Fireflies.ai vs Stable Audio
A feature-by-feature comparison of Fireflies.ai and Stable Audio across 7 capability categories.
Modalities — Tie
| Feature | Fireflies.ai | Stable Audio |
|---|---|---|
Text Input | Yes, requires free plan. AskFred answers questions over your meeting library in the web app. | Yes, requires plus plan. Text prompts drive music and SFX generation. |
Image Upload / Vision | No. Meeting recorder, not a vision model. | No. Audio product, not vision. |
Image Generation | No. Does not generate images. | No. Distinct from Stable Diffusion image models. |
Voice Mode | Partial. Captures spoken meetings. Not a two-way voice assistant. | No. Music/SFX generation, not a voice chat assistant. |
Video Understanding | No. Records call audio. It does not watch the video as a vision model. | No. Not a video product. |
Video Generation | No. Not a video generation product. | No. Not a video generation product. |
File Upload (PDF, DOCX) | Partial. Upload recordings. Not a general PDF chat product. | Partial. Audio-to-audio workflows accept reference audio. |
Code Execution | No. Not a code sandbox. | No. Not a code sandbox. |
Audio Input | Yes, requires free plan. Records Zoom, Meet, Teams and more. Free plan exists; Pro/Business add minutes and integrations. | Yes, requires plus plan. Audio-to-audio transformation is a listed capability. |
Canvas / Artifact Editor | No. Transcript UI, not a canvas. | No. Audio timeline in DAW, not a text canvas. |
Screen Sharing / Computer Use | No. No computer-use takeover. | No. No computer-use product. |
Memory & Context — Fireflies.ai Wins
| Feature | Fireflies.ai | Stable Audio |
|---|---|---|
Persistent Memory | Partial. AskFred searches past meetings. Not a personal-facts memory profile. | No. Generations are jobs, not persistent chat memory. |
Large Context Window | No. Limits are storage/minutes, not an LLM token window. | No. Not an LLM chat product. |
Custom Instructions | Unknown. Custom vocabulary was not re-checked on the pricing table. | Partial. Prompt and style controls per generation. |
Conversation History | Yes, requires free plan. Meetings and AskFred threads persist in the account. | Partial. Web app may show past generations. API is per-call. |
Integrations — Fireflies.ai Wins
| Feature | Fireflies.ai | Stable Audio |
|---|---|---|
Web Search / Browsing | No. Searches your conversations, not the live web. | No. Not a search product. |
Plugins / Extensions | Yes, requires pro plan. Integrations (CRM, etc.) on paid; Zapier listed. Not a GPT plugin store. | Partial. DAW plugin integrates into production workflows. |
API Access | Yes, requires pro plan. API is listed on Business in the public pricing comparison. | Yes, requires plus plan. Stable Audio API for music/SFX generation. |
Zapier Integration | Yes, requires pro plan. Zapier is listed among Fireflies integrations. | Unknown. Zapier was not checked. |
Custom GPTs / Bots | No. No custom-GPT store. | No. Not a bot platform. |
Real-time Collaboration | Partial. Shared meeting workspace. Not a multiplayer AI doc. | No. No multiplayer editing advertised. |
Live Social Data Integration | No. No live social firehose. | No. No social firehose. |
Live Citation Mapping | No. Citations are to your meetings. | No. Not a search product. |
Developer — Fireflies.ai Wins
| Feature | Fireflies.ai | Stable Audio |
|---|---|---|
Function Calling | Unknown. AskFred is Q&A. A developer function-calling API was not separately confirmed. | No. Not an LLM with tools. |
Streaming Responses | Yes, requires free plan. Live notes during the call. | Partial. Generation may stream audio output in the web app. |
Fine-Tuning | No. You do not train Fireflies’ models. | Partial. Community LoRA mentioned; not a first-party fine-tune SKU. |
Embeddings API | No. Not an embeddings API product. | No. Not an embeddings product. |
Structured Output (JSON) | Partial. Summaries, action items, conversation intelligence. Not arbitrary JSON schema. | No. Outputs audio files, not JSON schemas. |
Reasoning / Thinking Mode | No. AskFred is retrieval over meetings, not a Deep Think mode. | No. Not a reasoning LLM. |
Local Execution | No. Cloud SaaS. | Partial. Community ONNX CPU inference mentioned; hosted API is cloud. |
Open Weights | No. Closed models. | Partial. Some open/community weights exist; flagship models are Stability-hosted. |
Multi-Agent Orchestration | No. Not an orchestrator. | No. Not an agent platform. |
Platforms — Fireflies.ai Wins
| Feature | Fireflies.ai | Stable Audio |
|---|---|---|
Web App | Yes, requires free plan. fireflies.ai web app. | Yes, requires plus plan. stableaudio.com web generator. |
iOS App | Yes, requires free plan. iOS app is listed. | Unknown. Mobile app was not checked. |
Android App | Yes, requires free plan. Android app is listed. | Unknown. Mobile app was not checked. |
Desktop App | Yes, requires free plan. Desktop app is listed alongside the Chrome extension. | Partial. DAW plugin runs inside desktop audio software. |
Chrome Extension | Yes, requires free plan. Chrome extension for bot-free capture. | No. No Chrome extension. |
Privacy — Fireflies.ai Wins
| Feature | Fireflies.ai | Stable Audio |
|---|---|---|
GDPR Compliant | Yes, requires free plan. Pricing page lists GDPR (and SOC 2 Type II, HIPAA). | Unknown. Privacy policy was not re-read. |
Opt Out of Data Training | Yes, requires free plan. Pricing page: they do not train on your data. | Unknown. Training on uploads was not checked. |
Enterprise Privacy Mode | Yes, requires enterprise plan. SSO, SOC 2, HIPAA listed. Seat dollars were not extracted from the public table. | Unknown. Enterprise terms were not read. |
Workspaces — Tie
| Feature | Fireflies.ai | Stable Audio |
|---|---|---|
Projects / Folders | Unknown. Overlapping columns disagreed (partial vs yes); left unverified rather than copying a no. | Partial. Web account may store generations. |