Move your team from Fireflies to tl;dv.
Each person gets a short interview, then a personalized step-by-step guide showing exactly where their saved work, prompts, and projects land in tl;dv — and the few things that need a manual step, walked through. You send one invite; nobody becomes the help desk, and nothing in Fireflies is changed or cancelled. Want to see where you’re paying for both first? Run the free audit.
Both products offer an AI chat interface for asking natural-language questions about meeting content. Fireflies calls this AskFred (per-meeting, accessed from the Notebook); tl;dv calls it 'Ask tl;dv' and supports both single-meeting and cross-library queries. To move from Fireflies to tl;dv: establish your prompt library in tl;dv and configure Recurring AI Reports on the desired schedule; note that tl;dv's cross-meeting query is the more powerful equivalent to AskFred's single-meeting scope. To move from tl;dv to Fireflies: use AskFred's saved AI Skills (reusable prompt templates) to replicate recurring workflows; for cross-meeting analytics use the Fireflies Analytics Dashboard (Business/Enterprise) or run AskFred individually per meeting.
- Warning: Fireflies AskFred runs on a one-time AI-credit pool (Free 20 credits, Pro 20, Business 30, Enterprise 50 — not monthly refills); each AskFred query on Free costs 1 credit. tl;dv Free caps 'Ask tl;dv' at 10 lifetime prompts; Pro removes the cap.
- Warning: tl;dv's 'Ask tl;dv' can query across all meetings in the library simultaneously; Fireflies AskFred is scoped to one meeting at a time (cross-meeting analytics require the Business-tier Analytics Dashboard separately).
- Warning: Fireflies AI credits are consumed per query and are not refilled monthly — teams running high query volumes should evaluate credit top-up costs before switching.
Both products deliver automatic, speaker-labeled transcripts. Fireflies supports 100+ languages; tl;dv documents 30+ languages including English variants, Spanish, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Mandarin, Portuguese, and Hebrew. To move from Fireflies to tl;dv: download existing transcripts from the Fireflies Notebook (TXT or via API) for archival before cancelling; verify your team's spoken languages are in tl;dv's supported list. To move from tl;dv to Fireflies: export transcripts from the tl;dv library; reconnect the Fireflies bot to your calendar. If multilingual accuracy matters, run a side-by-side test on a sample call before completing the switch.
- Warning: Fireflies supports 100+ languages; tl;dv supports 30+. Teams using less-common languages should verify coverage in tl;dv before migrating.
- Warning: Fireflies Free plan caps transcript storage at 800 minutes/seat; tl;dv Free has unlimited transcription but a 3-month recording retention window, after which recordings (but not transcripts) may be lost.
- Warning: tl;dv claims a 96% accuracy rate but does not publicly publish per-language accuracy breakdowns; Fireflies similarly does not publish per-language accuracy data.
Both products push meeting notes, transcripts, and action items to CRMs and collaboration tools. To move from Fireflies to tl;dv: audit the Fireflies integrations you actively use (CRM, Slack, Notion, project tools) and verify they appear in tl;dv's integrations list or are reachable via Zapier; reconnect each integration in tl;dv Settings; if you relied on Fireflies' HubSpot or Salesforce native sync, check whether tl;dv's native connector (HubSpot/Zoho) or Zapier credit path covers your CRM. To move from tl;dv to Fireflies: replicate each connected integration in Fireflies (50+ native integrations available); Fireflies offers broader native CRM coverage including Salesforce, HubSpot, Zoho, Pipedrive, Copper, Freshsales, Affinity, and others.
- Warning: Fireflies requires Business plan or higher for CRM sync and video recording; Free and Pro users get integrations without CRM write-back. tl;dv's deep CRM field mapping is also a Business-plan feature, but basic Zapier credits (20) are included on the Free plan.
- Warning: Fireflies has 50+ native CRM and tool integrations including Salesforce natively; tl;dv lists Salesforce only via Zapier (not a listed native connector) — sales teams reliant on native Salesforce sync should test before switching to tl;dv.
