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Fathom vs Read AI
Fathom and Read AI 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 Read AI, row by row
| Fathom | Read AI | |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan: how much | “Unlimited recordings + transcriptions” — Free, for individuals source | “5 meeting transcripts per month” — Free source |
| Free plan: longest meeting | Not stated on the pages we read | “Maximum Meeting Length Record and measure meetings up to the maximum recording duration. 1 hour” — Free source |
| Cheapest paid plan | “Free Plan or Plans from $15/mo” source | “$15” — Pro, a user a month billed yearly ($19.75 month to month) source |
| How it gets into a meeting | “Choice of bot-free (in beta) or bot capture” source | “Add Read Assistant to any Zoom, Teams, or Meet meeting to automatically take meeting notes” source |
| Meeting apps | Not stated on the pages we read | “Support for Zoom, Teams, & Meet” source |
| Who said what | Not stated on the pages we read | “The full dialogue of a meeting broken out by speaker” source |
| Languages | Not stated on the pages we read | “Read meeting reports are available in 16+ languages” source |
| Video recording | Not stated on the pages we read | “For individuals and teams who want video playback and other supercharged capabilities.” — the Enterprise plan source |
| Downloads and export | “Call downloads and clips (unlimited)” source | Not stated on the pages we read |
| Single sign-on | “Enhanced security controls with SSO & SCIM provisioning” — Enterprise source | “SAML & SCIM” — 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
- Fathom’s free plan does not cap recordings; Read AI’s allows five transcripts a month, each up to an hour.
- Read AI joins as a notetaker; Fathom offers a bot or, in beta, bot-free capture.
- Read AI puts video playback on its Enterprise plan.
Which matters for your meetings
A person with many meetings a month will hit Read AI's five free transcripts quickly; Fathom's free plan states no such cap. Read AI's free meetings are also limited to an hour each. Both keep their richer features — single sign-on, and for Read AI video — for higher plans.
What that comes to, worked out
A recruiter with twelve interviews a week, about fifty a month at 45 minutes each: Read AI's free plan transcribes five of them, a tenth of the month, each in full since they are under its one-hour limit. Fathom's free plan for individuals states no cap on recordings, so all fifty fit. On paid plans the starting prices are level, Read AI Pro at $15 a user a month billed yearly and Fathom's plans from $15 a month, so the choice there turns on how each gets into the call: Read AI's assistant joins it, Fathom offers a bot or, in beta, none.
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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