Zero of twelve models named Fireflies.ai first on the direct prompt; zero named Chorus by ZoomInfo. Both were named by all twelve models and Fireflies.ai carries 44 labels and Chorus by ZoomInfo 34, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in four categories this edition.
By ZoomInfo, Vancouver, Washington, United States, founded 2000. Named in six categories this edition.
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all twelve 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.
Across every category in the September 2026 Edition, Fireflies.ai and Chorus by ZoomInfo were named in the same answer eighty-nine times, of the 153 answers naming Fireflies.ai and the 229 naming Chorus by ZoomInfo. In those answers Chorus by ZoomInfo took the first choice one time and Fireflies.ai fourteen.
| Model | Direct | Paraphrase | Comparative | Budget-constrained | Scale-constrained | Negative |
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| Claude Haiku 4.5 | ||||||
| GPT-5.4 mini | ||||||
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| Grok 4.1 Fast | ||||||
| Mistral Small | ||||||
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | ||||||
| Llama 4 Maverick | ||||||
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | ||||||
| Kimi K2 | ||||||
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | ||||||
| MiniMax M2.5 |
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.
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of eight in this category shown.
“Class action lawsuit (December 2025): Alleged biometric voiceprint collection without consent under Illinois BIPA... Cornell, Oxford, and Cambridge have blocked Fireflies bots” MiniMax M2.5 · negative prompt · hard negative
“several platforms (including Otter.ai and Fireflies.ai) face lawsuits alleging they harvest, analyze, and store unique mathematical models of participants' voices” Gemini 3.5 Flash · negative prompt · hard negative
“More of a meeting notetaker than true conversation intelligence; limited coaching depth” Kimi K2 · direct prompt · hard negative
“Budget tools like Fireflies start at $10 per user per month, with Avoma being the mid-market value pick and Fireflies the cheapest entry point” Claude Haiku 4.5 · budget prompt · first choice
“1. Fireflies.ai — Best for Tightest Budgets ... Fireflies is the entry point for budget-conscious teams.” Kimi K2 · budget prompt · first choice
“the best conversation intelligence and call recording platforms are Fathom and Fireflies.ai” Qwen 3.7 Flash · budget prompt · first choice
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Three of three in this category shown.
“you should generally steer clear of enterprise conversation intelligence (CI) giants like Gong or Chorus (ZoomInfo)” Gemini 3.5 Flash · budget prompt · hard negative
“Only makes sense if already using ZoomInfo; bundled pricing, not standalone value” Kimi K2 · direct prompt · hard negative
“*Gong.io* and *Chorus.ai (by ZoomInfo)*. Best for: Highly sophisticated sales teams... Consideration: They are the most expensive options on the market” Gemini 3.5 Flash · scale prompt · first choice
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.