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Shortwave vs Fireflies.ai

ShortwaveFireflies.ai

	Shortwave AI email client for Gmail that helps you reach inbox zero faster with AI search, summaries, and drafting. Visit	Fireflies.ai Fireflies.ai is an AI meeting assistant that automatically transcribes, summarizes, and analyzes conversations across Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, and other video conferencing platforms. Visit
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Pricing	Freemium	Freemium
Category	Productivity	Productivity
Tags	emailai-emailgmail	transcribe-meetingsanalyze-data
Best for	Gmail and Google Workspace power users Professionals with high email volume Sales, recruiting, and customer-facing teams	Sales and customer success teams that review calls at scale Distributed and multilingual teams needing 100+ language transcription Individuals wanting hands-free automated meeting notes
Pros	Powerful, genuinely useful AI search and summaries Fast, keyboard-driven interface that feels like a modern successor to Google Inbox Strong inbox organization with bundles, splits, and AI filters Native desktop, iOS, and Android apps Team collaboration features like shared threads and assignees	Broad meeting coverage: bots join Zoom Google Meet Microsoft Teams, and other platforms, and you can also upload existing audio and video files for transcription. Strong multilingual support with transcription in 100+ languages plus automatic language detection, which is a meaningful edge for international and distributed teams. AskFred turns every transcript into a searchable, queryable knowledge base, letting users pull decisions, action items, and answers conversationally instead of re-reading full recordings.
Cons	Gmail and Google Workspace only, with no Outlook, IMAP, or Exchange support Paid tiers are expensive compared with most email clients Daily AI usage quotas can be hit by heavy users on lower tiers No permanent full-featured free plan beyond the trial and basic use Learning curve for its many organization features	The AI credit system complicates the 'unlimited' marketing—AskFred and advanced analytics draw down credits, so power users may hit limits or need a pricier tier sooner than expected. Storage is capped by tier, and the free plan's limited storage means older recordings and transcripts can become inaccessible without upgrading. Deploying a recording bot into every meeting raises privacy and consent considerations that some organizations and external participants may resist. Advanced features like conversation intelligence and team analytics are gated to Business and Enterprise plans, so smaller teams don't get the full analytics value at entry pricing.

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