Fireflies.ai vs Sigmise

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

Entry price: Fireflies.ai from $10/seat/mo, Sigmise from $14.40/mo — different billing units, so no direct winner
Free plan: Both have one
Public API: Fireflies.ai has one; not confirmed by us for Sigmise
Higher Trust score: Fireflies.ai — 94 vs 82 for Sigmise
Best fit: Fireflies.ai: Sales and success teams who want call notes landing in the CRM by themselves · Sigmise: Non-native English speakers attending English meetings regularly

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

Fireflies.aiMeeting recorder that files notes into your CRM

SigmiseDesktop app that live-translates English meetings into 31 languages with AI summaries, no bot joining the call.

Side by side

Fact	Fireflies.ai	Sigmise
Category	Meeting Assistants	Meeting Recording & Notes
Pricing model	Freemium	Freemium
Starts at	$10/seat/mo	$14.40/mo
Public API	Yes	Not confirmed
Trust score	94 / 100	82 / 100
Platforms	Web, macOS, Windows, iOS, Android, Chrome extension, API, Slack app	macOS, Windows
Company	Fireflies.ai Corp.	Sigmise
Launched	2016	—
Last verified	Oct 15, 2026	Oct 15, 2026

What our research says

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

Sigmise

Sigmise is aimed squarely at non-native English speakers sitting in English-language meetings, translating what's said into their language as it happens rather than only after the fact. Capturing audio locally without a bot joining the call is a real point of difference from meeting-bot competitors, but it also means it only works on a device where the desktop app is installed and running.

Pros

No bot joins the call — audio capture happens locally on the device
Translates into 31 languages, not just one or two
Free plan is usable on its own (120 minutes/month) before paying
Produces AI summaries with speaker identification, not just a transcript

Cons

Desktop-only (Mac and Windows); no mobile or browser-based option
Source language appears limited to English
No company name or headquarters disclosed beyond Australian-law terms

Which one fits

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

Choose Sigmise if you need

Non-native English speakers attending English meetings regularly
Teams who don't want a visible bot participant joining their calls
Anyone needing meeting summaries with speaker identification