Teams that generate structured documents from every meeting
Teams needing CRM integration and broad integration coverage
Both Sembly AI and Fireflies.ai record, transcribe, and summarize meetings automatically. Both start at $10 per seat per month billed annually. Both support Zoom, Google Meet, Teams, and Webex. On the surface, they look identical.
The difference is where each tool puts its AI: Sembly turns meetings into structured documents through AI Artifacts. Fireflies turns meetings into a searchable knowledge base through AskFred. Depending on your workflow, one of those is much more valuable than the other.
Free Plans Compared
Fireflies gives 800 minutes of storage on the free plan - enough for about 13 one-hour meetings. Sembly gives 5 meetings per month with no storage limit, but the meeting cap is more restrictive in practice. Most teams that attend more than one meeting per day will exhaust Sembly's free tier in under a week.
Integrations: Fireflies Wins Clearly
Fireflies has 100+ integrations including deep native connections with Salesforce, HubSpot, Slack, Notion, and Zapier. Sembly has 50+ integrations and covers the core CRM tools on Business plan and above, but the integration depth is less mature. If your team relies heavily on CRM sync, Fireflies is the safer choice.
AI Features: Different, Not Better or Worse
Fireflies's AskFred lets you query any past meeting using natural language. Sembly's AI Artifacts generates structured documents from meetings. These are genuinely different capabilities: one makes your meeting archive more accessible, the other makes post-meeting documentation faster. Both are worth having, but only one is available at each price point.
Side by side
Sembly AI
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4.1 / 5
Price
Free plan
Teams that generate structured documents from every meeting
The document-generation specialist. AI Artifacts auto-creates proposals and briefs from meetings. Best for multilingual, document-heavy workflows at $10/seat.
Try Sembly AIFireflies.ai
Our pick
Score
3.9 / 5
Price
Free plan
Teams needing CRM integration and broad integration coverage
The integration powerhouse. 100+ integrations, AskFred AI search, and the most scalable option for English-language teams at $10/seat.
Try Fireflies.aiFeature comparison
| Feature | Sembly AI | Fireflies.ai |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | 5 meetings/month Hard cap on number of meetings | Yes (limited) 800-minute storage cap |
| Starting price | $10/seat/mo annual | $10/seat/mo annual |
| AI document generation | Yes - AI Artifacts Proposals, briefs, emails | No equivalent feature |
| AI meeting search | Basic | Yes - AskFred Natural language queries across all meetings |
| Languages | 50+ | 60+ |
| Integrations | 50+ | 100+ |
| CRM sync | Business plan+ | Pro plan+ |
| HIPAA compliance | Enterprise only | Business plan+ |
| Webex support | ||
| Mobile app | Yes (iOS 2.4/5 rating) |
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Sembly AI better than Fireflies.ai?
Fireflies.ai is better for most teams - more integrations, a more usable free tier, and broader language support. Sembly AI is better specifically for teams that need AI-generated documents (proposals, briefs, emails) from meetings. At identical pricing, the choice depends on whether your meetings regularly produce documents that need to be drafted afterward.
Which has a better free plan, Sembly or Fireflies?
Fireflies.ai's free plan gives 800 minutes of storage and no meeting cap. Sembly's free plan gives 5 meetings per month. For most professionals, Fireflies's free tier is more usable in practice. Sembly's cap is exhausted in under a week for anyone in more than one meeting per day.
Do both Sembly AI and Fireflies.ai work with Microsoft Teams?
Yes. Both tools work with Microsoft Teams, Zoom, Google Meet, and Webex. Both join as a bot participant without requiring host access. Enterprise Teams deployments may need admin approval for either tool before the bot can join meetings.
Which is cheaper, Sembly AI or Fireflies.ai?
Both start at $10 per seat per month billed annually. Sembly's Business plan is $20/seat (vs Fireflies Business at $29/seat), making Sembly slightly cheaper at the higher tier. Fireflies has no free-only-features limitation that forces an upgrade as quickly as Sembly's 5-meeting cap.
