Circleback vs Fireflies.ai
Where they differ
From the pricing tiers and capability tags we track. A capability missing on one side means we have not recorded it there, not that the tool cannot do it.
At a glance
Circleback and Fireflies.ai both appear in this directory's productivity listings. Prices below were read from the vendors' own pages, most recently on October 19, 2026. Fireflies.ai starts at $18/mo; no paid figure is confirmed for Circleback. We track task management on Circleback and speech to text on Fireflies.ai; both cover meeting notes and transcription. No score and no winner: the facts do the picking.
Capability tags are factual labels we assign when a tool is added; they describe what a tool does, not how well it does it.
Checked against the vendors. Written from each vendor's own site and last re-checked there: Circleback on October 9, 2026 · Fireflies.ai (under review since October 19, 2026). Vendors change pricing and features without notice, so confirm anything that decides your purchase on the vendor's page.
Circleback
AI meeting productivity platform for notes and action items
Circleback is an AI meeting productivity platform that turns conversations into speaker-labeled transcripts, detailed notes, and assigned action items. It supports online meetings, in-person discussions, Slack huddles, and imported phone calls across Mac, Windows, iOS, Android, and Apple Watch.
Fireflies.ai
AI meeting assistant for transcription, summaries, and conversation intelligence
Fireflies.ai captures, transcribes, and summarizes voice and video meetings across platforms like Zoom, Google Meet, and Microsoft Teams. It delivers transcription in over 100 languages along with speaker identification and automated action items. Users can also query meeting history through the AskFred AI assistant.
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- Searching past meeting content using natural language AI chat
Circleback and Fireflies.ai in action
Each vendor's own walkthrough, from its homepage or official YouTube channel. We don't make these videos and we don't rate them.
Circleback
Fireflies.ai
Key features
Circleback
- Speaker-labeled transcripts and detailed notes
- Automatically extracted and assigned action items
- Botless desktop recording and mobile capture
- Public API, MCP server, and CLI access
- Integrations with Slack, Notion, Linear, and HubSpot
Fireflies.ai
- Live meeting recording and transcription across 100+ languages with speaker recognition
- Automated meeting summaries, action items, and customized notes
- AskFred AI assistant to query past conversations and extract answers
- Conversation intelligence tracking speaker talk-time, sentiment, and topic trackers
What each one does well
Circleback
- ✓ Capturing speaker-labeled transcripts and notes for online and in-person meetings
- ✓ Tracking and assigning action items across workspace-wide task lists
- ✓ Querying past meeting history and email threads through AI assistants
Fireflies.ai
- ✓ Transcribing and summarizing video calls across conferencing platforms
- ✓ Tracking conversation analytics like speaker talk-time and sentiment
- ✓ Syncing meeting notes and action items to CRMs and project management tools
People also ask
Does Circleback or Fireflies.ai have a free plan?
Both Circleback and Fireflies.ai publish a free plan.
What is the difference between Circleback and Fireflies.ai?
Circleback and Fireflies.ai are both tracked for meeting-notes, transcription, speaker-identification, summarization. Of the capabilities they do not share, only Circleback is tracked for task-management, ai-search, and only Fireflies.ai is tracked for speech-to-text, developer-api.
How much do Circleback and Fireflies.ai cost?
Circleback: free. Fireflies.ai: free plan, then $18/mo.
Answers are generated from the tracked plans and capability tags shown above, so they move when the vendors' pages do.
Full fact sheets, FAQs, and discussion links: Circleback · Fireflies.ai · all productivity tools