Conversational intelligence and call recording · November 2026 Edition
Fireflies.ai vs Outreach Kaia
Zero of fourteen models named Fireflies.ai first on the direct prompt; zero named Outreach Kaia. Fireflies.ai was named by fourteen of the fourteen models and Outreach Kaia by ten and Fireflies.ai carries 50 labels and Outreach Kaia 15, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in four categories this edition.
Named in two categories this edition.
First-choice share18%2%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate20%0%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#3#8A position in a field of 15; printed, not drawn.
Labels5015A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Fireflies.ai reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Avoma was named alongside these two in fourteen of the fourteen direct answers. Avoma vs Fireflies.ai · Avoma vs Outreach Kaia · Gong vs Fireflies.ai
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the conversational intelligence and call recording page.
By framing
How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
Fireflies.aiFirst choices, of fourteen modelsOutreach Kaia
Direct00
Paraphrase11
Comparative00
Budget-constrained90
Scale-constrained00
Negative2010 against Fireflies.ai
Bars are first choices, 0 to 14 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to fourteen.
Every model, every framing
The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Fireflies.ai and Outreach Kaia stood in it.
| Model | Direct | Paraphrase | Comparative | Budget-constrained | Scale-constrained | Negative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | | |||||
| GPT-5.4 mini | | | ||||
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | | | | | | |
| Perplexity Sonar | | | | |||
| Grok 4.20 | | | | | | |
| Mistral Small | | | | | ||
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | | | | | ||
| Llama 4 Maverick | | | | |||
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | | | | |||
| Kimi K2 | | | | |||
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | | | | |||
| MiniMax M2.5 | | | | | ||
| GPT-6 Luna | | | | |||
| Muse Glimmer 30B | | | |
Fireflies.ai Outreach Kaia first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Fireflies.ai on the left and Outreach Kaia on the right.The direct prompt
The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Fireflies.ai and Outreach Kaia stood in it.
Neither was the first choice, one was named
2 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.Gemini 3.5 FlashGong alternatives: Avoma, Chorus by ZoomInfo, Clari Copilot, Outreach Kaia, Salesloft Conversations
Grok 4.20Avoma alternatives: Fireflies.ai, Jiminny
Neither was named
12 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.Claude Haiku 4.5Avoma alternatives: Chorus by ZoomInfo, Jiminny
GPT-5.4 miniGong alternatives: Avoma, Chorus by ZoomInfo
Perplexity SonarAvoma alternatives: Chorus by ZoomInfo, Gong, Jiminny
Mistral SmallJiminny, ZoomInfo alternatives: Avoma, CloudTalk, Dialpad
DeepSeek V4 FlashAvoma alternatives: Aircall, Airspeed, Jiminny
Llama 4 MaverickAvoma
Qwen 3.7 FlashAvoma, exec.ai alternatives: Clari Copilot, Gong
Kimi K2Chorus by ZoomInfo alternatives: Aircall, Avoma, Claap
GLM 4.7 FlashXGong alternatives: Avoma, Chorus by ZoomInfo, Claap, Clari Copilot, Jiminny
MiniMax M2.5Jiminny alternatives: Avoma, Chorus by ZoomInfo, Clari Copilot
GPT-6 LunaGong alternatives: Avoma, Salesloft Conversations
Muse Glimmer 30BAvoma alternatives: Airspeed, Chorus by ZoomInfo, Jiminny
Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.
By buyer segment
The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment and they are never added together. The figures above are the mid-market standing, which is the one the category orders by.
Small business
Outreach Kaia is not named for this buyer.
Fireflies.ai41%#1 of 13Outreach Kaia—not namedMid-marketThe figures above
Fireflies.ai leads by sixteen points.
Fireflies.ai18%#3 of 15Outreach Kaia2%#8 of 15Enterprise
Fireflies.ai leads by two points.
Fireflies.ai2%#6 of 15Outreach Kaia0%#9 of 15What the models said about Fireflies.ai
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of seven in this category shown.
“*Cruz v. Fireflies.AI*, Case No. 3:25-cv-03399 C.D. Ill. alleges the Fireflies.AI's meeting assistant recorded, analyzed, transcribed and stored participants' voice” Muse Glimmer 30B · negative prompt · hard negative
“class-action lawsuits (*Cruz v. Fireflies.AI Corp.*) were filed alleging the company collected biometric data (voiceprints) without proper consent” Qwen 3.7 Flash · negative prompt · hard negative
“Fireflies.ai - due to alleged biometric privacy violations under the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act.” Llama 4 Maverick · negative prompt · hard negative
“The best conversation intelligence and call recording platform for a company with a limited budget is Fireflies.ai, Avoma, or Sybill.” Llama 4 Maverick · budget prompt · first choice
“prioritize platforms with zero data retention and no AI training by default (like Fireflies or self-hosted solutions)” DeepSeek V4 Flash · negative prompt · first choice
“Fireflies.ai – cheapest all-round phone / video CI ... It is the most cited low-cost conversation intelligence alternative” Muse Glimmer 30B · budget prompt · first choice
What the models said about Outreach Kaia
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Three of three in this category shown.
“I'd suggest starting with ZoomInfo (Chorus) or Outreach if you prioritize B2B-specific intelligence” MiniMax M2.5 · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“Best For: Revenue teams already using Outreach or Salesloft for Sales Engagement (SEP).” Gemini 3.5 Flash · comparative prompt · alternative
“Combines meeting and call intelligence with Outreach's sales workflows.” GPT-6 Luna · comparative prompt · alternative
Also compared
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Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.