The Fathom Insider’s Guide
Everything we know about Fathom in one document: what it costs, its grades, getting a refund, getting help and what else to look at. Read it here, or keep a copy.
Fathom
The Insider’s Guide
AI notetaker for Zoom, Google Meet and Teams with a free plan
Every plan, grade, refund rule and rival among AI meeting note takers, read from Fathom’s own pages.
Made by Fathom Video Inc. (part of Superhuman) · checked Oct 4, 2026 · toolgpa.com
Contents
- 01WelcomeWhat it is, who it suits, its grades and the ten things to know first
- 02Insider tipsWhat most people miss: ways to pay less, settings worth changing and the catches
- 03What it costsEvery plan, the free plan, ways to pay less and how prices have moved
- 04What it doesIts main features, where it runs, what it works with and who makes it
- 05Where it standsIts grades against its category, and whether to keep it or make your own
- 06After you payGetting your money back, getting out, and getting help
- 07The alternativesThe tools it is most often weighed against, side by side
- 08Quick answersThe questions people ask about it, each answered in a line or two
- 09About ToolGPAWho made this guide, what else is on the site, and how to cite it
ToolGPA put this guide together from Fathom’s own pages, its app-store listings and our grades. Every fact in it is on Fathom’s page too, where it is kept up to date. Checked Oct 4, 2026.
Part 01 · Overview
Welcome
What it is, who it suits, its grades and the ten things to know first
2.8
GPA, above 32 of the 48 other AI meeting note takers we grade
Fathom records, transcribes and summarizes meetings on Zoom, Google Meet and Microsoft Teams. It can capture a call with a meeting bot or, on Mac, without one, and delivers a summary and action items when the call ends. Team plans add shared search, comments and CRM sync aimed at sales teams. Fathom became part of Superhuman in September 2026 and says the app, login and product stay the same.
To get you started, here are 10 things to know about Fathom, taken from its own pages and our grades.
No rating on record, but nothing to set up: the summary is waiting when the call ends and there's nothing for you to do in between.
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Best for free recording and transcripts of video calls
Fathom records, transcribes and summarizes Zoom, Meet and Teams calls, with a bot or, on a Mac, without one.
- 2
Paid plans start at $15 a month for each person
As its pricing page puts it: $15 per user / month, billed annually (Team plan, 2-user minimum).
- 3
There is a free plan
Unlimited recordings, storage and transcription with instant AI summaries, clips and playlists. Advanced summaries cover only the first 5 calls each month, and action items and Ask Fathom have limited use.
- 4
It runs on 3 platforms
macOS, Windows and iOS.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Refunds: no set window
Fathom's terms are blunt: all fees are non-refundable. What you get instead is a clean exit.
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A 2.8 GPA, above 32 of 48
That is against the other AI meeting note takers we grade, on value, the free plan, features, ease of use and platforms.
- 10
Keep it
To replace Fathom you would be making a bot that joins your calls and turns the talk into notes. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one.
Fathom at a glance
- Pricing
- Free plan, from $15 per user / month, billed annually (Team plan, 2-user minimum)
- Free plan
- Yes
- Free trial
- None stated
- Runs on
- macOS, Windows, iOS
- Made by
- Fathom Video Inc. (part of Superhuman)
- Category
- AI Meeting Notes
- Our grade
- 2.8 GPA, good
The report card
Best for free recording and transcripts of video calls
Fathom records, transcribes and summarizes Zoom, Meet and Teams calls, with a bot or, on a Mac, without one. The free plan has no cap on recordings, but advanced summaries cover only 5 calls a month. Premium is $16 a month for one person on the yearly plan, team plans need 2 users, CRM sync needs Business at $25, and there's no Android, Linux or iPad support.
