Fathom vs Tactiq

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

Tactiq

• People who do not want a notetaker bot joining their calls
• Following a live transcript during a meeting, not only afterward
• Teams that prefer transcripts kept as text with no audio or video stored

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.

Tactiq

• The Free plan is limited to 10 transcripts and 5 AI credits a month.
• Pro lifts the transcript cap but includes only 10 AI credits a month. Unlimited AI credits start on the Team plan.
• There is no audio or video recording to play back, since Tactiq saves the transcript as text only.
• The download page lists a Chrome extension and a beta Mac app limited to Zoom desktop calls; no Windows or mobile app is listed.

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.

Tactiq

Live transcription without a bot

The extension transcribes Google Meet, Zoom and Microsoft Teams in the browser as people speak, with speaker identification and support for more than 60 languages.

Text-only capture

Tactiq states that it does not record or store meeting audio. The transcript is produced in real time and saved as text, and it is shown only to the person running Tactiq.

AI summaries and action items

One AI credit covers a single AI action, such as a summary, a list of action items or one question. Free includes 5 credits a month, Pro 10, and Team and above are unlimited.

In-meeting AI and saved prompts

Ask the AI questions while the meeting is still running, and save custom questions as reusable prompts for later meetings.

Workflows

A workflow builder triggers steps automatically after a meeting and can post results to Slack, Notion, Linear, HubSpot and other tools. Workflows can be shared with a team.

Mac app (beta)

A native macOS app transcribes calls made in the Zoom desktop app. Tactiq's download page says other platforms are not supported in it yet.

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.

Tactiq

• Free$0

  For 1 user: 10 transcripts and 5 AI credits a month, in-meeting AI, and sharing and export of transcripts.

• Pro$8

  per user / month, billed annually ($12 billed monthly)

  Unlimited transcripts and 10 AI credits a month, plus controls to pause automatic transcription and turn off the transcript notification.

• Team$16.67

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

  For 1 to 20 users: unlimited AI credits, priority support and automatic sharing of transcripts with teams.

• Business$29.17

  per user / month, billed annually ($40 billed monthly)

  For 20 to 200 users: advanced data retention, SAML SSO, a customer success manager, and the Tactiq MCP and Claude connector (both beta).

• EnterpriseCustom

  For 200+ users: a curated data processing agreement, customizable SAML SSO and in-meeting notification, and a dedicated account manager.

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.

Tactiq

• Annual discount

  Save up to 33% with annual billing

  Tactiq labels annual billing as saving up to 33%. Pro is $96 a year instead of $12 a month, Team $200 instead of $20 a month, and Business $350 instead of $40 a month, per user.

• Education

  Education pricing for teachers and students

  The pricing page offers special pricing for teachers and students who apply for Tactiq's education plan through a linked form. The amount is not published.