Fireflies.ai vs. Read AI: data protection per plan
Fireflies.ai (4 plans) and Read AI (4 plans) side by side: DPA, training on inputs, hosting and data retention per plan, based on the providers’ public documents. Without rating.
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At a glance
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| Feature | Fireflies.ai | Read AI |
|---|---|---|
| Provider based in | USA | Read AI, Inc., 999 Third Ave, Suite 3300, Seattle, WA 98104, USA |
| Plans recorded | 4 | 4 |
| Hosting | US only: Free, Pro, Businessmixed: Enterprise | US only: all 4 plans |
| Training on inputs | no: all 4 plans | no: all 4 plans |
| DPA | yes: all 4 plans | not documented: Freeyes: Pro, Enterprise, Enterprise+ |
| As of | 18 Oct 2026 | 18 Oct 2026 |
Plans compared
Comparing: Fireflies.ai Pro vs. Read AI Pro
| Feature | Fireflies.aiPro | Read AIPro |
|---|---|---|
| yes | yes | |
| Details: DPA available | yes (automatically for organisations and users acting on their behalf; terms and conditions Section 3) Provider’s DPA | yes (Terms: 'To the extent you are an entity or enterprise using our Services, the terms of our Data Processing Addendum will apply.'; privacy page: DPA for 'eligible Workspace customers in the EU and EEA'; according to the pricing page, Workspace access is included in all paid plans. DPA with EU SCCs Module Two or Module One, UK IDTA) Provider’s DPA |
| no | no | |
| Details: Training on inputs | See Free; Terms and privacy policy do not distinguish by plan. | Trust Center FAQ: 'by default user data is not used in model training'; participation in the 'Read Customer Experience Program' is opt-in only. Privacy page: 'AI training is opt-in' and 'Contributing to model improvement is off by default.' Privacy Policy: the programme is an opt-in in the account settings; at the same time it names, as a purpose based on legitimate interests, using information 'to train and improve our models within our Services' ('consistent with your account settings'). Terms section 4(b): training 'subject to ... applicable opt-in or opt-out mechanisms'. According to the Trust Center, sub-processors OpenAI and Anthropic are bound to 'zero re-use and zero retention'. The documentation does not differentiate by plan (FAQ: the same security policies apply to all plans). |
| US only | US only | |
| Details: Data residency | See Free. | Trust Center FAQ: 'All user data is processed and stored in the United States.' and 'All Read AI infrastructure is based in the US.' Privacy Policy: servers 'in the United States and other countries'. Sub-processor list: AWS and OpenAI 'United States (EU/Canada available on request)'; the conditions for this option and which plans it applies to are not described. The documentation does not differentiate by plan. |
| list available | list available | |
| Details: List published |
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| differs by plan | See Free | Privacy Policy: for paid accounts, data… |
| Details: Data retention | See Free; 8,000 min storage per user. | Privacy Policy: for paid accounts, data is stored until the customer stops paying or requests deletion. Trust Center FAQ: data of paid accounts is stored indefinitely for as long as the account exists, unless a data retention policy is configured; raw audio and video are deleted within 24 hours; after deletion of a user or Workspace, data is irrecoverably wiped. DPA section 1.10: deletion after termination of the agreement at the customer's choice. |
| differs by plan | 10 USD/user/mo… (further prices in the details) | 15 USD/user/mo… (further prices in the details) |
| Details: Price | 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) | 15 USD per user/month billed annually; 19.75 USD per user/month billed monthly (no indication whether net or gross) |
| yes | yes | |
| Details: AI features included | yes | yes (unlimited meeting transcripts, premium integrations, 100 upload minutes/month; maximum meeting length 4 hours; Workspace access; access to LLMs from Anthropic Claude and OpenAI GPT in search) |
| 10 sources | 8 sources | |
| Details: Sources with retrieval date |
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Contract / DPA
- Fireflies.ai Proyes
- Read AI Proyes
- Fireflies.ai Pro
yes (automatically for organisations and users acting on their behalf; terms and conditions Section 3)
Provider’s DPARead AI Proyes (Terms: 'To the extent you are an entity or enterprise using our Services, the terms of our Data Processing Addendum will apply.'; privacy page: DPA for 'eligible Workspace customers in the EU and EEA'; according to the pricing page, Workspace access is included in all paid plans. DPA with EU SCCs Module Two or Module One, UK IDTA)
Provider’s DPA
Training
- Fireflies.ai Prono
- Read AI Prono
- Fireflies.ai Pro
See Free; Terms and privacy policy do not distinguish by plan.
