Fireflies.ai vs Sally

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

Sally

• German and EU companies that need data hosted in Germany
• Teams that must document meetings under works council and GDPR rules
• Organizations that want an on-premise deployment option

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.

Sally

• There is no free plan. After the 30-day trial, plans start at $8 per user a month on annual billing, and prices exclude VAT.
• Starter is limited to 1,200 transcription minutes a month and 1 GB per uploaded file.
• Stated transcription accuracy is tiered by plan, and the highest tier, up to 98.8%, is reserved for Enterprise.
• AI chat, custom prompts and custom meeting types start on Pro. Chat across all meetings and on-premise deployment are Enterprise only.

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.

Sally

Meeting bot for online calls

Add invite@sally.io to a calendar invite or connect a calendar, and Sally joins Microsoft Teams, Google Meet, Zoom and Webex calls. The bot's name and avatar can be changed to match your company.

Phone app for in-person meetings

The iOS and Android app records a conversation from a phone on the table, then returns a transcript and summary. Audio and video files can also be uploaded for transcription.

Transcription in 103 languages

Transcripts support a custom vocabulary for jargon and product names. Stated accuracy rises by plan: up to 90.3% on Starter, 94.1% on Pro and 98.8% on Enterprise.

Summaries by meeting type

Each summary highlights topics, decisions and tasks, and a chosen meeting type shifts the focus, for example to objections in a sales call. Pro adds custom meeting types and prompts.

Sally Chat

Ask questions about a single meeting or a folder of meetings and get answers from the transcripts. Chat across all meetings at once is an Enterprise feature.

Integrations and MCP

Results can be sent to CRMs, project tools and chat apps directly or through Zapier, Make, n8n, Power Automate and webhooks. An MCP server connects Sally to Claude and other assistants.

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.

Sally

• Starter$8

  per user / month, billed annually; $12 billed monthly

  1,200 transcription minutes a month, accuracy up to 90.3%, 1 GB per upload, AI summaries, meeting types, custom vocabulary and a custom bot name and avatar.

• Pro$40

  per user / month, billed annually; $45 billed monthly

  Unlimited transcription minutes, accuracy up to 94.1%, 5 GB uploads, custom prompts, folders, custom meeting types, quality benchmarks and AI chat for single meetings.

• Enterprise$79

  per user / month, billed annually; $99 billed monthly

  Accuracy up to 98.8%, AI chat across multiple meetings, on-premise deployment on request and priority support handled within 48 hours.

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.

Sally

• Annual discount

  About 12% to 30% off with annual billing

  Annual billing lowers Starter from $12 to $8 per user a month, Pro from $45 to $40 and Enterprise from $99 to $79. Sally labels these savings as roughly 30%, 12% and 20%.