| Subject | Grade | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | C | Premium, the plan for one person, is $16 a month on the yearly deal and $20 monthly; Team is $15 but needs two of you. That's the dear end of a category starting near $10, and CRM field sync and coaching scorecards wait on Business at $25. |
| Free plan and trial | B | Unlimited recordings, storage and transcription with a summary after every call, plus clips and playlists — a plan one person could really live on. The caps are real, though: advanced summaries cover the first 5 calls a month, and action items and Ask Fathom are rationed. |
| Features | B | It covers the job: bot or, on a Mac, bot-free capture in beta, a summary when the call ends, questions across all your calls, clips and playlists, notes into HubSpot, Salesforce or Close, and shared search and keyword alerts for teams. Fireflies and tldv cover the same ground. |
| Ease of use | B | No rating on record, but nothing to set up: the summary is waiting when the call ends and there's nothing for you to do in between. |
| Platforms and integrations | B | Mac, Windows and iPhone, sending notes to Slack, Notion, Asana, HubSpot, Salesforce and Zapier. No Android app, and Linux, Chromebooks and iPads aren't supported. |
An A is worth 4 points, a B 3, a C 2, a D 1 and an F nothing. The GPA is the average of the five.
Who Fathom is for
- Fits if you want unlimited call recording and transcripts on the free plan
- Works for sales teams that want call notes landing in HubSpot or Salesforce
Who it is not for
- Skip it if you're on Android, Linux, a Chromebook or an iPad, as none of those are supported
- Not for you if you want no bot in the call on Windows, since bot-free capture is Mac only and in beta
- Pricey if you're one person who wants the advanced summary on every call, at $16 a month yearly ($20 monthly)
- Tight if you stay free: advanced summaries cover 5 calls a month, and action items and Ask Fathom are rationed
- Watch out: Team and Business need at least 2 users, and CRM field sync and scorecards need Business at $25 a user
Good to know
Good for
- 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
Worth knowing
- 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.
Part 02 · Tips
Insider tips
What most people miss: ways to pay less, settings worth changing and the catches
7
Things most people miss, each from its own help pages
The things about Fathom that are easy to miss until they cost you: ways to pay less, settings worth changing and the catches at renewal or when you leave. Each one is from Fathom’s own pages, linked beside it.
Read on Oct 17, 2026. Read from Fathom's help centre (plan comparison, settings, recording consent, highlights, transcripts, downloads, cancelling and deleting an account) on 17 October 2026. Not tried out: these tips are what its own pages say.
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Pay less
Your first 30 days include Premium, so decide before the caps start
Fathom's plan comparison says new accounts get a free preview that ends 30 days after sign-up. After that the Free limits apply, like advanced summaries on only your first 5 calls a month. That first month is the time to work out if Premium's worth paying for.
help.fathom.video - 2
Pay less
Free already sends call notes to HubSpot, Salesforce or Close
The same page lists CRM sync with HubSpot, Salesforce and Close on Free and Premium, for up to 3 users per email domain. Business adds field sync and the deal view, but if notes in the CRM are all you want, you may not need it.
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Setting
Choose what attendees get sent after each call
Under Auto-Record Settings on the Settings page, a second drop-down picks what attendees get: Summary & recording, Summary only, or Nothing. Pick Summary only if you'd rather outside guests didn't get a link to the video.
help.fathom.video - 4
Privacy
Turn on consent emails before you record outside guests
Switch on Auto Request Recording Consent under Options in Settings and Fathom emails external attendees 24 hours ahead. If one says no, auto-record is off for that meeting. Same-day meetings get no email, so ask out loud for those.
help.fathom.video - 5
Easy to miss
Highlights now get added after the call, from the transcript
The bot-free version has no in-meeting highlights. Open the call afterwards, hover over the transcript and click the blue plus to mark a moment. Drag it to make it longer, then copy a share link for just that clip.
