# Fireflies.ai vs Gong: which do AI models recommend for conversation intel, October 2026

GTM AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition, Conversational intelligence and call recording. Zero of fourteen models named Fireflies.ai first on the direct prompt; three named Gong. Page: https://gtm-ai-index.com/sales/conversation-intelligence/fireflies-ai-vs-gong/

| | First-choice share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels | Models naming it |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fireflies.ai | 16% | #2 of 10 | 11% | 36 | 14 of 14 |
| Gong | 14% | #3 of 10 | 49% | 63 | 14 of 14 |

## The direct prompt, model by model

- GPT-5.4 mini: gong first (first choices: Gong) (alternatives: Chorus by ZoomInfo, Revenue.io, Salesloft Conversations)
- MiniMax M2.5: gong first (first choices: Gong) (alternatives: Chorus by ZoomInfo, HubSpot Sales Hub, Insight7, Salesloft Conversations)
- GPT-6 Luna: gong first (first choices: Gong) (alternatives: Avoma, Clari Copilot, HubSpot's built-in CI)
- Gemini 3.5 Flash: neither first, one named (first choices: Jiminny) (alternatives: Avoma, Chorus by ZoomInfo, Gong, Outreach Kaia, Salesloft Conversations)
- Mistral Small: neither first, one named (first choices: Avoma, Insight7) (alternatives: Fireflies.ai, Gong, RingEX)
- Qwen 3.7 Flash: neither first, one named (first choices: Avoma) (alternatives: Chorus by ZoomInfo, Gong, ZIG, tl;dv)
- GLM 4.7 FlashX: neither first, one named (first choices: Avoma) (alternatives: Chorus by ZoomInfo, Gong, Jiminny)
- Muse Glimmer 30B: neither first, one named (first choices: Avoma) (alternatives: Cirrus Insight, CloudTalk, Fireflies.ai, Jiminny)
- Claude Haiku 4.5: neither named (first choices: Avoma) (alternatives: Jiminny)
- Perplexity Sonar: neither named (first choices: Avoma) (alternatives: Fathom, HubSpot Sales Hub, Jiminny, Outreach Kaia)
- Grok 4.1 Fast: neither named (first choices: Avoma) (alternatives: Chorus by ZoomInfo, Clari Copilot, Jiminny)
- DeepSeek V4 Flash: neither named (first choices: Avoma) (alternatives: Jiminny)
- Llama 4 Maverick: neither named (first choices: Avoma, Grain)
- Kimi K2: neither named (first choices: Avoma) (alternatives: Fathom, Jiminny, tl;dv)

## What the models said about Fireflies.ai

- "Documented legal risk: Fireflies.ai and automatic voice capture ... alleges biometric privacy violations under the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act" (Muse Glimmer 30B, negative prompt, hard negative)
- "Great starter for small teams, but lacks B2B sales depth (e.g., weak on coaching patterns)." (Grok 4.1 Fast, paraphrase prompt, soft negative)
- "Reviewers frequently cite a failure rate where the bot simply does not join the meeting" (Qwen 3.7 Flash, negative prompt, soft negative)
- "Best overall budget choice: Fireflies.ai — it has the lowest paid pricing in the results at $10/user/month annually" (Perplexity Sonar, budget prompt, first choice)
- "Go with Fireflies.ai — it's the cheapest way to get real conversation intelligence with a solid free tier to test." (DeepSeek V4 Flash, budget prompt, first choice)
- "For most limited-budget companies, Fireflies.ai gives the widest feature set for the lowest published price" (Muse Glimmer 30B, budget prompt, first choice)

## What the models said about Gong

- "you should immediately bypass enterprise-level conversation intelligence (CI) giants like Gong and Chorus by ZoomInfo" (Gemini 3.5 Flash, budget prompt, hard negative)
- "Gong.io — The Most Expensive and Complicated Option ... Pricing transparency issues (major red flag)" (DeepSeek V4 Flash, negative prompt, hard negative)
- "Gong is widely considered the market leader in Revenue Intelligence... If you have the budget ($1k-$1.5k/user/month) and want rigorous sales optimization, this is the one." (Qwen 3.7 Flash, paraphrase prompt, first choice)
- "The market-leading conversation intelligence platform focused on revenue analytics... For large sales teams needing deep revenue intelligence: Gong or Clari Copilot." (GLM 4.7 FlashX, comparative prompt, first choice)

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. Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category. Published under CC BY 4.0; the output is the models' output, and nothing here is a recommendation by the index.