TLDR If you record interviews with a notetaker and want the report to come from the interview itself, Tracy AI Interviewer runs the first round by two-way video and writes an assessment per question, with the recording and a timestamped transcript behind every result.
$1 per credit, the first 3 results free, no seats.
Fireflies is the better pick when your team keeps running the calls: it has a recruiting page, ATS sync and 100+ transcription languages.
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Recruiters look for Fireflies.ai alternatives when a recorded call is not the same as a finished interview report. Fireflies transcribes and summarizes interviews your team runs, and it does that well. Running the first round for every applicant is a different job, and Tracy AI Interviewer is the first tool to try for it. The list puts Tracy first, then four tools for other needs.
Why do teams look for Fireflies.ai alternatives?
These reasons come from Fireflies' own pages.
The notes depend on the interviewer. Fireflies' recruiting page describes summaries, scorecards and candidate insights from recorded calls, so what you get back depends on the questions a person asked and the time they had.
The bot is visible. Fireflies sends a note taker bot to the call, and recording without it is a Chrome extension feature on paid plans, so on the default setting a bot joins the call.
Spend follows seats. Pro lists $10 and Business $19 per seat per month on annual billing ($18 and $29 on monthly billing), so cost tracks the number of interviewers, not interviews.
The candidate-scoring skills assess what was said on a call. Asking the candidate the next question is not stated.
Some teams should stay. If your interviewers run the calls and you want transcripts in 100+ languages, notes in Greenhouse or Lever, and a low seat price, Fireflies is built for that.
Which Fireflies.ai alternative suits which team?
- Tracy AI Interviewer: roles where the first round must show depth for every applicant, at a published price per result.
- Otter.ai: teams that want live transcription of meetings at a low price, with no hiring focus.
- Granola: interviewers who want a private notepad and no bot on the call.
- Metaview: teams that want interview notes mapped into ATS scorecards.
- BrightHire: teams that want a notetaker and an AI interviewer from one vendor, and accept a quote.
The sections below give the detail and the limits of each.
Tracy AI Interviewer: the first round, run and evidenced
Fireflies records what your team asks; Tracy asks. Each applicant opens a link in a browser, with no account, and is told on the join screen that the conversation is recorded and transcribed. She interviews by two-way video, asks about what was said in the person's own field, and waits for the answer. Roy Junyoung Jang, Director, Residency & Investment at Antler Korea, said Tracy "sometimes brings up exactly those questions I might have forgotten to ask." You can bring your own questions or describe the role and let Tracy draft them. Each result comes with a recording of both sides, a timestamped transcript, a written assessment per question with its reasoning and integrity signals for a human reviewer. A person keeps the last word.
Tracy connects through API and MCP (ChatGPT, Claude, Mistral, Gemini, Copilot Studio), Slack, WhatsApp, Workable, Breezy HR, Zapier and Power Automate. The price is $1 per credit, one credit per started 20 minutes, the first 3 results free, no seats. See Tracy's pricing.
Where Fireflies is better: it records and summarizes calls your team already runs, sends notes to Greenhouse and Lever, and transcribes in 100+ languages. Tracy is not a notetaker for your calls, and ATS write-back is not stated on her Connect page.
Tracy asks the next question from the candidate's answer. A recording and a timestamped transcript sit behind every result, plus a written assessment per question.
Otter.ai: live transcripts for any meeting
Otter joins Zoom, Microsoft Teams and Google Meet, or records without a bot from a Mac or Windows desktop, Chrome or a phone. It offers live transcription in multiple languages with speaker recognition and summaries with action items. Its listed use cases are Sales, Education and Media, and a hiring use case is not stated. Pro lists $16.99 and Business $24 per user per month on monthly billing ($8.33 and $19.99 on annual billing). Pick it for general meetings with a wider mix than interviews.
Granola: private notes with no bot
Granola uses your computer's audio instead of a bot and works with Zoom, Google Meet and Teams, on macOS, Windows, iOS and Android. Notes stay private until you share them, and audio is deleted after transcription, so a recording of the call is not kept. Basic is free; Business lists $14 per user per month with Zapier, HubSpot and API access. Hiring-specific features are not stated. Pick it when no bot on the call matters most.
