Scrib vs Fireflies.ai
Fireflies is a capable English meeting assistant that lists 100+ languages. But listing languages and handling the way Indians actually speak are different things, and on code-mixed Hindi-English audio, that gap is where Fireflies falls down and Scrib is built to win.
The core difference
Fireflies joins your calls, transcribes, and summarizes, and it supports a long list of languages with auto-detection. The catch shows up exactly where Indian speech lives: in the mix. One of Fireflies' own users describes recording in English, Hindi, and Marathi together, then being forced to pick a single language to transcribe, and getting stuck choosing between "English Global" and "English India." That's the code-switch problem, and it's the central problem Scrib was built to solve. Scrib handles multiple languages in one file because Indian conversation is multilingual by default, not by exception.
Where Fireflies genuinely wins (and we'll say so)
Fireflies is a mature product. Automatic bot join across Zoom, Meet, and Teams, a generous free tier on paper (800 minutes), a large integration catalog, and newer features like in-meeting AI search. Scrib has meeting capture and speaker ID on the roadmap, not shipped. For English-language meeting teams, Fireflies is well established.
Where it's the wrong tool
One language at a time. Fireflies makes you commit to a single language per transcription. Code-mixed audio, the Indian norm, doesn't fit that model. Scrib is multi-select by design.
Code-switch breaks it. When Hindi and English alternate mid-sentence, single-language transcription produces a mess. This is Scrib's core case, not its edge case.
English-tuned accuracy. Reviews note Fireflies struggles with accents and non-standard vocabulary, and that speaker ID gets unreliable in larger meetings. Indian accents and terms are exactly where that bites.
Per-seat dollar pricing with a credits system. Fireflies Pro is around $10 to $18 per user per month, and its minutes are gated behind an AI-credits system reviewers call confusing. Scrib Pro is ₹399/month (₹351 yearly), straightforward, priced for India.
The honest point
Fireflies isn't a bad tool, and for English meetings it's a reasonable pick. But "100+ languages" measured one-at-a-time misses how India actually speaks. The test that matters: take a real Hindi-English file and run it through both. That's the comparison Scrib is built to win.
Feature comparison
Bottom line
Fireflies is built for English meetings and lists many languages, but it transcribes them one at a time and stumbles on the Hindi-English mix that defines Indian conversation. Scrib is built for that mix. Run your own code-mixed file through both and see. Free, no sign-up.
Last updated June 2026