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Leaving
Transcripts can't be downloaded, only copied out one by one
Its help page says transcripts can't be downloaded: you click Copy Transcript above each one and paste it somewhere else. Videos come out one call at a time as MP4 from the three-dot menu. If you're leaving, give yourself time.
help.fathom.video - 7
Renewal
You can cancel Premium yourself, but a Team plan needs Fathom
Downgrade to Free sits under Premium Features in Settings, and the plan runs to the end of the billing date with no more charges. Ending it sooner, or cancelling a Team plan, means contacting Fathom, so don't leave it to the day before renewal.
help.fathom.video
Part 03 · Pricing
What it costs
Every plan, the free plan, ways to pay less and how prices have moved
$15
A month to start, for each person. There is a free plan too
Fathom has a free plan. Paid plans start at $15 per user / month, billed annually (Team plan, 2-user minimum).
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.
Enterprise
Custom
Everything in Business, plus SSO, SCIM provisioning, custom retention, dedicated support and an onboarding program.
The free plan
Unlimited recordings, storage and transcription with instant AI summaries, clips and playlists. Advanced summaries cover only the first 5 calls each month, and action items and Ask Fathom have limited use.
Read from fathom.ai on Oct 4, 2026.
Ways to pay less
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.
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10 free seats for nonprofits
Fathom's pricing page offers nonprofits 10 free seats. An application is required.
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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.
Stated on fathom.ai
Part 04 · Features
What it does
Its main features, where it runs, what it works with and who makes it
3
Places it runs: macOS, Windows and iOS
AI notetaker for Zoom, Google Meet and Teams with a free plan. Here is what it does, as its own site describes it, and what it covers: AI features, meeting notes, transcription, chat assistant, templates.
Fireflies and tldv cover the same ground.
- 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.
Where it runs
- macOS
- Windows
- iOS
What it works with
- Slack
- HubSpot
- Salesforce
- Close
- Notion
- Asana
- Zapier
- ChatGPT
Who makes Fathom
Fathom is made by Fathom Video Inc., a San Francisco company founded by Richard White that Superhuman acquired in September 2026. It earns money from the Premium, Team, Business and Enterprise plans of its meeting notetaker, alongside a free plan.
- Founded
- 2020silicon.co.uk
- Based
- San Francisco, Californiafathom.ai
- Ownership
- Part of a larger company. Part of Superhuman, which announced on September 14, 2026 that it had acquired Fathom; Fathom's own post says the app, login and product stay the same. Neither announcement gives a price.blog.superhuman.com
- Funding
- Raised a $17 million Series A led by Telescope Partners in September 2024, about $2 million of it from users through Wefunder, after a $4.7 million seed round in January 2022 that included Zoom's Apps Fund, according to TechCrunch. Superhuman bought the company in September 2026.techcrunch.comtechcrunch.comblog.superhuman.com
- Founders and leaders
- Richard White, Founder and CEOblog.superhuman.com
- Hiring
- 4 open roles, all remote: 3 in engineering and 1 AI engineerjobs.ashbyhq.com
- Partner program
- Solution Partners (agencies, consultants and service providers) earn commission on qualified teams they refer, plus training and co-marketing; the rate is not published. Separate programs cover integration builders and VC portfolios.fathom.ai
- Referral program
- A points program: users earn points when someone they refer signs up or becomes active, redeemable for Fathom perks. Top referrers can move up to the commission-paying Solution Partner program.fathom.ai
- Lately
- Fathom iOS mobile app · October 2026
- Fathom is now part of Superhuman · Sep 14, 2026
- Enforce chat message · September 2026
- Default language for call summary · September 2026
Read on Oct 18, 2026 from the company’s own pages and from news reports. What is not stated there is left out.
Part 05 · Standing
Where it stands
Its grades against its category, and whether to keep it or make your own
32/48
Other AI meeting note takers it is graded above
Fathom's GPA of 2.8 is higher than 32 of the 48 other AI meeting note takers we grade, and level with 5.
It stands best on free plan and trial (B, above 41 of 48) and worst on value for money (C, above 13).
Its paid plans start at $15 a month for each person, against a middle price of $10 for the category: 33 of the 47 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 3.0 out of 4. 15 tools score higher and cost less.
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 49 AI meeting note takers we grade, cut by the letter each got. Fathom’s own letter is outlined.
