Greg vs Fireflies: notes vs a teammate
Fireflies (the “Fred” notetaker) is one of the default AI meeting assistants: it joins the call, transcribes, summarizes, and — on paid plans — connects a large app and CRM catalog. Greg (getgreg.io) covers the same Zoom / Meet / Teams job, then spends the rest of the product on being reachable after the transcript exists.
What Fireflies is better at (honestly)
We are not going to pretend Greg has Fireflies’ years of conversation intelligence, AskFred surface area, or the 10+ conference platforms and Chrome extension listed on fireflies.ai/pricing. If your buying criteria are topic trackers, team analytics, soundbites, or a connector for a stack we do not ship, Fireflies is the more complete capture suite. That is a real lead. Their Chrome extension for recording without a bot is a bot-free vs meeting-bot choice Greg does not sell.
Fireflies also publishes SOC 2, GDPR, and HIPAA options on that same pricing page. Greg’s public pages do not make equivalent compliance claims — do not treat this comparison as a security bake-off.
Where Greg is the better Fireflies alternative
After the summary lands, follow-through is the rest of the product: Greg can call your phone with prep for the next meeting, text you, talk in Slack (including voice notes), run routines, and put action items on a board. CRM is optional and narrow: HubSpot or LeadConnector, not a hundred Zapier destinations. Training and consent questions are on privacy and consent. Teams that already live in SMS and Slack — and who want one assistant they can reach like a person — are the fit. Teams that want Fireflies’ marketplace should stay there. The rest of the shortlist is on the comparison hub.
| Capability | Greg | Fireflies |
|---|---|---|
| Zoom, Google Meet, Teams | Bot joins all three. Calendar auto-join on Solo and Team. Upload if you missed the live join. | Records Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, and lists 10+ other platforms on its pricing page, plus a Chrome extension that can record without the bot. |
| Notes & search | Speaker-labelled transcript, structured summary (TL;DR, decisions, owned action items), in-app search, Slack/@mention Q&A with citations. | Transcripts, AI summaries, AskFred assistant, search, soundbites/clips, and conversation-intelligence features on higher tiers (topics, talk time, sentiment — per Fireflies’ public pricing matrix). |
| Pricing model | Free plan credits (20/mo). Assistant $24/mo, Chief of Staff $49/mo, Teams $39/seat/mo (3-seat minimum on Teams). 1 credit = 10 minutes. Top-up packs in-app. | Public Free / Pro / Business / Enterprise per-seat plans. Fireflies’ own pricing page emphasizes unlimited transcripts and summaries on paid seats, with storage, video, CRM, and API gated by tier. Confirm current dollars on fireflies.ai/pricing — we do not reprint list prices we cannot lock. |
| CRM & follow-through | Optional HubSpot or LeadConnector write-back on paid plans. Action items become board tasks. Phone prep, SMS, Slack, routines. | App and CRM integrations (including common CRMs such as HubSpot and Salesforce) are advertised on premium tiers; API access is listed on Business. Fireflies is a notes-and-workflow platform, not a phone/SMS teammate. |
Competitor capabilities above are taken from Fireflies’ public pricing and help pages as of this writing. Features and prices change — verify on their site before you buy.
Related comparisons
Start from the Greg comparison hub or read Greg vs Fathom, Greg vs Otter, Greg vs Granola, Greg vs Read AI, Greg vs tl;dv, Greg vs Jamie, Greg vs Fellow, or Greg vs Avoma. Category pages: AI meeting assistant, AI notetaker, bot-free vs meeting bot, follow-through, and privacy and consent. Setup and the read-only API are in the docs.
Frequently asked questions
- Which Greg is this?
- This is Greg the AI meeting assistant at getgreg.io — notes on Zoom, Google Meet, and Microsoft Teams, then phone, SMS, and Slack follow-through. It is not getgreg.ai, a different site. Contact [email protected].
- Is Greg a Fireflies alternative?
- Yes, if you want an AI meeting assistant on Zoom, Meet, and Teams. Fireflies is a more established capture and conversation-intelligence product with a large integration catalog. Greg is the better fit if you care about phone prep, SMS/Slack as a two-way desk, and notes that become tasks — not if you need Fireflies’ broader app marketplace or conversation analytics suite.
- Does Fireflies join the same video platforms as Greg?
- Both cover Zoom, Google Meet, and Microsoft Teams. Fireflies also advertises additional conference platforms and a Chrome extension for bot-free recording. Greg does not claim those extra platforms.
- Who wins on CRM?
- Fireflies publishes CRM and app integrations on paid tiers and Autofill-style CRM features in its help center for supported CRMs. Greg writes meeting notes to HubSpot or LeadConnector when you connect those accounts (CRM sync is a paid-plan feature). Neither side should be described as “the only CRM notetaker.”
- How should I compare price?
- Greg sells Assistant ($24/mo), Chief of Staff ($49/mo) and Teams ($39 per seat, 3-seat minimum), with unlimited meetings within fair use. Fireflies sells per-seat tiers. A five-person Fireflies Business bill and a Greg Teams bill are not like-for-like — check both live pricing pages for your seat count and whether you need CRM, API, or video.
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