Read AI ProTrust Center FAQ: 'by default user data is not used in model training'; participation in the 'Read Customer Experience Program' is opt-in only. Privacy page: 'AI training is opt-in' and 'Contributing to model improvement is off by default.' Privacy Policy: the programme is an opt-in in the account settings; at the same time it names, as a purpose based on legitimate interests, using information 'to train and improve our models within our Services' ('consistent with your account settings'). Terms section 4(b): training 'subject to ... applicable opt-in or opt-out mechanisms'. According to the Trust Center, sub-processors OpenAI and Anthropic are bound to 'zero re-use and zero retention'. The documentation does not differentiate by plan (FAQ: the same security policies apply to all plans).
Hosting
- Fireflies.ai ProUS only
- Read AI ProUS only
- Fireflies.ai Pro
See Free.
Read AI ProTrust Center FAQ: 'All user data is processed and stored in the United States.' and 'All Read AI infrastructure is based in the US.' Privacy Policy: servers 'in the United States and other countries'. Sub-processor list: AWS and OpenAI 'United States (EU/Canada available on request)'; the conditions for this option and which plans it applies to are not described. The documentation does not differentiate by plan.
Sub-processors
- Fireflies.ai Prolist available
- Read AI Prolist available
- Read AI Pro
- Amazon Web Services – cloud provider, all service data (United States; 'EU/Canada available on request')
- OpenAI – Augmentation of Meeting Data (United States; 'EU/Canada available on request')
- Anthropic – Augmentation of Meeting Data (United States)
- CoreWeave – compute infrastructure (United States)
- Databricks – data storage and processing (United States)
- Tavily – internet search as a source of public data for Ask Read (United States)
- Microsoft Teams, Slack – transactional messages (United States)
- Confluence, Jira, Notion – optional user-initiated integrations (United States)
- SendGrid, Resend – email delivery (United States)
- Sentry, PagerDuty – monitoring and alerting (United States)
- Mixpanel, Google Analytics, Statsig – analytics (United States)
- HubSpot, Common Room, Customer.io, Webflow – marketing, CRM, customer engagement, website (United States)
- Zendesk – customer support (United States)
- IPinfo – IP geolocation lookup (United States)
- Stripe – payments (United States)
Retention
- differs by plan
- Fireflies.ai ProSee Free
- Read AI ProPrivacy Policy: for paid accounts, data…
- Fireflies.ai ProSee Free; 8,000 min storage per user.Read AI ProPrivacy Policy: for paid accounts, data is stored until the customer stops paying or requests deletion. Trust Center FAQ: data of paid accounts is stored indefinitely for as long as the account exists, unless a data retention policy is configured; raw audio and video are deleted within 24 hours; after deletion of a user or Workspace, data is irrecoverably wiped. DPA section 1.10: deletion after termination of the agreement at the customer's choice.
Price
- differs by plan
- Fireflies.ai Pro10 USD/user/mo… (further prices in the details)
- Read AI Pro15 USD/user/mo… (further prices in the details)
- Fireflies.ai Pro
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)
Read AI Pro15 USD per user/month billed annually; 19.75 USD per user/month billed monthly (no indication whether net or gross)
- Fireflies.ai Proyes
- Read AI Proyes
- Fireflies.ai Pro
yes
Read AI Proyes (unlimited meeting transcripts, premium integrations, 100 upload minutes/month; maximum meeting length 4 hours; Workspace access; access to LLMs from Anthropic Claude and OpenAI GPT in search)
Evidence
- Fireflies.ai Pro10 sources
- Read AI Pro8 sources
- Fireflies.ai Pro
- Terms of Service (as of 2026-09-28)Terms and conditions, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Privacy Policy (as of 2026-09-28)Privacy notice, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Data Processing Addendum (as of 2026-03-06)DPA, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- PricingPricing page, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- SecurityTrust Center, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Fireflies Trust Center (Overview, FAQ)Trust Center, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Fireflies Trust Center – SubprocessorsSub-processor list, retrieved 14 Oct 2026
- Understanding Fireflies Billing: Terms, Plans & AI CreditsHelp centre, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Fireflies Trust Center – FAQTrust Center, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- About Us (contact address)Legal notice, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
Read AI Pro- Plans & PricingPricing page, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Privacy Policy (Last Updated: June 29, 2026)Privacy notice, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Terms of Service (Last Updated: February 26, 2026)Terms of service, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Data Processing AddendumDPA, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Trust Center: Subprocessors (25 entries, rendered in browser)Sub-processor list, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Read AI Trust Center (Overview)Trust Center, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Read AI Trust Center: FAQTrust Center, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Privacy: Built Around Privacy & TransparencyPrivacy page, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
