The #1 Fireflies Alternative

Highlight vs Fireflies

Fireflies.ai provides meeting transcripts via a visible meeting bot; Highlight offers private, botless transcription plus a full AI assistant powered by encrypted desktop context and flexible integrations.

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Why choose Highlight over Fireflies?

Coverage

Meetings + Desktop-wide workflows: docs, code, email, calendar, files
Meetings only

Meeting Bot

No bots — records privately from your computer
Visible bot joins every meeting

Desktop Context

Full awareness of chats, docs, emails, browser tabs
Meeting audio only

AI Chat Access

Works in every app with one keystroke
Limited to Fireflies web app

Integrations

2000+ integrations via MCP Servers
Limited native integrations

Getting Started

Unlimited base AI model usage
300 mins/month free, then $10/user/mo

Pro Pricing

$12/month
$19/user/month

Highlight provides comprehensive AI assistance with universal context awareness, while Fireflies offers more limited functionality.

3 reasons people choose Highlight

Task tracking interface

Privately captures what matters on your screen

Highlight auto-detects action items from your selected apps, so you never miss one.

Recording interface

Records meetings, no annoying meeting bots

Instant meeting transcripts and summaries, across all your meetings platforms.

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Work with any kind of context

Select text, upload files, take screenshots, transcribe audio, and more.

Use cases

Get answers to questions Fireflies can't answer

Write a response to this customer's query

Provide accurate answers to questions using your personal knowledge base.

GmailGoogle Meets

What were the action items from our daily sync?

Go from long meetings and countless discussions to actionable items immediately.

Google Calendar

Catch up on what we discussed last week

Quickly catch up on key topics and decisions. Be better prepared and share updates with your team on Slack.

SlackZoom

Draft release notes for the next release

Use past meetings to draft release notes and update documentation in apps like Notion and GitHub.

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