Fathom
AI notetaker for meeting summaries, transcripts, action items, clips, and searchable conversation history.
TLDR
Decision summary
Try: Try when summaries, transcripts, and follow-up automation are the bottleneck. For team rollout, check who can capture and see each meeting: admin defaults and optional access to private calls change the privacy decision.
Best use
- Meeting notes
- Action items
Skip or wait if
- Teams without recording or AI-note-taking consent rules
- Calls where meeting content cannot leave approved systems
- Pricing posture
- Free; Premium from $20/user/month; Team from $19/user/month with 2-user minimumRead full pricing details
- Privacy/security
- High: Meeting recordings, transcripts, calendar details, and connected-app data make this a high-sensitivity workflow.
- Main caveat
- Approve recording consent, sharing defaults, and retention rules before using it on sensitive calls.
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- Last updated
- 2026-11-11
- Source checked
- 2026-11-11
- Pricing checked
- 2026-06-29
- Security checked
- 2026-11-11
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Why this verdict, in short
How we weigh verdicts- Workflow fit
- Owns a defined workflow stepBest for Meeting follow-up, Customer calls, Interview notes.
- Cost posture
- Free tier to prove value firstFree; Premium from $20/user/month; Team from $19/user/month with 2-user minimum
- Privacy and admin risk
- High privacy/admin riskMeeting recordings, transcripts, calendar details, and connected-app data make this a high-sensitivity workflow.
- Source confidence
- Pricing and security are source-backedPricing checked 2026-06-29; security checked 2026-11-11.
- Avoid-for-now risk
- Main boundaryTeams without recording or AI-note-taking consent rules
Pricing
Free includes unlimited recordings, transcriptions, and instant summaries. Paid plans add advanced summaries, action items, collaboration, CRM/coaching features, and admin controls.
- Free plan
- Available
- Starting price
- Free; Premium from $20/user/month; Team from $19/user/month with 2-user minimum
Pricing checked 2026-06-29
Decision fit
Best for
- Meeting notes
- Action items
- Conversation search
Not good for
- Teams without recording or AI-note-taking consent rules
- Calls where meeting content cannot leave approved systems
- Teams that only need private typed notes
Workflow fit
- Meeting follow-up
- Customer calls
- Interview notes
Alternatives
Source review
Last checked: 2026-11-11. 3 of 4 high-impact claims have a supporting source link on file; the rest still need manual review.Show detailsHide details
Source review
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Pricing and plan posture
Free includes unlimited recordings, transcriptions, and instant summaries. Paid plans add advanced summaries, action items, collaboration, CRM/coaching features, and admin controls.
Security and admin posture
Meeting recordings, transcripts, calendar details, and connected-app data make this a high-sensitivity workflow.
Privacy, terms, and data handling
Bot-free Google Meet video capture is available on supported Mac Fathom 3.0 with the Chrome extension. Check platform eligibility, recording consent, and organization bot-free restrictions before requiring this mode.
Product capability and workflow fit
AI notetaker for meeting summaries, transcripts, action items, clips, and searchable conversation history.
Pricing docs
Security docs
Privacy docs
Terms docs
Product docs
- Bot-free Google Meet video capture is available on supported Mac Fathom 3.0 with the Chrome extension. Check platform eligibility, recording consent, and organization bot-free restrictions before requiring this mode.
- Verify annual discounts, team minimums, and enterprise controls directly before purchase.
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Update history
Review Fathom private-call admin access before team rollout
Fathom buyers now have a concrete team-rollout check: organization and team admins can set capture and visibility defaults by meeting type, and an optional account-admin setting can expose even calls marked Private. The latter is off by default. Bot-free Google Meet video on supported Mac setups also has platform and consent requirements; test those before requiring bot-free capture.
2026-11-11 · Privacy/security
Expanded meeting AI coverage with Fathom and ZoomMate
Added Fathom and ZoomMate tool records, two meeting-AI comparisons, and related workflow/role links for teams evaluating meeting notes, conversation search, and Zoom-first agentic work.
2026-06-29 · Content