Fireflies: AI meeting assistant that records, transcribes, and summarizes calls across Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, and Webex, with the AskFred AI chat and native CRM sync. Talat: A privacy-first desktop meeting notes app that records and transcribes calls entirely on your own machine, with no bot and no cloud upload. Below, they line up on price, capture method, and how each fits a real meeting stack.
How Hosiqo compares and tests toolsFinal recommendation
Shortlist Fireflies when sales call capture and crm logging matters most, and Talat when keeping a searchable local archive of meeting notes in markdown or obsidian matters most. Test each on your own meetings; the right choice tends to become obvious quickly.
AI meeting assistant that records, transcribes, and summarizes calls across Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, and Webex, with the AskFred AI chat and native CRM sync.
A privacy-first desktop meeting notes app that records and transcribes calls entirely on your own machine, with no bot and no cloud upload.
Fireflies.ai joins video calls to record and transcribe meetings, then generates AI summaries, action items, and fully searchable notes. Its AskFred assistant lets you query past meetings in natural language ("what did we decide about pricing?"), while conversation-intelligence features add topic trackers, talk-time, and sentiment analytics. Fireflies works across Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, and Webex, transcribes in a wide range of languages, and integrates natively with CRMs such as Salesforce and HubSpot plus Slack, Notion, Asana, and Zapier. A free plan covers limited transcription and AI credits for individuals; paid tiers raise transcription and storage limits and unlock team conversation analytics, making it a strong fit for sales, recruiting, and customer-research teams that live in their CRM.
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Talat is a lightweight desktop application that records and transcribes meetings entirely on the user's own computer, keeping audio and notes off cloud servers. It captures both the microphone and system audio, automatically detecting active conferencing apps such as Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Google Meet, and FaceTime, and transcribes both sides of the conversation in real time with low latency. Speakers are identified automatically and can be adjusted manually, and transcript segments can be edited, split, or deleted. When a meeting ends, an on-device large language model generates a summary highlighting key points, decisions, and action items. Because transcription and summarization run locally using hardware acceleration, the app functions offline and does not send meeting data to external providers, though users can optionally connect their own cloud LLM if they prefer. Talat supports exporting notes to Markdown for tools like Obsidian, along with webhooks and Model Context Protocol (MCP) support for integrating meeting data into other workflows, plus full local search across past recordings. Available for Apple Silicon Macs and Windows, it is sold as a one-time purchase rather than a subscription, making it suited to privacy-conscious individuals and small teams who want local control of their meeting records. Pricing varies by plan. Check the official website for current pricing.
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Fireflies is from $18/mo (freemium); Talat is a free tier with paid upgrades (freemium). Always confirm current pricing on each vendor's site before buying.
| Feature | Fireflies | Talat |
|---|---|---|
| Core capability | Meeting transcription | Fully local, on-device recording and transcription with no cloud upload |
| Standout feature | AI summaries | Captures microphone and system audio from Zoom, Teams, Meet, and FaceTime |
| Team usage | AskFred AI chat | Real-time speaker identification with editable transcript segments |
| Integrations | CRM sync | On-device LLM summaries of key points, decisions, and action items |
| Languages & capture | Conversation intelligence | Markdown export to tools like Obsidian, plus webhooks and MCP support |
| Best-fit workflow | Meeting transcription | Local search across all previously recorded meetings |
Fireflies
Choose Fireflies if you need sales call capture and crm logging — strengths include powerful meeting search plus the askfred natural-language assistant.
Talat
Choose Talat if you need recording and transcribing meetings without sending audio to the cloud — strengths include audio and notes never leave the device, supporting strong privacy and offline use.
Fireflies
Talat
It depends on your workflow. Fireflies is strong for sales call capture and crm logging, while Talat is strong for recording and transcribing meetings without sending audio to the cloud. Both transcribe and summarize meetings.
Fireflies is from $18/mo and Talat is a free tier with paid upgrades. Check each vendor's pricing page for the latest plans and free-tier limits.
Yes. Many teams run more than one meeting assistant when the workflows are complementary.
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