- CValue for moneyAbove 13 of 48
- BFree plan and trialAbove 41 of 48
- BFeaturesAbove 10 of 48
- BEase of useAbove 20 of 48
- BPlatforms and integrationsAbove 6 of 48
Price against what you get
Each dot is one of 48 AI meeting note takers. Further left costs less; higher up scores better on features, ease of use and platforms. Fathom is the marked dot.
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
Keep it, or make your own?
Whether this is something you could build for yourself with an AI app builder, and what you would give up.
Keep it
To replace Fathom you would be making a bot that joins your calls and turns the talk into notes. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one.
It is one of the better ones too: its GPA of 2.8 is higher than 32 of the 48 other AI meeting note takers we grade. It costs $180 a year.
What you could make
- Templates: an app builder makes this well.
What you could not
- A bot that joins your calls and turns the talk into notes.
- An AI model, which you can rent by the request but not make.
- Speech turned into text you can trust.
- Apps for macOS, Windows and iOS that stay in step with each other.
- It is priced for each person, which means accounts and billing for a team.
- It plugs into other products, Slack, HubSpot and Salesforce among them.
- People on the other end: coaches. No app builder makes those.
- The depth: we grade its features B, which means it covers the whole job.
What this rests on. Fathom’s listing: what it does, where it runs, what it plugs into and what it costs. It is a judgement about the kind of software this is. We have not built a replacement for it, and making your own means looking after it too. How we decide, and every tool’s verdict.
Part 06 · Refunds
After you pay
Getting your money back, getting out, and getting help
What happens once you have paid: whether you can get your money back, how to leave, and how to reach a person when something goes wrong. Each is graded from Fathom’s own terms and help pages.
Refunds and cancelling
Ordinary · checked Oct 18, 2026
Fathom's terms are blunt: all fees are non-refundable. What you get instead is a clean exit. An individual Premium plan is switched back to Free from the settings in a few clicks, you keep the paid features until the billing period ends, and the account drops to Fathom's free edition rather than closing. That is the ordinary deal, so a C. A Team plan is the weak spot: its admins have to write in to cancel.
- Refund window
- No set window
- How you cancel
- Yourself, in settings
- Getting your money back
Fathom's terms of service say all fees are non-refundable, exclusive of applicable taxes, which you are responsible for. They give no window, no money-back guarantee and no exception. The terms add that you may cancel without penalty or obligation at any time before the next renewal date, which stops the next charge rather than returning the last one.
Stated on fathom.ai- How to cancel Fathom
An individual Premium plan is switched back to Free from the Settings page, under Premium Features, or from Fathom's billing page. The article says the subscription then ends on the billing date with no further charges, and that you must write to Fathom if you need it cancelled at once. A Team plan cannot be cancelled there: the article tells team customers to write to its customer success address.
- Log in to Fathom and open Settings
- Scroll down to Premium Features
- Click Downgrade to Free, or open the billing page the article links to
- Click Cancel Plan to confirm the downgrade
- What you keep afterwards
The terms say you keep your subscription benefits until the end of the Subscription Term, at which point they expire and an individual account reverts to the free edition unless you ask for the account itself to be closed. A separate article on uninstalling says a Delete Account button at the bottom of Settings wipes the account in about 12 hours, with no recovery, and that Team plan users do not see it.
Stated on fathom.ai- Renewals
The terms say a paid subscription renews automatically on the monthly or annual basis you chose, and that the card on the account is charged automatically until you cancel, with no further consent or notice required. They mention no reminder before a renewal, and no refund of a renewal you did not want.
Stated on fathom.ai
In your favour
- An individual Premium plan is switched back to Free from the settings, with nobody to write to.
- You keep the paid features until the billing period you already paid for runs out.
- The account drops to Fathom's free edition rather than closing, and that free plan keeps your recordings.
Watch out for
- All fees are non-refundable, says the contract, so a year paid up front does not come back.
- Plans renew on their own and no page promises a reminder before the charge lands.
