Notabe vs Fireflies.ai
Fireflies.ai sends a bot into your meetings to capture them for the team. Notabe is a private notebook you talk to. One automates meetings; the other keeps your own thinking.
Where Fireflies.ai is strong
Fireflies is built for teams that want every meeting captured automatically. Its bot joins calls across platforms, transcribes them, and routes summaries and action items into the tools a sales or ops team lives in. For automated, shared meeting intelligence, that is a strong offering — and it is a different job from Notabe's.
Where Notabe's angle wins
Notabe is personal and private. There is no bot and no cloud recording: you speak, and Apple's on-device transcription writes it down on your device. The AI titles and tags each note, and Pro adds semantic search and the Graph so your own ideas stay connected and findable. No account, one flat price.
At a glance
| Notabe | Fireflies.ai | |
|---|---|---|
| What it is built for | Your own voice notes, organized | Automated meeting capture for teams |
| How it captures | You speak a note | A bot joins and records the call |
| Where transcription happens | On-device — audio never leaves your phone | In the cloud |
| Search by meaning | Semantic search across every note (Pro) | Search across meeting transcripts |
| Connections between notes | The Graph links related notes (Pro) | CRM and integrations focus |
| Account required | None — identity lives on your device | Yes |
| Price | Free, or Pro $9.99/mo ($59.99/yr) | Free tier; paid plans per seat |
Which should you choose?
Fireflies for automated team meeting capture; Notabe for a private personal notebook. If meetings are your main concern, our meeting notes page shows how Notabe fits that moment without recording the call.
Frequently asked
Is Notabe a meeting bot like Fireflies?
No. Fireflies sends a bot into your calls to record and transcribe them, then pushes summaries into tools like your CRM. Notabe never joins a call — you speak your own notes and it transcribes them on-device. It is a personal notebook, not a meeting assistant.
When is Fireflies the better tool?
When you need automated, team-wide capture of every meeting with transcripts, integrations, and shared search. Notabe is the better tool when you want a private place for your own thoughts that organizes itself and never uploads your audio.