| Feature | Fireflies.ai | Read AI |
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| differs by tool | yesall 4 plans |
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| noall 4 plans | noall 4 plans | |
| Details: Training on inputs |
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| US onlyall 4 plans |
| Details: Data residency |
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| list availableall 4 plans | list availableall 4 plans | |
| Details: List published |
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| Details: Price |
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| yesall 4 plans | yesall 4 plans | |
| Details: AI features included |
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| 10 sources | 8 sources | |
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Contract / DPA
- differs by tool
- Fireflies.aiyesall 4 plans
- Read AI
- not publicly documentedFree
- yesPro, Enterprise, Enterprise+
- Fireflies.ai
- Free
yes (automatically for organisations and users acting on their behalf; terms and conditions Section 3)
Provider’s DPA - Pro
yes (automatically for organisations and users acting on their behalf; terms and conditions Section 3)
Provider’s DPA - Business
yes (automatically for organisations and users acting on their behalf; terms and conditions Section 3)
Provider’s DPA - Enterprise
yes (automatically for organisations and users acting on their behalf; terms and conditions Section 3)
Provider’s DPA
Read AI- Free
not publicly documented for Free accounts (Terms: the DPA applies to the extent an entity or enterprise uses the Services; the privacy page names the DPA only for 'eligible Workspace customers', and according to the pricing page FAQ Free users cannot be part of a Workspace; DPA section 1.6 exempts 'free Services or individual (i.e., non-enterprise) Services' from the ban on processing for purposes such as advertising and profiling)
Provider’s DPA - Pro
yes (Terms: 'To the extent you are an entity or enterprise using our Services, the terms of our Data Processing Addendum will apply.'; privacy page: DPA for 'eligible Workspace customers in the EU and EEA'; according to the pricing page, Workspace access is included in all paid plans. DPA with EU SCCs Module Two or Module One, UK IDTA)
Provider’s DPA - Enterprise
yes (Terms: 'To the extent you are an entity or enterprise using our Services, the terms of our Data Processing Addendum will apply.'; privacy page: DPA for 'eligible Workspace customers in the EU and EEA'; according to the pricing page, Workspace access is included in all paid plans. DPA with EU SCCs Module Two or Module One, UK IDTA)
Provider’s DPA - Enterprise+
yes (Terms: 'To the extent you are an entity or enterprise using our Services, the terms of our Data Processing Addendum will apply.'; privacy page: DPA for 'eligible Workspace customers in the EU and EEA'; according to the pricing page, Workspace access is included in all paid plans. DPA with EU SCCs Module Two or Module One, UK IDTA)
Provider’s DPA
- Free
Training
- Fireflies.ainoall 4 plans
- Read AInoall 4 plans
- Fireflies.ai
- Free
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.
- Pro
See Free; Terms and privacy policy do not distinguish by plan.
- Business
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).
- Enterprise
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.
Read AI- Free
Trust Center FAQ: 'by default user data is not used in model training'; participation in the 'Read Customer Experience Program' is opt-in only. Privacy page: 'AI training is opt-in' and 'Contributing to model improvement is off by default.' Privacy Policy: the programme is an opt-in in the account settings; at the same time it names, as a purpose based on legitimate interests, using information 'to train and improve our models within our Services' ('consistent with your account settings'). Terms section 4(b): training 'subject to ... applicable opt-in or opt-out mechanisms'. According to the Trust Center, sub-processors OpenAI and Anthropic are bound to 'zero re-use and zero retention'. The documentation does not differentiate by plan (FAQ: the same security policies apply to all plans).
- Pro
Trust Center FAQ: 'by default user data is not used in model training'; participation in the 'Read Customer Experience Program' is opt-in only. Privacy page: 'AI training is opt-in' and 'Contributing to model improvement is off by default.' Privacy Policy: the programme is an opt-in in the account settings; at the same time it names, as a purpose based on legitimate interests, using information 'to train and improve our models within our Services' ('consistent with your account settings'). Terms section 4(b): training 'subject to ... applicable opt-in or opt-out mechanisms'. According to the Trust Center, sub-processors OpenAI and Anthropic are bound to 'zero re-use and zero retention'. The documentation does not differentiate by plan (FAQ: the same security policies apply to all plans).