- A Team plan cannot be cancelled in the settings: an admin has to write in and ask.
- Delete the account and Fathom says the data goes for good within about 12 hours.
Customer support
Ordinary · checked Oct 18, 2026
A contact form on the help centre and a big written help centre, open to everyone including free users. There is no phone line, no public live chat, no stated hours and no stated reply time, so you cannot tell how long you would wait. That is where most tools at this price sit, and it is a C. Priority support with a service level is an Enterprise thing, and Enterprise has no published price.
Ways to get help
Contact form or ticket
A contact form on the help centre asks for a name, an email address, a subject and the question, and suggests articles as you type. It needs no account, so free users can send one too.
Stated on help.fathom.videoHelp centre
A written help centre with more than a hundred articles grouped into getting started, settings, using Fathom on and after a call, integrations, team pricing plans, FAQs and troubleshooting. It is open without signing in.
Stated on help.fathom.video
Not listed on Fathom’s pages: live chat, phone.
- When people answer
Its pages do not say.
- How fast it says it replies
Its pages do not say.
- What depends on your plan
The pricing page lists a dedicated success manager and priority support SLAs as Enterprise features. No other plan on that page is given a support line of its own, and none of the pages read describes a priority queue, live chat or a phone number for the Free, Premium, Team or Business plans.
Stated on fathom.ai
In your favour
- Anyone can send the contact form, free users included, with no account needed.
- The help centre is unusually thorough, with step-by-step articles on billing, cancelling and deleting an account.
Watch out for
- No page says when the support team works or how quickly it aims to answer.
- There is no phone number and no live chat anywhere on Fathom's public pages.
- A dedicated manager and a priority service level come only with Enterprise, which is priced on request.
What these two grades rest on. Read on 18 October 2026: Fathom's terms of service, its help articles on cancelling an individual Premium plan, viewing team billing, deleting an account when uninstalling and what happens when a team account goes inactive, plus the help centre, its contact form and the pricing page. Nobody here cancelled a plan or contacted its support. They are graded apart from the five that make the GPA. How we grade refunds and support.
Part 07 · Alternatives
The alternatives
The tools it is most often weighed against, side by side
Fireflies.ai, Otter.ai, tl;dv, Granola and Read AI
The 5 tools Fathom is most often weighed against, with where each one differs from it.
- 3.2GPA
Fireflies.ai
Free plan · from $10/mo
Meeting notetaker that records, transcribes and summarizes calls.
- Only Fireflies.ai lists a web app.
- Only Fireflies.ai lists an Android app.
- Only Fireflies.ai lists a browser extension.
- 3.0GPA
Otter.ai
Free plan · from $8.33/mo
Live meeting transcription with summaries and AI chat.
- Only Otter.ai lists a web app.
- Only Otter.ai lists an Android app.
- Only Otter.ai lists a browser extension.
- 2.4GPA
tl;dv
Free plan · from $18/mo
Meeting recorder and AI notetaker for Zoom, Meet and Teams.
- Only tl;dv lists a web app.
- Only tl;dv lists an Android app.
- Only tl;dv lists a browser extension.
- 3.0GPA
Granola
Free plan · from $14/mo
AI notepad that transcribes meetings from device audio, no bot.
- Only Granola lists an Android app.
- 2.6GPA
Read AI
Free plan · from $15/mo
Meeting notetaker with search across meetings, email and chat.
- Only Read AI lists a web app.
- Only Read AI lists an Android app.
- Only Read AI lists a browser extension.
Part 08 · Questions
Quick answers
The questions people ask about it, each answered in a line or two
17
Questions, each answered in a line or two
The short version of everything above, for when you only need the answer. Each one is told in full in its part of the guide.
Is Fathom free?
Fathom has a free plan. Unlimited recordings, storage and transcription with instant AI summaries, clips and playlists.
How much does Fathom cost?
Fathom lists 5 plans. Free: $0.
What platforms does Fathom work on?
Fathom is available on macOS, Windows and iOS.
