ClickUp vs Fireflies.ai

A side-by-side look at ClickUp and Fireflies.ai — pricing, features and where each one wins. Both are reviewed independently on Curata AI.

ClickUpFireflies.ai
SummaryAll-in-one project management platform with ClickUp Brain AI built into tasks, docs and chat.AI meeting assistant that transcribes, summarizes and analyzes every call, then syncs it to your CRM and tools.
PricingFreemiumFreemium
CategoryProductivityProductivity
PlatformsWeb, iOS, Android, Windows, macOSWeb, iOS, Android, Chrome
Key features
  • Task & Project Management
  • Docs, Gantt & Kanban Views
  • ClickUp Brain AI Assistant
  • Time Tracking
  • Automation
  • Enterprise Search
  • AI Notetaker Bot (Fred)
  • Meeting Transcription (100+ Languages)
  • AskFred AI Assistant
  • Live Assist (Real-Time Coaching)
  • Conversation Intelligence & Analytics
  • 200+ AI Skills
  • Fireflies MCP Server
  • CRM & 15+ App Integrations
Pros
  • Deep, mature project management feature set (views, docs, time tracking) beyond most AI-first competitors
  • Free Forever plan makes it easy for small teams to start at no cost
  • ClickUp Brain adds AI assistance directly inside existing workspace tools rather than a separate app
  • Claimed 95% transcription accuracy across 100+ languages with speaker recognition
  • Captures meetings almost any way — bot, Chrome extension, mobile/desktop app, dialers or file upload
  • AskFred and Live Assist turn meeting history into a queryable, real-time-coaching knowledge base
  • 200+ role-specific AI Skills go well beyond generic summaries
  • New MCP Server brings meeting data directly into Claude, ChatGPT and other AI tools
  • Enterprise-grade security (SOC 2 Type II, GDPR, HIPAA) and an approved affiliate program (up to 30% recurring for 12 months)
Cons
  • Full AI capability (Everything AI) is a separate paid add-on on top of core workspace pricing, not bundled in
  • Feature depth and configurability can mean a steeper learning curve than lighter AI-first workspaces
  • AI features are additive to an existing PM tool rather than the product's original core design
  • Advanced features (AskFred, Sentiment Analysis, several AI Apps) are gated behind AI credits that can run out mid-month
  • "Unlimited transcription" marketing still caps storage — Pro is limited to 8,000 minutes per seat
  • Users report occasional calendar-sync issues and inconsistent accuracy with accents or overlapping speech
  • A bot joining every call can feel intrusive to external meeting participants

Read the full ClickUp review

ClickUp is a project and work management platform — tasks, docs, Gantt charts, Kanban boards and time tracking — with ClickUp Brain layered on top as an AI assistant, agent builder, image generation and enterprise search. Core workspace plans (Free, Unlimited, Business, Enterprise) are billed separately from AI capability, which is gated behind its own Brain AI and Everything AI add-on tiers.

Read the full Fireflies.ai review

Fireflies.ai is an AI meeting assistant used across 1M+ companies. Its notetaker bot, Fred, joins Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams and 10+ other platforms — or captures audio via the Chrome extension, mobile app, desktop app, dialers like Aircall and RingCentral, or a direct file upload — and turns every call into a searchable transcript with AI summaries and action items. AskFred lets you ask natural-language questions across your entire meeting history, and Live Assist provides real-time suggestions and coaching during a call itself. Conversation intelligence (speaker talk-time, sentiment analysis, topic trackers) gives managers visibility into how meetings actually go, and 200+ role-specific AI Skills automate follow-ups for sales, recruiting, marketing, engineering and more. A new Fireflies MCP Server brings meeting insights directly into Claude, ChatGPT and other AI tools. Deep integrations (5+ CRMs, 9+ project-management tools, Slack, ATS platforms) and SOC 2/GDPR/HIPAA compliance round it out for teams that live in meetings.