# Firstview vs Fireflies: A practical comparison.

Compare Firstview and Fireflies on CV screening, live AI interviews, notes from your team's interviews, scorecards, ATS sync, pricing and data handling.

- Canonical URL: https://firstview.ai/compare/fireflies-alternatives
- Language: en
- Vendor: Fireflies
- Written: 2026-10-13
- Updated: 2026-10-14
- Author: Ece Badak
- Facts audited: 2026-10-13
- Fact-checker: Barkin Kutucu
- Publication status: published
- Primary sources: 25

How do Firstview and Fireflies compare on screening, interviews, assessments and hiring workflows? This comparison looks at where they overlap, where they differ, and which needs each is built to serve.

## Who each platform is for

Both platforms take notes on your team's interviews and can run an AI screening call. The difference is where they start: Firstview starts at the role and its criteria, while Fireflies starts at the meeting.

### Choose Firstview when

Category: Hiring Intelligence platform

You want the CV, the AI interview and the decision judged against one set of criteria. Firstview scores every CV against weights you set, interviews candidates live in English, Turkish, German, Spanish or French, and backs each verdict with the candidate's own words. It works with or without an ATS.

### Fireflies fits better when

Category: AI meeting assistant with recruiting notes and voice screening agents

Your team wants notes and summaries from every meeting, not only interviews, on Zoom, Google Meet or Teams, synced to Greenhouse, Lever, Ashby or BambooHR.

## Feature scorecard

These 16 rows compare hiring tasks, not whole platforms. A Full rating means the vendor offers the feature, not that every plan includes it; the pricing section shows what each plan covers.

### Screen

| Capability | Firstview | Fireflies |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recruiter-facing weighted CV scoring | Full | Not published |
| AI splitting of combined-PDF CV uploads | Full | Not published |
| Contextual CV evaluation beyond keyword matching | Full | Not published |
| JD-based criteria / rubric generation | Full | Partial |

### Interview

| Capability | Firstview | Fireflies |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Real-time conversational AI interview | Full | Full |
| Adaptive follow-up questions | Full | Full |
| AI interview designer / custom questions | Full | Full |

### Assess

| Capability | Firstview | Fireflies |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Technical / coding evaluation | Partial | Partial |
| Soft-skill / competency evaluation | Full | Full |

### Decide

| Capability | Firstview | Fireflies |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Criterion-level evidence & score rationale | Full | Full |
| Structured candidate report | Full | Full |
| Human interview co-pilot / note-taker | Full | Full |

### Operate

| Capability | Firstview | Fireflies |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Native customizable hiring pipeline without a separate ATS | Full | Not published |
| Calendar integration / scheduling | Full | Not published |
| Candidate communication automation | Full | Partial |
| Hiring analytics dashboard | Full | Partial |

Full and Partial describe what each vendor's cited public sources show; every source carries its audit date in the source list. Not published means the reviewed sources did not establish the capability; it does not mean the capability is absent.

## Capability by capability

The scorecard is the index. These five sections explain what the differences mean in a hiring workflow.

### 1. Firstview scores every CV against the weights you set

**Firstview:** Firstview scores every CV against weighted criteria you set, checks dealbreakers first, and shows the evidence behind each score. It suggests criteria from your job description, and a combined PDF of CVs splits into individual candidates automatically.

**Fireflies:** Fireflies' recruiting AI Skills work on interview transcripts, and its Screening Interview Agent writes questions for roles pulled from your careers page. Its public sources do not show CV scoring, CV evaluation against the role, criteria generated from a job description, or the splitting of a combined PDF.

**What this means for your team:** Fireflies' recruiting features start once a conversation has happened. If the CV is your first filter, Firstview scores it against the weights you set and carries the same criteria into the interview.

### 2. Firstview interviews each candidate live, in their own language, with follow-up questions

**Firstview:** Firstview runs live, two-way voice interviews in the browser, in English, Turkish, German, Spanish or French. It asks follow-up questions based on each answer, answers the candidate's own questions about the role, and suggests role-specific questions your team can edit. The criteria that scored the CV carry into the interview.

**Fireflies:** Fireflies' Voice Agents run live, two-way voice calls in the browser from a shared link, with a Screening Interview Agent template. They follow up based on answers, and your team writes or autofills the questions, instructions and knowledge base. Fireflies lists 32+ voice languages in its help centre and 70+ on its product page; confirm the ones you need.

**What this means for your team:** Both hold a real conversation, so judge it on your own role: in a demo, Firstview interviews for one of your own open roles.

### 3. Firstview gives technical roles an in-depth interview and a technical report

**Firstview:** Firstview evaluates competencies and role-specific knowledge inside the interview itself, using 30+ competency frameworks. Technical roles get an in-depth conversational interview and a detailed technical report instead of a coding test.

**Fireflies:** Fireflies' recruiting AI Skills assess culture fit, sentiment and expertise from interview transcripts, and Fireflies says they can return a competency breakdown for a technical round. Its public sources do not show coding exercises or a technical report.

