Alternatives to Fathom
AI meeting notetaker with instant call summaries
Fathom ranks #6 of 10 in AI meeting assistants, with an Alt Score of 96. It is freemium from $16/month per user (billed annually) and available on macOS, Windows and iOS. 13 of 13 checklist rows are verified against a public source.
Fathom is an AI meeting assistant that records, transcribes and summarizes video calls with action items and CRM sync.
Fathom is built for salespeople, customer success teams, recruiters, and other professionals who spend much of their day on Zoom, Google Meet, or Microsoft Teams calls and want automatic notes instead of manual note-taking. It scales from individuals on a permanent free plan up to teams and enterprises needing CRM automation, coaching analytics, and SSO/SCIM controls.
Fathom records and transcribes meetings, generates AI summaries and action items, and lets users ask its AI assistant questions across past calls. Paid tiers add features like CRM field sync to Salesforce or HubSpot, deal-insight views, coaching scorecards, and organization-wide security controls.
A bot joins your Zoom, Google Meet, or Microsoft Teams call (or, in beta on Mac, Fathom can capture bot-free), transcribes the conversation with speaker attribution, and delivers a summary with action items as soon as the meeting ends. Meeting notes and insights can then sync automatically into connected tools such as Salesforce, HubSpot, and Slack.
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Ranked alternatives
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Fellow is a meeting-management app with AI notetaking, shared agendas, action items and recordings.
MeetGeek is an AI meeting assistant that automatically records, transcribes and summarizes meetings with conversation insights.
Notta is an AI transcription and meeting-notes tool that records and summarizes conversations in many languages.
Read.ai is an AI assistant that summarizes meetings, emails and messages with transcripts, action items and analytics.
Avoma is an AI meeting assistant and revenue-intelligence platform that records, transcribes and analyzes calls.
tl;dv records, transcribes and summarizes online meetings, with AI notes, clips and CRM integrations.
Circleback is an AI meeting notetaker that produces summaries, action items and automations across your tools.
Granola is an AI meeting notepad that transcribes calls locally and enhances your own notes, without sending a bot into the call.
Feature comparison
Rows come from the AI meeting assistants checklist (17 rows). Human-verified cells only. ? means the value has not been verified.
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Every fact and feature listed for Fathom is verified against its own pages. Each alternative is sourced on its own page.
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Pricing model Freemium verified 2026-07-16
Same pricing page also lists paid Premium, Team, Business, and Enterprise tiers alongside the free-forever plan.
Free plan Unlimited recordings, instant call summaries, integrations with LLMs & more.
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Starts at $16/month per user (billed annually) verified 2026-07-16
Premium is the cheapest paid (individual) tier: $16/mo billed annually or $20/mo billed monthly, per user.
Premium $ 20 $ 16 $ 20 /month / per user
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Platforms macOS, Windows, iOS verified 2026-07-16
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Status active verified 2026-07-16
Homepage banner also currently reads: "ANNOUCING BOT-FREE CAPTURE, A NEW DESKTOP APP, CHATGPT & CLAUDE INTEGRATIONS & MORE".
Last Published: Thu Jul 09 2026 18:58:08 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Joins calls via bot Yes verified 2026-07-16
Never worry about taking notes on your Zoom calls again. Fathom automatically joins your meetings to capture, transcribe, and summarize everything in real time.
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Bot-free / local capture Partial verified 2026-07-16
Bot-free capture is offered but explicitly marked as a beta feature limited to Mac.
Choice of bot-free* and bot capture-types (*Beta feature for Mac)
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Live transcription Yes verified 2026-07-16
Fathom automatically joins your meetings to capture, transcribe, and summarize everything in real time.
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Speaker identification Yes verified 2026-07-16
With accurate speaker attribution, even in bot-free recordings, you never lose the thread.
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AI summary & action items Yes verified 2026-07-16
Highlights and action items are ready for you the moment the meeting ends – no setup, no hassle.
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Zoom integration Yes verified 2026-07-16
Never worry about taking notes on your Zoom calls again. Fathom automatically joins your meetings to capture, transcribe, and summarize everything in real time.
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Google Meet integration Yes verified 2026-07-16
Turn every Google Meet into a searchable, actionable record. Fathom automatically captures, transcribes, and summarizes your calls, then delivers highlights and next steps right where you need them.
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Microsoft Teams integration Yes verified 2026-07-16
Get more out of your Microsoft Teams meetings without doing more work. Fathom automatically records, transcribes, and summarizes your calls.
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CRM sync (Salesforce/HubSpot) Yes verified 2026-07-16
HubSpot integration page states the same: "Fathom's native integration automatically syncs meeting summaries, action items, and deal insights directly into HubSpot."
Keep Salesforce records up to date without the manual data entry. Fathom automatically syncs meeting notes, action items, and key deal insights directly into Salesforce.
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Ask-AI chat over meetings Yes verified 2026-07-16
Ask Fathom across every team call and get insights with the context, proof, and next steps you need.
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Multi-language transcription Yes verified 2026-07-16
Indirect: page describes handling multiple languages within a conversation; no explicit list of supported transcription languages was found.
Multiple speakers, accents, cross-talk, languages, and side conversations – Fathom's got it covered.
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Free tier meeting limit Yes verified 2026-07-16
Free plan is unlimited (free forever), not capped by meeting count.
Unlimited recordings + transcriptions
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SOC 2 compliance Yes verified 2026-07-16
SOC 2 Type II | GDPR | HIPAA Compliant | SSO / SCIM
https://www.fathom.ai/overview
FAQ
Yes. Fellow, MeetGeek and Notta have a free tier or are fully free. Free-tier limits in the comparison table are verified and dated.