Fireflies.ai vs. Microsoft Teams Premium: data protection per plan

yes (automatically for organisations and users acting on their behalf; terms and conditions Section 3)

yes (automatically for organisations and users acting on their behalf; terms and conditions Section 3)

yes (automatically for organisations and users acting on their behalf; terms and conditions Section 3)

yes (automatically for organisations and users acting on their behalf; terms and conditions Section 3)

yes (according to Microsoft Learn, Teams Premium is subject to the 'Universal Terms for Online Services'; data processing and security are governed by the Microsoft Products and Services Data Protection Addendum, current edition May 2026)

Terms of Service 5(c): Fireflies 'will not use your User Content to train, retrain, fine-tune or otherwise improve' generative AI models; derived usage/statistical data may be used internally. Privacy policy: 'We do not use personal information for AI model training' and a contractual training prohibition for providers. Trust Center: 'No training of AI models on customer data'. DPA 2.6 permits de-identified data for product improvement. Documentation does not distinguish by plan. According to terms and conditions Section 3, the DPA applies only to organisations and users acting on their behalf, not to individuals. Security page additionally states: 'We don't train on it by default unlike other AI companies.' Trust Center FAQ (2026-10-18): 'No. We don’t use your data for training purposes.' A setting that could enable training is not described anywhere.

See Free; Terms and privacy policy do not distinguish by plan.

See Free. Security page: '0-day retention policy ensures that your meeting data is never used for AI model training' (not assigned to a plan).

See Free. Enterprise features according to the pricing page: Private Storage, Custom data retention, 'Transcript + Summary only mode', SSO + SCIM, Audit Logs, HIPAA, Rules Engine.

Microsoft Learn on intelligent recap: 'Customer data isn't logged or used for any AI model training or testing.' AI notes and tasks use a GPT model via the Azure OpenAI Service, which Microsoft runs internally within the Microsoft 365 compliance boundaries; 'Customer data isn't shared with non-Microsoft parties, including with Open AI.'

Trust Center FAQ: 'By default, your data is securely stored and processed in our US-based cloud infrastructure' (servers on GCP, database in AWS VPC). Sub-processor list: all entries US (Baseten without country information). Privacy policy refers generally to 'servers located in the United States and other countries'. EU storage only via Private Storage (Enterprise).

See Free.

See Free.

Trust Center FAQ: with Private Storage ('Fireflies Managed Storage' or 'Bring Your Own Storage' in the customer's own AWS/GCP bucket), storage takes place at the chosen location; 'All data processing occurs within the United States.' The EU is expressly possible: 'Corporate organizations can use the Private Storage option to store their data within the EU' and 'Your data will be stored in the EU but processed in the US.' A complete list of the regions offered is not published.

Teams data resides in the geographic region of the Microsoft 365 organisation; intelligent recap follows the data residency commitments and is multi-geo capable (q3, q4). Data residency in Germany, France, Italy, Poland and Sweden, among others, for new tenants only; existing tenants from Germany and France remain in the EMEA region (q4). EU Data Boundary: Microsoft stores and processes customer data for Microsoft 365 services in the EU/EFTA, subject to 'limited circumstances' (q6).

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• Groq (LLM; US)
• Perplexity (LLM search; US)
• ElevenLabs (audio; US)
• Baseten (LLM; country not stated)
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• turbopuffer (vector database; US)
• GitHub, Google Workspace, New Relic, Heap, Apollo.io (US)

• see Free

• see Free

• see Free

• For intelligent recap, according to Microsoft Learn, no sharing with parties outside Microsoft, including OpenAI (GPT model run internally via the Azure OpenAI Service)
• Full sub-processor list for Microsoft Online Services: offered in the Service Trust Portal as the PDF 'Microsoft General - Online Services Subprocessors List (2026-09-10)'; content not evaluated

0 USD ('Free forever'); 20 AI Credits (one-off at sign-up, do not expire), 400 min storage per team, limited AI summaries; additional AI Credits can only be purchased on paid plans ('If you run out of credits, you can purchase more as a paid add-on'), Free users see a paywall (pricing page and help centre, as of 2026-10-18)

10 USD per user/month with annual payment, 18 USD with monthly payment; 20 AI Credits, 8,000 min storage per user. Additional AI Credits as a paid add-on (help centre 'Understanding Fireflies Billing'): 50 credits 5 USD/month (4 USD with annual payment), 200: 20/16 USD, 1,000: 90/72 USD, 2,500: 200/160 USD, 5,000: 375/300 USD, 7,500: 450/360 USD, 10,000: 600/480 USD; unused purchased credits lapse at the end of the billing cycle, 'AI credits are non-refundable'. Prices without indication of whether VAT is included (pricing page and help centre, as of 2026-10-18)

19 USD per user/month with annual payment, 29 USD with monthly payment; 30 AI Credits, unlimited storage. Additional AI Credits as for Pro. Prices without indication of whether VAT is included (pricing page and help centre, as of 2026-10-18)

39 USD per user/month, annual payment only; 50 AI Credits, unlimited storage; Private Storage and Custom data retention in the Enterprise plan. Additional AI Credits as for Pro. Prices without indication of whether VAT is included (pricing page and help centre, as of 2026-10-18)

Germany: 8.70 EUR per user/month billed annually, excl. VAT; US: 10.00 USD per user/month, paid yearly; annual subscription with automatic renewal; one-month free trial (then automatic conversion into a 12-month subscription); a Teams licence and a Microsoft 365/Office 365 subscription are additionally required

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yes (intelligent recap with AI-generated notes and tasks, chapters, speaker and personal timeline markers; live translation of captions (40 languages) and transcripts; advanced meeting protection such as watermarking and end-to-end encryption)