**What this means for your team:** Both assess skills in the conversation rather than in separate tests. For technical roles, Firstview adds an in-depth technical interview and a detailed technical report.

### 4. Firstview judges every candidate on one set of criteria, from CV to decision

**Firstview:** Each Firstview verdict links to the candidate's answer and the moment they gave it, and unclear cases go to a person, never to an automatic rejection. Firstview Notetaker also joins your team's own interviews on Zoom, Google Meet and Teams and files the notes on the candidate, so AI and human interviews end up on one record.

**Fireflies:** Fireflies' notetaker joins interviews on Zoom, Google Meet, Teams and 10+ other platforms and syncs summaries and notes to the candidate in your ATS. Its AI Skills describe evaluations mapped to your rubric, with timestamped answers, and every Voice Agent call returns a recording, transcript, summary and scorecard.

**What this means for your team:** Both tie evaluations to what the candidate said and take notes on your team's interviews. Firstview judges the CV, the AI interview and those notes against one set of criteria; if you need notes for every kind of meeting, Fireflies is built for that.

### 5. Firstview runs hiring without a separate ATS; Fireflies plugs into yours

**Firstview:** Firstview includes the pipeline board, calendar scheduling, email and WhatsApp messages, and hiring analytics, so a team can run hiring without a separate ATS.

**Fireflies:** Fireflies syncs interview notes and summaries to Greenhouse, in beta, and to Lever, Ashby and BambooHR, and its AI Skills draft follow-up emails to candidates. Its analytics track conversations and team talk time. Its public sources do not show a hiring pipeline, interview scheduling or a hiring funnel dashboard.

**What this means for your team:** Firstview runs the whole flow on its own. If a large ATS is staying, Fireflies' ATS sync is built for that.

## Compliance, governance, and data handling

Firstview builds its rules into how it evaluates: it never analyzes faces, video is never part of the evaluation, and a person makes every hiring decision. Fireflies publishes SOC 2 Type II compliance on every plan, with HIPAA on Enterprise.

| Published information | Firstview | Fireflies |
| --- | --- | --- |
| People & oversight | A person makes every hiring decision, and unclear cases go to a person, never to an automatic rejection. | Teams review recordings, transcripts and scorecards; no automatic-rejection setting or hiring-decision statement was found in the reviewed sources. |
| Data protection | Encryption commitments, role-based access, retention and deletion practices. | AES-256 at rest, TLS in transit and zero data retention with AI vendors are documented; SSO and audit logs are Enterprise features. |
| Independent assurance | No SOC 2 report or ISO 27001 certificate is published. | SOC 2 Type II and GDPR on every plan and HIPAA on Enterprise; request the SOC 2 report through its Trust Center. |
| Data locations | Processing in Türkiye, the EU and the US. | US by default, on AWS and GCP; Enterprise private storage can keep data in the EU, with processing in the US. |

## Pricing and access

Firstview does not publish a price list; it sells subscription plans and starts with a pilot on one of your own open roles. Fireflies publishes per-seat plans, from a free tier to Enterprise, with AI credits for Voice Agents and AI Skills, so compare the total for your interviewers plus the credits your screening calls use.

| Commercial model | Firstview | Fireflies |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  | Subscription plans | Per-seat plans and AI credits |
| Plans & prices | Prices come in a quote from the Firstview team. | Free, Pro, Business and Enterprise plans are priced per seat each month and cost less billed annually; Enterprise is annual only. Voice Agents use AI credits by the minute, sold in packs. |
| Employer trial | A pilot on one of your own open roles, set up after a demo. | A free plan with limited transcripts and storage; no time-limited trial of paid plans is advertised. |

## Which should you choose?

Decide by how your team wants to run hiring.

### Choose Firstview if you want

- Verdicts your team can check against the candidate's own words
- Interviews in the candidate's own language, with follow-up questions and answers to theirs
- Hiring in one place, from the job post through CV screening and live AI interviews to the final decision

### Fireflies fits better if you need

- Notes and summaries for every meeting, not only interviews
- Interview notes synced to Greenhouse, Lever, Ashby or BambooHR

If you want every candidate interviewed live in their own language, with every verdict backed by their own words, Firstview is the better fit. Before you choose, see Firstview interview candidates for one of your own open roles.

## Frequently asked questions

### Is Firstview a Fireflies alternative?

Yes, for hiring. Firstview covers hiring in one product, from the job post to the final decision: CV scoring against weights you set, live AI interviews, a notetaker for your team's interviews and its own pipeline. Fireflies is a meeting assistant for every team that syncs interview notes to your ATS and adds voice screening agents.

### Do both platforms run live AI interviews?

Yes. Both run two-way voice interviews in the browser with follow-up questions. Firstview's run in English, Turkish, German, Spanish or French against the criteria from the CV screen. Fireflies' Voice Agents run from a shared link and use 1 AI credit per minute of call.