- Warning: tl;dv does not natively support Webex, Dialpad, GoToMeeting, or Jitsi for meeting capture; if those dialers/platforms are also CRM-sync sources in your current Fireflies setup, that workflow has no tl;dv equivalent.
Both products deploy a bot participant that joins scheduled calls via calendar integration and returns a transcript and recording after the meeting. To move from Fireflies to tl;dv: connect tl;dv to the same Google or Outlook calendar so its bot auto-joins future meetings; export past Fireflies transcripts from the Notebook (CSV/TXT) before cancelling to preserve history. To move from tl;dv to Fireflies: authorize Fireflies calendar integration and enable Auto-join in Settings; for bot-free capture, Fireflies also offers a Chrome extension (Google Meet) and a desktop app as alternatives. Both bots appear as named participants in meeting rooms, so inform attendees of the swap to avoid confusion if consent notices reference the old product name.
- Warning: tl;dv's Free plan records unlimited meetings but caps retention at 3 months and each recording at 3 hours; Fireflies Free caps storage at 800 minutes/seat but has no stated per-recording length limit.
- Warning: Fireflies bot appears as 'Fireflies.ai Notetaker {inviter name}' in participant lists; tl;dv's bot name is different — update any internal consent language or recording-disclosure scripts.
- Warning: tl;dv supports Zoom, Google Meet, and Microsoft Teams; Fireflies additionally supports Webex, Dialpad, GoToMeeting, Lifesize, and Jitsi — teams on those extra platforms cannot use tl;dv's bot directly.
Both products let users extract and share short video/audio clips from meeting recordings. In Fireflies these are called Soundbites; in tl;dv they are called Highlights and Clips. To move from Fireflies to tl;dv: recreate any saved Soundbite Playlists as tl;dv highlight collections; download existing Soundbites (MP3/MP4) from Fireflies before cancelling since they won't transfer. To move from tl;dv to Fireflies: download clips from tl;dv's library; in Fireflies, use Manual Soundbite creation (select transcript sections) or enable Magic Soundbites for AI-auto-generated clips. Both tools support sharing clips with external stakeholders via a link.
- Warning: tl;dv Free caps shareable clips at 4 (non-downloadable); Fireflies does not explicitly cap Soundbite count on Free but charges 1 AI credit per Magic Soundbite on Free (0 credits on paid plans).
- Warning: Fireflies exports clips as MP3 or MP4 and supports organizing them into Playlists; tl;dv clips are shareable as links but the Free plan blocks downloads — downloading requires a paid plan.
- Warning: Fireflies' Keyword Soundbites (AI-generated clips around specific keywords) have no direct equivalent in tl;dv's highlights model, which is timestamp/segment based.
Both tools auto-generate structured summaries (action items, key topics, chapters) immediately after each meeting. Both support BANT, MEDDIC, and custom note templates. To migrate from Fireflies to tl;dv: configure your preferred template in tl;dv Settings (AI tags / custom note formats) before the first recorded meeting; action items are automatically extracted so no manual re-setup is needed. To migrate from tl;dv to Fireflies: select a matching template from Fireflies' 18+ built-in options (Team Meeting, Sales Call, Interview, BANT, etc.) or create a custom summary structure; existing summaries can be exported from tl;dv's meeting library before cancelling. Both tools also generate follow-up email drafts from summary content.
- Warning: tl;dv's Free plan caps automatic AI notes at a lifetime limit of 10 full meetings (after that, only the first 10 minutes per meeting are summarized); Fireflies generates summaries on all plans with no meeting count cap, but expanding summary sections requires Pro or higher.
- Warning: Fireflies charges AI credits for custom summary sections beyond the default (1 credit per extra section per regeneration); tl;dv's summary customization model does not use a credit system.
- Warning: Fireflies allows only the meeting host/owner to regenerate summaries after editing; tl;dv's permission model for re-triggering summaries is not documented with the same restriction.