Fireflies alternatives: meeting notes that land on the customer
Short answer: Fireflies.ai is an AI notetaker that joins your online meetings, then gives you a transcript, a summary and search across your calls. If you are comparing Fireflies alternatives because you want the notes to land on the right customer instead of in another app, Alori is the all-in-one app for service businesses. Video meetings are recorded with a transcript, a summary and next steps you turn into tasks, all next to your customers, deals and invoices.
Who Fireflies fits well
Fireflies is a popular, capable notetaker. It fits well when:
- Your team meets on Zoom, Google Meet or Microsoft Teams all day and wants a bot to take notes in each meeting.
- You want to search across many meetings and share clips or notes with colleagues.
- You already have a CRM you like and want notes pushed into it.
- The notetaker is the only thing you are looking to add.
As of October 2026, Fireflies' pricing page lists Free, Pro, Business and Enterprise plans, with paid plans charged per seat.
Why owners look at Fireflies alternatives
- The notes live in one more app. The transcript is in the notetaker, the customer is in the CRM, and the follow-up is in the inbox.
- Next steps still need to be retyped. Someone copies the action items into tasks by hand.
- Per seat pricing. Every person who needs notes adds a seat.
- Not every meeting is a video call. Service businesses also talk to customers by phone, and those calls need notes too.
Fireflies vs Alori, side by side
| Fireflies | Alori | |
|---|---|---|
| Main job | AI notetaker for online meetings | The all-in-one app for a service business |
| How it records | Joins Zoom, Meet and Teams meetings | Records Alori video meetings; imports recordings and transcripts from Zoom, Teams, Meet or your phone |
| Transcript and summary | Yes | Yes, with next steps, emailed to whoever made the meeting |
| Questions about a meeting | Yes | Ask about this meeting: next steps, decisions, a follow-up email |
| Next steps to tasks | Through integrations | Create the task beside each next step |
| Phone calls | Through dialer integrations | Business phone with call recording, transcript and summary on the customer |
| CRM | Connects to other CRMs | Customers, deals, inbox, quotes and invoices in the same app |
What Alori replaces, and what it does not
- Recorded video meetings. Start a meeting from the Schedule, keep Record on, and guests join in their browser without an account. When it ends, Alori writes the transcript and summary. See meetings.
- Imported recordings. Import a recording or transcript from Zoom, Teams, Meet or your phone, or paste the text. Alori writes the summary and next steps.
- Ask about a meeting. Click "What are the next steps?", "What did we decide?" or "Write a follow-up email".
- Tasks from meetings. Click Create the task beside a next step. See meeting notes to tasks.
- Phone call notes. Recorded calls on your business number get a summary and transcript on the customer. See calls.
What Alori does not replace: a bot that joins Zoom, Meet or Teams meetings for you. With Alori, you either hold the meeting in Alori video or import the recording afterward. If your team lives in other meeting apps and wants notes taken automatically there, Fireflies is built for that.
How to switch from Fireflies
- Describe your business. Alori builds your app, including Meetings and the Schedule.
- Bring your customers. Paste your customer list into Ask Alori with "Add these customers:".
- Hold your next meeting in Alori video, or import the recordings and transcripts you want to keep.
- Invite the team. Every plan has unlimited users.
Start on the free plan, no card needed. See pricing, or read the Gong alternative page if you also record sales calls.
FAQ
Is Alori a good Fireflies alternative? Yes, if you want meeting notes, phone call notes and next steps on the right customer, in the same app as your deals, tasks and invoices. If you only want a notetaker that joins Zoom, Meet and Teams on its own, Fireflies is a better fit.
Can I import my Zoom or Teams recordings? Yes. Import a video or audio file (.mp4, .m4a) or a transcript (.vtt, .srt, .txt, .docx), up to 4 hours for a recording. Alori writes the summary and next steps.
Do guests need an account to join an Alori meeting? No. Guests join from the link in their browser, without an account.
Can I ask questions about a past meeting? Yes. Open the meeting and ask in Ask about this meeting. Alori answers from what was said, and it remembers the conversation while the page is open.