Loading comparison
COMPARE/PRODUCTIVITY & MEETINGS/FIREFLIES.AI · READ.AI
PRODUCTIVITY & MEETINGS · HEAD TO HEAD● YOU PICK THE WINNER
Fireflies.aivsRead.ai
Two tools. Verified data. Side by side. Everything on this page is vendor-sourced and dated. We don't pick a winner. That's your call. Use the Lens to apply your own criteria.
Fireflies.ai
Starts at$18/mo
Free planYes
Plans4 tiers
Features8 features
Integrations21 native
PlatformsWeb · iOS · Android · API · Slack · Chrome
MCP serverYes
Read.ai
Starts at$19.75/mo
Free planYes
Plans4 tiers
Features10 features
Integrations30 native
PlatformsWeb · Windows · Mac · iOS · Android · Chrome Extension · API
MCP serverYes
● THE LENS · YOUR COMPARISON · YOUR WINNER
Build the lens. Watch it lean.
Your criteria. Your weighting. Your verdict. Pick your axes and watch the data respond. You decide what's best for you, not us.
PRESETS
Based on your selections, the data leans this way, scroll down to read more.
AXES · 8 · PICK ANY
ALL TOOLS UPDATED 2026.05.07
CAPABILITIES
Where they overlap, where they don't
Functional roles from both tools, split by coverage. The corners are where the two tools become different products.
Only Fireflies.aiRoles covered exclusively by this tool.
0- —
Both3 of 8 roles in the verified union.
3- Call Transcriber
- Audio Transcriber
- Summariser
Only Read.aiRoles covered exclusively by this tool.
5- Chatbot
- Workflow Automator
- Analytics Tracker
- Meeting Scheduler
- Email Sender
ROLE COVERAGE···
PLAN LADDER
Every plan, mapped to one ladder
Both tools laid out by ascending monthly cost. Expand any plan to see what's included.
AT A GLANCE
More comparable fields
Every data point from both tools, side by side. Nothing hidden, nothing weighted.
FACT
Category
Productivity & Meetings
Productivity & Meetings
Starting Price
$18/mo
$19.75/mo
Pricing Model
Freemium
Freemium
Plans
4 tiers
4 tiers
Free Plan
Yes
Yes
Free Trial
No
No
Platforms
Web · iOS · Android · API · Slack · Chrome
Web · Windows · Mac · iOS · Android · Chrome Extension · API
Top Features
8 features
10 features
Integrations
21 native
30 native
Public API
Yes
Yes
Webhooks (In)
INTEGRATIONS · 41 TOOLS
Integrations from both tools, side by side
Integrations sourced from each tool's own documentation. Where both tools connect to the same app, you see it once. The rest shows where their ecosystems diverge.
BOTH10
11
20UNION41
INTEGRATION
NOTES
Asana
✓
✓
Both. Creates tasks in Asana from meeting action items automatically. Syncs follow-up items from transcripts to assigned team members.
Google Meet
✓
✓
Both. Chrome extension enables automatic recording and real-time transcription within Google Meet. Transcripts available immediately after the meeting ends.
HubSpot
✓
DEEP READ
What it does
Features and capabilities sourced from each tool's own documentation, structured for comparison.
Fireflies.ai
TOP FEATURES · 8
F01
Automatic TranscriptionaudioRecords and transcribes meetings across Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, and WebEx at 95% accuracy in 100+ languages. Speaker recognition and automatic language detection are included. Transcripts are available during and immediately after each meeting.
F02
AI Meeting SummarizationaiGenerates structured summaries after each meeting including action items, bullet points, detailed notes, and video chapter markers. Summary formats are configurable per meeting type or team. The Fireflies bot joins meetings automatically and delivers summaries to attendees by email on completion.
F03
Conversation Intelligence with AskFredanalyticsTracks speaker talk-time, runs sentiment analysis, and applies AI topic trackers to identify key themes across recorded meetings. AskFred lets users query months of meeting history by natural language question and retrieve AI-generated answers drawn from transcript content.
F04
Real-Time Meeting CapturerecordingCaptures meetings via a Chrome extension for Google Meet, mobile app for in-person conversations, desktop app for multiple call types, Aircall and RingCentral dialer integrations, and file uploads in MP3, MP4, WAV, and M4A formats. Live Assist provides real-time coaching and suggestions during active calls.
