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Fireflies.ai alternatives

Looking for a Fireflies.ai alternative? Whether you want to skip the meeting bot, keep audio on-device, or stop paying per seat, here are the options worth considering — starting with our own.

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Vowen

Our pick· Local meeting capture + dictation

Mac and Windows, on-device option, no bot joins your call, plus dictation and voice commands; free tier with a one-time upgrade.

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Otter.ai

· Real-time captions

Cloud meeting assistant with strong live transcription and a polished web app; subscription-based.

3

Granola

· AI notepad for Mac

Enhances your own notes from meeting audio without a bot; Mac-focused and subscription-priced.

4

Notion AI

· Notes inside your workspace

Summarizes meeting notes and transcripts inside Notion; best if your team already lives there.

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tl;dv

· Recording-first meetings

Records and transcribes calls with timestamps and clips; cloud-based with a free tier.

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17 days of data, 81,130 words spoken. 33.8 hours saved. 1,156 transcriptions. I'm not typing sentences anymore. Only passwords.
Yasir Ijaz
LinkedIn
What you've built is absolutely incredible. Extremely well done. I dictated this entire thing, which has saved me a significant amount of time and physical stress from typing.
keralaindia
r/ProductivityApps
I am LOVING the app, and have been telling everyone.
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Is Vowen a good Fireflies.ai alternative?
Yes — especially if you want to capture meetings without a bot joining the call, keep audio on-device, and use one tool for dictation as well as notes. Vowen runs on Mac and Windows with a free tier and a one-time upgrade. Fireflies remains strong if you need its deep CRM and workspace integrations.
What's the difference between Vowen and Fireflies?
Fireflies is a cloud meeting assistant whose AI bot joins your calls to record and summarize them. Vowen is a local-first desktop app that captures the meeting on your own machine, can transcribe on-device, and also handles system-wide dictation and voice commands.
Does Fireflies or Vowen keep my meetings private?
Fireflies processes audio in the cloud. Vowen can transcribe entirely on-device, so the audio stays on your machine, and it only sends text to an AI model when you explicitly enable cloud AI with your own key.
Does Vowen join my calls like Fireflies' bot?
No. Vowen captures the meeting audio locally on your computer, so participants don't see a separate notetaker bot appear in the call.