fireflies.ai alternative

The no-bot, offline Fireflies.ai alternative

Fireflies.ai is a cloud meeting assistant built around a bot, Fred, that joins your calls to record and transcribe. Its free plan caps storage at 800 minutes per seat and AI at 20 credits a month, video recording and downloads need Pro, and everything lives in Fireflies' cloud.

Dimmy takes the opposite approach: no bot ever joins, nothing is uploaded, and there are no storage or credit caps. It records both sides of the call on your device, writes the recap locally, and the same native app also does dictation and a voice command mode.

No botOn-deviceNo storage caps
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Dimmy vs Fireflies.ai

FeatureDimmyFireflies.ai
Does a bot join the call?
No, never. Records locally with no extra participant.
Yes. The Fred bot joins calls to record and transcribe.
Where audio is processed
On your device, fully offline.
Cloud. Audio and transcripts are stored on their servers.
Free plan caps
No caps. Every feature, unlimited, on the free build.
800 min storage/seat, 20 AI credits/month, uploads capped 150 min / 100 MB.
Offline / on-device
Yes. Recording, transcription and recap run locally.
No. Cloud platform, no on-device models.
Open source
Open-core, AGPL.
Proprietary, closed source.
Dictation + command mode
Yes. System-wide dictation and a voice command mode.
Meetings only. No system-wide dictation.
Video & downloads
Audio + transcript kept locally, exportable freely.
Video recording and transcript/recording downloads need Pro.paid plan
Multilingual
99 languages with auto-detection.
100+ languages; multi-language mode needs Business.
Price
Free from source. Pro €4.99/mo. Lifetime €99. Not per-seat.
Free (capped). Pro $10/seat, Business $19/seat, Enterprise $39/seat.
Platforms
Native macOS + Windows.
macOS, Windows, iOS, Android, Chrome extension, web.
included limited paid plan only not available
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why switch

Why switch to Dimmy

No bot, ever: Dimmy records both sides on your device, while Fireflies relies on the Fred bot joining your calls.
No storage or credit caps: Fireflies free stops at 800 minutes of storage per seat and 20 AI credits a month.
On-device and private: your audio and transcripts stay on your machine, not in a cloud account.
Open-core and AGPL, fully auditable.
Three tools in one: meetings plus system-wide dictation and a voice command mode. Fireflies is meetings only.
Recaps export to Notion, a folder, or Claude, with searchable local history and no per-seat billing.
works with your stack

Send your text and recaps where you work

NotionObsidianGoogle DriveClaude DesktopClaude CLICodex CLIMCP server
Every integration is included free, no add-on tier.
frequently asked

Meeting notes with no bot, no caps, and no cloud.

Yes. Dimmy never sends a bot into your call. It records your microphone and system audio directly on your device. Fireflies relies on the Fred bot joining the meeting to record and transcribe.
Fireflies' free plan caps storage at 800 minutes per seat and AI at 20 credits a month, with uploads limited to 150 minutes or 100 MB per file, and video recording and downloads reserved for Pro. Dimmy has no such caps on its free build.
With Fireflies, in their cloud. With Dimmy, your audio, transcript and recap stay on your device in a searchable local history.
Yes. Besides meeting recaps, Dimmy offers system-wide dictation into any app and a voice command mode. Fireflies is a meeting assistant only.
Dimmy is free from source, or Pro at €4.99/month or €99 lifetime, with no seats. Fireflies charges $10 to $39 per seat a month depending on the plan.
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