Updated: October 2026

Fireflies.ai vs Grain
Full Feature Comparison

Compare recording, meeting notes, collaboration, integrations, and pricing to find the right solution for your workflow.

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Scheduled automation
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Quick Verdict

Pick the use case that matches you

The right meeting assistant depends on how your team works. Explore the use case that best matches your needs.

Fireflies.aiFireflies.ai
Best for distributed teams that need broad language coverage and capture on every device.A transcription platform with wide capture reach and a large integration surface. Fireflies.ai records across conferencing tools, transcribes in 100+ languages, and layers AI Apps and Voice Agents on paid plans.
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GrainGrain
Best for revenue teams that work from a shared video library of customer calls.A video-first meeting platform for customer-facing teams. Grain records calls, builds an AI-noted highlight library, and layers coaching, trackers and CRM sync on top from its Business plan.
Best for Multilingual and mobile-first teams
Fireflies.aiFireflies.ai
Fireflies.ai transcribes 100+ languages and records on mobile and in person, so distributed teams capture every conversation.
Best for Engagement metrics without an upgrade
GrainGrain
Grain shows participant engagement and interaction metrics on every plan, and its admin and workspace controls start on Starter.
Worth Exploring Alternatives
Teams that meter their automations
Both route automation through credit pools or external tools. Teams wanting included, native automation should compare platforms that do not meter it.
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How they stack up

Both record, transcribe and summarise meetings and answer questions across history. Fireflies.ai leads on reach, with 100+ languages, mobile apps, in-person capture and Voice Agents. Grain leads on included depth, with engagement analytics on every plan and admin controls from Starter. MeetGeek is worth considering for teams wanting automation that is not metered.

Facts last verified October 7, 2026

Mobile apps
✓Yes
No
In-Person/Offline Recording
✓YesIn-person on mobile · saved to your Notebook
No
Custom Avatars & Voice Agents
✓YesVoice Agents from Pro · no avatars
No
Transcribe in 100+ languages
✓Yes
~Partial30+ languages, below the 100+ bar
Engagement analytics
NoTalk-time & sentiment from Pro
Nofrom Business · Engagement via interaction stats and topic trackers
Admin User Management
Nofrom Business
✓YesRole-based access; admin controls
Custom Vocabulary
Nofrom Business
✓YesWorkspace-level; English only; 200-word limit
AI meeting summaries
✓Yes
✓YesIncluded as AI meeting notes on all plans
AI Chat
✓YesAskFred · limited on Free
✓YesAsk Grain AI queries across stored recordings
Recording

Ways to capture meetings

Meeting assistants should fit naturally into your workflow. Whether you prefer automatic recording, bot participation, or manual uploads, meeting capture should require minimal effort.

Meeting Bot

Joins calls automatically via calendar sync. Lowest friction for Zoom, Meet, and Teams.

Fireflies.ai✓Grain✓
Chrome Extension Recording

Captures the call right from a browser extension — no bot and no desktop app needed.

Fireflies.ai✓Grain✓
Mobile App

Record from your phone — useful for in-person meetings or calls.

Fireflies.ai✓Grain
Upload Audio/Video

Drop an existing recording file to get a transcript and summary.

Fireflies.ai✓Grain✓
In-Person Recording

Capture conversations without a video call. Useful for field teams.

Fireflies.ai✓Grain
Desktop App

Native app for system-level audio capture.

Fireflies.ai✓Grain✓

As Your Team Scales, Consider

Recording a meeting is only the first step. Over time, organizations often realize that the real value lies in how meeting knowledge is captured, shared, and reused—helping teams stay aligned long after the conversation ends.

See How MeetGeek Compares
MeetGeek call with Angela Smith and Brandon, live transcripts, shared notes, and integrations
AI Capabilities

What happens after the recording

Both summarise meetings and answer questions across the archive. Fireflies.ai adds AI Apps and Voice Agents, and covers 100+ languages against Grain's 30-plus. Grain includes engagement analytics on every plan, where Fireflies.ai places several capabilities behind credit allowances.

Fireflies.aiGrain
Fireflies.aiFireflies.ai

Fireflies.ai spreads its AI wide. AskFred answers questions across meetings, AI Apps extract structured data, and Voice Agents run live two-way calls on paid plans. Transcription covers 100+ languages, the broadest in this pair. The sales intelligence sits on the entry paid plan, though several capabilities are metered by credit allowances rather than included outright.

GrainGrain

Grain reads conversations well. AI notes, next steps and automatic recaps ship on every plan including Free, and Ask Grain answers questions across meeting history. The sales intelligence layer of AI coaching, Trackers, interaction metrics and deal signals is genuinely strong, and it is packaged as the Business plan at $29 per seat per month billed annually. Automation runs through Zapier rather than a native workflow builder.

