Tactiq vs Fireflies: which meeting assistant
Tactiq or Fireflies for meeting notes: Fireflies' free plan and prices, its storage limits, its languages and what we have not measured about Tactiq.
Both sit inside your meetings. Fireflies transcribes without a limit on the free plan and its Pro plan is $10 a seat a month paid yearly; we have not measured Tactiq's plans, so that column says not measured. Transcribsi starts at $0 for files you already have.
Tactiq, Fireflies and Transcribsi side by side
a meeting assistant: it records Google Meet, Zoom and Teams calls and writes the notes
a meeting assistant with transcription, summaries and analytics on conversations
a transcription service: you give it a file, it gives you text, timecodes and exports
not measured
$0: unlimited transcription, 400 minutes of storage per team, 20 AI credits
$0: 3 files a day, up to 30 minutes per file, no card
not measured
Pro, $10 a seat a month paid yearly ($18 a month paid monthly)
Pro, $10 a month paid yearly ($120 a year), or $20 a month paid monthly
not measured
unlimited transcription, AI summaries, 8,000 minutes of storage per seat
no minute limit of audio a month, DOCX export, REST API and MCP
not measured
100+ transcription languages
99+ languages for recognition, set by you or detected automatically
the meeting itself, through a Chrome extension or a bot
the meeting itself, or a file you upload
a file you already have: audio or video
an MCP server and a Claude connector, both marked beta
API access already on the free plan
REST v1, an MCP server with 4 tools, plugins for Claude and ChatGPT
the transcript and AI notes inside the app
transcripts, summaries and recordings to download; the formats are not listed on the pricing page
TXT, Markdown, SRT, VTT, CSV and DOCX
What the two of them are built for
Two assistants that sit inside the call and write the notes for you. Fireflies counts the minutes it keeps, Tactiq counts the meetings it will summarise for you. Neither one takes a finished recording off your disk and turns it into text, which is the job we do.
How to choose between them
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Say where the sound comes from
If the meeting is still ahead of you, a bot in the room wins: Tactiq listens to Google Meet, Zoom and Teams, Fireflies does the same and adds analytics afterwards. If the recording is already behind you, upload the file instead.
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Count the minutes, not the seats
Fireflies allows unlimited transcription on the free plan and charges from $10 a seat a year for the summaries, with 8,000 minutes of storage per seat. We count no minute limit of audio a month.
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Look at what the file gives you
A transcript with timecodes, in six formats, is what our service returns. Fireflies lets you download its transcripts, but the pricing page does not name the formats, and Tactiq keeps the text inside the app.
Tips
Decide first whether you need the meeting or only the file.
Unlimited transcription is still limited by rate limits.
Fireflies keeps 400 minutes of recordings per team on its free plan.
Questions this page answers
Is Fireflies cheaper than Tactiq?
We have not measured Tactiq's plans, so the two cannot be compared on price. What is measured is Fireflies: Pro is $10 a seat a month paid yearly and $18 a month paid monthly, and the free plan transcribes without a limit.
How much is stored on the free plan?
Fireflies keeps 400 minutes of recordings per team on the free plan and 8,000 minutes per seat on Pro. Tactiq's storage is not measured here. Our service keeps the transcript in your account.
Can either of them transcribe a file I already have?
Fireflies accepts an uploaded audio or video file as well as a live meeting. Tactiq is built around the meeting itself. Uploading the file to a transcription service is what we do, with timecodes and six export formats.
Do they work with Claude or ChatGPT?
Tactiq ships a Claude connector and an MCP server, both marked beta. Fireflies gives API access even on the free plan. We publish a REST API, an MCP server with 4 tools and plugins for Claude and ChatGPT.
Sources
- TTactiq — pricing (not measured for this page)tactiq.io · checked
- FFireflies — pricingfireflies.ai · checked 22 October 2026
- TTranscribsi — pricing and service contracttranscrib.si · checked 22 October 2026
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Speakers by name, a time on every line, export to TXT, SRT, VTT, CSV and Markdown.