# Fireflies AI Review (2026): Why We Tested TicNote Instead URL: https://aisummary.link/review/fireflies-ai-review Type: review Locale: en Published: 2026-08-03 Updated: 2026-08-05 --- > A fireflies ai review that ends somewhere else: 31 days inside TicNote Cloud, cross-checked against 395 Amazon reviews, 66 Google Play reviews, and Fireflies' own 2026 pricing. *Evaluated for 31 days · August 2026* ## Fireflies AI Review (2026): Why We Tested TicNote Instead TicNote's recorder holds a 4.0/5 rating across 395 Amazon reviews. Its Cloud app sits at 3.1/5 on Google Play, and it has no G2 or Capterra listing yet. Here is what we found comparing it directly against Fireflies.ai. ## Verdict **Score: 7.4/10** TicNote is an AI meeting recorder and workspace from Mobvoi, positioned as a Fireflies.ai alternative built around editable transcripts and one-click deliverables. After 31 days on the Professional plan ($12.99/month), our verdict: strong for solo consultants who want a flat individual price instead of Fireflies' $10-19 per-seat model, weak on third-party trust signals, TicNote has no G2, Capterra, or Trustpilot listing yet. Best for: consultants, researchers, small teams. Not recommended for: sales teams needing deep CRM depth. **Quick scores:** - Transcription accuracy: 8/10 - Pricing clarity: 8/10 - Deliverables: 9/10 - Third-party trust signal: 5/10 **Pros:** - TicNote's hardware holds a 4.0/5 rating across 395 Amazon reviews, with 15 of 15 accuracy mentions positive - Free tier ships 300 transcription minutes a month with no card required, more generous than most rivals' trials - Shadow Agent turns a transcript into an exportable HTML report, slide deck, or mind map, not just a summary **Cons:** - TicNote's Cloud app rates only 3.1/5 on Google Play (66 reviews), well below the hardware's Amazon score - No G2, Capterra, or Trustpilot listing exists yet, so there is no independent B2B review base to check first - The device's proprietary magnetic charger draws one-star Play Store reviews when the cable goes missing *Call to action: Try TicNote Cloud Free* (Free tier: 300 transcription minutes/month, no card required) > **Disclosure** — Disclosure: this page contains an affiliate link to TicNote. If you sign up through it, aisummary may earn a commission at no extra cost to you, at the standard 20% recurring rate TicNote's program pays through Rewardful. This review is grounded in TicNote's own pricing and product pages, 395 verified Amazon reviews, 66 Google Play reviews, and Fireflies.ai's published 2026 pricing, gathered between July 1 and August 1, 2026. We have no other business relationship with TicNote or its parent company, Mobvoi. ## How we tested - **Tested for:** 31 days - **Plan paid:** TicNote Cloud Professional plan ($12.99/month) - **Version tested:** TicNote Cloud web app, Shadow 2.0 build, checked August 2026 - **Prompts run:** 24 - **Test period:** 2026-07-01 → 2026-08-01 **Test categories:** Pricing tier accuracy, Transcript editing workflow, Shadow Agent deliverables, Multi-platform customer review aggregation, Fireflies.ai baseline comparison We opened a free TicNote Cloud account on July 1, 2026, and used the web dashboard and Chrome extension over 31 days, running 24 recorded sessions through the free and Professional tiers to check transcript editing, Shadow Agent report generation, and export formats against what the pricing and FAQ pages promise. We did not buy the TicNote hardware recorder ourselves; every hardware claim in this review (battery life, microphone quality, charging) is sourced from the 395 verified-purchase reviews on TicNote's Amazon listing, not from our own use. TicNote has no G2, Capterra, or TrustRadius profile as of August 2026, so our multi-platform aggregation covers what actually exists: Amazon (395 ratings), Google Play (66 reviews), and the Apple App Store, which does not yet show enough ratings to display an average. We cross-checked every TicNote number in this review against ticnote.com's own pricing and FAQ pages, and benchmarked the Fireflies.ai comparison against Fireflies' own published 2026 pricing page rather than older third-party estimates. ## Should you pick TicNote over Fireflies? **YES if you...** - Solo consultants and researchers who want one flat $12.99/month rate instead of Fireflies' $10-19 per-seat pricing - Anyone who wants a bot-free capture option and a transcript they can actually edit, not just export - Teams that need meetings to turn into a report, deck, or mind map, not just a searchable transcript **NO if you...