- Enterprise
Trust Center FAQ: 'by default user data is not used in model training'; participation in the 'Read Customer Experience Program' is opt-in only. Privacy page: 'AI training is opt-in' and 'Contributing to model improvement is off by default.' Privacy Policy: the programme is an opt-in in the account settings; at the same time it names, as a purpose based on legitimate interests, using information 'to train and improve our models within our Services' ('consistent with your account settings'). Terms section 4(b): training 'subject to ... applicable opt-in or opt-out mechanisms'. According to the Trust Center, sub-processors OpenAI and Anthropic are bound to 'zero re-use and zero retention'. The documentation does not differentiate by plan (FAQ: the same security policies apply to all plans).
- Enterprise+
Trust Center FAQ: 'by default user data is not used in model training'; participation in the 'Read Customer Experience Program' is opt-in only. Privacy page: 'AI training is opt-in' and 'Contributing to model improvement is off by default.' Privacy Policy: the programme is an opt-in in the account settings; at the same time it names, as a purpose based on legitimate interests, using information 'to train and improve our models within our Services' ('consistent with your account settings'). Terms section 4(b): training 'subject to ... applicable opt-in or opt-out mechanisms'. According to the Trust Center, sub-processors OpenAI and Anthropic are bound to 'zero re-use and zero retention'. The documentation does not differentiate by plan (FAQ: the same security policies apply to all plans).
- Free
Hosting
- differs by tool
- Fireflies.ai
- US onlyFree, Pro, Business
- mixedEnterprise
- Read AIUS onlyall 4 plans
- Fireflies.ai
- Free
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).
- Pro
See Free.
- Business
See Free.
- Enterprise
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.
Read AI- Free
Trust Center FAQ: 'All user data is processed and stored in the United States.' and 'All Read AI infrastructure is based in the US.' Privacy Policy: servers 'in the United States and other countries'. Sub-processor list: AWS and OpenAI 'United States (EU/Canada available on request)'; the conditions for this option and which plans it applies to are not described. The documentation does not differentiate by plan.
- Pro
Trust Center FAQ: 'All user data is processed and stored in the United States.' and 'All Read AI infrastructure is based in the US.' Privacy Policy: servers 'in the United States and other countries'. Sub-processor list: AWS and OpenAI 'United States (EU/Canada available on request)'; the conditions for this option and which plans it applies to are not described. The documentation does not differentiate by plan.
- Enterprise
Trust Center FAQ: 'All user data is processed and stored in the United States.' and 'All Read AI infrastructure is based in the US.' Privacy Policy: servers 'in the United States and other countries'. Sub-processor list: AWS and OpenAI 'United States (EU/Canada available on request)'; the conditions for this option and which plans it applies to are not described. The documentation does not differentiate by plan.
- Enterprise+
Trust Center FAQ: 'All user data is processed and stored in the United States.' and 'All Read AI infrastructure is based in the US.' Privacy Policy: servers 'in the United States and other countries'. Sub-processor list: AWS and OpenAI 'United States (EU/Canada available on request)'; the conditions for this option and which plans it applies to are not described. The documentation does not differentiate by plan.
- Free
Sub-processors
- Fireflies.ailist availableall 4 plans
- Read AIlist availableall 4 plans
- Fireflies.ai
- Free
- Assembly.ai (transcription; US)
- Soniox (transcription; US)
- OpenAI (LLM; US)
- Anthropic (LLM; US)
- Groq (LLM; US)
- Perplexity (LLM search; US)
- ElevenLabs (audio; US)
- Baseten (LLM; country not stated)
- Google Cloud Platform (compute; US)
- Amazon Web Services (compute; US)
- MongoDB Atlas (database; US)
- turbopuffer (vector database; US)
- GitHub, Google Workspace, New Relic, Heap, Apollo.io (US)
- Pro
- see Free
- Business
- see Free
- Enterprise
- see Free
Read AI- Free
- Amazon Web Services – cloud provider, all service data (United States; 'EU/Canada available on request')
- OpenAI – Augmentation of Meeting Data (United States; 'EU/Canada available on request')
- Anthropic – Augmentation of Meeting Data (United States)
- CoreWeave – compute infrastructure (United States)
- Databricks – data storage and processing (United States)
- Tavily – internet search as a source of public data for Ask Read (United States)
- Microsoft Teams, Slack – transactional messages (United States)
- Confluence, Jira, Notion – optional user-initiated integrations (United States)
