Fireflies.ai vs Grain

Price, free plan and alternatives, side by side

The comparison in short

Cheapest per year

Fireflies.ai

$120/yr

33% less than Grain

Who has a free plan
  • Fireflies.aihas a free plan
  • Grainhas a free plan
Easiest to rebuild

Fireflies.ai, Grain

With trade-offs

On price, Fireflies.ai wins.

Side-by-side comparison

APPLICATIONFireflies.aiMeeting notesGrainMeeting notes
Monthly billing$18/moPro$19/moStarter
Per year$120/yrannual plan · −44%$180/yrannual plan · −21%
Billing modelPer personPer person
Free tierUnlimited transcription and AI summaries; 400 storage minutes per team; 20 one-time AI credits shared by the team.1 Notetaker seat per workspace; recordings are unlimited but capped at 45 minutes each; personal-email accounts can record 20 meetings before upgrade; unlimited viewers.
Additional costsIncluded AI credits are one-time and shared across the entire team. When a paid team runs out, Fireflies automatically starts the lowest $5/50-credit monthly add-on unless disabled; purchased credits expire at each billing cycle.Every recording user needs a paid seat and all paid seats in one workspace must be on the same tier. After downgrade, meetings owned by users beyond the single free Notetaker can be deleted after 30 days.
Can you rebuild it?With trade-offsmulti-dayWith trade-offsmulti-day
Free alternatives
Checked on10/20/202610/20/2026
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