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Fireflies vs Potato
These tools solve different problems.
Fireflies.ai is a mature platform for meeting documentation — transcription, summaries, CRM integrations. It captures what happened and flows that data into your other tools.
Potato does work while the meeting is happening. Someone asks "how do competitors price this?" — the answer appears in 30 seconds, before you move on.
The Core Difference
| Fireflies | Potato | |
|---|---|---|
| Primary value | Documents meetings, syncs to tools | Does work during the meeting |
| When you get value | After the meeting ends | While you're still on the call |
| Main output | Transcripts, summaries, CRM updates | Research, docs, artifacts |
| Workspace | Personal summaries | Shared — everyone sees the same thing |
Quick Comparison
| Fireflies | Potato | |
|---|---|---|
| Transcription | ✅ Excellent | ✅ Good |
| CRM integrations | ✅ Salesforce, HubSpot, etc. | ❌ None |
| Slack/Zapier | ✅ Yes | ❌ No |
| Search across meetings | ✅ Excellent | ⚠️ Basic |
| Research during meeting | ❌ No | ✅ Yes (30-second answers) |
| Shared workspace | ❌ Personal summaries | ✅ Everyone sees the same view |
| Generate docs on demand | ❌ No | ✅ Yes |
| Maturity | ✅ Proven, stable | ⚠️ Experimental |
Where Fireflies Wins
Integrations. Fireflies connects to everything — CRMs, project management tools, Slack, Zapier. If you need meeting data to flow into other systems automatically, Fireflies is the better choice.
Search. Their search across meeting history is excellent. "What did we discuss about pricing last quarter?" — Fireflies handles this well.
Stability. It's a mature product. Fewer surprises, more predictable behavior.
Team features. Workspaces, admin controls, sharing — all the enterprise stuff.
Where Potato Wins
Work happens during the meeting. Someone asks "what's the best practice for X?" — the answer appears in 30 seconds with sources. That research would take hours. It happened before you changed topics.
Shared workspace. Everyone in the meeting sees what the AI is working on. One view. Anyone can say "that's wrong" or "add more context." Not personal summaries that differ between people.
Documents created live. Need a summary, a spec, or a mockup? Ask during the call and it appears while context is fresh — not reconstructed from notes later.
Work done, not assigned. Meetings finish work instead of creating follow-ups that take 3 days.
The Honest Trade-off
Choose Fireflies if:
- You need CRM or Slack integrations
- Building a searchable archive matters
- You want proven, stable software
- You have a team that needs admin controls
Choose Potato if:
- You want work done during the meeting, not documentation after
- Questions should be answered in 30 seconds, not researched later
- You want everyone to see the same shared workspace
- You're okay with experimental software
Pricing
Fireflies:
- Free: 800 min storage, limited AI
- Pro: $10/user/month — unlimited transcription
- Business: $19/user/month — advanced integrations
- Enterprise: $39/user/month — compliance features
Potato:
- Free while in beta
Try Both
Fireflies excels at documentation and integrations. Potato is trying something different — execution during meetings.