Metaview: notes mapped into ATS scorecards
If your reason for leaving Fireflies is ATS depth, Metaview maps interview answers into scorecards in Greenhouse, Ashby, Lever, Workday and more, and its Notetaker can work without a bot in the call. Notetaker Pro lists $60 per user per month, monthly; Screening, a separate agent, has no price on its pricing page and the all-agents plan is custom-priced.
BrightHire: notes and an AI interviewer from one vendor
If you want notes and an AI interviewer under one contract, BrightHire lists both, with auto-filled scorecards in Greenhouse, Lever, Ashby and Workday. Its pricing page lists no dollar amounts (9 Nov snapshot).
Fireflies.ai and its alternatives compared on four pillars and price
Source: each vendor's own pages and approved Tracy product records, Nov 2026. Prices are list prices; billing basis is shown per cell.
| Tool | Depth | Volume | Stack | Evidence | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tracy AI Interviewer | Two-way video, follow-ups in the person's field, coding task inside | Starts on click, any hour, no scheduling | API, MCP, Slack, WhatsApp, Workable, Zapier | Recording, timestamped transcript, assessment per question | $1 per credit, first 3 free |
| Fireflies.ai | Notes, scorecards and candidate-scoring skills on recorded calls | Bot on the call, or Chrome extension without it | Greenhouse, Lever, CRMs, Slack, MCP | Transcript in 100+ languages, summaries | Pro $18 and Business $29 per seat per month on monthly billing; $10 and $19 on annual |
| Otter.ai | Notes and summaries of calls your team runs | Joins Zoom, Teams and Meet, or records bot-free | Salesforce, HubSpot, Zapier, MCP; ATS not stated | Live transcript, speaker recognition, summaries | Pro $16.99 and Business $24 per user per month on monthly billing; $8.33 and $19.99 on annual |
| Granola | Private notes on calls you run; hiring features not stated | No bot; uses your computer audio | Zapier, Attio, Notion, HubSpot, MCP, API | Transcript and notes; audio deleted after transcription | Free; Business $14 per user per month (billing basis not stated) |
| Metaview | Notetaker on human interviews; Screening is a separate agent | Notetaker can work without a bot in the call | Greenhouse, Ashby, Lever, Workday and more | Notes mapped into ATS scorecards | Notetaker Pro $60 per user per month, monthly; Screening price not stated |
| BrightHire | AI notes on live interviews; AI interviewer, two-way | Candidates can interview 24/7 | Greenhouse, Lever, Ashby, Workday, Slack | Auto-filled scorecards; rubric scoring | No dollar amounts on its pricing page (9 Nov snapshot) |
Three questions sort the shortlist: who asks, what you read afterwards, and how the tool is priced.
How do you choose a Fireflies.ai alternative?
Start with who asks the questions. If your interviewers run the calls and you want notes and ATS sync, stay with Fireflies or compare Metaview and BrightHire's notes. If you want the first round run for every applicant, shortlist Tracy and BrightHire's AI interviewer.
Then read what you get back. A call summary tells you what was discussed. A report built from an interview the AI ran gives you a written assessment per question and the recording behind it, so the reviewer can check the answer, not only the notes.
Finally, compare the price model. Seats scale with interviewers; credits scale with interviews. At 100 interviews of 20 minutes Tracy is $100, and the notetakers are a separate cost for a separate job. Create one interview for your role, and read what an AI interview report contains and the best AI interview software for the wider list.
Which path fits you?
- Technical hiring: technical interviews covers role-specific interviews with follow-ups.
- High-volume hiring: volume hiring covers applicant waves.
- Applicant experience: participant experience shows what the person interviewed sees.
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Sources
- Fireflies.ai, Pricing, retrieved 9 Nov 2026.
- Tracy AI Interviewer, Pricing, retrieved 9 Nov 2026.
- Tracy AI Interviewer, Connect, retrieved 9 Nov 2026.