# Fireflies.ai vs Read AI (slim)

> Fireflies.ai scores 60.6 (C) on agent readiness against Read AI's 50.4 (D), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Both do meetings transcript. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by side.

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Fireflies.ai scores 60.6 (C) on agent readiness against Read AI's 50.4 (D), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Both do meetings transcript.

- Fireflies.ai: C 60.6, rank #347 of 629 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/fireflies.min.md
- Read AI: D 50.4, rank #517 of 629 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/read-ai.min.md
- Fireflies.ai, good for Teams already recording meetings in Fireflies who want an agent to search, summarise and organise them. Ahead on Reliability, 60 against 52; Schema & documentation, 80 against 51; Agent ergonomics, 68 against 63; Maintenance & community, 69 against 31.
- Read AI, good for An agent working for a person or team that already records meetings with Read AI and wants transcripts, summaries and action items in context. Also Free to start without a card.

| Category | Fireflies.ai | Read AI |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 60 | 52 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 80 | 51 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 68 | 63 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 51 | 54 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 30 | 30 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 69 | 31 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 67 | 63 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Fireflies.ai | Read AI |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | HTTP API | MCP server |
| Vendor | Fireflies.AI Corp. | Read AI, Inc. |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.fireflies.ai` | `https://api.read.ai/mcp` |
| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP | Streamable HTTP, HTTP |
| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth |
| Licence | Proprietary service under Fireflies' terms of service. The Node SDK on GitHub and npm is MIT | Proprietary service under Read AI's terms of service |
| Tools exposed | 19 | 4 |
| MCP registry | `ai.fireflies/fireflies` | not listed |
| Last release | 2026-09-14 | 2026-09-02 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-09-28 | 2026-02-26 |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-09-28 | 2026-06-29 |
| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | yes, with an opt-out |
| 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 | none |