Fireflies.ai

Fireflies joins your video calls to record, transcribe and summarize them. It stores meetings as a searchable library and connects to many work apps.

Our verdict

Covers Zoom, Meet and Teams well, but it records by joining the call as an assistant, and the free plan has fewer transcription credits than paid tiers.

Use it for

Record zoom, meet and teams calls
Get meeting summaries
Search meeting transcripts
Send notes to other work tools

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