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Fireflies.ai vs Zocra.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. Fireflies.ai starts at $10, Zocra.ai at $9. Only Fireflies.ai has a free tier. Both ship a public API.

Fireflies.aiMeeting recorder that files notes into your CRMZocra.aiRecords and transcribes customer calls from Zoom, Teams, and Meet, then extracts priorities and pain points into a searchable log.

Side by side

FactFireflies.aiZocra.ai
CategoryMeeting AssistantsConversation Intelligence
Pricing modelFreemiumPaid
Starts at$10 month$9 month
Public APIYesYes
PlatformsWeb, iOS, Android, Chrome Ext, API, Slack AppWeb
CompanyFireflies.ai Corp.Zocra
Launched2016—
Last verifiedSep 6, 2026Sep 1, 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

Zocra.ai

Zocra centralizes customer call transcripts into a shared, searchable base so different teams stop re-explaining context to each other. The catch is it depends entirely on how much of your customer conversation actually happens on Zoom, Teams, or Meet — anything in email or chat is invisible to it.

Pros

  • Auto-transcribes and indexes calls from three major meeting platforms
  • Extracts pain points and decisions instead of just a raw transcript
  • Role-specific views so sales, support, and product see different summaries of the same calls
  • Solo-user tier priced low enough for a single founder to try

Cons

  • Only covers meeting-platform conversations, not email or support tickets
  • No published detail on data retention or where transcripts are stored
  • Company ownership and location aren't disclosed on the site

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 Zocra.ai if you need

  • Small sales and CS teams standardizing where call insights live
  • Product teams that need customer quotes without watching recordings
  • Startups replacing scattered notes with one searchable log

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