Fireflies.ai vs tl;dv

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

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Fireflies.ai clearly leads this matchup, showing up in 49 of 62 answers versus 17 of 62 for tl;dv, with an overall score of 55 against tl;dv's 16. Fireflies.ai is named in every answer to questions about free AI note takers for meetings and startup team tools (4 of 4 each), while tl;dv's best showing is 3 of 3 on "top AI meeting assistants in 2026." Head-to-head, Fireflies.ai comes out ahead on 17 questions, ties on 3, and never trails tl;dv. Both draw a blank on open-source or self-hosted transcription questions.

Head to head

metric	Fireflies.ai	tl;dv
score	55	16
questions won	18	10

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

tl;dv

assistant	score	named in, this week	usual spot, this week
ChatGPT	13	21% of answers	#5.3
Claude	14	30% of answers	#8.2
Gemini	not sampled this week
Perplexity	22	30% of answers	#3.5

Where they differ

Only Fireflies.ai gets named for

What's the best AI note taker that integrates with Notion or Slack?
Which AI meeting assistant writes the most accurate summaries?
What's the best AI tool to turn meetings into action items and follow-up emails?
What's the best AI tool to search across all my past meeting notes?
What's the best AI note taker for privacy and security?
What's the best AI tool to record and summarize customer interviews?
Which AI note taker is best for a solo founder or freelancer?
What's the best AI note taker for in-person meetings?

Only tl;dv gets named for

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