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Fathom

Fathom Video, Inc.

4.4
MeetingSummary — Recommendation — AI Meeting Assistant

Fathom records, transcribes and summarizes video calls and is known for a fast, polished free tier. It generates highlights and action items automatically and syncs notes to CRMs on paid plans.

Free plan

Quick overview: Fathom vs. other transcription tools

How Fathom stacks up against other tools.

Where Fathom shines

  • Excellent, genuinely useful free plan.
  • Clean summaries and quick highlight clips.

What you should know

  • No live transcription during the call.
  • US-based hosting, no self-hosting.

Who is Fathom for?

Fathom is built for these teams and needs.

Cost-conscious teams

Genuinely useful free plan

Simplicity seekers

Fast, clean, little setup

Small sales teams

CRM sync from the Business plan

Online meeting teams

Clean summaries and highlight clips

Less suitable if you need live transcription, in-person recording or EU hosting and ISO certifications.

Fathom pricing

Indicative prices in US dollars per user per month (annual billing). Premium is for individuals; Team and Business are per seat (2-user minimum). A free plan is available.

Free

$0per user / month

  • Unlimited recordings and transcriptions
  • Instant AI summaries
  • Search across calls

Premium

$16per user / month

  • Advanced AI summaries
  • AI action items
  • Ask Fathom assistant
  • Custom meeting bot
Popular

Team

$15per user / month

  • Global team search
  • Custom transcription vocabulary
  • Single sign-on (SSO)

Business

$25per user / month

  • CRM field sync
  • Deal view and coaching metrics
  • AI Scorecards
  • Advanced custom summaries

Detailed comparison catalogue

Every criterion we assess, checked against the same public rubric. A checkmark means the AI assistant delivers it. Hard claims link to a source and carry a verification date. See the methodology for weights and scoring.

CriterionFathom LogoFathom
Security & compliance
ISO certificationsNo
SOC 2YesType II
GDPR compliantYes
Sourceverified 2026-06-01
Data processing agreement (DPA)Yes
Sourceverified 2026-06-01
Data residencyPartialUSA
Sourceverified 2026-06-01All data stored in the US.
Legal jurisdictionPartialUSA
On-premise deploymentNo
Customer data used for AI trainingPartialOpt-out
Sourceverified 2026-06-01Own models trained on de-identified data; opt-out in settings.
Encryption (in transit & at rest)Yes
SSO / SAMLYes
From the Team plan.
SCIM provisioningYes
From the Enterprise plan.
Roles & permissions (RBAC)Yes
Org-wide controls from Enterprise.
Configurable retention / deletionYes
Custom retention from Enterprise.
Sub-processor list publishedYes
Sourceverified 2026-06-01
Penetration test / bug bountyNo
Capture & transcription
Real-time transcriptionNo
Transcription after the meetingYes
Recording modeBot or bot-free
Customizable meeting botYes
Custom meeting bot on paid plans.
In-person meetingsNo
Speaker identificationYes
Transcription accuracyNo
Supported languages38+
Automatic language detectionNo
Custom vocabularyYes
From the Team plan.
AI insights
Automatic summaryYes
Action-item extractionYes
Decision detectionYes
Custom summary templatesYes
Custom extraction fieldsYes
Chat / Q&A with the meetingYes
Topic & chapter detectionYes
Conversation analyticsYes
Cross-meeting searchYes
Integrations & workflow
Video platformsZoomMicrosoft TeamsGoogle Meet
CalendarGoogle CalendarOutlook
CRM & ERPSalesforceHubSpot
Collaboration & project managementSlackAsanaNotion
AutomationZapierMake
AI agents (MCP)ClaudeChatGPT
Via MCP (ChatGPT and Claude).
WebhooksYes
Public APIYes
Public API at developers.fathom.ai.
Usability & onboarding
Mobile appNo
Setup effortLow
Team & admin managementYes
AccessibilityNo
Pricing & model
Permanent free planYes
Free trialYes
Entry price€15
Price transparencyYesPublic
Sourceverified 2026-06-01
Billing modelPer user
Vendor & trust
HeadquartersUSA
Founded2020
Support languagesEnglish
Support in German-speaking regionNo
Availability SLANo
Public reviews (G2, Capterra)G2CapterraOMR Reviews

Figures are indicative and may change. Last editorial review: 2026-06-01

Verdict

Fathom is excellent for individuals and small sales teams that want a polished, free notetaker with clean summaries and CRM sync on paid plans. It is less suitable if you need live transcription, in-person recording or EU hosting and ISO certifications.

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