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Humla vs Fireflies.
Fireflies emails your recap to everyone on the invite. Humla sends nothing anywhere.
Free · Open source · macOS 13+ (Apple Silicon)
In short
Which should you pick?
- Pick Humla for privacy, on-device processing, and price.
- Pick Fireflies for integrations and a mobile app.
Side by side
How they compare.
An honest look. Humla wins on privacy, price, and openness; Fireflies leads on integrations and mobile.
| Humla | Fireflies | |
|---|---|---|
| No bot joins the call | Optional (botless desktop) | |
| Runs fully on your device | — | |
| Open source (auditable) | — | |
| Bring your own AI key / model | — | |
| Speaker labels (who said what) | ||
| AI summaries & action items | ||
| App integrations (Slack, CRM…) | — | |
| Mobile app | — | |
| Price | Free | Free / $10–39/user/mo |
Reflects each product's standard plans as of 2026 — check their sites for the latest.
Why Humla
What you get instead.
- Nothing gets auto-shared. Fireflies defaults to emailing the recap to everyone on the invite, external guests included (July 2026) — handy for adoption, awkward for confidential client calls. Humla's summary goes exactly where you send it.
- Local and private. Fireflies is cloud-only, even in its botless desktop mode; Humla can run fully on-device with your own key or offline.
- Open source and cheaper. Fireflies paid plans run $10–39/user/month; Humla is free, with optional sync at $5/user/month.
- Own your data. No vendor retention — notes live in local SQLite on your disk.
- Speaks your language. Around 99 languages via Whisper — on-device or with your own key — plus a dedicated Norwegian model and per-language routing.
Demo
See a meeting become a note.
New note, record, summary — that's the whole workflow. The cleanup afterwards is none, on a five-minute meeting or an hour-long one.
Being fair
When to pick Fireflies instead.
Humla isn't for everyone. Choose Fireflies if:
- You want the 100+ integrations, 200+ AI 'skills', and CRM automation.
- You need a mobile app and team analytics dashboards.
Head-to-head
Fireflies vs the field.
Weighing Fireflies against another tool? These honest head-to-heads put Humla up as the third option.
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