# Fathom vs Granola

Updated 2026-10-15. Compared from independent Reddit comments only. Methodology: https://gtmranked.com/methodology/

**Is Fathom or Granola better?** Only Granola has enough independent discussion to rank (73/100 from 33 rated comments). Fathom has 5 rated comments, below the 8 we require, so its 57/100 is provisional.

**Is Fathom or Granola cheaper?** Fathom: Free plan with unlimited recordings and transcription (some AI features limited). Paid plans are listed per user per month with lower annual prices: Premium $20 or $16 annual; Team $19 or $15 annual (2-user minimum); Business $34 or $25 annual (2-user minimum); Enterprise is sales-led. Paid plans offer a free trial. Granola: Free Basic plan ($0, 30-day meeting history, limited AI chat and integrations). Business is $14/user/mo with unlimited history, API and integrations; Enterprise is $35/user/mo with SSO, SCIM and admin controls. The page does not state monthly vs annual billing. Prices are from each vendor's pricing page and change often.

| | Fathom | Granola |
|---|---|---|
| Score | 57/100 | 73/100 |
| Rank in category | Unranked (under 8 rated comments) | #1 |
| Rated comments | 5 | 33 |
| Best for | Salespeople who want calls recorded and transcribed so they can stop taking notes; Small teams that want a free recorder they can pipe into a CRM or Zapier | People in back-to-back meetings who want notes without a bot joining the call; External or in-person meetings where you don't control the call platform; Users who want to steer notes with their own jottings or prompts and query them later |
| Starting price | $15/user/mo | $14/user/mo |

## Fathom

Fathom is an AI meeting assistant that records, transcribes and summarizes video calls, with action items, search across calls and, on higher tiers, CRM field sync and coaching metrics. Website: fathom.ai. Category: [Call Recording & Notetakers](https://gtmranked.com/best/conversation-intelligence/). Not enough independent evidence to rank (5 rated comments).

**Verdict:** Independent discussion is thin: most of the 100 matched comments use "fathom" as an ordinary verb or refer to the unrelated Fathom Analytics, and only 5 non-promotional comments give a first-hand view of the meeting recorder. All five are favourable, citing that it removes note-taking, lets users go back and ask questions about a call, shows talk-time ratio, is quick to move into a CRM, and is usable on the free plan. No independent user here reports a problem, which reflects how little was said rather than evidence that there are none.

**What users like:**
- Removes note-taking on sales calls, and users can go back to a call and ask questions when they forget details [1](https://www.reddit.com/r/sales/comments/1kx3vkm/_/mumbxhp/)
- Transcripts move into the CRM quickly: one rep pastes each call into Salesforce in about 20 seconds [1](https://www.reddit.com/r/sales/comments/1g8eyln/_/lsy3gaa/)
- Shows how much of the call the rep spent talking versus the prospect, which one rep credits with fixing over-talking [1](https://www.reddit.com/r/sales/comments/1rdgsn5/_/o75g1ja/)
- Usable on the free plan: one team pays only for Zapier on top [1](https://www.reddit.com/r/sales/comments/1nnoo71/_/nfm0pxw/)
- Note format can be customised: one user taught it to structure notes their way instead of following the meeting timeline [1](https://www.reddit.com/r/projectmanagement/comments/1w0383c/_/p6bb17l/)

**Best for:** Salespeople who want calls recorded and transcribed so they can stop taking notes; Small teams that want a free recorder they can pipe into a CRM or Zapier.
**Pricing (vendor-stated, checked 2026-10-15):** Free plan with unlimited recordings and transcription (some AI features limited). Paid plans are listed per user per month with lower annual prices: Premium $20 or $16 annual; Team $19 or $15 annual (2-user minimum); Business $34 or $25 annual (2-user minimum); Enterprise is sales-led. Paid plans offer a free trial.

Full review: https://gtmranked.com/tools/fathom/

## #1 Granola

Granola is an AI notepad for meetings that transcribes calls and turns them, together with the user's own notes, into meeting notes that can be searched and queried later. Website: granola.ai. Category: [Call Recording & Notetakers](https://gtmranked.com/best/conversation-intelligence/). Score 73/100 (28 positive, 2 mixed, 3 negative of 33 independent comments).

