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Fireflies.ai vs Fathom

Pick up to 4 tools and see their free plans, entry prices, platforms and limits in one table. Every fact comes from each vendor's own pages, checked 16 October 2026.

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Fireflies.ai

Free plan · from $10/user/mo

Fathom

Free plan · from $16/user/mo

What it isAI meeting assistant that records, transcribes and summarizes team callsAI notetaker that records, transcribes and summarizes video calls
Free planUnlimited transcription when the notetaker auto-joins meetings; 400 minutes of storage per seat (older files must be deleted to store new ones); 20 AI credits per month; 3-10 one-off credits (depending on sign-up source) used to summarize meetings captured by the bot, Chrome extension or mobile app and to transcribe uploads; uploads up to 100MB and 150 minutes per file; transcript downloads need a paid plan.Free forever: unlimited recordings, transcription in 38 languages, storage, downloads and clips; instant AI summaries, with advanced summaries for the first 5 calls a month; Ask Fathom limited; no AI action items or AI follow-up emails
Cheapest paid plan$10/user/mo billed annually (Pro)Fireflies.ai pricing$16/user/mo billed annually (Premium)Fathom pricing
What it coversUp to 8,000 minutes of storage per seat.Team plan is $19/user/month billed monthly or $15 billed annually, for 2+ users.
Free trialNone stated30-day free preview of Premium features after sign-up (60 days through a referral)
PlatformsWeb, iOS, Android, Chrome extension, APIWeb, macOS, Windows, iOS, Android, Chrome extension, API
Integrations (vendor's figure)100+ third-party apps (help centre; the Free plan article says 50+)Not stated
Open sourceNoNo
Good for
  • Keeping a searchable archive of team and client meetings
  • Sharing meeting summaries and action items with people who missed the call
  • Reviewing sales or support calls for recurring topics
  • Recording client or sales calls without taking manual notes
  • Sending call summaries and action items to a CRM such as HubSpot or Salesforce
  • Building playlists of call highlights for team training
Watch out for
  • Free plan storage is capped at 400 minutes per seat
  • Transcript downloads require a paid plan
  • Video recording, conversation intelligence and API access start on the Business plan
  • Free plan does not include advanced summaries, AI action items or AI follow-up emails
  • Ask Fathom is marked 'limited use' on the free plan
  • Team plan requires at least 2 users
Made byFireflies.ai CorpFathom (part of Superhuman)

Entry prices are the cheapest paid plan, as each vendor publishes it; “What it covers” says what that price is per (a user, a channel, a brand, a number of contacts). The sources are listed on each tool's page.

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