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| At a glance | FathomView full profile → | Otter.aiView full profile → |
|---|---|---|
| What it does | Fathom is an AI meeting recorder with summaries, clips, search across calls, and CRM sync on paid plans. | Otter.ai is an AI meeting notetaker that records, transcribes, and summarizes meetings and uploaded audio or video files. |
| When to consider it | Consider it when you want a generous free recorder for your own calls and may later add team features and CRM sync. | Consider it when recurring video meetings are the main source of recordings and you want searchable notes and summaries without a manual upload step. |
| What to check first | Several AI features are marked as limited use, bot-free recording is a Mac beta, and team plans have a two-user minimum. | The free plan documents a monthly transcription-minute pool, a short per-conversation limit, and only a few lifetime file imports. Check minutes, meeting length, and import limits in the intended plan. |
| Tasks | transcriber, summarizer | transcriber, summarizer |
| Pricing | freemium | freemium |
| Pricing details | A free plan and Premium, Team, Business, and Enterprise plans are documented per user, with lower annual prices. | A free Basic plan and paid Pro, Business, and Enterprise plans are documented, priced per user. Minutes, meeting length, file imports, and concurrent meetings differ by plan. |
| Reported features | Recordings and transcriptions on the free plan Instant AI call summaries Clips, playlists, and search across calls CRM sync on team plans | Auto-join for Zoom, Microsoft Teams, and Google Meet Live transcription with speaker identification AI Chat within and across meetings iOS and Android apps |
| API access | Not documented | Not documented |
| Provider documentation | Checked 2026-11-08 | Checked 2026-11-08 |
| Documentation source | View source ↗ | View source ↗ |
| Independent evaluation | Not yet tested by Roopedia | Not yet tested by Roopedia |