Memory Notch
FIREFLIES.AI ALTERNATIVES
The best Fireflies.ai alternatives in 2026
Six tools for people leaving Fireflies.ai, from team meeting assistants to a recorder that keeps everything on your own device.
Short answer: For audio that never leaves your computer or phone, Memory Notch; for AI summaries and meeting search, Otter.ai; for a free plan with instant call summaries, Fathom; for AI notes without a bot in the call, Granola; for open source with summaries through Ollama, Meetily; for open source on Linux, with the AI provider you choose, Anarlog (formerly Hyprnote).
| Tool | Where speech becomes text | Bot in the call | Speaker labels | Platforms | Free option | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Memory Notch | On your computer or phone; nothing is uploaded | No; records your microphone and your computer’s own audio | Numbered live: Speaker 1, Speaker 2, in the trial too | Mac and Windows, on one licence; iPhone, iPad and Android apps sold separately | Not free to record: free recordings stop at 5 minutes | Free to try with 5-minute recordings; US$79 once or US$7.99 a month for Mac and Windows; a one-time US$5.99 unlock on iPhone, iPad or Android (US price) |
| Otter.ai | Cloud | Meeting assistant and desktop capture options | Yes: names it has learned from speakers you tag; Speaker # when it can’t match a voice | Web, Mac, Windows, iOS, Android | Basic: 300 minutes a month, 30 minutes per conversation | Basic free (300 minutes a month, 30 minutes per conversation); Pro US$16.99 a month, or US$8.33 a month billed annually; Business US$30 a month, or US$19.99 billed annually |
| Fathom | Cloud | Meeting bot, or bot-free capture (beta on Mac) | Says who said what, with the bot or bot-free | Works in the browser with a meeting bot; desktop app for Mac and Windows; bot-free capture on Mac only (beta) | Free plan: unlimited recordings and transcriptions, instant AI call summaries | Free plan; Premium US$20 a month, or US$16 a month billed annually; Team and Business plans per user |
| Granola | Cloud transcription and summaries, with local capture | No | Me and Them by default; participant names for Meet, Zoom and Teams in the desktop app | Mac and Windows; iPhone, Android and Apple Watch apps | Basic: free, with 30 days of meeting history | Basic free with 30 days of meeting history; Business US$14 and Enterprise US$35 per user per month |
| Meetily | On-device transcription; summaries local or cloud, by configuration | No | Pro plan only | macOS, Windows | Community edition: free and open source; speaker labels need Pro | Community edition free (MIT licence); Pro US$10 per user per month, billed US$120 a year |
| Anarlog (formerly Hyprnote) | On-device or cloud, by configuration | No | Not stated in its README | macOS, Windows, Linux; local models vary by platform | Free and open source (MIT); hosted AI and sync are optional extras | Open-source community app; optional commercial services |
Checked November 9, 2026 against the vendors’ own pages; a source we could not re-read that day keeps the date we last read it. Sources: Fireflies.ai’s own page (November 6, 2026) · Fireflies: real-time notes, with speaker labels (November 6, 2026) · Fireflies: the desktop app records without a bot (November 6, 2026) · Otter.ai’s own page (November 9, 2026) · Otter: speaker identification (November 9, 2026) · Fathom’s own page (November 9, 2026) · Fathom: speaker attribution and bot-free capture (November 9, 2026) · Granola’s own page (September 28, 2026) · Granola: speaker tags (September 28, 2026) · Meetily’s own page (November 9, 2026) · Anarlog (formerly Hyprnote)’s own page (November 9, 2026).
Free Fireflies.ai alternatives
Fireflies.ai has a free plan of its own. These alternatives do too, with different limits.
- Otter.ai: Basic: 300 minutes a month, 30 minutes per conversation.
- Fathom: Free plan: unlimited recordings and transcriptions, instant AI call summaries.
- Granola: Basic: free, with 30 days of meeting history.
- Meetily: Community edition: free and open source; speaker labels need Pro.
- Anarlog (formerly Hyprnote): Free and open source (MIT); hosted AI and sync are optional extras.
Google Meet’s built-in “Take notes for me” is not free: Google’s June 29, 2026 post names Google AI Pro and Ultra subscribers and eligible Workspace business customers.
Memory Notch is not free for recording. Free recordings stop at five minutes and everything captured is saved (on iPhone and Android, your first two longer recordings run to the end); US$79 once or US$7.99 a month removes the limit on Mac and Windows, and a one-time US$5.99 unlock does on iPhone, iPad or Android (US price). Its dictation is free on Mac and Windows, with no licence.
Why people leave Fireflies.ai
Fireflies.ai is shared meeting intelligence in the cloud (capture: bot and bot-free capture options). Its plans, checked November 6, 2026: Free plan; Pro US$10 per user a month billed annually (US$18 monthly); Business US$19 (US$29 monthly); Enterprise US$39 billed annually. If you don’t need a team workspace or CRM sync, you may be paying for, and uploading to, more than you use.
1. Memory Notch
A personal recorder, not a team workspace. It records your microphone and your computer’s own audio on a Mac or Windows PC, or the room on an iPhone, iPad or Android phone, and transcribes with numbered speakers on the device. There is no CRM sync and no summary.
Pick it if you record your own calls and want them kept on your device, with no bot and no cloud workspace.
2. Otter.ai
Meeting transcription with AI summaries and team workflows.
Pick it if you want AI summaries, shared meeting search and team integrations in the cloud.
3. Fathom
Meeting recordings, summaries, and collaboration for individuals and teams, now owned by Superhuman.
Pick it if you want free cloud recordings with instant AI summaries, CRM sync or coaching metrics.
4. Granola
A bot-free notepad with cloud transcription and enhanced notes.
Pick it if you want AI-enhanced notes and summaries and are fine with cloud transcription.
5. Meetily
An open-source meeting assistant with local transcription and summaries.
Pick it if you want open source, or AI summaries written on your computer through Ollama.
6. Anarlog (formerly Hyprnote)
An open-source meeting notepad with local or optional hosted AI.
Pick it if you want open source, Linux, or AI notes from a model you choose.
Questions people ask
Is there a free Fireflies.ai alternative for Google Meet?
Google Meet’s own “Take notes for me” isn’t free: Google’s June 29, 2026 post names Google AI Pro and Ultra subscribers and eligible Workspace business customers. Fathom’s free plan records Meet calls, with a bot or bot-free in beta on Mac. Memory Notch records any call your computer plays, free up to five minutes a recording.
Is there a Fireflies.ai alternative that doesn’t upload audio?
Memory Notch transcribes on your device and uploads nothing. Meetily and Anarlog can run locally too, depending on the models and providers you choose.
Which Fireflies.ai alternatives work without a bot?
Memory Notch, Granola, Meetily and Anarlog listen to your computer’s own audio, so nothing joins the call. Fathom’s bot-free capture is in beta on Mac.
How do the prices compare?
Free plans aside, Memory Notch is US$79 once for Mac and Windows, with a year of updates. Fireflies.ai: Free plan; Pro US$10 per user a month billed annually (US$18 monthly); Business US$19 (US$29 monthly); Enterprise US$39 billed annually.