Skip to content
effecthub

CallScrib vs Fireflies.ai

Two fact sheets from our own research, side by side — pricing, platforms, API access and status re-checked by us rather than quoted from the vendors.

The short answer

Cheaper paid plan
CallScrib — $5/seat/mo vs $10/seat/mo for Fireflies.ai
Free plan
Both have one
Public API
Fireflies.ai has one; not confirmed by us for CallScrib
Higher Trust score
Fireflies.ai — 94 vs 78 for CallScrib
Best fit
CallScrib: Microsoft Teams-heavy organizations wanting recaps without a visible bot participant · Fireflies.ai: Sales and success teams who want call notes landing in the CRM by themselves

From our own records as of each tool's last check. Anything we have not confirmed is left out rather than guessed. How we verify

CallScribDelivers Microsoft Teams and phone-call recaps with decisions and action items to Teams chat within a minute.Fireflies.aiMeeting recorder that files notes into your CRM

Side by side

FactCallScribFireflies.ai
CategoryMeeting AssistantsMeeting Assistants
Pricing modelFreemiumFreemium
Starts at$5/seat/mo$10/seat/mo
Public APINot confirmedYes
Trust score78 / 10094 / 100
PlatformsWeb, macOS, WindowsWeb, macOS, Windows, iOS, Android, Chrome extension, API, Slack app
CompanyVesuvio Labs LLCFireflies.ai Corp.
Launched—2016
Last verifiedOct 22, 2026Oct 15, 2026

What our research says

CallScrib

CallScrib's pitch is a Teams-native recap that shows up in chat without a bot joining the call, which matters for teams wary of visible recording bots. Coverage of non-Teams platforms depends on a separate desktop agent rather than the same invisible Graph API approach, so the experience isn't identical across platforms.

Pros

  • Reads Teams meetings via Microsoft Graph API so no bot visibly joins the call
  • Covers PSTN phone calls, not just video meetings
  • Supports over 20 languages with a per-user language setting

Cons

  • Non-Teams platforms (Zoom, Google Meet) require installing a separate desktop agent rather than the same API-based approach
  • Free tier is capped at 7 AI meetings a month
  • Business-tier team features require a minimum of 10 seats

Fireflies.ai

Unlimited transcription on the free tier is the hook and it is genuinely unlimited — the meter sits on storage and AI credits, which is where any team of real size ends up on a paid seat.

Pros

  • Transcription minutes are unlimited on every tier, including Free
  • API access is not paywalled — it starts on the free plan
  • Pro at $10/seat undercuts most rival meeting assistants
  • Storage becomes unlimited from the $19 Business tier

Cons

  • Monthly billing is about 1.8x the annual rate on Pro and 1.5x on Business
  • AI credits, not transcription, are the real ration — 20 a month on both Free and Pro
  • Free storage is 400 minutes for the entire team, not per person
  • Enterprise is annual-only at $39/seat

Which one fits

Choose CallScrib if you need

  • Microsoft Teams-heavy organizations wanting recaps without a visible bot participant
  • Teams needing phone-call, not just video-call, summaries

Choose Fireflies.ai if you need

  • Sales and success teams who want call notes landing in the CRM by themselves
  • Distributed teams searching across months of past meetings
  • Developers pulling meeting data out through an API on any plan

CallScrib vs Fireflies.ai: the questions people ask

Is CallScrib cheaper than Fireflies.ai?

On published entry prices, CallScrib starts lower — $5/seat/mo against $10/seat/mo for Fireflies.ai. Entry price is the lowest paid plan as we last verified it; what each plan includes differs.

Does CallScrib or Fireflies.ai have a free tier?

Both: CallScrib has a free tier, and Fireflies.ai has a free tier.

Which has a public API, CallScrib or Fireflies.ai?

Fireflies.ai ships a public API, as of our last verification. A public API for CallScrib is not confirmed by us — check its developer docs before you plan an integration.

More comparisons

All CallScrib alternatives →All Fireflies.ai alternatives →Browse all Meeting Assistants →