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Fireflies.ai vs Speechmatics

The verdict
  • Fireflies.ai has a free tier to start; Speechmatics does not.
ComparedFireflies.aiSpeechmatics
Starting price$18/mo$0.13/hr
Free tierYes
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Feature by feature

FeatureFireflies.aiSpeechmatics
Languages100+56+
APIYesYes (core product)
Real-timeNoYes
Speaker labelsYesYes (diarization)
Export formatsTXT, SRT, DOCX, PDF, JSONJSON, TXT, SRT
Human optionNoNo

Fireflies.ai

Teams that want an AI notetaker to auto-join meetings and generate searchable summaries.

  • +Auto-joins Zoom, Meet, and Teams
  • +AI summaries, action items, topic tracking
  • +Searchable archive across all meetings
  • +GraphQL API and CRM integrations

Speechmatics

Teams and developers needing accurate, accent-robust transcription with on-prem and enterprise deployment options.

  • +Strong accuracy across accents and dialects
  • +Speaker diarization and custom dictionary included
  • +Generous free tier (~50 hours/month)
  • +Real-time and batch, plus on-prem deployment

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