The bot-free, on-device alternative to Fireflies.ai.
SiloMeet is a private, on-device meeting-notes app for macOS — a bot-free alternative to cloud notetakers like Fireflies.ai that captures the call's audio locally, transcribes with on-device Apple Speech, and writes summaries and action items cited to the exact transcript line, with no bot joining the meeting and nothing leaving your Mac.
SiloMeet vs Fireflies.ai.
on-device · vs cloud| Dimension | SiloMeet | Meeting bots (Fireflies, Fathom) |
|---|---|---|
| Bot joins your call | Never — captures audio locally | Yes, a visible bot attends |
| Where it runs | On your Mac (on-device) | Their servers |
| Your audio & transcripts | Stay on your Mac | Uploaded & stored |
| Action items | Each cited to the transcript line | Uncited AI notes |
| Account | None required | Required |
| Pricing | One-time $8.99 | Free tier + per-seat subscription |
| Participant consent optics | Nothing visible joins the meeting | "Notetaker has joined" |
| Works without internet | Yes — Apple Speech is on-device | No |
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Fireflies.ai alternative, answered.
SiloMeet · on-deviceYes. SiloMeet does the meeting-notes job — transcript, summary, decisions, action items — but captures the audio locally on your Mac instead of sending a bot into the call. Nothing joins the meeting, and nothing leaves your machine.
Fireflies and similar tools work by adding a bot participant to your Zoom, Meet, or Teams call, then processing the recording on their servers. SiloMeet records the system audio and your microphone directly through macOS, so there is no bot for attendees to see and no third-party server in the loop.
You can check them. Every action item and decision links back to the exact transcript line it came from, so you verify the AI's work against what was actually said — instead of trusting an uncited cloud summary.
No. SiloMeet is a one-time $8.99 purchase with unlimited on-device transcription and summaries. Fireflies is freemium with per-seat subscription tiers for its full feature set.
Keep your work on your Mac.
SiloMeet is a one-time $8.99 purchase on the Mac App Store. No subscription, no account, nothing uploaded — a private, on-device alternative to Fireflies.ai.