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Equal Time 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. Equal Time starts at $75, Fireflies.ai at $10. Only Fireflies.ai has a free tier. Only Fireflies.ai ships a public API.

Equal TimeAI notetaker for Zoom, Meet and Teams that also scores who talked, who got interrupted, and flags condescending re-explaining.Fireflies.aiMeeting recorder that files notes into your CRM

Side by side

FactEqual TimeFireflies.ai
CategoryMeeting Recording & NotesMeeting Assistants
Pricing modelPaidFreemium
Starts at$75 month$10 month
Public APINoYes
PlatformsWebWeb, iOS, Android, Chrome Ext, API, Slack App
CompanyEqual TimeFireflies.ai Corp.
Launched20212016
Last verifiedSep 1, 2026Sep 6, 2026

What our research says

Equal Time

Equal Time is a meeting notetaker built specifically around participation fairness — it tracks who talked, who got interrupted, and flags moments that read as condescending re-explaining, on top of a standard transcript and action items. It's priced per team rather than per individual, with the cheapest plan covering five seats.

Pros

  • Tracks talk time, interruptions, and monologuing per speaker, not just a transcript
  • Includes a detector for condescending re-explaining with timestamps and involved speakers
  • Integrates with Salesforce, HubSpot, Slack, Notion and thousands more apps via Zapier
  • Works across Zoom, Google Meet, and Microsoft Teams

Cons

  • Entry paid plan is a 5-seat Team plan, not priced for a single user
  • Monthly billing costs noticeably more than the annual rate ($90 vs $75 a month)

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 Equal Time if you need

  • Teams actively trying to measure and improve who gets airtime in meetings
  • Organizations already invested in DEI or inclusive-meeting initiatives wanting data to back it up

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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