What is Fathom?
Fathom is an AI meeting assistant for Zoom, Google Meet and Microsoft Teams that creates recordings, transcripts and summaries automatically. Individuals can keep unlimited recordings and transcripts on the free tier, while paid plans unlock broader AI summaries, follow-up generation, team features and more expansive search across meeting history.
Best for: Individuals and teams that prioritize generous free recording/transcription and fast AI summaries for online meetings.
Main features
- Unlimited meeting recording and storage
- Unlimited transcription
- AI meeting summaries
- AI action items and follow-up emails on paid plans
- Ask Fathom meeting search
- CRM and Zapier integrations
- Public API
Use cases
- Record and transcribe customer or internal meetings
- Generate meeting summaries automatically
- Extract action items and draft follow-up emails
- Search prior calls for decisions and context
- Sync meeting outcomes into CRM workflows
Who is it for?
- individual professionals
- sales teams
- customer-success teams
- recruiters
- remote teams
Pricing and plans
freemium subscription
Starting price: USD 15 / user/month for Premium at the cited monthly price
Advantages
- Free individual plan includes unlimited recordings, storage and transcription
- 30-day Premium preview gives individuals a substantial trial of advanced features
- Public developer API is documented
Limitations
- Free users receive only a limited number of advanced AI summaries each month
- Some cross-meeting search depth is restricted by plan
- Team and Business functionality requires paid seats under current packaging
Review method
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Frequently asked questions
Can individuals use Fathom for free indefinitely?
Yes. Fathom's help center states that the individual Free plan keeps unlimited recordings, storage and transcription after the Premium preview ends.
How long is Fathom's Premium preview?
Fathom's current help documentation says individuals receive a 30-day Premium preview after signup, with no obligation to upgrade afterward.
Does Fathom offer a public API?
Yes. Fathom documents a public API and states a default limit of 60 calls per minute.
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How Fathom compares in AI Meeting Assistants
| Tool | Pricing model | Free plan | API |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fathom | freemium subscription | Yes | Yes |
| Otter.ai | freemium subscription | Yes | Yes |
| Fireflies.ai | freemium subscription with AI credits | Yes | Yes |
| tl;dv | freemium subscription | Yes | Yes |
| Avoma | subscription per recorder seat plus optional add-ons | No | Yes |
Which one should you pick?
- Choose Fathom — best for: individuals and teams that prioritize generous free recording/transcription and fast AI summaries for online meetings.
- Look at Otter.ai — best for: individuals and teams that want dependable meeting transcription, searchable notes and AI summaries across common conferencing platforms.
- Look at Fireflies.ai — best for: teams that want meeting capture plus searchable conversation intelligence, integrations and automation across a broad collaboration stack.
- Look at tl;dv — best for: teams that want generous meeting recording plus AI notes, CRM automation and cross-meeting intelligence for sales or customer workflows.
- Look at Avoma — best for: sales, customer-success and revenue teams that want meeting notes plus structured conversation and revenue intelligence.
Before you commit to Fathom
Weigh these limits against your needs:
- Free users receive only a limited number of advanced AI summaries each month
- Some cross-meeting search depth is restricted by plan
- Team and Business functionality requires paid seats under current packaging