ConvertAudioToText vs Fireflies.ai
Fireflies.ai: Meeting-bot with cross-meeting search and CRM push. Sales/customer-success focused.
Below is an honest side-by-side: where we win, where Fireflies.ai wins, and the real pricing on both sides. No marketing fluff.
Free to start, no credit card • Full-length files from $8.33/mo billed yearly
- 99%
- Accuracy
- 99+
- Languages supported
- $14.99
- Unlimited, billed yearly
- Anytime
- Cancel, no contract
CATT vs Fireflies.ai: side-by-side
| Capability | CATT | Fireflies.ai |
|---|---|---|
| Where CATT wins | ||
| Pure file and upload focus with no meeting bot required (or wanted) for our users | Yes | No |
| Better long-form accuracy via our premium AI transcription | Yes | No |
| Multilingual native script output. Fireflies is English-dominant | Yes | No |
| $14.99/mo unlimited vs $10-$19/seat for similar volume | Yes | No |
| Templates tuned to non-sales use cases (journalism, research, lectures) | Yes | No |
| Where Fireflies.ai wins | ||
| Conversation Intelligence (talk-time, sentiment, monologue analytics) | No | Yes |
| Topic Tracker with keyword alerts across all team meetings | No | Yes |
| AskFred cross-meeting search across team archive | No | Yes |
| HubSpot and Salesforce auto-push with field mapping | No | Yes |
| Soundbites, clip and share 30 to 60 second moments by URL | No | Yes |
Honest claims only. Where Fireflies.ai wins, we say so.
Pricing: Fireflies.ai side-by-side
ConvertAudioToText
- Free$0 · up to 30 files a day, 30 min each
- Pro (annual)$99.99/yr
- Pro (monthly)$14.99/mo
- Developer (API access)$19.99/mo
Fireflies.ai
- Free$0 · 800 min storage/seat
- Pro$10/seat (annual) · 8,000 min/mo + unlimited summaries
- Business$19/seat · unlimited + video
- Enterprise$39/seat · + HIPAA, SSO
Which one fits you better?
Honest, no marketing fluff. Where Fireflies.ai is the right call, we say so.
Choose CATT if:
- You upload audio files instead of relying on calendar invites and meeting bots
- You want a flat $14.99 unlimited plan, not $10 to $19 per seat per month
- You need templates tuned to journalism, research, or lectures, not only sales calls
Choose Fireflies.ai if:
- You need conversation intelligence with talk-time, sentiment, and monologue analytics
- You need cross-meeting search across a team archive with keyword alerts
- You need HubSpot or Salesforce auto-push with mapped fields for every call
Frequently asked about switching from Fireflies.ai
Yes. Our Pro plan is $14.99 per month month-to-month, or $99.99 a year billed annually, with no minute cap. Most Fireflies.ai customers spend more than that once they pass the included minutes on a comparable tier.
Most users do. Sign up, drop a file, and you have a transcript with speaker labels in minutes. No data migration is needed because each file is independent. If you have an archive on Fireflies.ai, export the transcripts you want to keep and upload future audio to us.
Our premium engine reaches up to 99% accuracy on clear audio in supported languages. Independent benchmarks place us in the same tier as the leading AI transcription tools. Accuracy depends mostly on audio quality, accents, and overlapping speech, so the best test is a sample of your own audio.
No. You can transcribe the first 30 minutes without signing up. Create a free account to keep your transcripts and edit them in the browser; your first file runs on the premium engine with the 11 AI templates, up to an hour.
Start on the free plan: every file runs on our premium engine with speaker labels, up to 30 files a day, each up to 30 minutes, and your first file can run up to an hour. You can confirm the accuracy on your own audio before paying anything.
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