HumlaNotion AI vs Fireflies.
Notion keeps meeting notes inside your workspace with no speaker labels; Fireflies auto-joins with a bot and emails recaps to everyone on the invite — both live in the cloud.
Humla is free · Open source · macOS 13+ (Apple Silicon)
Notion AI vs Fireflies vs Humla.
How the two compare on what matters — with Humla, the free, local, open-source option, in the third column.
| Notion AI | Fireflies | Humla | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | $20/member/mo | Free / $10–39/user/mo | Free |
Reflects each product's standard plans as of 2026 — check their sites for the latest.
Which should you choose?
- Pick Notion AI for notes inside the Notion workspace your team already uses.
- Pick Fireflies for 100+ integrations, AI 'skills', and recaps emailed to everyone on the invite.
Or keep it on your Mac.
Both are cloud tools, and one can't tell who said what. Humla is free, local, and open source — real speaker labels, no bot, nothing uploaded.
- No bot joins the call — Humla records your Mac directly.
- On-device transcription and summaries — nothing has to leave your Mac.
- Free and open source, with optional team sync at $5/user/month — or self-host it free.
- Speaks your language. Around 99 languages via Whisper — on-device or with your own key — plus a dedicated Norwegian model and per-language routing.
Full breakdowns: Humla vs Notion AI · Humla vs Fireflies
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.