Tool matchup
Fireflies vs Otter — both transcribe your meetings and generate summaries. One has better integrations, the other has better real-time features. Which fits your consulting workflow?
AI meeting transcription with searchable conversation history, summaries, and action items. Every client call becomes a knowledge asset you can reference later.
Prices checked October 23, 2026fireflies.ai pricing page
AI meeting transcription with summaries, action items, and CRM handoff. Speaker identification and searchable conversation history across all your calls.
Prices checked October 23, 2026otter.ai pricing page
Both automatically join your Zoom, Google Meet, or Teams calls, record everything, and produce transcripts with AI summaries. The difference is what happens after the meeting. Fireflies pushes meeting data outward. Its CRM integrations (HubSpot, Salesforce, Pipedrive) automatically log call notes, and its API lets you build custom workflows. The AskFred AI assistant can answer questions about past meetings across your entire conversation history. For consultants who need meeting insights connected to their CRM and project management tools, Fireflies is the more integration-friendly choice. Free tier includes unlimited transcription with limited AI summaries. Pro plan is $10/month. Otter focuses on the real-time experience. Live transcription during meetings means you can read along, highlight key moments, and add comments as the conversation happens. Otter Chat lets you ask questions about the meeting in real time. The collaboration features — shared notes, assigned action items — make it better for team-based consulting. Free tier gives 300 minutes/month. Pro plan is $10/month. For solo consultants: the tools are close to equivalent. Both transcribe accurately, both generate useful summaries, both cost the same. Pick based on your workflow: Fireflies if you want meeting data pushed to your CRM automatically, Otter if you want better real-time collaboration during calls. Most solo consultants will be well-served by either tool's free tier for occasional use, upgrading to Pro ($10/month) only when client meetings become a daily occurrence.
Otter leads by 7 points (strong advantage).
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Best fit
Best for: Consultants building reusable knowledge from recorded meetings.
Why pick it: Searchable conversation history turns past meetings into a knowledge base. Ask questions across all your calls and get answers with timestamps.
Watch for: If you mostly need live-call notes and next steps (not long-term search), Fathom is simpler and free.
Best for: Consultants running 10+ client calls per week who need searchable notes.
Why pick it: Speaker identification and searchable history mean you can find "what did the CFO say about budget in the March call" without replaying recordings.
Watch for: If you run fewer than 5 meetings per week, Fathom (free tier) covers basic notes without a subscription.
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Fireflies | Otter | |
|---|---|---|
| Quick facts | ||
| Pricing sanity | Free, paid from $10/mo | Free, paid from $8.33/mo |
| Intelligence | Medium | High |
| Integrations | 3+ | 4+ |
| Score breakdown | ||
| Outcome fit | 19/25 | 21/25 |
| Setup speed | 14/20 | 14/20 |
| Pricing sanity | 11/15 | 12/15 |
| Integrations | 10/15 | 12/15 |
| UX polish | 12/15 | 13/15 |
| Trust & support | 8/10 | 9/10 |
| Summary | ||
| Best for | Consultants building reusable knowledge from recorded meetings. | Consultants running 10+ client calls per week who need searchable notes. |
| Key strength | Strong on UX quality | Strong on trust |
| Main weakness | Fewer integrations | Slower to set up |
Pricing
| Plan | Price | Limits (vendor's wording) |
|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | 400 minutes of storage per team |
| Pro | $10 per seat / month, billed annually$18 per seat / month, billed monthly | 8,000 minutes of storage per seat |
| Business | $19 per seat / month, billed annually$29 per seat / month, billed monthly | Team analytics for admins |
| Enterprise | $39 per seat / month, billed annually | Super admin role; enterprise security |
Prices checked October 23, 2026fireflies.ai pricing page
| Plan | Price | Limits (vendor's wording) |
|---|---|---|
| Basic | Free | 300 transcription minutes per month; 30 minutes per conversation |
| Pro | $8.33 per user / month, billed annually$16.99 per user / month, billed monthly | 1,200 minutes per month; up to 90 minutes per meeting; up to 5 billed users |
| Business | $19.99 per user / month, billed annually$30 per user / month, billed monthly | Unlimited meetings; up to 4 hours per meeting; up to 25 billed users |
| Enterprise | Contact sales | Contact sales; SSO, SCIM, domain capture |
Prices checked October 23, 2026otter.ai pricing page
Cost calculator
$10 per month · $120 per year
Cheapest plan that fits: Pro, $10 per seat or user
$8.33 per month · $99.96 per year
Cheapest plan that fits: Pro, $8.33 per seat or user
Uses list prices from each vendor's pricing page, before tax and discounts. Free plans and custom-quote plans are left out.
Platforms
| Platform | Fireflies | Otter |
|---|---|---|
| Zoom | Listed | Listed |
| Google Meet | Listed | Listed |
| Microsoft Teams | Listed | Listed |
| Desktop app | Listed | Listed |
| iOS app | Listed | Listed |
| Android app | Listed | Listed |
| Chrome extension | Listed | Listed |
Based only on what each vendor's pricing page states. A platform that is not listed there may still be supported.
Method
Common questions
Both achieve 90%+ accuracy on clear audio. Industry jargon and accents can reduce accuracy. Both offer editing capabilities to fix errors. For client-facing deliverables, always review transcripts before sharing.
Otter scores 81/100 and Fireflies scores 74/100 on Curalo's consultant rubric. The biggest gap is Integrations: Otter 12/15 vs 10/15.
Fireflies's cheapest paid plan is Pro at $10 per seat / month, billed annually. Otter's cheapest paid plan is Pro at $8.33 per user / month, billed annually.
Fireflies has a free plan: 400 minutes of storage per team. Otter has a free plan (Basic): 300 transcription minutes per month; 30 minutes per conversation.
Fireflies: $10 a month on Pro. Otter: $8.33 a month on Pro. Annual list prices where available, before tax.
If you mostly need live-call notes and next steps (not long-term search), Fathom is simpler and free.
If you run fewer than 5 meetings per week, Fathom (free tier) covers basic notes without a subscription.
Guides
Capture every meeting insight and turn workshops into structured deliverables with the right AI transcription and note-taking stack.
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