Notabium vs Fireflies.
Fireflies built a business on the bot model. It is convenient. It is also a participant everyone sees and a recording everyone notices. Here is where Notabium fits, and where Fireflies still wins.
The 60 second answer
- Pick Fireflies if your team is heavy in CRM workflows, you want a bot that auto joins every meeting in your calendar, and you are okay with the bot being visible to every participant.
- Pick Notabium if you want recording, transcription, and AI summaries in your browser, and you want the notetaker as something you opt into rather than the default.
Fireflies' approach
Fireflies' core product is a calendar bot called Fred. Connect your Google or Microsoft calendar and Fred joins every matching meeting, captures the audio, transcribes it on Fireflies' servers, and pushes summaries into Salesforce, HubSpot, or whatever CRM you use.
Great when it works. The friction is the bot: every attendee sees "Fred" in the participant list. In external sales calls and customer interviews, that bot is a conversation point and sometimes a deal blocker.
Notabium's approach
Notabium does not force a bot onto every meeting. For calls you attend, record straight from your browser with the Notabium extension - no extra participant in the list. Transcription and AI summaries run in Notabium's cloud (ElevenLabs Scribe and Claude), and the recorder reminds you to confirm everyone was told the call is being recorded.
For meetings you cannot attend, the Notabium Notetaker joins as a clearly named participant, announces that recording started, never speaks, and stays passive. Auto-join can bring it to recurring meetings - always record the Monday standup - without forcing it into every other call on your calendar.
Pricing
| Fireflies Pro | Fireflies Business | Notabium Pro | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price | $18/mo | $29/mo | €19.99/mo |
| 7-day free trial | no | no | yes |
| Record + transcribe + summarize | yes | yes | yes |
| Chat with your meetings | limited | limited | yes |
| Transcription | 800 min lifetime free | unlimited | unlimited |
| Record without a bot | no | no | yes, in browser |
| Bot included | always on | always on | yes, auto-join |
Where Fireflies wins
- Calendar driven automation. Once configured, Fred joins everything. You do not have to think about it.
- CRM integrations. Salesforce, HubSpot, Pipedrive, all mature.
- Voice search across many meetings. Their "AskFred" is genuinely useful for sales teams.
Where Notabium wins
- No bot in every call. Record from your browser when you attend; send the notetaker only when you cannot.
- Consent-forward. The notetaker names itself and announces recording; the recorder prompts you to confirm participants were informed.
- One price, everything included. €19.99/mo Pro covers the notetaker, auto-join, and unlimited usage - with a 7-day free trial.
- Video share links. Loom workflow built in.
- Per template summaries. A different summary style per meeting type, all generated in Notabium's cloud with Claude.
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