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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. CallScrib starts at $5, Fireflies.ai at $10. Both have a free tier. Only Fireflies.ai ships a public API.

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_month$10 month
Public APINoYes
PlatformsWebWeb, iOS, Android, Chrome Ext, API, Slack App
CompanyVesuvio Labs LLCFireflies.ai Corp.
Launched—2016
Last verifiedSep 1, 2026Sep 6, 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

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