Pick Fireflies.ai if…
you run sales or ops calls and the point is to get summaries and data into your CRM, Slack and dashboards.
Fireflies is the integrations play: one bot across Zoom, Teams, Meet and 30+ apps, feeding CRM, Slack and analytics. Read AI is the analytics play: it scores participant engagement, coaches you on meetings, and searches across meetings, email and Slack.
Pick Fireflies.ai ($18/mo per seat) if you want unlimited free transcription and meeting data flowing into other tools at the lower monthly price. Pick Read AI ($19.75/mo per seat monthly, less annually) if engagement analytics and unlimited storage on the entry plan matter more.
| App | Free tier | Paid from | Top plan | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fireflies.ai | Yes | $18/mo | $39/mo | Sales and ops teams who want meeting data piped automatically into CRM, Slack, and analytics tools |
| Read AI | Yes | $19.75/mo | $39.75/mo | Teams that want engagement analytics and coaching feedback on top of standard meeting transcripts |
Monthly prices in US dollars before tax, from each vendor's official pricing (US list price; weekly-billed plans converted to a monthly figure). Updated November 2, 2026
| Fireflies.ai | Read AI | |
|---|---|---|
| Free tier | Unlimited transcription & summaries, 400 storage minutes/team | 5 meeting transcripts/mo, unlimited enterprise search |
| Entry paid plan storage | 8,000 storage minutes/seat | Unlimited storage |
| Standout | Unlimited integrations, AI personal assistant | Participant analytics, cross-surface search |
| Usage meter | AI credits (20 on Free, 30 on Business) | Upload credits (100/mo Pro, 200 Enterprise) |
| HIPAA | Enterprise, billed annually only | Enterprise+ only |
you run sales or ops calls and the point is to get summaries and data into your CRM, Slack and dashboards.
you want to measure and improve how meetings run, and search what was said across meetings, email and Slack.
Fireflies on monthly billing: Pro is $18/mo per seat against $19.75/mo for Read AI Pro. Read AI's annual price is lower than its monthly one, so compare on the billing cycle you'll actually use.
Fireflies for volume — transcription and summaries are unlimited. Read AI's free plan covers only 5 meeting transcripts a month.
Yes, on their top tiers: Fireflies Enterprise ($39/mo per seat, annual only) and Read AI Enterprise+ ($39.75/mo per seat).
How we choose: prices come from each vendor's official pricing page and are re-checked every week. We take no affiliate fees, so rankings aren't for sale.