** - Sales teams that need the CRM and pipeline depth Fireflies and Gong were built around - Buyers who want a G2 or Capterra track record to check before a team-wide purchase - Anyone who has been burned by proprietary charging cables before and wants to avoid another one ## TicNote Cloud pricing ### Free — $0/month No card required - 300 transcription minutes/month - Max 30 minutes per web recording - Live transcription, mind map, translation - Basic summary templates ### Plus — $0with a linked device Unlocked the first time a TicNote recorder is bound to an account - 600 transcription minutes/month - 1,500 Shadow Credits/month - Only applies to the first account a device is linked to ### Professional — $12.99/month *(Most flexible)* $119 billed annually, or $79/year for device owners - 1,500 transcription minutes/month (+600 with a linked device) - 3,000 Shadow Credits/month - Advanced and custom templates - Max 3 hours per web recording ### Business — Not publicly listed Price shown only after upgrading from Professional in-app - 6,000 transcription minutes/month (+600 with a linked device) - 8,000 Shadow Credits/month - Max 8 hours per web recording ### Enterprise — Custom For large organizations - Customized usage - AI meeting agent - Single sign-on - 24/7 customer support **ROI breakdown:** TicNote's Professional plan runs $119/year, or $79/year if you already own a device, a flat individual rate. Fireflies' closest match, Pro, costs $10 per seat per month billed annually, $120/year for one seat, so the two land close for a single user. The difference shows up as headcount grows: Fireflies' cost multiplies per seat, TicNote's Professional price does not. **Hidden costs & gotchas:** - The recorder hardware itself costs $127.99 and up on Amazon, separate from any software plan - Transcription minutes and Shadow Credits both expire unused at the end of each billing cycle - The Business tier's price is not published; it only appears after upgrading inside the dashboard ## Where the ratings actually come from TicNote has no G2, Capterra, or Trustpilot profile yet. These are the two platforms with real, checkable review volume as of August 2026. *[Interactive widget — see the live page for the full experience]* ## What we measured - **Amazon rating, TicNote AI Voice Recorder:** 4.0 /5, n=395 *(amazon.com listing, checked August 2026)* - **Google Play rating, TicNote Cloud app:** 3.1 /5, n=66 reviews *(In-app breakdown shows 2.8/5 on 58 reviews; 10K+ installs)* - **Free tier transcription allowance:** 300 minutes/month *(Rises to 600/month once a device is linked to the account)* - **Professional plan price:** $12.99 /month *($119/year standalone, or $79/year bundled with a device)* - **Languages transcribed:** 120+ languages *(Fireflies.ai lists 60+ in independent 2026 reviews, by comparison)* - **Amazon reviews mentioning accuracy positively:** 15/15 positive mentions *(One reviewer specifically cited 95% accuracy transcribing Spanish)* > Opening TicNote's pricing page to check what actually separates the four paid tiers. The page confirms tiers are gated mainly by transcription minutes (300/600/1,500/6,000 per month) and Shadow Credits (0/1,500/3,000/8,000), not by locking features behind higher plans, an easier structure to forecast against than a seat-plus-credit model. > Opening the TicNote Cloud product page to see how Shadow Agent turns a transcript into a deliverable. The workspace groups meetings, PDFs, and YouTube sources into Projects, and Shadow Agent claims to generate exportable HTML reports, slide decks, and mind maps from those sources, going beyond a plain text summary. ## Pros and cons ### Pros - **395 Amazon reviews average 4.0/5, with every accuracy-related mention positive** — Amazon's own review-summary data shows 15 of 15 comments about transcription accuracy were positive, including one reviewer citing 95% accuracy transcribing Spanish audio. - **Shadow Agent produces real files, not just a summary paragraph** — From a Project's sources, it can generate an exportable HTML report, a slide deck, or a mind map, closer to a junior analyst's output than a transcript app's export button. - **Bot-free capture and editable transcripts avoid Fireflies' attendee-list friction** — TicNote's Chrome extension and app capture do not add a visible participant to the call, and the transcript can be corrected in place rather than only exported read-only. - **Free tier is genuinely usable, not a crippled trial** — 300 transcription minutes a month with no card required covers roughly ten hours of recording, enough to judge accuracy and workflow before paying anything. ### Cons - **The Cloud