The bot-free, on-device alternative to Fireflies.ai.
Silo Meet is a meeting-notes app for Mac, iPhone, and iPad, and a bot-free alternative to cloud notetakers like Fireflies.ai. It captures the call's audio on your own device, transcribes it there, and lists decisions and action items with their owners, each cited to the exact transcript line, with no bot joining the meeting.
Silo Meet vs Fireflies.ai.
on-device · vs cloud| Dimension | Silo Meet | Meeting bots (Fireflies, Fathom) |
|---|---|---|
| Bot joins your call | Never; audio is captured on your device | Yes, a visible bot attends |
| Where it runs | On your device (summaries can use your own key on a Mac) | Their servers |
| Your audio & transcripts | Audio stays on your device; transcripts too, unless you add your own key | Uploaded & stored |
| Action items | Each cited to the transcript line | Uncited AI notes |
| Account | None required | Required |
| Pricing | One-time purchase | Free tier + per-seat subscription |
| Participant consent optics | Nothing visible joins the meeting | "Notetaker has joined" |
| Works without internet | Yes, transcription runs on the device | No |
Cloud column reflects the typical architecture of Fireflies.ai and similar hosted tools. Names are trademarks of their owners; not affiliated.
Fireflies.ai alternative, answered.
Silo Meet · on-deviceYes. Silo Meet does the meeting-notes job (transcript, decisions, action items, and owners) but captures the audio on your device instead of sending a bot into the call. Nothing joins the meeting, and the audio never leaves your device.
Fireflies and similar tools work by adding a bot participant to your Zoom, Meet, or Teams call, then processing the recording on their servers. On a Mac, Silo Meet records the call audio and your microphone directly, so there is no bot for attendees to see, and no third-party server is involved unless you add your own provider key.
You can check them. Every action item and decision links back to the exact transcript line it came from, and one the line does not back up is dropped, so you verify the work against what was actually said.
No. Silo Meet is a one-time purchase with every feature included. Fireflies is freemium with per-seat subscription tiers for its full feature set.
Keep your work on your Mac.
Silo Meet: $14.99 one-time · no subscription. No subscription, no account, and nothing uploaded unless you add your own key: an on-device-first alternative to Fireflies.ai.