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Fathom vs Granola
Fathom and Granola compared on what their own pages say, row by row — nothing about either in our words except a plain reading at the end.
Fathom and Granola, row by row
| Fathom | Granola | |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan: how much | “Unlimited recordings + transcriptions” — Free, for individuals source | Not stated on the pages we read |
| Free plan: how much is kept | Not stated on the pages we read | “Meeting history 30 days” — Basic, the free plan source |
| Cheapest paid plan | “Free Plan or Plans from $15/mo” source | “$14 per user per month” — Business source |
| How it gets into a meeting | “Choice of bot-free (in beta) or bot capture” source | “Bot-free, device-audio capture” source |
| Who said what | Not stated on the pages we read | “Speaker tagging” source |
| Languages | Not stated on the pages we read | “Multi-language support” source |
| Downloads and export | “Call downloads and clips (unlimited)” source | Not stated on the pages we read |
| Training on your meetings | Not stated on the pages we read | “Granola trains on your anonymized data so we can keep making Granola better.” — each user can opt out source |
| Single sign-on | “Enhanced security controls with SSO & SCIM provisioning” — Enterprise source | “Single sign-on (SSO)” — Enterprise only source |
| API | Not stated on the pages we read | “API access” — Business and Enterprise source |
Every cell is the company's own words, linked. Prices change — this is what each page said on 10 November 2026. Something changed? Tell us.
What the two pages add up to
- Both can work without a bot in the call: Granola always, Fathom as a choice in beta.
- Fathom’s free plan for individuals does not cap recordings; Granola’s free plan keeps 30 days of meeting history.
- Single sign-on is an Enterprise feature for both.
Which matters for your meetings
These two are the closest of the pairs on this site, because both can keep a bot out of the meeting. The differences are in what the free plan keeps — Fathom states no limit on recordings, Granola keeps a month of history — and in Granola's note on training its models, which each user can switch off.
What that comes to, worked out
A consultant who wants to look back at last quarter's calls finds the difference there. Granola's free plan keeps 30 days, so a call from ten weeks ago has left the free history. Fathom's pricing page states no cap on recordings for its free plan for individuals and names no time limit on keeping them. Both can keep the bot out if you choose, Granola always and Fathom with its bot-free option in beta, so for a client who objects to a guest in the call, either works. Granola's Business plan is $14 a user a month; Fathom's plans start at $15 a month.
The sums use only the numbers quoted above. Yearly prices are the monthly figure times twelve.
Where Meetful is different from both
Meetful is a meeting app rather than a notetaker you add to someone else's call. It transcribes each person from their own microphone, so every line carries the name of whoever said it without guessing, and there is no bot in the participant list. The notes, the recording and the transcript are free, and anybody in the meeting can leave themselves out of the notes.
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