# Fireflies.ai vs tl;dv (slim)

> Fireflies.ai scores 60.6 (C) on agent readiness against tl;dv's 51 (D), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. tl;dv leads on agent ergonomics. 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 tl;dv's 51 (D), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. tl;dv leads on agent ergonomics. Both do meetings transcript.

- Fireflies.ai: C 60.6, rank #394 of 722 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/fireflies.min.md
- tl;dv: D 51, rank #586 of 722 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/tldv.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 50; Schema & documentation, 80 against 66; Payments & pricing, 30 against 15; Maintenance & community, 69 against 28.
- tl;dv, good for Teams already recording with tl;dv who want an agent to search and summarise their meeting library or push transcripts to other systems by webhook. Ahead on Agent ergonomics, 73 against 68. Also Runs on your own machine.

| Category | Fireflies.ai | tl;dv |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 60 | 50 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 80 | 66 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 68 | 73 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 51 | 49 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 30 | 15 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 69 | 28 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 67 | 63 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Fireflies.ai | tl;dv |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Fireflies.AI Corp. | tldx Solutions GmbH |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.fireflies.ai` | `https://pasta.tldv.io` |
| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP | HTTP, Streamable HTTP, stdio |
| Pricing | Freemium | Paid |
| Licence | Proprietary service under Fireflies' terms of service. The Node SDK on GitHub and npm is MIT | Proprietary service under tldx's Terms of Service. The local MCP server repository is public but carries no licence file |
| Tools exposed | 19 | 5 |
| Read-only variant documented | no | yes |
| MCP registry | `ai.fireflies/fireflies` | not listed |
| Last release | 2026-09-14 | 2026-09-29 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-09-28 | no date given |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-09-28 | no date given |
| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text | yes |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes | not found in the text |
| Popularity | 2 stars, 329 npm/wk | 14 stars |