# Fireflies.ai vs Nylas Notetaker API (slim)

> Nylas Notetaker scores 71.7 (BB) to Fireflies.ai's 60.6 (C) for meeting transcripts. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Nylas Notetaker API scores 71.7 (BB) on agent readiness against Fireflies.ai's 60.6 (C), and leads in every scored category. Both do meeting transcripts.

- Fireflies.ai: C 60.6, rank #504 of 950 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/fireflies.min.md
- Nylas Notetaker API: BB 71.7, rank #120 of 950 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/nylas-notetaker.min.md
- Fireflies.ai, good for Teams already recording meetings in Fireflies who want an agent to search, summarise and organise them.
- Nylas Notetaker API, good for Developers who want a meeting bot with transcripts, summaries and action items from one vendor, and those already using Nylas calendar sync. Ahead on Reliability, 66 against 60; Schema & documentation, 89 against 80; Agent ergonomics, 77 against 68; Security & auth, 75 against 51; Payments & pricing, 40 against 30; Maintenance & community, 81 against 69; Transparency & trust, 72 against 67. Also Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better; Free to start without a card.

| Category | Fireflies.ai | Nylas Notetaker API |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 60 | 66 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 80 | 89 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 68 | 77 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 51 | 75 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 30 | 40 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 69 | 81 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 67 | 72 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Fireflies.ai | Nylas Notetaker API |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Fireflies.AI Corp. | Nylas, Inc. |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.fireflies.ai` | `https://api.us.nylas.com/v3` |
| Auth | OAuth or key | API key |
| Licence | Proprietary service under Fireflies' terms of service. The Node SDK on GitHub and npm is MIT | Proprietary service under the Nylas Terms of Use. The Node.js and Python SDKs and the Nylas CLI on GitHub are MIT |
| Tools exposed | 19 | none |
| MCP registry | `ai.fireflies/fireflies` | not listed |
| Last release | 2026-09-14 | 2026-09-21 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-09-28 | 2025-06-23 |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-09-28 | 2026-01-06 |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | yes | not found in the text |
| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text | yes |
| Popularity | 2 stars, 329 npm/wk | 181 stars, 237k npm/wk, 92k PyPI/wk |