Fathom 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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tl;dv
Meeting recorder built for clips and highlights, not full replays
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| RECATOOLS Score | 7.5 / 10 | 7.4 / 10 |
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| Pricing | Freemium | Freemium |
| Free tier | Unlimited recording/transcription (38 languages); AI summaries capped at 5 calls/month | 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) |
| Has API | ✗ | ✗ |
| Open source | ✗ | ✗ |
| Free to use | ✓ | ✓ |
| Users | 500k+ users | 500k+ users |
| Founded | 2020 | 2021 |
| Maker | Richard White | 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... |
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... |
| Full review → | Full review → |
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