Does Fathom offer any discounts?
Fathom publicly lists the following: Lower per-user price on annual billing; 10 free seats for nonprofits; Up to 2 years of Team free for startups.
Does Fathom have an Android app?
No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 4, 2026. Fathom is listed for macOS, Windows and iOS.
Does Fathom have a Linux app?
No Linux app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 4, 2026. Fathom is listed for macOS, Windows and iOS.
Is Fathom open source?
Fathom is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Oct 4, 2026.
What does Fathom integrate with?
Fathom's listing names Slack, HubSpot, Salesforce, Close, Notion, Asana, Zapier and ChatGPT.
Who makes Fathom?
Fathom is made by a company of the same name. Part of Superhuman, which announced on September 14, 2026 that it had acquired Fathom; Fathom's own post says the app, login and product stay the same.
What are the alternatives to Fathom?
The closest alternatives to Fathom in our directory are Fireflies.ai, Otter.ai, tl;dv, Granola and Read AI.
Does Fathom give refunds?
Fathom's terms of service say all fees are non-refundable, exclusive of applicable taxes, which you are responsible for.
How do I cancel Fathom?
An individual Premium plan is switched back to Free from the Settings page, under Premium Features, or from Fathom's billing page.
What happens to my data if I cancel Fathom?
The terms say you keep your subscription benefits until the end of the Subscription Term, at which point they expire and an individual account reverts to the free edition unless you ask for the account itself to be closed.
How do I contact Fathom support?
Fathom's pages list these ways to get help: contact form or ticket and help centre.
How does Fathom compare with other AI meeting note takers?
Fathom's GPA of 2.8 is higher than 32 of the 48 other AI meeting note takers we grade, and level with 5.
Is Fathom good value for money?
ToolGPA grades Fathom C for value for money. Its paid plans start at $15 a month for each person, against a middle price of $10 for the category: 33 of the 47 others that charge start lower.
Could I make my own version of Fathom?
To replace Fathom you would be making a bot that joins your calls and turns the talk into notes.
Where this guide comes from
The prices, plans, platforms and features were read from Fathom’s own pages on Oct 4, 2026, and the grades were given on Oct 10, 2026. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Fathom's own pages on 4 October 2026. Also tested with a demo account on 2026-08-25.
Every tool we list gets five grades, A to F, each with its reason, and a GPA that averages them. How each is decided is at toolgpa.com/grades. This guide is ToolGPA’s own work; it is not made, paid for or approved by Fathom Video Inc. (part of Superhuman). Prices change, so check fathom.ai before you buy.
Part 09 · About
About ToolGPA
Who made this guide, what else is on the site, and how to cite it
3,189
Tools graded, in 94 categories
ToolGPA grades software the way a school report grades a pupil: five subjects, a letter for each with the reason written beside it, and a GPA that averages them. Prices, plans and platforms are read from each maker’s own pages and dated, so you always know how fresh a figure is.
Every grade, review and ranking on ToolGPA is our own judgement. No company can pay for a grade or change one. Every tool on the site has a guide like this one, free to download and pass on. It all lives at toolgpa.com.
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tools graded
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categories
426
price changes on record
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apps priced in 12 countries
What else is on toolgpa.com
- Fathom, kept up to dateEverything in this guide, with prices and grades as they are todaytoolgpa.com/tools/fathom
- How grades are givenThe rules behind every letter and every GPAtoolgpa.com/grades
- Value chartsWhat each tool costs against what it scores, for every categorytoolgpa.com/charts
- CompareAny two tools side by side, plan by plantoolgpa.com/compare
- Price changesEvery price rise and cut on record, each with its sourcetoolgpa.com/price-changes
- Prices by countryWhat apps cost on the App Store in 12 countriestoolgpa.com/prices-by-country
- Pay lessEvery public discount: yearly billing, students, nonprofitstoolgpa.com/save
- Keep or makeWhich tools are worth paying for, and which you could build yourselftoolgpa.com/keep-or-make
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