Fireflies.ai vs Otter.ai

as AI assistants see them, week of 2026-09-14

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Fireflies.ai edges out Otter.ai in how AI assistants talk about note takers. Fireflies scores 55 overall (56 on ChatGPT, 55 on Claude, 56 on Perplexity) and gets named in 49 of 62 answers, versus Otter's 46 overall (54, 52, and 33) and 42 of 62 answers. Head-to-head, Fireflies is named more often in 7 questions, Otter in 3, with 10 ties. Both show up in every answer to "best free AI note takers for meetings" (4 of 4), and neither is ever named for the open-source or self-hosted question.

Head to head

metric	Fireflies.ai	Otter.ai
score	55	46
questions won	18	18

By assistant

Fireflies.ai

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

Otter.ai

assistant	score	named in, this week	usual spot, this week
ChatGPT	54	74% of answers	#3.5
Claude	52	85% of answers	#5.3
Gemini	not sampled this week
Perplexity	33	45% of answers	#3.3

Where they differ

Only Fireflies.ai gets named for

What's the best AI note taker for sales calls that updates the CRM?

Only Otter.ai gets named for

What's the best AI note taker for Mac that records system audio?

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