Fireflies.ai alternative: Cosmonote, 2.8× cheaper for solo use

Fireflies.ai is a well-known tool in the sales team segment with deep CRM integrations. At $18 per month, with the most useful features tucked behind higher tiers, it’s not sized for solo or freelance use. Cosmonote covers the same core at 2.8× less, without the complexity.

Why look for a Fireflies.ai alternative

Solo users and freelancers run into the same limits quickly.

The price. $18/month on the Pro plan, $216 per year. And the interesting features (advanced analytics, longer retention, deep CRM integration) actually live on the Business and Enterprise plans, which cost even more.

Built for sales teams. The tool is calibrated around Salesforce, HubSpot, team analytics, sales dashboards. For a solo who just wants a clean meeting note, that’s a lot of power you pay for and don’t use.

No in-person or voice memos. Fireflies works almost exclusively with its bot joining video calls. If you also take in-person notes or record voice memos, the product doesn’t have a clean answer.

US hosting. A real topic for European users and GDPR-sensitive clients.

Confusing pricing. Free tier is limited, Pro is capped, Business is more expensive for longer retention. You pay more the moment you use it seriously.

Why Cosmonote is a strong alternative

The price: 2.8× cheaper

Cosmonote is $7/month (€6). Fireflies Pro is $18/month. Over $130 saved per year. And there’s only one plan, not three tiers to compare.

Mobile-first by design

iPhone first. You record on the move, you start before an in-person client meeting, you capture an idea between two calls. The summary lands in the app a few seconds later. Fireflies doesn’t have that center of gravity.

Three use cases in one app

Cosmonote covers video calls with a bot that joins Zoom, Meet and Teams, in-person meetings with your iPhone, and voice memos. Fireflies really only does the first.

Ask AI with interactive components

You ask a question of your notes and you can request a quiz, flashcards, slides, a table, a chart, a diagram. You leave a meeting and get a presentation in seconds. Fireflies has an assistant, but it stays in text.

European hosting

Hosted in France, on European infrastructure. For a freelancer with GDPR-sensitive clients, that’s a clear answer.

Native ChatGPT and Claude integrations

Cosmonote has native MCP integrations with ChatGPT and Claude. Type @cosmonote in a conversation to query your notes. Fireflies has no native equivalent.

No hidden tiers

One plan, $7/month, everything included. No higher tier to unlock the good summary or longer retention.

Where Fireflies still wins

Let’s be honest: Fireflies has real strengths in its segment.

For a sales team running Salesforce or HubSpot, with needs around sales performance analytics, coaching dashboards, automatic sharing between reps, Fireflies is mature and hard to replace today. Cosmonote is an individual app, not a sales platform.

If your main need is CRM-driven and your budget sits with the company, the price gap becomes secondary.

How to move from Fireflies to Cosmonote

Nothing to migrate technically. Your old transcripts stay in Fireflies, you export them if needed, and you start your next meetings in Cosmonote.

Easiest path is to test on two or three important meetings to judge summary and transcription quality in your real context. The trial is free.

Who Cosmonote fits best as a Fireflies alternative

• Freelancer or independent with no CRM to connect
• Solo use, no sales team to equip
• Mixed use: video calls + in person + voice notes
• iPhone as primary device
• European clients or GDPR context
• Daily ChatGPT or Claude user

If you don’t have Salesforce or HubSpot in your flow, Fireflies is probably oversized for you. Cosmonote is simpler, more mobile and 2.8× cheaper.