tl;dv vs Fireflies.ai (2026)

tl;dv

by tl;dv

Fireflies.ai

by Fireflies.ai

Pros

• ✓EU-based with all data centres in Europe (Google Cloud, AWS, Hetzner), EU AI Act compliance, GDPR compliance, and optional privately hosted AI on Enterprise: the strongest European data residency story in the meeting intelligence category
• ✓Business tier at $35 per seat per month annually includes AI sales coaching playbooks, MEDDIC and BANT scoring, AI objection handling, and multi-meeting AI insights, competing directly with Gong at a fraction of the cost
• ✓Free tier includes unlimited video recordings, iOS and Android mobile apps, Slack and calendar integrations, and 5,000 plus tool integrations on Pro: generous feature access at entry pricing

Limitations

• ⚠SOC 2 Type 1 (not Type 2) may be rejected by enterprise security procurement teams that require Type 2 attestation: verify compliance requirements before deploying at regulated-industry enterprise scale
• ⚠Free tier recordings are automatically deleted after 3 months with no grandfathering; teams that discover the value of a specific recording after the 90-day window have no recovery path without upgrading
• ⚠Bot-free recording has no native seamless option; achieving it requires configuring Zapier workflows to pull recordings from the conferencing platform directly, adding setup complexity compared to bot-free-native competitors like Shadow and Granola

Pros

• ✓Most comprehensive free tier in the meeting intelligence category with unlimited transcription, 100 plus language support, API access, and mobile app at $0: enabling enterprise-level evaluation before any financial commitment
• ✓SOC 2 Type II, GDPR, and HIPAA compliance with BAA at Enterprise tier covers the widest range of regulated industries including healthcare, finance, and legal, with broader compliance coverage than most direct competitors
• ✓200 plus AI Apps for post-meeting automation including sales call analysis, objection tracking, content calendar generation, and BANT and MEDDIC extraction provide workflow depth well beyond simple transcription

Limitations

• ⚠AI credits are a one-time shared workspace pool that does not reset monthly; heavy users of AskFred and advanced AI summaries exhaust the allotment quickly, triggering auto-recharge at $5 per 50 credits unless explicitly disabled
• ⚠Notetaker bot joins meetings as a named participant on most plans; a Chrome extension provides bot-free recording as an alternative, but the bot remains the default and most visible capture method, which can create friction in sensitive client-facing calls
• ⚠Video recording is locked behind Business at $19 per seat per month annual, meaning teams that need to review screen content alongside transcripts must upgrade past Pro even for moderate usage needs