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Avoma vs Fathom
Avoma and Fathom are AI meeting assistants, which join video calls, record and transcribe them, and write up notes and action items afterward. Our editors read both companies' own sites, then read what sales and customer teams say about the two tools in public reviews, community boards and chat forums. The table below compares price, limits and features.
| What buyers compare | Avoma | Fathom |
|---|---|---|
| Price per monthSources 3, 4 | Startup $19 per recorder seat billed annually, $29 billed monthly. Organization $39 billed monthly, less billed annually. Enterprise $39, billed annually only | Premium $20 per user ($16 billed annually). Team $19 per user ($15 annually). Business $34 per user ($25 annually). Enterprise: quote |
| Free plan or trialSources 3, 4 | 14-day trial of Organization with every add-on switched on | Free plan with unlimited recordings and transcription. Paid plans start with a free trial and a 90-day guarantee Free plan |
| How usage is countedSources 3, 4 | Unlimited recording, transcription and AI notes on every plan | Unlimited meetings captured and transcribed on every plan |
| Seats and usersSources 3, 4 | You pay only for people who record. Viewers and collaborators are free. Startup up to 25 paid seats, Organization up to 100, Enterprise at least 10 | Team and Business need at least 2 users. Up to 2 years of Team free for startups backed by selected VCs and accelerators. 10 free seats for nonprofits |
| Integrations and featuresSources 3, 4 | CRM note sync and dialer integration on Startup. API and webhooks from Organization. Conversation and Revenue Intelligence add-ons at $29 per seat per month each | HubSpot, Salesforce, Asana, Zapier, ChatGPT and Claude, plus a public API and MCP server. Automatic CRM field updates on Business |
| Security and deploymentSources 3, 4 | Enterprise: SSO (SAML or OIDC), HIPAA compliance, data retention policies and signed DPAs | Enterprise: SSO and SCIM provisioning, custom data retention and organization-wide security controls |
| Best forSources 1, 2 | B2B sales and customer teams that want automatic notes plus optional call scoring and forecasting without paying for a full revenue-intelligence platform | Individuals and teams that want good meeting notes they can start using for free |
List prices in US dollars per month before tax, as published on each vendor's site on October 16, 2026, billed monthly unless the cell says otherwise. "Quote" means the vendor sets the price through its sales team. A green check marks a row where the published data shows a clear edge.
Which one fits
Fathom costs less to start, and Avoma adds sales analytics you pay for as add-ons.
Choose Avoma if
- You run a sales or customer team and want call scoring, deal risk and forecasting on top of meeting notes. Avoma sells them as add-ons at $29 per seat per month each.
- Most of your team only reads the notes. Avoma charges for people who record, and viewers and collaborators are free.
- You need scheduling in the same tool. Every plan includes a 1:1 scheduler, and Organization adds group and round-robin booking.
Choose Fathom if
- You want to start free. The free plan records and transcribes unlimited meetings and writes instant summaries.
- You are a small team on a budget. Team costs $15 per user per month billed annually, with a two-user minimum.
- You are a startup or nonprofit. Fathom gives up to two years of Team to startups backed by selected VCs, and 10 free seats to nonprofits.
What buyers say
“Fathom is better if you want solid notes and HubSpot tasks without another enterprise bill. Avoma is better if sales managers need scorecards and custom playbooks on every call.”
Street_Ad6437 · r/CustomerSuccess · · source
“Go with Avoma when the team lives in deal coaching. Go with Fathom when people just need a free-tier recorder that actually joins and writes a usable summary.”
jharohit · HN · · source
“Fathom was the easy yes for our small team because the free plan records every meeting. We moved managers to Avoma when they wanted call scoring and deal risk, even though those come as add-ons.”
Revenue operations manager, 40-person SaaS company
Representative buyer view
Verdict
Avoma (7.9 out of 10, Recommend) is the pick for sales and customer teams that want call scoring, deal risk and forecasting on top of their notes, and it charges only for the people who record. Fathom (7.6 out of 10, Recommend) is the cheaper start for anyone who mainly wants good meeting notes, with a free plan that records unlimited meetings and a Team plan at $15 per user billed annually.
Methodology
We read the Avoma and Fathom pricing pages and product sites on October 16, 2026 and recorded every published price, limit and plan feature. A cell reads "Not published" when the vendor does not state that detail on its site, and rows where neither vendor publishes anything were left out.
Scores, best-fit notes and buyer quotes come from the AIR reviews of each product, which weight practitioner reviews at 40%, hands-on product checks at 35%, pricing at 15% and docs at 10%. Paid reviews and pay-for-play sites are excluded. Quotes marked Representative buyer view are written by AIR to reflect buyer feedback and carry no source link.