### Which platform takes notes in your team's own interviews?

Both. Fireflies' notetaker joins Zoom, Google Meet, Teams and 10+ other platforms, transcribes in 100+ languages and syncs notes to your ATS. Firstview Notetaker joins Zoom, Google Meet and Teams, fills your notes or scorecard template and files it on the same record as the AI interview.

### Do I need a separate ATS with either platform?

With Firstview, no: it includes the pipeline, scheduling and candidate messages. Fireflies syncs interview notes to Greenhouse, Lever, Ashby or BambooHR; its public sources do not show a hiring pipeline of its own.

### Where is candidate data processed?

Firstview processes data in Türkiye, the EU and the US. Fireflies stores and processes data in the US by default; Enterprise private storage can keep it in the EU, with processing still in the US.

### How much do Firstview and Fireflies cost?

Firstview does not publish a price list; it sells subscription plans and starts with a pilot on one of your own open roles. Fireflies publishes per-seat plans, from a free tier to Enterprise, with AI credits for Voice Agents and AI Skills, so compare the total for your interviewers plus the credits your screening calls use.

### Does Firstview analyze faces or video?

No. Firstview never analyzes faces, and video is never part of the evaluation. Integrity rules apply while the interview runs: the whole screen is shared, the camera stays on and virtual cameras are blocked.

## Sources

- [Firstview — Tomorrow's hiring, today](https://firstview.ai/) — audited 2026-09-15
- [Terms of Service — Firstview](https://firstview.ai/contracts/terms-en) — audited 2026-09-15
- [Privacy Policy (US) — Firstview](https://firstview.ai/contracts/privacy-us) — audited 2026-09-15
- [KVKK Disclosure Notice — Firstview](https://firstview.ai/contracts/kvkk) — audited 2026-09-15
- [The 2026 Buyer's Guide to AI Hiring Platforms — Firstview](https://firstview.ai/blog/2026-buyers-guide-ai-hiring-platforms) — audited 2026-09-15
- [Firstview llms.txt](https://firstview.ai/llms.txt) — audited 2026-10-11
- [Fireflies — Homepage](https://fireflies.ai/) — audited 2026-10-13
- [Fireflies — Pricing plans and comparison table](https://fireflies.ai/pricing) — audited 2026-10-13
- [Fireflies — Recruiting use case](https://fireflies.ai/recruiting) — audited 2026-10-13
- [Fireflies — AI Voice Agents](https://fireflies.ai/voice-agents) — audited 2026-10-13
- [Fireflies — What are Voice Agents and how to set them up](https://guide.fireflies.ai/articles/4919306982-how-to-set-up-automated-calls-with-fireflies-voice-agents) — audited 2026-10-13
- [Fireflies — How to create a Screening Interview Voice Agent](https://guide.fireflies.ai/articles/1154874341-how-to-create-a-screening-interview-voice-agent) — audited 2026-10-13
- [Fireflies — How to create a Voice Agent from scratch](https://guide.fireflies.ai/articles/2073482546-how-to-create-a-voice-agent-from-scratch) — audited 2026-10-13
- [Fireflies — AI credits pricing and overview](https://guide.fireflies.ai/articles/2114151875-learn-about-ai-credits) — audited 2026-10-13
- [Fireflies — Applicant tracking systems supported](https://guide.fireflies.ai/articles/4615950088-applicant-tracking-systems-ats-supported) — audited 2026-10-13
- [Fireflies — Connect Fireflies to Lever](https://guide.fireflies.ai/articles/8941835843-how-to-integrate-lever-with-fireflies) — audited 2026-10-13
- [Fireflies — How to integrate Greenhouse with Fireflies](https://guide.fireflies.ai/articles/1835070508-how-to-integrate-greenhouse-with-fireflies) — audited 2026-10-13
- [Fireflies — Best AI notetaker for recruiting teams](https://fireflies.ai/blog/best-ai-notetaker-for-recruiting) — audited 2026-10-13
- [Fireflies — Candidate Intro Call Scorecard AI Skill](https://fireflies.ai/skills/recruiting/candidate-intro-call-scorecard-ai-app) — audited 2026-10-13
- [Fireflies — Interview Screener AI Skill](https://fireflies.ai/skills/recruiting/interview-screener-ai-app) — audited 2026-10-13
- [Fireflies — Interview Question Generator AI Skill](https://fireflies.ai/skills/recruiting/interview-question-generator-ai-app) — audited 2026-10-13
- [Fireflies — Hiring Pipeline Health Monitor AI Skill](https://fireflies.ai/skills/recruiting/hiring-pipeline-health-monitor-ai-app) — audited 2026-10-13
- [Fireflies — Security](https://fireflies.ai/security) — audited 2026-10-13
- [Fireflies — Learn about data storage and transfer](https://guide.fireflies.ai/articles/9596505232) — audited 2026-10-13
- [Fireflies — Updates to Privacy Policy, Terms of Service and DPA](https://guide.fireflies.ai/articles/6892479029) — audited 2026-10-13