Fathom

What it does

Fathom joins your Zoom, Meet, or Teams calls, records, transcribes, and turns the meeting into notes: summaries, action items, key moments you can click back to. The free tier's headline is real — unlimited recordings and unlimited transcription, no per-meeting time cap, 25+ languages. It just works, quietly, in the background of your meetings.

Pricing that matters

Free is genuinely usable: unlimited recording and transcription. The 2026 squeeze is on AI summaries — advanced summaries are now capped at 5 a month (they used to be unlimited), after which you get the basic template. Premium is $16 a month annual ($20 monthly) for unlimited advanced summaries, action items, and Ask Fathom. Team and Business tiers scale per seat. As of Oct 2026.

Best for

Anyone drowning in meetings who wants the notes without taking them. If your calendar is a wall of Zoom calls, this pays for itself in week one.

The honest take

Best free tier in the category — unlimited capture with no time cap is rare. The catch is the one that matters: the free plan quietly got worse in 2026, and five AI summaries a month runs out fast if you're in meetings daily. Also no mobile app, no in-person recording — it's a meetings-only tool. The free tier is a great audition; heavy users will hit the paywall.

Alternatives

Granola: pick this instead if you want the bot to stay out of the call entirely. Fireflies.ai: pick this instead if you need CRM integrations and team-level analytics.