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Otter.ai vs Fathom

Both tools as recorded in our index — entry price, free-tier caps, platforms, API and the drawbacks we logged. Prices come from each vendor's own pricing page.

Side-by-side comparison of Otter.ai, Fathom
Criterion	Otter.ai AI meeting notes Freemium	Fathom AI meeting notes Freemium
Score	7.5/10	7.9/10 (best in this comparison)
Pricing model	Free plan · from $16.99/mo	Free plan · from $19/mo
Entry paid plan	$16.99/mo (best in this comparison)	$19/mo
Free tier	300 transcription minutes/month, 3 lifetime file imports, 5 workspace members, 1 concurrent meeting	Unlimited recordings/transcripts/clips; advanced AI summary generation is limited on the free tier
Platforms	Web, Mobile, Plugin, API	Desktop, Web, Plugin, API
API	Yes (best in this comparison)	Yes (best in this comparison)
Developer	Otter.ai, Inc.	Fathom Video, Inc.
Launched	2016	2021
Pricing verified	August 2026	August 2026
Capability 30%	7.5	8.0
Value for money 25%	6.5	8.5
Ease of use 15%	8.5	8.5
Maturity 15%	9.0	6.5
Support & docs 10%	7.0	6.5
Momentum 5%	5.5	9.0
Where it falls short	Otter changed plan limits and pricing multiple times in 2024-2025, drawing 'shrinkflation' complaints from long-time subscribers Struggles with heavy accents, crosstalk and technical jargon, generating labeled-but-garbled 'Speaker 1/2' transcripts Bot can join meetings and auto-email full transcripts to external participants who never agreed to being recorded	Reported timestamp bugs where multi-hour calls are mis-marked as only a few minutes long No straightforward way to selectively record on mobile Zoom/Meet - must start from desktop AI summaries can be too generalized for complex or highly technical discussions
Go to source	Visit Otter.ai	Visit Fathom

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