AI meeting note takers · #1 of 25 · ↓ Fathom
Fireflies.ai
sampled: 3 of 4 assistants this week
Fireflies.ai lands a middling but consistent score across assistants—56 from ChatGPT, 55 from Claude, 56 from Perplexity, for an overall 55 out of 100. It shows up in 49 of 62 answers, making it a regular pick rather than a niche one. It's named in every answer for free AI note takers, startup team tools, multilingual meeting note taking, top 2026 meeting assistants, and sales-call note takers that update the CRM. It doesn't appear at all in answers about open-source or self-hosted transcription tools, or Mac note takers that record system audio.
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Who's talking about you
| assistant | score | named in, this week | usual spot, this week |
|---|---|---|---|
| ChatGPT | 56 | 68% of answers | #2.5 |
| Claude | 55 | 90% of answers | #5.2 |
| Gemini | not sampled this week | ||
| Perplexity | 56 | 75% of answers | #3.3 |
Questions you win
| question | named in | best spot |
|---|---|---|
| What are the best AI meeting note takers? | 3 of 3 | #1 |
| What's the best AI note taker for a startup team? | 4 of 4 | #1 |
| What's the best AI note taker that integrates with Notion or Slack? | 3 of 3 | #1 |
| What's the best AI note taker for meetings in languages other than English? | 3 of 3 | #1 |
| Which AI meeting assistant writes the most accurate summaries? | 3 of 3 | #2 |
| What are the best free AI note takers for meetings? | 4 of 4 | #2 |
| What are the top AI meeting assistants in 2026? | 3 of 3 | #2 |
| Which AI meeting note taker has the best value for money? | 3 of 3 | #2 |
| What's the best AI note taker for sales calls that updates the CRM? | 3 of 3 | #2 |
| What's the best AI tool to turn meetings into action items and follow-up emails? | 3 of 3 | #2 |
| What's the best AI note taker for recruiters running interviews? | 3 of 3 | #2 |
| What's the best AI note taker for Zoom, Google Meet and Teams? | 3 of 3 | #3 |
| What's the best AI tool to search across all my past meeting notes? | 2 of 3 | #1 |
| What's the best AI note taker for privacy and security? | 2 of 3 | #2 |
| What's the best AI tool to record and summarize customer interviews? | 2 of 3 | #2 |
| Which AI note taker is best for a solo founder or freelancer? | 2 of 3 | #3 |
| Which AI note taker works without a bot joining the call? | 2 of 3 | #4 |
| What's the best AI note taker for in-person meetings? | 1 of 3 | #2 |
Questions you lose
| question | who got named instead |
|---|---|
| What's the best AI note taker for Mac that records system audio? | Granola, Circleback, Fathom |
| What's the best open-source or self-hosted AI meeting transcription tool? | Meetily |
Assistants cited 14 pages for questions in this category that name your rivals and not you. Claim to see them. See all sources for AI meeting note takers.
In their words
- ChatGPT“If languages other than English are a major requirement, I’d narrow the field to Notta, Fireflies, and tl;dv rather than defaulting to Otter.”
- Claude“Fireflies has the strongest retrospective search of the bunch (AskFred lets you query across your whole history, e.g.”
- Gemini“Fireflies.ai — Best Overall for Tech-Heavy & Cross-Functional Teams”
Closest rivals
- Fireflies.ai vs Fathom50
- Fireflies.ai vs Otter.ai46
- Fireflies.ai vs Granola44
- Fireflies.ai vs Zoom AI Companion19
- Fireflies.ai vs tl;dv16
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