F05
CRM and Tool IntegrationsautomationConnects natively to Salesforce, HubSpot, Folk CRM, Notion, Slack, Asana, Jira, Monday.com, Greenhouse, Lever, and 20+ additional platforms. Meeting summaries and action items push to connected tools automatically after each call without manual data entry.
F06
Transcript Search and Meeting AnalyticschartSearches all recorded transcripts down to the sentence level across months of history. Tracks account-level analytics on talk-time, sentiment, and topic trends. Soundbites (shareable audio clips) can be created from any transcript segment and meetings organized into team channels.
Read.ai
TOP FEATURES · 10
F01
AI Meeting Summaries & TranscriptionaiRead AI automatically generates a concise meeting summary, list of topics, action items, and key questions after every meeting on Zoom, Google Meet, or Microsoft Teams. Transcription 2.0 augments the full transcript with real-time participant reactions and sentiment markers, surfacing impactful statements and audience engagement moments.
F02
Real-Time Meeting Notes & Live SummariesrecordingRead AI provides live transcription and real-time rolling summaries during a meeting, so participants can catch up instantly whether they join late or step away. The in-meeting notepad lets users star quotes and add their own notes, which are then incorporated into the post-meeting report.
F03
Meeting Playback & HighlightsvideoRead AI converts any recorded meeting into a 30-second trailer, a 2-minute highlight reel, or a full playback, all annotated with participant reactions, topics, action items, and key questions. AI automatically detects and timestamps key moments so users can skip directly to the parts that matter most.
F04
Speaker CoachanalyticsRead AI's AI Speaker Coach analyzes past meeting data to generate personalized, private coaching metrics across Clarity, Inclusion, and Impact — including talking speed and filler word usage. Coaches surface specific moments from meeting recordings to contextualize feedback, enabling measurable improvement without any additional practice sessions.
F05
Search CopilotsearchSearch Copilot is an AI-powered search and discovery engine that unifies insights across meetings, emails, chats, documents, and CRMs, returning summarized answers with source citations in seconds. Users can ask questions in natural language, apply filters by date or source, and go deeper with conversational chat — including switching to premium models like ChatGPT or Claude.
F06
Digital Twin (Ada)aiAda is Read AI's personal AI Digital Twin that works alongside users to handle post-meeting scheduling, calendar conflict resolution, CRM updates, and scheduled insight delivery — all triggered automatically from meeting and email content. Ada integrates with calendar, email, and CRM platforms and takes actions only with explicit user consent.
WHO IT'S FOR
Who each tool is built for
Use cases and fit tags from each tool's own positioning. Match these to your context, not their marketing.
businessA sales team uses the Fireflies.ai bot to join and transcribe every sales call across Zoom and Teams. After each call, Conversation Intelligence features extract talk-time ratios, identify key topics, and flag sentiment shifts. Action items sync automatically to Salesforce and HubSpot contact and opportunity records through native integrations. AskFred lets reps query past call content before follow-ups, retrieving specific context from previous conversations without re-listening to recordings.
enterpriseHiring teams use the Fireflies.ai bot to capture and transcribe candidate interviews recorded in Google Meet or Teams. Transcripts and summaries attach directly to candidate records in Greenhouse or Lever through native ATS integrations. AI Summarization extracts structured notes including key questions asked and interviewer observations. Teams can search across all candidate interviews to compare responses or recall specific answers months after recording.
teamRemote and hybrid teams configure Fireflies.ai to automatically join recurring meetings and deliver structured summaries to attendees and Slack channels via the Slack native integration. Meeting Analytics provide talk-time visibility and topic tracking across all team calls. AskFred lets any team member retrieve decisions, commitments, or context from past meetings by asking a direct question, reducing meeting re-runs when teams need prior context. Soundbites highlight key moments for async review.
KEEP COMPARING
Related comparisons
Other head-to-heads featuring one of these tools.
● FINAL READ · YOUR WINNERYou've seen the data.
You've seen the data.
The decision is yours.
Stackology doesn't review tools. We source, structure, and map them, and hand you the lens. See what fits, build a stack around it, and ship.
No editorial winner. No sponsored placement. No weighted score. The same dataset feeds every comparison page, the canvas, and the stack builder.