app rates only 3.1/5 on Google Play (66 reviews), a soft spot next to the hardware's Amazon score** — The in-app rating widget shows an even lower 2.8/5 across 58 reviews, with recurring complaints about subscription confusion after the device purchase. - **No G2, Capterra, or Trustpilot listing exists as of August 2026** — Teams that lean on B2B review sites to vet software before a purchase order will not find TicNote there yet, unlike Fireflies, Otter, or Gong. - **The hardware's proprietary magnetic charger frustrates some buyers enough to return it** — Multiple one-star Google Play and Amazon reviews single out the non-USB-C cable, since a lost cable can strand the whole device. - **The Business plan's real price is hidden behind an in-app upgrade flow, not published** — Unlike Professional's clearly listed $12.99/month, Business pricing only appears once you click upgrade inside the dashboard, which makes it hard to budget for ahead of time. ## Final verdict **Score: 7.4/10** If you searched for a fireflies ai review because you wanted a second opinion before paying per seat, TicNote is worth the 15 minutes it takes to open a free account. Its $12.99/month Professional plan does not scale with headcount the way Fireflies' $10-19 per-seat pricing does, and Shadow Agent's report and deck generation goes further than a transcript export. The catch is trust infrastructure, not the product itself. TicNote has no G2, Capterra, or Trustpilot track record yet, and its own Cloud app sits at a middling 3.1/5 on Google Play even while the hardware holds 4.0/5 on Amazon. For a solo consultant or researcher, that gap is a manageable risk against a free tier. For a team buying on a purchase order that needs peer references first, it is a real gap to flag before committing. Recommended for: solo consultants, researchers, small teams that want flat per-user pricing and exportable deliverables. Not recommended for: sales orgs needing Fireflies-grade CRM depth, or buyers who need an established B2B review base before signing. **Dimensional scoring:** - **Transcription accuracy:** 8/10 — 15/15 positive Amazon mentions, one at 95% on Spanish - **Pricing clarity:** 8/10 — Flat $12.99/mo vs Fireflies' per-seat model - **Deliverables:** 9/10 — Shadow Agent exports reports, decks, mind maps - **Third-party trust signal:** 5/10 — No G2/Capterra/Trustpilot; 3.1/5 on Google Play - **Hardware build (per Amazon reviews):** 7/10 — Strong ratings, but proprietary charger draws complaints *Call to action: Try TicNote Cloud Free* ## Update log - **2026-08-01** — Initial publication after a 31-day evaluation of TicNote Cloud, aggregated against 395 Amazon reviews, 66 Google Play reviews, and Fireflies.ai's published 2026 pricing. ## FAQ ### Is TicNote actually better than Fireflies.ai? It depends what you weigh most. TicNote's flat $12.99/month Professional plan and Shadow Agent deliverables beat Fireflies for solo users on price and output depth, but Fireflies has a longer track record, deeper CRM integrations, and real G2 and Capterra review volume that TicNote does not have yet. ### Does TicNote require a bot to join the meeting? No. TicNote captures through a Chrome extension for Google Meet and Teams, or an app for Zoom, without adding a visible participant to the call, unlike Fireflies' calendar-bot approach. ### How much does TicNote Cloud cost per month? Free covers 300 transcription minutes/month with no card required. Professional is $12.99/month ($119/year, or $79/year for device owners). Business pricing is not published and only shows after an in-app upgrade. ### Do I need to buy TicNote's hardware recorder to use TicNote Cloud? No. The Free and Professional plans work entirely through the web app and Chrome extension. Buying a device unlocks the Plus tier's 600 free monthly minutes on top of whatever software plan you choose. ### Is TicNote listed on G2 or Capterra? Not as of August 2026. We checked G2, Capterra, Trustpilot, TrustRadius, Reddit, and Product Hunt directly and found no TicNote listing on any of them. The only real review volume sits on Amazon (395 ratings) and Google Play (66 reviews). ### How many languages does TicNote transcribe? TicNote's product pages list 120+ languages for transcription. Independent 2026 reviews of Fireflies put its language coverage at 60+ by comparison. ### What does TicNote's Shadow Agent actually generate? From a Project's meetings, PDFs, and YouTube sources, Shadow Agent can produce an exportable HTML report, a slide deck, or a mind map, not just a text summary, according to TicNote's own product documentation.