Fireflies.ai vs Sembly
Fireflies.ai scores 9.1 to Sembly's 6.5 among the AI meeting assistants we rate, and is the better pick for 4 of the 4 kinds of buyer below.
Fireflies.ai wins, 9.1 to 6.5
Fireflies cuts and shares clips; Sembly does not have that feature. Fireflies has a free plan, while Sembly's no-cost tier is a trial, though Sembly's cheapest paid plan is $17 a month against Fireflies at $18. Sembly includes its AI in full on that plan; Fireflies caps AI credits at 20 a seat on its cheapest paid tier. Fireflies does not train on your data at all, while Sembly trains on your data unless you opt out.
Pick Fireflies.ai if you want clips cut from meetings and a genuine free plan.
Pick Sembly if you want unlimited AI included without watching a credit cap.
Best for
Who each one suits, decided on the criteria that matter to that buyer and the checked facts where the two differ.
- Cuts and shares clips: Fireflies.ai yes, Sembly no
- Languages it transcribes: 100 languages against 45 languages
- Live transcript during the call: Fireflies.ai yes, Sembly does not say
- Where it runs: 5 platforms against 1 platform
- API: Fireflies.ai yes, Sembly does not say
- Free plan: Fireflies.ai yes, Sembly no
- But Sembly leads on aI on the cheapest paid plan: Included against Limited
- Ways to reach support: 3 support channels against 2 support channels
- Does not train AI on your data: Yes against unless you opt out
How they score
Both are scored the same way, against the other AI meeting assistants we rate, from facts on each vendor's own pages. Fireflies.ai leads on 4 of 4 criteria.
Where they differ
Every point where the two vendors' published facts disagree, with a link to where each fact was read. "Not published" means the vendor does not say either way.
Published by only one of them
Where they match (7)
Pricing, plan by plan
Every plan each vendor publishes, monthly and yearly where both are offered.
Fireflies.ai
Sembly
Pros and cons
From each tool's full review, written from the same checked facts.
Fireflies.ai
- The free plan includes unlimited transcription and live transcription at no cost.
- It does not use personal information to train its AI models and contractually prohibits its vendors from doing so.
- Meetings can be recorded with a bot across Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams and Slack Huddles, or without one through its desktop app.
- It is SOC 2 Type II certified and GDPR compliant, with HIPAA compliance available on the Enterprise plan.
- AI credits for premium AI features stay capped at 20 per seat on the Pro plan, rising only on higher tiers.
- Conversation analytics such as sentiment analysis and team insights are reserved for the Business plan and above.
- The Enterprise plan is billed annually only, with no monthly pricing option.
Sembly
- Sembly is SOC 2 Type II certified.
- Meetings can be captured in person too, through the mobile app's audio recorder or by uploading MP3, WAV or MP4 files.
- Basic already includes AI notes, tasks and basic AI chat, metered by monthly credits rather than sold as an add-on.
- Sembly can push meeting notes directly to a connected CRM such as Salesforce or HubSpot.
- There is no free plan, only a Free Trial limited to 1 meeting hour total.
- Video capture, custom note templates and multi-meeting AI chat all require the Pro plan or above.
- Training opt-out is automatic only for Enterprise; every other plan must opt out itself.
Fireflies.ai vs Sembly: common questions
Which is better, Fireflies.ai or Sembly?
Fireflies.ai scores 9.1 and Sembly 6.5 out of 10 among the AI meeting assistants we rate. Fireflies.ai is ahead on what it captures, where it works, pricing and privacy and trust.
Is Fireflies.ai or Sembly cheaper?
Fireflies.ai's cheapest paid plan is $18/mo (Pro) and Sembly's is $17/mo (Basic). Compare what each plan includes below before going on price alone.
Do Fireflies.ai and Sembly have a free plan?
Fireflies.ai does and Sembly does not.
What can Fireflies.ai do that Sembly cannot?
On the facts both vendors publish: cuts and shares clips and free plan.
