Fireflies vs Otter.ai vs Springbase

Fireflies vs Otter.ai,and the option most people miss.

They price and limit themselves very differently — Fireflies never meters transcription but grants AI credits only once, Otter meters you to 1,200 minutes and caps meetings at 90. Here is the head-to-head with every figure linked to its source, and then the question neither product answers: what happens to the transcript afterwards?

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Fireflies Pro
$18/seat/mo
Unlimited transcription, 8,000 min storage
Their pricing page
Otter Pro
$16.99/user/mo
1,200 min, 90-min meeting cap
Their pricing page
Springbase
from $9.99/mo
Unlimited meetings, flat price

And the option most comparisons leave out

Every Fireflies and Otter figure on this page comes from their own published pricing and links back to it. Both are capable notetakers. Here is what a third option adds.

Unlimited meetings at a flat price

Otter Pro caps meetings at 90 minutes and 1,200 minutes a month; both products bill per seat, and Otter Business needs five. Springbase is unlimited meetings with no length cap for a flat $9.99 or $19.99, however many people use it.

One subscription instead of three

Whichever notetaker you pick, it does not answer your general questions or move work between apps — that is roughly $68 per person per month once you add an AI subscription and an automation tool. Springbase covers all three jobs in one plan.

The meeting turns into the work

Both products end at a summary. Springbase turns the same call into an approved plan, a finished document in Canvas, or an action across 1,000+ apps, using any of 61 AI models with your meetings as grounded context.

Inside Springbase

The question neither comparison asks

1

What happens to the transcript on Thursday?

Both products end at a summary. The follow-up email, the CRM update, the proposal that came out of the call — those happen somewhere else, in a tool you pay for separately. That gap is where most of the actual work lives.

2

Meetings as memory, not an archive

Springbase indexes every transcript as grounded context. Ask a question in March about a call in January and the answer cites the moment it came from. Attach one meeting or all of them to a plan and the work starts from what was said.

3

The follow-up, drafted and ready to send

From the same call, Springbase agents draft the follow-up, update the CRM, and file the action items across 1,000+ apps — pausing for your approval before anything is sent. That is the part neither notetaker attempts.

Side by side

Fireflies vs Otter.ai vs Springbase

Fireflies and Otter figures reflect their Pro plans, taken from their own pricing pages and help centres. Springbase shows Pro at $19.99 unless a row says otherwise.

Monthly price

Pro
$18/seat ($10 annual)
Pro
$16.99/user ($8.33 annual)
from $9.99
$9.99 or $19.99, flat

Billed per seat

Pro
Not availablePer seat
Pro
Not availableBusiness needs 5 seats
from $9.99
IncludedOne flat price

Transcription volume

Pro
IncludedUnlimited
Pro
Limited1,200 min/mo
from $9.99
IncludedUnlimited meetings

Maximum meeting length

Pro
IncludedNo stated cap
Pro
Limited90 minutes
from $9.99
IncludedNo limit

Free tier

Pro
IncludedUnlimited, 400 min storage
Pro
Limited300 min/mo
from $9.99
Limited5 meetings/mo

AI credits refresh monthly

Pro
Not availableOne-time grant, pooled
Pro
IncludedNot credit-metered
from $9.99
Included1,000–3,000/mo

Live transcription as people speak

Pro
IncludedLive Assist
Pro
Included
from $9.99
Not available

Records in person, no meeting link

Pro
Not available
Pro
Not available
from $9.99
IncludedMac app, Apple silicon

Choose the AI model for the job

Pro
Not available
Pro
Not available
from $9.99
IncludedUp to 61 models

General AI chat beyond your meetings

Pro
Not available
Pro
Not available
from $9.99
Included

Editable step-by-step plans you approve

Pro
Not available
Pro
Not available
from $9.99
IncludedPlan Mode

Ships finished documents and dashboards

Pro
Not available
Pro
Not available
from $9.99
IncludedCanvas

Agents that act across other tools

Pro
LimitedAI Skills, CRM autofill
Pro
Limited40+ integrations
from $9.99
Included1,000+ integrations

Deep vertical agents (SDR, recruiting)

Pro
Limited200+ AI Skills
Pro
IncludedSDR, Recruiting agents
from $9.99
LimitedGeneral agents
IncludedLimitedNot availableCompetitor figures verified August 14, 2026 from published pricing.
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The real comparison

Whichever notetaker wins, it is one line of three

Neither Fireflies nor Otter answers your general questions or moves work between apps. Per person, per month, at list price:

Fireflies Pro or Otter Prosource
Meeting transcription and summaries
$17–18
ChatGPT Plussource
The AI you actually ask things
$20.00
Zapier Professionalsource
Moving work between apps
$29.99
Per person, per month
≈ $68
Or one subscription
$9.99

Springbase Starter does all three jobs — meetings, the AI you ask, and agents that move work between apps. Pro at $19.99 adds every frontier model and still comes in under a single ChatGPT Plus seat.

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How to actually decide

1

Pick the two-week window with your messiest meetings — not a quiet one.

2

Run all three on the same calls. Every one has a free plan.

3

Compare what each left you with on Friday, not how good the transcript was.

4

Count what you still had to do by hand afterwards — that is where the three differ.

None of the three can import another's history, so whichever you pick, export anything you need before you cancel. All three have a free plan, so the only real cost of comparing them properly is connecting a calendar.

Questions people actually ask

How do Fireflies and Otter differ?

Mostly in how they meter you. Fireflies does not cap transcription but grants AI credits once at sign-up, pooled across the team. Otter meters you to 1,200 minutes a month, stops each meeting at 90 minutes on Pro, and requires five billed seats on Business. Both bill per seat, so the cost grows with the team — Springbase is flat at $9.99 or $19.99 however many people use it.

Which one is cheaper?

Otter Pro is $16.99 a month or $8.33 billed annually; Fireflies Pro is $18 or $10 annually. Both are per seat, so the real number depends on team size. Springbase is a flat $9.99 or $19.99 regardless of how many people use it.

What are Fireflies AI credits?

Per their own knowledge base, credits are granted once at sign-up and pooled across the workspace — they do not scale with seats and are not a monthly allowance. Transcription and recap emails are not charged against them, but AI Skills, Voice Agents, and CRM autofill are.

Where does Springbase fit?

All three record and summarise. Only Springbase turns the meeting into the work that follows: 61 AI models to ask anything, editable plans you approve before they run, finished documents and dashboards in Canvas, and agents that act across 1,000+ apps. One flat price instead of a notetaker plus an AI subscription plus an automation tool.

When do I get the summary?

Within moments of the call ending. Springbase transcribes in chunks while the meeting runs, so the summary, decisions, and action items are waiting when you leave — and unlike a transcript, they are already usable as context for a plan, a document, or an agent run.

Run all three on the same week of calls.

Every one has a free plan, so the comparison costs nothing but a calendar connection. Judge them on what you have finished by Friday.

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