- SendGrid, Resend – email delivery (United States)
- Sentry, PagerDuty – monitoring and alerting (United States)
- Mixpanel, Google Analytics, Statsig – analytics (United States)
- HubSpot, Common Room, Customer.io, Webflow – marketing, CRM, customer engagement, website (United States)
- Zendesk – customer support (United States)
- IPinfo – IP geolocation lookup (United States)
- Stripe – payments (United States)
- Pro
- Amazon Web Services – cloud provider, all service data (United States; 'EU/Canada available on request')
- OpenAI – Augmentation of Meeting Data (United States; 'EU/Canada available on request')
- Anthropic – Augmentation of Meeting Data (United States)
- CoreWeave – compute infrastructure (United States)
- Databricks – data storage and processing (United States)
- Tavily – internet search as a source of public data for Ask Read (United States)
- Microsoft Teams, Slack – transactional messages (United States)
- Confluence, Jira, Notion – optional user-initiated integrations (United States)
- SendGrid, Resend – email delivery (United States)
- Sentry, PagerDuty – monitoring and alerting (United States)
- Mixpanel, Google Analytics, Statsig – analytics (United States)
- HubSpot, Common Room, Customer.io, Webflow – marketing, CRM, customer engagement, website (United States)
- Zendesk – customer support (United States)
- IPinfo – IP geolocation lookup (United States)
- Stripe – payments (United States)
- Enterprise
- Amazon Web Services – cloud provider, all service data (United States; 'EU/Canada available on request')
- OpenAI – Augmentation of Meeting Data (United States; 'EU/Canada available on request')
- Anthropic – Augmentation of Meeting Data (United States)
- CoreWeave – compute infrastructure (United States)
- Databricks – data storage and processing (United States)
- Tavily – internet search as a source of public data for Ask Read (United States)
- Microsoft Teams, Slack – transactional messages (United States)
- Confluence, Jira, Notion – optional user-initiated integrations (United States)
- SendGrid, Resend – email delivery (United States)
- Sentry, PagerDuty – monitoring and alerting (United States)
- Mixpanel, Google Analytics, Statsig – analytics (United States)
- HubSpot, Common Room, Customer.io, Webflow – marketing, CRM, customer engagement, website (United States)
- Zendesk – customer support (United States)
- IPinfo – IP geolocation lookup (United States)
- Stripe – payments (United States)
- Enterprise+
- Amazon Web Services – cloud provider, all service data (United States; 'EU/Canada available on request')
- OpenAI – Augmentation of Meeting Data (United States; 'EU/Canada available on request')
- Anthropic – Augmentation of Meeting Data (United States)
- CoreWeave – compute infrastructure (United States)
- Databricks – data storage and processing (United States)
- Tavily – internet search as a source of public data for Ask Read (United States)
- Microsoft Teams, Slack – transactional messages (United States)
- Confluence, Jira, Notion – optional user-initiated integrations (United States)
- SendGrid, Resend – email delivery (United States)
- Sentry, PagerDuty – monitoring and alerting (United States)
- Mixpanel, Google Analytics, Statsig – analytics (United States)
- HubSpot, Common Room, Customer.io, Webflow – marketing, CRM, customer engagement, website (United States)
- Zendesk – customer support (United States)
- IPinfo – IP geolocation lookup (United States)
- Stripe – payments (United States)
- Free
Retention
- differs by tool
- Fireflies.ai
- Privacy policy: storage 'for as long as…Free
- See FreePro, Business
- Custom data retentionEnterprise
- Read AI
- Privacy Policy: audio and video…Free
- Privacy Policy: for paid accounts, data…Pro, Enterprise, Enterprise+
- Fireflies.ai
- FreePrivacy policy: storage 'for as long as your account remains active'; after account closure, deletion of account-related personal data 'within 30 days'. Zero Data Retention: meeting content is not stored with third-party providers after processing. Trust Center FAQ: deleted meetings are removed from the system; snapshots of user metadata (calendar, emails, settings) every 4 hours, 'Metadata snapshots are retained for one year', no transcripts/audio in backups. DPA 2.5: after the end of the contract, deletion or return 'at Customer's instruction'; no fixed period stated.
- ProSee Free; 8,000 min storage per user.
- BusinessSee Free; unlimited storage.
- EnterpriseCustom data retention (pricing page, Enterprise).
Read AI- FreePrivacy Policy: audio and video information, including information derived from it, for no longer than 2 years. Trust Center FAQ: data in Free accounts for no longer than 2 years; raw audio and video are deleted within 24 hours; after account deletion, data is irrecoverably wiped.
