Fireflies vs Otter: minutes, storage and price per seat

Otter Pro is $8.33 a month billed annually with 1,200 transcription minutes. Fireflies Pro is $10 with unlimited transcription and 8,000 minutes of storage. Free plans, caps and prices from each vendor's pricing page.

About this guide

Published by StackOnSale. Publisher: Emmanuel Grenier. Guide updated: 2026-09-23.

Research based on official vendor pages, not a hands-on review.

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Pro plans, billed annually

Per person, in US dollars, before tax. Otter caps transcription minutes; Fireflies caps storage.

Sources reviewed 2026-09-23. These are dated plan details, not a live checkout quote. Confirm current pricing and eligibility on the official pages.

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Plans recorded in this guide, with billing and important limits
Plan	Recorded price	Billing and limits	Before choosing
Fireflies Pro	$10 per seat/month	Billed annually; $18 billed monthly	Unlimited transcription, 8,000 minutes of storage per seat, 2-hour recording limit.
Otter Pro	$8.33 per user/month	Billed annually; $16.99 billed monthly	1,200 transcription minutes a month per user and 90 minutes per conversation. StackOnSale has no Otter offer page.

The short answer

Otter limits how many minutes you transcribe. Fireflies limits how many minutes you keep. Otter Pro includes 1,200 transcription minutes a month per user and 90 minutes per conversation. Fireflies Pro lists unlimited transcription with 8,000 minutes of storage per seat and a 2-hour recording limit.

Billed annually, Otter Pro is $8.33 per user per month and Fireflies Pro is $10 per seat per month. Billed monthly, Otter Pro is $16.99 and Fireflies Pro is $18.

If your meetings stay under 1,200 minutes a month per person, Otter Pro costs less. If you record more than that, or long meetings, Fireflies Pro removes the transcription cap.

Prices were read in a browser on each vendor's pricing page on September 23, 2026. Both show US dollars. StackOnSale has not tested either product.

How each one limits you

Otter counts transcription minutes. Its comparison table gives 300 minutes a month on Basic, the free plan, and 1,200 minutes a month per user on Pro, with no rollover. It also caps a single conversation at 30 minutes on Basic, 90 minutes on Pro and 4 hours on Business.

Fireflies counts storage. Its free plan keeps 400 minutes for the whole team, Pro keeps 8,000 minutes per seat, and Business and Enterprise have unlimited storage. Its recording limit is 2 hours on Free and Pro, 3 hours on Business and 4 hours on Enterprise.

The free plans

Otter Basic: 300 transcription minutes a month, 30 minutes per conversation, 3 audio or video file imports for the lifetime of the account, and only the 25 most recent conversations in your history.

Fireflies Free: listed as "Free forever" with "Unlimited transcription*", limited AI summaries, 400 minutes of storage per team and 20 AI credits. Its own comparison table marks Free transcripts as "Limited", and the page we read does not explain the asterisk.

Prices side by side

Both vendors price per person. Otter shows its monthly Business price as $30 struck through at $24, labelled "20% off for 3 months", an offer its page limits to first-time subscribers.

Price per person per month
Plan	Fireflies, billed monthly	Fireflies, billed annually	Otter, billed monthly	Otter, billed annually
Free	$0	$0	$0	$0
Pro	$18	$10	$16.99	$8.33
Business	$29	$19	$30, or $24 for 3 months for first-time subscribers	$19.99
Enterprise	Annual only	$39	Schedule a demo	Schedule a demo

Read in a browser on fireflies.ai/pricing and otter.ai/pricing (Monthly and Annual options), September 23, 2026. Prices in US dollars.

The limits that decide the plan
Limit	Fireflies Free	Fireflies Pro	Otter Basic	Otter Pro
Transcription	"Limited" in the comparison table	Unlimited	300 minutes a month	1,200 minutes a month per user
Longest meeting	2-hour recording limit	2-hour recording limit	30 minutes per conversation	90 minutes per conversation
What you keep	400 minutes of storage per team	8,000 minutes of storage per seat	25 most recent conversations	Unlimited history
File imports	Upload and transcribe files, limit not stated	Upload and transcribe files, limit not stated	3 for the lifetime of the account	10 a month
AI allowance	20 AI credits	20 AI credits	20 AI Chat queries a month	50 AI Chat queries a month

From each vendor's plan cards and comparison table, read September 23, 2026.

When Otter wins

Each person transcribes less than 1,200 minutes a month. Otter Pro is $1.67 a month cheaper per person than Fireflies Pro, billed annually.

You are a student or a teacher. Otter gives 20% off Pro to individual users with an address ending in .edu: $6.67 a month billed $79.99 a year, or $13.59 a month. We did not find a student price on Fireflies' pricing page.

When Fireflies wins

You record long or frequent meetings. Fireflies Pro has no transcription cap, where Otter Pro stops at 1,200 minutes a month and 90 minutes per conversation.

You want to keep an archive without a monthly minutes count. Fireflies Pro keeps 8,000 minutes per seat, and Business keeps unlimited storage at $19 per seat per month billed annually, against $19.99 for Otter Business.

What we could not verify

What the asterisk on Fireflies' free "Unlimited transcription" refers to. Otter's exact annual invoice: it shows $8.33 a month for Pro, and its student FAQ implies $99.99 a year before the discount, which we did not see stated. Whether either annual price holds at renewal. How each vendor counts AI credits or AI Chat queries in practice.

StackOnSale earns a commission if you buy Fireflies through our link. We have no affiliate relationship with Otter.

Questions

Which is cheaper, Fireflies or Otter?

Billed annually, Otter Pro is $8.33 per user per month and Fireflies Pro is $10 per seat. Billed monthly, $16.99 against $18. Otter Pro caps transcription at 1,200 minutes a month per user; Fireflies Pro does not. Read September 23, 2026.

How many free minutes does Otter give?

300 transcription minutes a month on Basic, with a 30-minute limit per conversation and 3 file imports for the lifetime of the account.

What does Fireflies' free plan limit?

Storage: 400 minutes for the whole team. It also has limited AI summaries and 20 AI credits, and its comparison table marks free transcripts as limited.

Is there a student discount?

Otter gives 20% off Pro to students and teachers with an .edu address: $6.67 a month billed $79.99 a year, or $13.59 a month. We did not find one on Fireflies' pricing page.

How long can one meeting be?

Fireflies: 2 hours on Free and Pro, 3 on Business, 4 on Enterprise. Otter: 30 minutes on Basic, 90 minutes on Pro, 4 hours on Business.