**Verdict:** Independent users, mostly product managers and salespeople, are strongly positive: they like that no bot joins the call, that it frees them to listen instead of typing, and several rate its notes above the built-in Zoom, Teams, Copilot and Gong summaries, with some paying for it themselves. The recurring weakness is attribution and fidelity: users say it is poor at labelling who said what, one sales team calls its transcripts really bad, and one PM found its summaries compress away detail. Promotional comments were a small minority, mostly rival note-takers pitching their own product.

**What users like:**
- No bot joins the meeting: it captures audio on your device, and users also use it for in-person meetings [1](https://www.reddit.com/r/ProductManagement/comments/1kombc5/_/msria1w/) [2](https://www.reddit.com/r/consulting/comments/1l13hss/_/mvigf9o/) [3](https://www.reddit.com/r/ProductManagement/comments/1nw2k5p/_/nhcw9md/) [4](https://www.reddit.com/r/productivity/comments/1qdk2yh/_/nzr967b/) [5](https://www.reddit.com/r/consulting/comments/1wz6pkv/_/pebng7k/)
- Users rate its transcripts and notes above built-in options: better than Teams, Copilot, Zoom and Meet notes, and than Gong's AI summaries [1](https://www.reddit.com/r/projectmanagement/comments/1w0383c/_/p6ahqg8/) [2](https://www.reddit.com/r/SaaS/comments/1w0v5lh/_/p6ghxc9/) [3](https://www.reddit.com/r/sales/comments/1j5vhhj/_/mgl134d/) [4](https://www.reddit.com/r/sales/comments/1qxtspo/_/o4ewf8u/)
- Lets users listen instead of typing during calls; several call it a big time saver and one seller pays the $15 a month out of pocket [1](https://www.reddit.com/r/sales/comments/1q8khn6/_/nyoa49a/) [2](https://www.reddit.com/r/ProductManagement/comments/1hgnxt9/_/m2m2rka/) [3](https://www.reddit.com/r/ProductManagement/comments/1rhmm9f/_/o7ztnoq/) [4](https://www.reddit.com/r/productivity/comments/1h5ihrd/_/m068uhc/) [5](https://www.reddit.com/r/ProductManagement/comments/1pon8bt/_/nugjd6e/)
- Merges the user's own typed notes with the transcript, lets them prompt how notes are reshaped, and answers questions across past meetings [1](https://www.reddit.com/r/consulting/comments/1l13hss/_/mvigf9o/) [2](https://www.reddit.com/r/startups/comments/1s6sljj/_/od4piv5/) [3](https://www.reddit.com/r/productivity/comments/1o55phd/_/nj7cp1i/) [4](https://www.reddit.com/r/ProductManagement/comments/1n3zk8d/_/nbh7t2t/)
- Detects meetings on its own and prompts to record, and learns which folder new notes belong in [1](https://www.reddit.com/r/ProductManagement/comments/1nw2k5p/_/nhcw9md/) [2](https://www.reddit.com/r/startups/comments/1s6sljj/_/od4piv5/)

**What users complain about:**
- Weak at labelling who said what, which users say costs context; one sales team goes further and calls its transcripts really bad [1](https://www.reddit.com/r/remotework/comments/1tiioah/_/omux9xn/) [2](https://www.reddit.com/r/sales/comments/1w3imng/_/p73qx4m/) [3](https://www.reddit.com/r/sales/comments/1w3imng/_/p73qgh0/)
- Summaries compress away detail: one PM found follow-up work in Claude missed edge cases that were only in the full transcript [1](https://www.reddit.com/r/ProductManagement/comments/1wvnl4v/_/pdddhpg/)

**Best for:** People in back-to-back meetings who want notes without a bot joining the call; External or in-person meetings where you don't control the call platform; Users who want to steer notes with their own jottings or prompts and query them later.
**Skip it if:** Teams that need accurate who-said-what attribution in transcripts.
**Pricing (vendor-stated, checked 2026-10-14):** Free Basic plan ($0, 30-day meeting history, limited AI chat and integrations). Business is $14/user/mo with unlimited history, API and integrations; Enterprise is $35/user/mo with SSO, SCIM and admin controls. The page does not state monthly vs annual billing.

Full review: https://gtmranked.com/tools/granola/