Meeto vs Fathom
Meeto vs Fathom: AI notetaker or AI summary in the call
Choose Fathom if your calls stay on Zoom, Google Meet or Teams: its free plan records and transcribes them without a limit, with instant summaries, and Premium costs $20 a month. Choose Meeto if you also want the meeting itself: its AI summary is built into Meeto's own calls, no bot joins, on Pro at $6.99 a month with 10 hours included.
Meeto vs Fathom: the facts side by side
| Question | Meeto | Fathom |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | No AI summary or recording; free calls hold 10 people for 60 minutes | Unlimited recordings and transcription with instant AI call summaries[1][2] |
| Cheapest paid plan | Pro: $6.99/month or $69/year, video meetings included, 10 hours of AI summary a month | Premium: $20 per user a month billed monthly, on top of your meeting tool[3][4] |
| Hosts its own video calls | Yes: browser calls and iOS and Android apps | No; it is a notetaker for calls on other platforms[5] |
| How it captures a meeting | The host turns on AI summary inside the Meeto call; no extra participant joins, and everyone sees an indicator and a notice | The Fathom Notetaker bot joins Zoom, Google Meet or Microsoft Teams calls; bot-free capture is in beta on Mac only[6] |
| Meeting apps it works with | Meeto calls only; no bot for Zoom, Google Meet or Teams | Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, Slack huddles; in-person via the iOS app[7] |
| Transcription languages | Detected for each speaker, so mixed-language meetings work; the summary is written in the meeting's main language | Transcripts in 38 languages, per Fathom's help center[8] |
| AI summary | Summary, key points, decisions, action items and a transcript with speaker names; export as Markdown, plain text, PDF summary | Instant AI call summaries on Free; Premium adds advanced summaries and action items[9] |
| Video recording | Pro and Team: MP4 plus separate audio, media kept 90 days; transcript and summary kept until you delete them | Video recorded on all plans including Free[10] |
| AI training on your meetings | Meeting content is not used to train AI models | De-identified customer data improves Fathom's own models; you can opt out[11][12][13] |
Prices are in USD for monthly billing unless a row says otherwise. Plans change: each Fathom figure links to the page it came from, so you can check it before you decide.
Should you choose Meeto or Fathom?
Choose Meeto if
- You are picking the meeting tool itself and want the notes inside it, with no bot joining.
- Guests should join from a browser link, with no account or app.
- Your policy rules out vendors that improve their own models on de-identified customer data.
- You want meetings, recording and summaries for $6.99 a month in one account.
Choose Fathom if
- Your meetings happen on Zoom, Google Meet or Microsoft Teams.
- You want free AI notes: Fathom's free plan includes recordings and summaries, Meeto's free plan neither.
- You also want notes from Slack huddles or in-person conversations on an iPhone.
What does each company do with your meetings for AI?
The two policies differ in one place: whether the vendor improves its own models with your data.
- Fathom says it uses de-identified customer data to improve the accuracy of its own AI models, and that you can opt out in your settings (Team Edition admins can opt out the whole account). Its AI sub-processors are contractually barred from training on users' data.
- Meeto does not use meeting content to train AI models. Transcripts and summaries are produced by OpenAI and Google under a no-training commitment, as listed in the privacy policy.
If your clients or employer set rules for AI processing, check the opt-out before the first recorded call with Fathom, and read Meeto's security overview before you switch. On Meeto the AI summary runs only when the host turns it on, and everyone in the call is shown that it is running.
What Meeto does not do
Meeto is built for small meetings that start from a link, a booking page or a website button. Paid plans hold up to 25 participants, and Meeto does not offer:
- End-to-end encryption
- Webinars or livestreaming
- Breakout rooms
- Polls
- Phone dial-in
- SSO / SAML single sign-on
- Live captions over the call video
If any of these is a requirement, test it in Fathom or another tool first. The full Meeto limits are on the pricing page and the security overview.
Sources
Meeto facts come from the pricing and limits, security and developer pages, reviewed November 3, 2026. Each Fathom fact below is quoted from Fathom's own page on the date shown.
- fathom.ai/pricing — “Unlimited recordings, instant call summaries, integrations with LLMs & more.” (checked November 3, 2026)
- fathom.ai/pricing — “Unlimited recordings + transcriptions” (checked November 3, 2026)
- fathom.ai/pricing — “FOR INDIVIDUALS Premium” (checked November 3, 2026)
- fathom.ai/pricing — “$ 20 /month / per user” (checked November 3, 2026)
- fathom.ai/overview — “Fathom is an AI notetaker for Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, Slack huddles, and in-person meetings.” (checked November 3, 2026)
- fathom.ai/overview — “Yes. The Fathom Notetaker joins your Zoom, Google Meet, or Microsoft Teams call and captures full video, audio, and a searchable transcript.” (checked November 3, 2026)
- fathom.ai/overview — “Fathom captures meetings on Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, and Slack huddles, plus in-person conversations with the Fathom iOS app.” (checked November 3, 2026)
- help.fathom.video/en/articles/296192 — “We currently support transcripts in 38 languages!” (checked November 3, 2026)
- fathom.ai/pricing — “Instant AI call summaries” (checked November 3, 2026)
- fathom.ai/pricing — “Recordings & call storage (unlimited)” (checked November 3, 2026)
- help.fathom.video/en/articles/296512 — “Fathom uses de-identified customer data to improve the accuracy of our proprietary AI models in order to improve our service for all users.” (checked November 3, 2026)
- help.fathom.video/en/articles/296512 — “You can opt out of this anytime in your My Settings, and Organizations on Team Edition can opt out all users on their account by going to Organization Settings.” (checked November 3, 2026)
- help.fathom.video/en/articles/296512 — “None of our AI sub-processors (Anthropic, OpenAI, or Google) are contractually permitted to use our users’ data to train their AI models.” (checked November 3, 2026)
Frequently asked questions
Is Fathom really free?
Fathom's free plan offers unlimited recordings and transcription with instant AI call summaries; advanced summaries and AI action items are on its paid Premium plan. Meeto's free plan has no AI summary or recording at all.
Can Fathom record a Meeto meeting?
Fathom's notetaker joins Zoom, Google Meet and Microsoft Teams, and also captures Slack huddles and, with its iOS app, in-person conversations; Meeto is not on that list and has no Fathom integration. Calls held on Meeto have their own AI summary on the paid plans.
Is Meeto cheaper than Fathom?
For one person, Meeto Pro costs $6.99 a month and includes the video meetings; Fathom Premium costs $20 a month billed monthly and works with the meeting tool you already pay for. If you only need notes, Fathom's free plan costs nothing.
Does Fathom train AI on my calls?
Fathom says it uses de-identified customer data to improve its own AI models, that you can opt out in your settings, and that its AI sub-processors may not train on users' data. Meeto does not use meeting content to train AI models.
Put it to work
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