Fathom
GoTypical verifiedFree AI meeting recorder and note-taker for Zoom, Teams, and Meet. Records, transcribes, and generates AI summaries with action items automatically. Fathom's free plan is unlimited with no credit limits — extraordinary for a consumer AI product. Fastest word-of-mouth growth of any meeting tool in 2024-2025 with the highest NPS score.
Fathom's AI-powered search feature makes finding the right podcast easy.
Reality check: Fathom is best for casual podcast listeners who don't need advanced features.
Community reactions
- Individuals and teams wanting free AI meeting notes
- startup teams
- sales reps
- anyone evaluating AI meeting tools
- teams adopting without IT approval
- Users who dislike recording bots (use Granola)
- Mac users wanting no-bot system audio capture
- enterprises needing complex CRM automation
- high-security or legally sensitive call environments
- Unlimited free recording and AI summaries — no credit limits
- Works across Zoom/Teams/Meet
- Action item extraction
- Multiple summary formats
- HubSpot/Salesforce sync on paid plans
- Highest NPS of any meeting tool
- Fast bottom-up team adoption
- Bot joins meetings (visible to participants)
- No system audio capture (unlike Granola)
- Advanced CRM sync requires paid plan
- Team collaboration features behind paywall
- No mobile app
- Limited to supported conferencing tools
Worth it
33 votes
Situational
15 votes
Not worth it
2 votes
Based on 50 web mentions
- Meeting transcription
- Action item tracking
- Sales call notes
- One-on-one summaries
- Team standup notes
- Customer call documentation
- Interview notes
- Follow-up email drafting from meeting context
Micro-feedback feed
50 reviewsFathom is a game-changer for podcast discovery.
Fathom's approach to LLMs is an interesting concept.
Fathom is a game-changer for podcast discovery.
Fathom's approach to AI raises interesting questions about the Open/Closed Problem.
Fathom's in-browser builds are a total game-changer!
https://reddit.com/link/1tjhhtm/video/uafm52wvmg2h1/player Hi r/macapps, I’m the developer behind Promta. I use ChatGPT and Claude daily f
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