AI summariesAutomatic post-meeting summaries with key points and context.
Fireflies.ai✓Grain✓
Custom summary templatesDefine your own output format to match team workflow.
Fireflies.ai✓Grain✓
AI chat over meetingsAsk questions about your meeting library like a knowledge base.
Fireflies.ai✓Grain✓
Follow-up email draftsAuto-generate follow-up emails based on meeting outcomes.
Fireflies.ai✓Grain✓
Speaker coaching insightsTalk-time ratios, pacing, monologue detection per speaker.
Fireflies.ai✓Grain✓
Automations / agentsTrigger CRM updates, Slack messages, or tasks automatically post-meeting.
Fireflies.ai✓Grain~
Integrations

The Best Integrations Do More Than Connect Apps

The number of integrations tells part of the story. The real value comes from how effectively meeting insights move between tools, workflows, and teams.

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Workflow ContinuityMeeting insights flow directly into the tools where work happens, helping teams reduce manual follow-ups and keep projects moving.
Workflow Continuity
Shared VisibilityImportant discussions, decisions, and action items remain accessible to the people who need them—even if they weren't in the meeting.
Shared Visibility
Long-Term ValueMeeting knowledge stays connected to ongoing projects and workflows, making conversations useful long after the meeting ends.
Long-Term Value

What it connects to

Integrations help meeting insights flow into the tools your team already uses, from CRMs and project management platforms to collaboration and documentation tools.

Video ConferencingDialpad, GoToMeeting +5 more
CRMAffinity, Attio, Close +14 more
Project ManagementAirtable, Any.do, Asana +7 more
CollaborationConfluence, SharePoint +2 more
Cloud StorageBox, Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive
CustomKeragon, Latenode +4 more
DialersAircall, OpenPhone, Outreach +3 more
ATSBambooHR, Greenhouse, Lever
Fireflies.aiGrain
Google Calendar
Pipedrive
Notion
Asana
Slack
Salesforce
ClickUp
HubSpot
Greenhouse
WhatsApp
NUMBER OF NATIVE INTEGRATIONS
100+Fireflies.ai
10Grain
Per each vendor's own integrations directory, verified July 14, 2026

Beyond the Integration List

API Access
If your team uses custom tools or internal dashboards, the API lets you pull meeting data — transcripts, summaries, action items — exactly where you need it.
MCP Support
A newer standard that lets AI assistants like Claude or Cursor read your meeting data directly. No developer needed.
Fireflies.aiFireflies.ai
Broad Ecosystem
The widest directory in this comparison at 100+ integrations, covering CRM, storage, collaboration and task tools, with a public API and webhooks. Best suited to teams that want the meeting record to reach many systems at once rather than a focused revenue stack.
GrainGrain
Revenue Stack
A focused directory of ten integrations built around the customer call: Zoom, Meet, Teams and Webex for capture, HubSpot and Salesforce for CRM, Aircall for dialling, Slack and Productboard for downstream sharing. Zapier carries anything beyond that list, and the API documents push hooks on ten recording and highlight events.
MeetGeek
Automation
Uses a REST API with webhooks — data flows into your tools the moment a call ends. MCP Server connects meeting data directly to models like ChatGPT, Claude, or your own AI. Better suited for real-time automation and broader AI workflow integration.Explore MeetGeek
Pricing

What you actually pay

Per user, per month — across every plan.

Fireflies.aiFireflies.ai
From $18/mo per user
Free$0
ProFree trial$18
BusinessFree trial$29
EnterpriseFree trial$39 (paid yearly)
GrainGrain
From $19/mo per user
Free$0
Starter$19
Business$39
EnterpriseCustom
Decision Checklist

A quick gut-check before you commit

Fireflies.aiChoose Fireflies.ai if…
✓Your team meets in many languages and you need transcription well past the thirty Grain documents
✓You record conversations in person or on a phone, away from a scheduled video call
GrainChoose Grain if…
✓You want to see who actually engaged in a meeting without moving up a plan
✓You need workspace and team admin controls on an entry paid plan rather than a higher tier
✓Your team reviews recorded customer calls together and shares clips from a shared library
Compare with MeetGeek

One More Comparison Before You Decide

One tool meters its automations by credit and the other holds its intelligence behind a Business upgrade. MeetGeek does neither: Meeting Skills run on every plan with no credit metering, sales intelligence and engagement analytics start at Pro for $9.99 per seat per month billed annually, and mobile apps and offline capture are included throughout. Trusted by 50,000+ teams, with a choice of EU or US data residency. See meetgeek-vs-fireflies and meetgeek-vs-grain.

FAQ

The questions procurement asks.

Fireflies.ai is a broad transcription platform: 100+ languages, mobile and in-person capture, and a directory of 100+ integrations. Grain is video-first and revenue-focused, built around a shared library of recorded customer calls with coaching and Trackers on its Business plan.