Seduta · Comparison
Seduta vs Fireflies.ai
Meeting recorder and analyzer that joins calls with a bot or records bot-free through its desktop app. Here is how the two compare, as of 1 October 2026.
| Feature | Seduta | Fireflies.ai |
|---|---|---|
| Privacy | ||
| Transcribed on the device | ✓Mac, iPhone and iPad | ✗Cloud processingsource |
| Where your meetings live | On your devicesSynced through your own iCloud; summaries on the device, or on EU servers with Plus | US cloud (AWS and GCP)EU storage only via Enterprise private storage, still processed in the USsource |
| No bot joins the call | ✓ | PartlyDefault is a bot; the desktop app can record without onesource |
| No account needed | ✓ | ✗Desktop app requires signing in to a Fireflies accountsource |
| Never records without you pressing Record | ✓Recording starts only when you click Record, also from a notification | ✗Bot auto-joins calendar meetings with a web link (default on); desktop app can auto-record selected calendar meetingssource |
| Recording | ||
| Records calls from any app | ✓Zoom, Teams, Google Meet and other browser calls, Webex, Slack, FaceTime, WhatsApp, Signal, Proton Meet; add any other app | ✓Desktop system-audio mode works across Meet, Zoom, Teams, Webex, Skype, Discord, FaceTime, WhatsApp, phone calls and browserssource |
| Start by hand, also in person | ✓On the Mac, iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch | ✓Take Notes button in the desktop app; captures in-person conversation through the micsource |
| Notices calls and asks to record | ✓On the Mac: a notification when a calendar meeting starts, with Join & Record for call links; asks when a call app opens the microphone. Recording starts only after you click | ✓Desktop app shows a notification when it detects a meeting: invite the bot or Take Notes via system audiosource |
| In the Mac menu bar | ✓Start, pause, stop and the status, one click away | Not statedDesktop app with Dock icon and Take Notes button; a menu bar icon is not statedsource |
| Ready after install | ✓Asks for the microphone, call audio and notifications; calendar is optional. The speech model downloads by itself on first use | ✓Sign in; allow microphone, screen recording, calendar and notificationssource |
| No time limits on any plan | ✓No recording or transcription limit on any plan; Seduta Plus summaries are fair use | PartlyFree plan has unlimited transcription but 400 minutes storage per team; other caps not statedsource |
| Notes | ||
| Languages | 25European languages, mixed in one meeting; Swiss German on the Mac | 100+source |
| Transcribe again | ✓Transcribe Again, for example in another language | ✓Re-transcribe a meeting in another language, up to 3 times; upload audio filessource |
| Recognises returning voices | ✓Name a speaker once and Seduta knows the voice next time. Voice prints stay in your own Seduta folder, on your devices and your iCloud; never sent to us, a summary service or an AI agent | PartlySpeaker names from participant lists; otherwise Speaker 1, 2, 3; speaker identification does not work in bot-free system-audio modesource |
| Your own summary templates | ✓Write your own, next to the built-in ones | ✓Custom Summary Templates from custom instructions or sample notessource |
| AI agents and CLI tools (MCP) | ✓Local MCP connector on your Mac: Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Cowork; read-only, paired apps only | ✓Official MCP server, cloud (api.fireflies.ai/mcp); read-only, OAuth; Claude, ChatGPT and other clients; transcripts and summariessource |
| Devices | ||
| Mac | ✓ | ✓macOS 12 or latersource |
| iPhone | ✓ | ✓source |
| iPad | ✓ | ✓iPadOS 15.1 or latersource |
| Apple Watch | ✓ | ✗Not in the listing's compatibilitysource |
| Syncs between your Apple devices | ✓Your own iCloud Drive | PartlyThrough the Fireflies cloud accountsource |
| Windows | ✗ | ✓Windows 10 or latersource |
| Price | ||
| Free | Everything on the device, unlimited | $0, unlimited transcription and AI summaries; 400 minutes storage per teamsource |
| Cheapest subscription | $5.99/month or $39.99/yearSeduta Plus, 1 week free | $10/seat/month, billed yearly (Pro); $18 billed monthlysource |
| One-off purchase or your own key | ✓$34.99 once, with your own key (Seduta BYOK) | ✗source |
Where Seduta is different
- Transcribed on the device
- No account needed
- Never records without you pressing Record
- Apple Watch
- One-off purchase or your own key
- AI agents read your notes on your Mac, not through a cloud server
Where Fireflies.ai is stronger
- Windows desktop app and web app
- Video recording, CRM integrations and conversation analytics
- 100+ languages
- Enterprise controls such as SSO and private storage
Record on your Mac, iPhone, iPad or Apple Watch. No bot, no account.
Join the waitlistCompared on 1 October 2026 from each company's own website, pricing page and App Store listing; the sources are linked in the table. Prices in US dollars, or in euros where a company only lists euros; taxes may apply. Products change: if something here is out of date, write to seduta@spert.ai and we correct it. Fireflies.ai is a trademark of its owner; Seduta is not affiliated with it.
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