which is exactly the middle of this category, and $18 if you pay monthly. Conversation analytics need Business at $19, and every teammate you add counts as another paid seat. | D$19 a user starts at the dearer quarter of meeting-note tools, the forecasting and deal-risk parts sit at $49 and $79, and add-ons and agent credits come on top. |
| Free plan and trial | CTranscription is unlimited, but storage is 400 minutes for the whole team. AI summaries are limited too, and you can't download a transcript or record video. Dictation with Fireflies Talk is included free. | FNo free plan and no trial are on record. |
| Features | ATwo things here its rivals don't do: notes come either from a bot in the call or from your computer's own audio with nothing showing in the meeting, and an MCP server hands your meeting history to Claude or ChatGPT. The rest is the full job, plus AskFred over old calls and free dictation into any app. | CCapture, CRM matching, forecasting, deal risks, health scorecards and custom agents. Bot-based capture is itself a paid add-on. |
| Ease of use | A4.8 from about 5,200 App Store ratings, the top band. Connect your calendar and the notetaker joins your meetings without being asked. | CNo store rating on record. It needs CRM and call tools connected and agents to configure. |
| Platforms and integrations | AWeb, Mac, Windows, iPhone, Android and a Chrome extension, connecting to Zoom, Meet, Teams, Slack, Salesforce, HubSpot, Asana and dialers like Aircall, with an MCP server that opens your meetings to Claude and ChatGPT. | BWeb only, with Salesforce, HubSpot, Slack, Gong, Outreach, ZoomInfo, Gainsight and LinkedIn. |
| Best for | teams that want every call searchable | meeting capture and agents for sales teams |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: Fireflies.ai and Oliv AI. How we grade
Price against what you get
Fireflies.ai starts at $10 a month for each person and scores 4.0 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Oliv AI starts at $19 a month for each person and scores 2.3.
Fireflies.ai scores higher and starts $9 a month lower. Of the other AI meeting note takers on the chart, none scores higher than Fireflies.ai for less, and 36 score higher than Oliv AI for less.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Where they differ
- Fireflies.ai also covers dictation and chat assistant.
- Oliv AI also covers sales pipeline and AI agents.
At a glance
| Fireflies.ai | Oliv AI | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Paid |
| Starts at | $10 per seat / month, billed annually | $19 per user / month, billing period not stated |
| Free plan | Unlimited transcription, limited AI summaries, 400 minutes of storage per team and 20 AI credits. Transcript downloads and video recording need a paid plan. | None |
| Free trial | 7-day free trial of the Business plan, once per account; a credit or debit card is required. | None listed |
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| Made by | Fireflies.ai Corp. | Oliv.ai |
| Price read from | fireflies.ai | oliv.ai |
| Checked | Oct 4, 2026 | Nov 13, 2026 |
Worth knowing
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.
Oliv AI
- Agent actions cost $0.01 per credit, billed on top of seat prices.
- Bot-based capture, Slack, WhatsApp and LinkedIn capture are $10 per user a month add-ons.
- The Engage add-on is another $29 per user a month; Dialer adds $10.
- The pricing page does not say whether seat prices are billed monthly or annually.
Key features
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.
Oliv AI
- Botless or bot capture
- Records online meetings through the desktop app with no bot, or with a bot that joins; the bot option adds $10 per user a month.
- In-person and phone capture
- A mobile app records face-to-face meetings, and Sell and Grow also take Plaud recordings; Plaud hardware is bought separately.
- CRM matching
- Links meeting, phone, email and Slack activity to the right accounts, contacts and opportunities in your existing CRM.
- Forecasting and deal risks
- Sell adds a forecast app, sales methodologies and deal risk flags drawn from captured conversations.
- Customer health scorecards
- Grow adds a retention app with health scorecards and churn risks for customer success teams.
- Custom agents
- Super Agents named Oliver and Olivia answer questions on conversations and build custom agents, billed in credits.
Plans
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.
Oliv AI
Converse$19
per user / month, billing period not stated
Online and in-person meeting capture, with or without a bot, and opportunity management.
Sell$49
per user / month, billing period not stated
Everything in Converse plus email and Slack capture, a forecast app, sales methodologies and deal risks.
Grow$79
per user / month, billing period not stated
Everything in Sell plus a retention app, customer health scorecards and churn risks.
Amplify$0
per user / month
No seat fee for executives, product and engineering to ask questions and use the agents; agent use costs credits.
Ways to pay less
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.
Oliv AI
No public discounts listed.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Fireflies.ai or Oliv AI?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Fireflies.ai is cheaper to start with: $10 a month for each person, against $19 a month for each person for Oliv AI. Fireflies.ai starts at $10 per seat / month, billed annually, and Oliv AI starts at $19 per user / month, billing period not stated.
Which has a free plan, Fireflies.ai or Oliv AI?
As of Nov 13, 2026, only Fireflies.ai has a free plan. Oliv AI does not.
Which platforms do Fireflies.ai and Oliv AI run on?
As of Nov 13, 2026, only Fireflies.ai lists macOS, Windows, iOS and Android apps and a browser extension. Both list a web app. A platform missing from a listing is one its maker's pages did not mention.
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How this page was made
- The verdict at the top follows a fixed rule. When both tools are in the same category and either is in our top three for it, the verdict follows that ranking: the higher-placed tool is our pick. The top three weigh who each tool suits as well as its grades, so a pick can go against the GPA. Otherwise the page does not pick one and says which grades higher: the higher GPA first; on a tie, the one with a free plan, then the one that starts cheaper in dollars a month, counted the same way for both; if they are still level, what the choice depends on.
- The grades are our own, from each tool’s review or report card. The GPA is their average.
- Prices, plans and platforms come from each tool’s listing. The table above says where each price was read and when.
- The differences and the answers to the questions are worked out from those listings.