Fathom summarizes meetings with a bot-free option, plus integrations and topic monitoring. The catalogue's meetings and notes group is its largest (22 tools as of 2026-10-27); these are the most-visited alternatives.
| Alternative | What it is best at | Free plan | Paid entry | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Granola | Strong fit for individuals who want AI-enhanced personal meeting notes from their own device audio. | Yes | Business: $14/user/mo (checked 2026-10-27) | Full record · Fathom vs Granola |
| Otter.ai | Strong fit for transcribing and summarizing live meetings with a monthly shared minute pool. | Yes | Pro: $16.99 /user/month ($8.33 /user/month billed annually) (checked 2026-10-27) | Full record · Fathom vs Otter.ai |
| Read AI | Well suited to teams that want meeting summaries and action items turned into searchable team context, including transcription and enterprise search. | Yes | Pro: $15/user/mo billed annually, $19.75 monthly (checked 2026-10-27) | Full record |
| Fireflies.ai | Strong fit for teams that want searchable meeting records plus a monthly AI-credit allowance. | Yes | Pro: $10/seat/mo billed annually, $18/seat/mo billed monthly (checked 2026-10-27) | Full record |
| Tactiq | A good fit for live transcription and AI summaries in Google Meet, Zoom and Teams, delivered as a Chrome extension with AI workflows. | Yes | Pro: $8/user/mo, annual billing (checked 2026-10-30) | Full record |
AI notepad for back-to-back meetings that captures notes, actions and memory without a meeting bot.
Strong fit for individuals who want AI-enhanced personal meeting notes from their own device audio.
AI meeting transcription and summaries for Zoom, Meet and Teams.
Strong fit for transcribing and summarizing live meetings with a monthly shared minute pool.
AI notetaker that turns meetings into summaries, action items and searchable team context.
Well suited to teams that want meeting summaries and action items turned into searchable team context, including transcription and enterprise search.
AI meeting assistant that transcribes, summarizes, searches and analyzes team conversations.
Strong fit for teams that want searchable meeting records plus a monthly AI-credit allowance.
AI note taker for Google Meet, Zoom and Teams with live transcription and AI workflows.
A good fit for live transcription and AI summaries in Google Meet, Zoom and Teams, delivered as a Chrome extension with AI workflows.
How this list was built: alternatives are tools from the same area of the Ai Siftly catalogue, ordered by website-domain popularity (Tranco research list, 2026-10-26; method), then tools without a rank. Prices and details come from each vendor's own pages with the date checked shown. This is not a ranking or a recommendation.
Yes. Granola, Otter.ai, Read AI, Fireflies and Tactiq each list a free plan (checked dates shown above).
Tactiq Pro at $8/user/month billed annually (checked 2026-10-30). Fireflies Pro is $10/seat/month billed annually (checked 2026-10-27).
Granola captures notes from your own device audio without a bot, matching Fathom's bot-free option. Tactiq works as a Chrome extension on Google Meet, Zoom and Teams.
Every price shows the date it was checked on the vendor's own page. Confirm with the vendor before buying.