Fireflies.ai alternative
Fireflies.ai alternative:
meet Brifo
Fireflies is built for sales teams that live in Salesforce or HubSpot and don't mind a bot showing up in their meetings. Brifo is built for Mac-first knowledge workers who want bot-free local capture and Jira-ready action items. Different audiences.
At a glance
| Feature | Brifo | Fireflies.ai |
|---|---|---|
| Capture model | Local macOS system audio. No bot joins. | Bot joins the meeting |
| Audio upload | Never. Only the text transcript reaches the cloud. | Audio uploaded to cloud |
| Platforms | macOS (Apple Silicon) | web, ios, android, chrome-extension |
| Free tier | Free during public beta | 800 mins storage per seat, unlimited transcription, basic features |
| Paid pricing | Free | Pro $18/seat/mo. Business $29/seat/mo. Enterprise $39/seat/mo. |
| Auto-detection | Yes. Meetings start capture automatically. | Calendar or bot setup required |
| Meeting platforms | All macOS audio sources: Zoom, Meet, Teams, Slack Huddles, Discord, FaceTime, etc. | Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, Webex |
| Action item filing | Native Jira, Linear, OpenProject | Notion, Asana, Trello |
| CRM integration | Not native today | Salesforce, HubSpot, Zoho, Pipedrive |
| Founded | 2026 | 2016 |
What is Fireflies.ai?
CRM-first bot that drops into your meetings, transcribes them, and pushes summaries into Salesforce or HubSpot. Built for sales orgs. Founded in 2016, Fireflies.ai supports web, ios, android, chrome-extension and integrates with Salesforce, HubSpot, Zoho, Pipedrive, Slack, and more. Pricing: 800 mins storage per seat, unlimited transcription, basic features, then Pro $18/seat/mo. Business $29/seat/mo. Enterprise $39/seat/mo.
Why people look for a Fireflies.ai alternative
- Joins meetings as a bot called 'Fred'. Disruptive. Hosts sometimes kick it.
- Audio uploads to Fireflies' cloud. Privacy risk for sensitive calls.
- No Mac-native desktop app. Web only.
- Setup per meeting platform required (calendar integration, bot permissions)
- Pricing escalates fast. $18/seat for Pro adds up across a team.
- Limited engineering integrations. No Jira-first workflow.
Why Brifo
- No bot in the meeting. Other participants see exactly what they'd see without Brifo running.
- Audio captured locally on macOS, never uploaded.
- Auto-detects every meeting platform. No per-platform setup.
- Free during public beta. No seat-based pricing.
- Native Jira, Linear, and OpenProject integration for engineering teams.
- Meeting Q&A chat similar to AskFred, without the bot and cloud audio model.
Fireflies.ai serves sales-led organizations well. The Salesforce and HubSpot integrations are genuinely deep and AskFred is a useful conversation-search tool. But the architecture has two costs that matter more every year. Every call has a bot named 'Fred' attached to it, and every minute of audio uploads to Fireflies' cloud. For sensitive conversations (legal, healthcare, customer escalations, anything under NDA), those costs are dealbreakers. Brifo solves both by capturing system audio locally on macOS, processing only the transcript in the cloud, and never adding a bot to the meeting. The trade is that our integrations are engineering-first (Jira, Linear, OpenProject), not CRM-first. If you're a PM, engineering lead, founder, or consultant, that probably matches your stack. If you're a Salesforce-centric AE, Fireflies' CRM hooks are still deeper.
Honest tradeoffs
Fireflies.ai wins on:
- Fireflies has web, iOS, Android. Brifo is macOS only.
- No native CRM integration. We focus on engineering and PM workflows.
- No conversation intelligence (sentiment, deal scoring). We prioritize notes and tasks over sales analytics.
Pick Brifo if you're…
- On macOS and want bot-free local audio capture
- Run engineering, product, or knowledge work (Jira / Linear / OpenProject)
- Want auto-detection so you never forget to record
- Want notes ready within 30 seconds of meeting end
- Want it free during beta with no per-meeting limits
Pick Fireflies.ai if you're…
- Sales-led orgs where Salesforce or HubSpot is the system of record
- Cross-platform teams (Mac, Windows, Linux, mobile)
- Revenue teams that want sentiment, topics, and deal scoring on top of capture
- Customer success teams logging account calls