Fathom vs Fireflies.ai vs Otter.ai vs tl;dv
A side-by-side look at scores, pricing and features — with RECATOOLS' ASEAN-aware verdict for each.
Fathom
AI meeting notetaker with the category's best free recording tier
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Fireflies.ai
AI meeting note-taker — joins calls, transcribes, summarizes
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Otter.ai
Meeting transcription and AI notes
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tl;dv
Meeting recorder built for clips and highlights, not full replays
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| RECATOOLS Score | 7.5 / 10 | 7.8 / 10 | 7.3 / 10 | 7.4 / 10 |
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| Pricing | Freemium | Freemium | Freemium | Freemium |
| Free tier | Unlimited recording/transcription (38 languages); AI summaries capped at 5 calls/month | 20 shared AI credits/month (summaries, AskFred, highlights); unlimited recording minutes | 300 minutes per month transcription, 3 lifetime audio/video file imports (permanent cap, not monthly), 30-minute cap per conversation | Unlimited free recordings and 10 AI summaries/month |
| Paid from | Premium $19-20/mo; Team $19/user/mo ($15 annual); Business $34/user/mo | $18/month (Pro) | $16.99/month (Pro) | $18/month (Pro) |
| Has API | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| Open source | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Free to use | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ |
| Users | 500k+ users | 20m+ users across 500,000+ organizations (and 1m+ companies per the Fireflies.ai pricing page) | 35m+ users | 500k+ users |
| Founded | 2020 | 2016 | 2016 | 2021 |
| Maker | Richard White | Krish Ramineni, Sam Udotong | Sam Liang, Yun Fu | Raphael Fontes, Namaan Menkart |
| Verdict | Fathom records, transcribes, and summarises Zoom, Google Meet, and Teams calls, with summaries typically ready within 30 seconds and transcripts linked to video timestamps. The free tier is still the category's most gene... |
Fireflies is a mature AI meeting assistant — it joins calls automatically, transcribes in real time, and turns the recording into searchable notes with action items, which is exactly what sales and ops teams want feeding... |
Otter.ai remains the most recognizable AI meeting-assistant, with OtterPilot joining Zoom, Teams, and Google Meet calls to transcribe, diarize speakers, and generate summaries and action items. Real-time English transcri... |
tl;dv's clip-first approach is still its best idea: tag moments live, share a highlights reel instead of a 60-minute recording, and compile clips across meetings into topic reels. Multilingual transcription makes it a pr... |
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Comparisons cover up to 4 tools. Scores are RECATOOLS editorial assessments; verify current pricing on each vendor's site.