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Fathom 2.0
✓ verifiedFreemium
AI notetaker recording, transcribing and summarizing Zoom, Meet and Teams calls; free plan plus paid team tiers from $19/user.
4.8M visits/mo5.8K saves
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Read AI
✓ verifiedFreemium
AI meeting assistant that records, transcribes, and summarizes meetings and emails across Zoom, Teams, and Meet with searchable insights.
4.1M visits/mo2.9K saves
Pricing
Lifetime License: $19 USD
Free: $0
Premium: $20/user/mo
Team: $19/user/mo
Business: $34/user/mo
Free trial available
Free: $0 (5 meeting transcripts/month, 1-hour max meeting length)
Pro: $15/mo billed annually or $19.75/mo (unlimited transcripts, 100 file upload credits/mo)
Enterprise: $22.50/mo billed annually or $29.75/mo (audio/video playback, 200 file upload credits/mo)
Enterprise+: $29.75/mo billed annually or $39.75/mo, 5+ licenses required (HIPAA, SSO, 300 file upload credits/mo)
Core features
- ✦Multiple transcription modes (Simple, Email, Note, Message, Custom)
- ✦Custom vocabulary for specialized terms and names
- ✦Powered by GPT 4O and 4O mini models
- ✦Lightweight and universal, works with any macOS application
- ✦Uses your own OpenAI API key for privacy and cost control
- ✦Automatic recording and transcription
- ✦Instant AI call summaries
- ✦AI-generated action items and follow-ups
- ✦Ask Fathom search across meetings
- ✦CRM and tool integrations (Slack, Salesforce, HubSpot)
- ✦Automatic meeting recording, transcription, and AI summaries
- ✦Real-time in-meeting notes and metrics dashboard
- ✦AI-powered enterprise search across meetings, emails, and chats
- ✦Integrations with Zoom, Teams, Google Meet, Slack, HubSpot, Salesforce, and more
- ✦Audio/video playback with highlights on paid tiers
- ✦Personal AI digital twin (Ada) for task delegation
- ✦SOC 2, GDPR, and HIPAA compliance options
Use cases
- →Crafting professional emails with proper greetings and sign-offs
- →Messaging colleagues instantly on Slack, Teams, or WhatsApp
- →Dictating complex prompts to AI assistants like Claude or ChatGPT
- →Capturing meeting notes in an organized and readable format
- →Creating social media content such as LinkedIn posts or tweets
- →Generating technical guides, project summaries, or business reports
- →Capturing notes without manual writing
- →Sharing meeting recaps across teams
- →Coaching sales calls and updating CRMs
- →Automatically capturing and summarizing team meetings
- →Searching past meetings, emails, and chats for specific decisions or facts
- →Sharing recaps and action items with teams that missed a call
- →Delegating routine email/task handling to an AI assistant
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