Otter.ai vs Fathom
A side-by-side look at scores, pricing and features — with RECATOOLS' ASEAN-aware verdict for each.
Otter.ai
Live meeting transcripts, summaries and AI meeting agents
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Fathom
AI meeting notetaker with unlimited free recording and transcription
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| RECATOOLS Score | 7.3 / 10 | 7.5 / 10 |
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| Pricing | Freemium | Freemium |
| Free tier | 300 transcription minutes a month, 30 minutes per conversation, 3 lifetime file imports, 20 AI Chat queries a month | Unlimited recordings, transcription and storage; Advanced AI Summaries and Ask Fathom on the first 5 calls a month |
| Paid from | $8.33/user/month billed annually, or $16.99 month to month (Pro) | Premium $20/mo ($16 annual); Team $19/user ($15 annual); Business $34/user ($25 annual) |
| Has API | ✓ | ✓ |
| Open source | ✗ | ✗ |
| Free to use | ✓ | ✓ |
| Users | 35m+ users | 500k+ users |
| Founded | 2018 | 2020 |
| Maker | Sam Liang, Yun Fu | Richard White |
| Verdict | Otter remains one of the most complete meeting notetakers: live transcripts with speaker labels, summaries, action items, an AI chat across your meeting history and, on higher plans, CRM sync and agents. The free plan is... |
Fathom records, transcribes and summarises Zoom, Google Meet and Teams calls, and its free plan still keeps recording, transcription and storage unlimited, with advanced summaries and the Ask Fathom assistant on the firs... |
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