Fireflies.ai vs Wudpecker (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 2.6.
Checked Oct 4, 2026 and Nov 12, 2026 · graded Oct 10, 2026 and Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA
Fireflies.ai grades higher on features and ease of use. Wudpecker grades higher on the free plan. They get the same grade on value for money 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
Wudpecker
Meeting notetaker with instructions for how your notes are written
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 Wudpecker if
- Fits if you want notes in your own layout, like a sales call format or a stand-up summary
- Works for someone who sits in under 10 bot meetings a month and wants it free
Look elsewhere if
- Tight if you're on Free: 10 bot meetings a month and 3 Ask AI questions per recording
- Skip it if you edit transcripts by hand, as the FAQ says you can only re-run them in another language
- Watch out: meetings are capped at 2 hours 15 minutes, and one calendar and one workspace per account
- Watch out: the FAQ says no refunds after you cancel, though access runs to period end
- Pricey if you need more than 30 bot meetings a month, since that means Pro at $32
How we grade them
| 3.2GPAFireflies.aiVery good | 2.6GPAWudpeckerGood | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | CPlus is $19 a month billed yearly and Pro $32. The category's dearer quarter starts at $15, so Plus is at the upper end for 30 bot meetings a month. |
| 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. | BA free plan with 10 notetaker-bot meetings a month, 3 Ask AI questions per recording and unlimited in-person recording on the apps. One person with a light calendar could live on it. There is also a 2-week premium trial with no card. |
| 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. | CNotes by instruction, a bot and bot-free recording, Ask Wudpecker, custom vocabulary and Notion, Slack and HubSpot. Gaps in the listing: meetings are capped at 2 hours 15 minutes, one calendar per account, and no manual transcript edits. |
| 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. There's a calendar to connect and instructions to write before the notes come out the way you want. |
| 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. | AWeb, Mac, Windows, iPhone and Android, with Zoom, Meet, Teams, Notion, Slack and HubSpot. |
| Best for | teams that want every call searchable | meeting notes written to your own instructions |
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 Wudpecker. 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. Wudpecker starts at $19 a month and scores 2.7.
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 25 score higher than Wudpecker 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.
- Wudpecker also covers templates.
At a glance
| Fireflies.ai | Wudpecker | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free plan |
| Starts at | $10 per seat / month, billed annually | $19 per month, billed annually ($23 billed monthly) |
| 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. | 10 notetaker-bot meetings a month, 3 Ask AI questions per recording, and unlimited in-person recording on the apps. |
| Free trial | 7-day free trial of the Business plan, once per account; a credit or debit card is required. | 2-week premium trial, no credit card needed |
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| Made by | Fireflies.ai Corp. | Wudpecker Oy |
| Price read from | fireflies.ai | wudpecker.io |
| Checked | Oct 4, 2026 | Nov 12, 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.
Wudpecker
- Free allows 10 notetaker-bot meetings a month, Plus 30 and Pro 100; the bot stops recording past the limit.
- Meetings are capped at 2 hours 15 minutes, and one calendar and one workspace per account.
- The FAQ says transcripts cannot be edited by hand, only re-run in another language.
- The FAQ says refunds are not given after cancelling, though access runs to period end.
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.
Wudpecker
- Instruction-based notes
- You tell Wudpecker the structure, details and language for the notes, and it can turn text into tables.
- Notetaker bot and bot-free recording
- A bot joins Zoom, Meet and Teams meetings; desktop apps on Mac and Windows and phone apps record without one.
- Ask Wudpecker
- A chat assistant for questions about meeting discussions; capped at 3 questions per recording on Free, unlimited on Plus.
- Custom vocabulary
- Set how special names and words are spelled so they are written the same way in later meetings.
- Sharing and collections
- Group calls into collections, share notes with another Wudpecker user or send a view-only link.
- Notion, Slack and HubSpot
- Plus and Pro connect meeting notes to Notion, Slack and HubSpot; more CRMs are listed as beta.
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.
Wudpecker
Free$0
10 notetaker-bot meetings a month, 3 Ask AI questions per recording, 39 languages, sharing and custom templates.
Plus$19
per month, billed annually ($23 billed monthly)
30 bot meetings a month, unlimited Ask AI questions, auto-join rules, bot name and message, Notion, Slack and HubSpot.
Pro$32
per month, billed annually ($40 billed monthly)
Everything in Plus, for 100 notetaker-bot meetings a month.
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.
Wudpecker
- Annual discount
Save 20% with annual billing
Wudpecker's pricing page shows annual billing at 20% off: Plus $19 instead of $23 and Pro $32 instead of $40 a month.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Fireflies.ai or Wudpecker?
As of Nov 12, 2026, Fireflies.ai starts at $10 per seat / month, billed annually, and Wudpecker starts at $19 per month, billed annually ($23 billed monthly). One is priced for each person and the other is not, so which costs less depends on how many of you use it.
Which has a free plan, Fireflies.ai or Wudpecker?
As of Nov 12, 2026, both Fireflies.ai and Wudpecker have a free plan.
Which platforms do Fireflies.ai and Wudpecker run on?
As of Nov 12, 2026, only Fireflies.ai lists a browser extension. Both list a web app and macOS, Windows, iOS and Android apps. 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.