- ProPrivacy Policy: for paid accounts, data is stored until the customer stops paying or requests deletion. Trust Center FAQ: data of paid accounts is stored indefinitely for as long as the account exists, unless a data retention policy is configured; raw audio and video are deleted within 24 hours; after deletion of a user or Workspace, data is irrecoverably wiped. DPA section 1.10: deletion after termination of the agreement at the customer's choice.
- EnterprisePrivacy Policy: for paid accounts, data is stored until the customer stops paying or requests deletion. Trust Center FAQ: data of paid accounts is stored indefinitely for as long as the account exists, unless a data retention policy is configured; raw audio and video are deleted within 24 hours; after deletion of a user or Workspace, data is irrecoverably wiped. DPA section 1.10: deletion after termination of the agreement at the customer's choice.
- Enterprise+Privacy Policy: for paid accounts, data is stored until the customer stops paying or requests deletion. Trust Center FAQ: data of paid accounts is stored indefinitely for as long as the account exists, unless a data retention policy is configured; raw audio and video are deleted within 24 hours; after deletion of a user or Workspace, data is irrecoverably wiped. DPA section 1.10: deletion after termination of the agreement at the customer's choice. Enterprise+: custom data retention policy in days, after which meeting reports are deleted automatically.
Price
- differs by tool
- Fireflies.ai
- 0 USDFree
- 10 USD/user/mo… (further prices in the details)Pro
- 19 USD/user/mo… (further prices in the details)Business
- 39 USD/user/moEnterprise
- Read AI
- 0 USDFree
- 15 USD/user/mo… (further prices in the details)Pro
- 22.50 USD/user/mo… (further prices in the details)Enterprise
- 29.75 USD/user/mo… (further prices in the details)Enterprise+
- Fireflies.ai
- Free
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)
- Pro
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)
- Business
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)
- Enterprise
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)
Read AI- Free
0 USD ('Always free, no credit card required.')
- Pro
15 USD per user/month billed annually; 19.75 USD per user/month billed monthly (no indication whether net or gross)
- Enterprise
22.50 USD per user/month billed annually; 29.75 USD per user/month billed monthly (no indication whether net or gross)
- Enterprise+
29.75 USD per user/month billed annually; 39.75 USD per user/month billed monthly; at least 5 licences ('REQUIRES 5+ LICENSES'), the pricing page offers 'Talk to sales' and 'Get started' (no indication whether net or gross)
- Free
- Fireflies.aiyesall 4 plans
- Read AIyesall 4 plans
- Fireflies.ai
- Free
yes
- Pro
yes
- Business
yes
- Enterprise
yes
Read AI- Free
yes (5 meeting transcripts per month, summaries, meeting coach, search, basic integrations; maximum meeting length 1 hour)
- Pro
yes (unlimited meeting transcripts, premium integrations, 100 upload minutes/month; maximum meeting length 4 hours; Workspace access; access to LLMs from Anthropic Claude and OpenAI GPT in search)
- Enterprise
yes (as Pro plus audio/video playback, video highlights and 200 upload minutes/month)
- Enterprise+
yes (as Enterprise plus HIPAA Workspaces, SAML SSO and SCIM, domain capture, custom data retention policy, 300 upload minutes/month; maximum meeting length 8 hours)
- Free
Evidence
- Fireflies.ai10 sources
- Read AI8 sources
- Fireflies.ai
- Terms of Service (as of 2026-09-28)Terms and conditions, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Privacy Policy (as of 2026-09-28)Privacy notice, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Data Processing Addendum (as of 2026-03-06)DPA, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- PricingPricing page, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- SecurityTrust Center, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Fireflies Trust Center (Overview, FAQ)Trust Center, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Fireflies Trust Center – SubprocessorsSub-processor list, retrieved 14 Oct 2026
- Understanding Fireflies Billing: Terms, Plans & AI CreditsHelp centre, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Fireflies Trust Center – FAQTrust Center, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- About Us (contact address)Legal notice, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
Read AI- Plans & PricingPricing page, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Privacy Policy (Last Updated: June 29, 2026)Privacy notice, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Terms of Service (Last Updated: February 26, 2026)Terms of service, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Data Processing AddendumDPA, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Trust Center: Subprocessors (25 entries, rendered in browser)Sub-processor list, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Read AI Trust Center (Overview)Trust Center, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Read AI Trust Center: FAQTrust Center, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Privacy: Built Around Privacy & TransparencyPrivacy page, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
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