Fathom vs Spellar AI

Fathom

• Individuals who want unlimited recording and transcription without paying
• Sales teams that log calls to HubSpot or Salesforce
• Teams that share clips and highlights from customer calls

Spellar AI

• Apple users who want notes on Mac, iPhone and iPad under one plan
• People who want to pick the AI model or use their own API key
• Meetings where transcription should stay on the device

Fathom

• On the Free plan, advanced summaries cover only the first 5 calls each month, and action items and Ask Fathom are limited.
• Team and Business plans have a 2-user minimum.
• Bot-free capture is Mac only for now. There is no Android app, and Linux, Chromebooks and iPads are not supported.
• CRM field sync, deal view and coaching scorecards require the Business plan.

Spellar AI

• The pricing page lists no free plan. Pro costs $20 a month or $180 a year, with a 14-day money-back guarantee on a first subscription.
• Apps are listed for Mac, iPhone, iPad and the web only. No Windows or Android version is mentioned.
• Teams, with shared notes, centralized billing and seat management, starts at 5 seats and is priced on request.
• The iPhone and iPad app requires iOS 18 or later, according to its App Store listing.

Fathom

Bot or bot-free capture

Record with a meeting bot that joins the call, or capture from the desktop app with nothing added to the meeting. Bot-free capture is in beta and currently works on Mac only.

AI summaries and action items

A summary is ready when the call ends. Free accounts get advanced summary templates on their first 5 calls each month; paid plans remove the cap and add AI action items.

Ask Fathom

Ask questions about a single call or across the calls in your account and get answers drawn from the transcripts. Use is limited on the Free plan.

Clips and playlists

Cut highlights out of a recording and group them into playlists to share with people who missed the meeting. Included on every plan.

CRM sync

Sends call notes to HubSpot, Salesforce or Close. The Business plan adds CRM field sync, a deal view, and coaching metrics with AI scorecards.

Team workspace

Team plans add global search across everyone's calls, comments, folders and keyword alerts that flag when chosen terms come up.

Spellar AI

Local, bot-free recording

Records the audio of your device on a Mac, iPhone or iPad, so nothing joins the call or notifies attendees. It works with Zoom, Google Meet, Teams and Webex, and in person on an iPhone.

Choice of AI model

GPT, Claude, Gemini and Perplexity models are included in Pro and can be switched per meeting, per template or per question. You can also supply your own API key.

Opt-in server transcription

Server-side AI transcription is off by default and enabled per meeting, or transcription can run on the device with a built-in model. The pricing page lists 50+ languages.

Configurable audio retention

Audio is kept in an encrypted vault for a period you choose, from 1 hour up to always, or it can be set to device-only so that it does not leave your machine.

Templates, recaps and AI chat

Summary templates are written as natural-language prompts. Weekly and monthly recaps summarize across meetings, and an AI chat answers questions about them without a usage cap.

Integrations, API and MCP

Syncs with Notion, Linear and Jira in both directions and lists more than 20 native integrations. Webhooks, a public API and an MCP server are included.

Fathom

• Free$0

  Unlimited recordings and transcription, instant AI summaries, clips, playlists and search across calls.

• Team$15

  per user / month, billed annually ($19 monthly), 2-user minimum

  Everything in Premium, plus global search across calls, comments, folders and keyword alerts.

• Premium$16

  per user / month, billed annually ($20 monthly)

  For individuals: advanced call summaries, AI action items, the conversational assistant and a custom meeting bot.

• Business$25

  per user / month, billed annually ($34 monthly), 2-user minimum

  Everything in Team, plus CRM field sync, deal view, coaching metrics with AI scorecards and custom summaries.

• EnterpriseCustom

  Everything in Business, plus SSO, SCIM provisioning, custom retention, dedicated support and an onboarding program.

Spellar AI

• Spellar Pro$15

  per month, billed annually ($180); $20 billed monthly

  Unlimited recordings, transcripts, summaries and AI chat, every included AI model, custom templates, 20+ integrations, and apps for Mac, iPhone, iPad and web.

• Spellar TeamsCustom

  From 5 seats: shared templates, folders, notes and AI chats, centralized billing and seat management, team integrations and your own S3-compatible audio storage.

Fathom

• Annual discount

  Lower per-user price on annual billing

  Fathom labels annual billing "save 25%+". At listed prices Premium drops from $20 to $16, Team from $19 to $15 and Business from $34 to $25 per user per month.

• Nonprofit

  10 free seats for nonprofits

  Fathom's pricing page offers nonprofits 10 free seats. An application is required.

• Startups

  Up to 2 years of Team free for startups

  Under the Qualified Portfolio Program, startups affiliated with select venture firms and accelerators get up to 2 years of Fathom Team free.

Spellar AI

• Annual discount

  25% off Pro with yearly billing

  The pricing page marks yearly billing as 25% off: Pro is $180 a year, shown as $15 a month, instead of $20 a month, which adds up to $240 a year.