Fireflies.ai vs Otter.ai vs Fathom vs tl;dv
A side-by-side look at scores, pricing and features — with RECATOOLS' ASEAN-aware verdict for each.
Fireflies.ai
AI notetaker that joins calls, transcribes, summarises and answers que...
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Otter.ai
Live meeting transcripts, summaries and AI meeting agents
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Fathom
AI meeting notetaker with unlimited free recording and transcription
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tl;dv
AI meeting recorder with notes, clips and CRM sync
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| RECATOOLS Score | 7.8 / 10 | 7.3 / 10 | 7.5 / 10 | 7.4 / 10 |
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| Pricing | Freemium | Freemium | Freemium | Freemium |
| Free tier | Free forever: transcription, limited AI summaries, 400 minutes of storage per team, 20 AI credits, AskFred and API access | 300 transcription minutes a month, 30 minutes per conversation, 3 lifetime file imports, 20 AI Chat queries a month | Unlimited recordings, transcription and storage; Advanced AI Summaries and Ask Fathom on the first 5 calls a month | Unlimited recordings and transcripts; full AI notes for your first 10 meetings (lifetime), then first 10 minutes only; recordings kept 3 months |
| Paid from | $10/seat/month (Pro, billed annually); $18 billed monthly | $8.33/user/month billed annually, or $16.99 month to month (Pro) | Premium $20/mo ($16 annual); Team $19/user ($15 annual); Business $34/user ($25 annual) | Pro $18/seat/mo billed yearly; $29 month-to-month |
| Has API | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| Open source | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Free to use | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Users | 20m+ users across 500,000+ organizations (and 1m+ companies per the Fireflies.ai pricing page) | 35m+ users | 500k+ users | 500k+ users |
| Founded | 2016 | 2018 | 2020 | 2020 |
| Maker | Krish Ramineni, Sam Udotong | Sam Liang, Yun Fu | Richard White | Raphael Fontes, Namaan Menkart |
| Verdict | Fireflies is a mature, broad meeting assistant: a free plan with real transcription, API access on every tier, AskFred for questioning past meetings, and Pro at $10 a seat billed annually with video recording included. T... |
Otter remains one of the most complete meeting notetakers: live transcripts with speaker labels, summaries, action items, an AI chat across your meeting history and, on higher plans, CRM sync and agents. The free plan is... |
Fathom records, transcribes and summarises Zoom, Google Meet and Teams calls, and its free plan still keeps recording, transcription and storage unlimited, with advanced summaries and the Ask Fathom assistant on the firs... |
tl;dv records, transcribes and summarises Zoom, Meet and Teams calls, and its clips and reels still make it easy to share a moment instead of an hour. The free plan is weaker than its label: full AI notes cover only your... |
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Comparisons cover up to 4 tools. Scores are RECATOOLS editorial assessments; verify current pricing on each vendor's site.