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Fathom vs Fireflies.ai

A side-by-side look at Fathom and Fireflies.ai — pricing, features and where each one wins. Both are reviewed independently on Curata AI.

FathomFireflies.ai
SummaryFree AI meeting recorder with unlimited recordings and a generous no-cost tier.AI meeting assistant that transcribes, summarizes and analyzes every call, then syncs it to your CRM and tools.
PricingFreemiumFreemium
CategoryProductivityProductivity
PlatformsWeb, iOS, AndroidWeb, iOS, Android, Chrome
Key features
  • Unlimited Free Recording & Storage
  • AI Summaries & Action Items
  • Custom Prompt Templates
  • Zapier Integration
  • Team Admin Controls & SSO (Team plans)
  • AI Notetaker Bot (Fred)
  • Meeting Transcription (100+ Languages)
  • AskFred AI Assistant
  • Live Assist (Real-Time Coaching)
  • Conversation Intelligence & Analytics
  • 200+ AI Skills
  • Fireflies MCP Server
  • CRM & 15+ App Integrations
Pros
  • Genuinely unlimited free recording, transcription and storage
  • End-to-end encryption and SOC 2 Type 2 compliance
  • Does not use customer data for AI training and supports full data deletion
  • Claimed 95% transcription accuracy across 100+ languages with speaker recognition
  • Captures meetings almost any way — bot, Chrome extension, mobile/desktop app, dialers or file upload
  • AskFred and Live Assist turn meeting history into a queryable, real-time-coaching knowledge base
  • 200+ role-specific AI Skills go well beyond generic summaries
  • New MCP Server brings meeting data directly into Claude, ChatGPT and other AI tools
  • Enterprise-grade security (SOC 2 Type II, GDPR, HIPAA) and an approved affiliate program (up to 30% recurring for 12 months)
Cons
  • Free plan's AI summaries are capped at just 5 calls per month
  • Premium price increased from $15 to $19/month in early 2026
  • Less enterprise depth (CRM breadth, AI Skills) than Fireflies
  • Advanced features (AskFred, Sentiment Analysis, several AI Apps) are gated behind AI credits that can run out mid-month
  • "Unlimited transcription" marketing still caps storage — Pro is limited to 8,000 minutes per seat
  • Users report occasional calendar-sync issues and inconsistent accuracy with accents or overlapping speech
  • A bot joining every call can feel intrusive to external meeting participants

Read the full Fathom review

Fathom records, transcribes and stores unlimited Zoom, Google Meet and Microsoft Teams calls for free — the catch is that AI-generated summaries, action items and follow-up notes are capped at 5 calls per month on the Free plan. Premium unlocks unlimited AI summaries plus advanced actions, custom prompt templates and deeper Zapier integration. It's a common recommendation as the best genuinely free option for teams with light AI-summary needs but heavy recording volume.

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Read the full Fireflies.ai review

Fireflies.ai is an AI meeting assistant used across 1M+ companies. Its notetaker bot, Fred, joins Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams and 10+ other platforms — or captures audio via the Chrome extension, mobile app, desktop app, dialers like Aircall and RingCentral, or a direct file upload — and turns every call into a searchable transcript with AI summaries and action items. AskFred lets you ask natural-language questions across your entire meeting history, and Live Assist provides real-time suggestions and coaching during a call itself. Conversation intelligence (speaker talk-time, sentiment analysis, topic trackers) gives managers visibility into how meetings actually go, and 200+ role-specific AI Skills automate follow-ups for sales, recruiting, marketing, engineering and more. A new Fireflies MCP Server brings meeting insights directly into Claude, ChatGPT and other AI tools. Deep integrations (5+ CRMs, 9+ project-management tools, Slack, ATS platforms) and SOC 2/GDPR/HIPAA compliance round it out for teams that live in meetings.

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