AI meeting notetakers · Comparison
Fathom vs Fireflies.ai vs Granola vs tl;dv
4 products compared side by side: what you pay for with each one first, then the five access facts, entry prices, recorded plan limits and the bottom line of each review. The evidence note under the table says how each product was checked.
Side by side
| Metric | Fathom | Fireflies.ai | Granola | tl;dv |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| What you're paying for | Worth the priceUnlimited recording, transcription, video and history on a free plan, and a shared team workspace from $15 a seat. | Worth the priceA notetaker bot with unlimited transcription from $10 a seat, CRM sync and an API on every plan, and a written promise not to train on your meetings. | Easy to adoptMeeting notes without a bot in the call: Granola transcribes your computer’s audio in any meeting app and keeps no recording. | Compliance includedVideo recordings of Zoom, Meet and Teams calls hosted and stored in the EU on every plan, with no training on your meetings. |
| Overall score | 6.6 | 6.5 | 7.2Best | 7.0 |
| Free option | Free plan | Free plan | Free plan | Free plan |
| Card to start | –Not measured | –Not measured | No card needed | No card needed |
| Getting access | Self-serve | Self-serve | Self-serve | Self-serve |
| Starter priceCheapest paid plan | $15/user/mo | $10/seat/mo | $14/user/mo | $18/seat/mo |
| Pricing model | Per seat | Per seat | Per seat | Per seat |
| Pricing page | Public prices | Public prices | Public prices | Public prices |
| Billing unit | Per user per month | Per seat per month; AI credits in monthly packs | Per active member per month | Per seat per month |
| Free option | Free: unlimited recordings and history, for individuals; 30-day Premium preview | Free: 3 meetings, unlimited with Auto-join; 400 minutes of storage; 7-day Business trial, card required | Basic: no transcription limit, notes visible for 30 days; trials of paid plans (length not stated) | Free: unlimited video recordings, 40 a week, kept 3 months; no card |
| Reference scenario (5 users, annual) | $75/mo on Team ($15 × 5), computed | $95/mo on Business ($19 × 5), computed | $70/mo on Business ($14 × 5, billed monthly), computed | $90/mo on Pro ($18 × 5), computed |
| Month-to-month price | $19 per user on Team; $20 on Premium; $34 on Business | $29 per seat on Business; $18 on Pro; Enterprise annual only | $14 per user on Business; Enterprise $35, monthly or annual | $29 per seat on Pro; $39 on Business |
| Meeting length cap | Not stated; the bot does not join Zoom meetings over 250 attendees | 2 hours on Free and Pro, 3 on Business, 4 on Enterprise | Not stated; transcription stops after 15 minutes of silence | 3 hours on every plan |
| Meeting platforms | Zoom, Google Meet and Teams on every plan | Zoom, Google Meet, Teams and Webex on every plan | Any app through device audio (Zoom, Meet, Teams, Slack huddles) | Zoom, Google Meet and Teams by bot on every plan |
| Bot-free capture | Mac-only beta (not Teams yet); iOS app for in-person | Chrome extension (Google Meet), desktop and mobile apps | Always: no bot; desktop, iOS and Android apps | Desktop app (audio only) and mobile app |
| Video recording | Every plan, MP4 download | From Pro (720p) on the pricing page; Business in one FAQ | Not offered; audio is not stored | Every plan; downloads from Pro |
| Training on your data | De-identified data for in-house models; opt-out per user, org-wide on Team | Not used to train generative AI, every plan (terms) | Anonymized data unless each user opts out; Enterprise off by default | Not used to train AI, every plan (privacy policy) |
| SOC 2 / HIPAA | SOC 2 Type II; BAA in the terms, signed BAA on Enterprise | SOC 2 Type II under a mutual NDA; HIPAA BAA on Enterprise with private storage | SOC 2 Type II; HIPAA BAA on Enterprise through sales | SOC 2 Type II on request; BAA mentioned only in blog posts |
| EU data storage | Not offered; stored in the US | Enterprise private storage or your own bucket; processed in the US | Not offered; AWS US region | Every plan (Germany and Finland); AI processing in the EU or the US, as chosen in preferences |
| SSO | Enterprise | Enterprise | Enterprise, 50+ seats | Enterprise (SAML, OIDC) |
| Transcript export | Copy in the app; JSON through the API | PDF, DOCX, SRT, CSV, JSON, MD from Pro; full export on request | CSV of all notes per user; API from Business | Copy per meeting; API on Pro and Business; no bulk export |
| Bottom line | From its public pages, Fathom has the strongest free plan of the bot notetakers here and the lowest 5-user price among them, $75 a month on Team. Transcripts leave only through copy or the API, and its pages disagree on several plan details. | From its public pages, Fireflies puts the most features on its scenario plan here: video, CRM sync, the API and no training on your meetings. Several pages disagree on limits, Pro has a storage cap, and SSO and retention controls are Enterprise. | From its public pages, Granola is the one notetaker here built without a bot or stored audio, with the lowest 5-user price ($70 a month on Business) and self-serve retention settings. It trains on anonymized data unless each user opts out, and SSO needs 50 seats. | From its public pages, tl;dv is the EU-hosted option here, with video on its free plan, no training on your meetings, and CRM mapping and the API on Pro at $18 a seat. Recordings are capped per week (80 a user on Pro), and SSO, retention and the audit log are Enterprise. |
Evidence: Fathom: facts checked 2026-10-16 from its public sign-up and pricing pages, no completed hands-on run; Fireflies.ai: facts checked 2026-10-16 from its public sign-up and pricing pages, no completed hands-on run; Granola: facts checked 2026-10-16 from its public sign-up and pricing pages, no completed hands-on run; tl;dv: facts checked 2026-10-16 from its public sign-up and pricing pages, no completed hands-on run. Prices in USD as listed, excluding tax. "–" means not recorded.
When to pick each
In the words of each review, with the date its facts were checked.
From our Fathom review
Checked Oct 16, 2026- Pick Fathom when
- You want unlimited storage on a $15 team plan and history kept until you delete it.
- Pick Fireflies.ai when
- You want transcript downloads in several formats, Webex support and a stated promise not to train on your meetings.
From our Fathom review
Checked Oct 16, 2026- Pick Fathom when
- You want video of each call and a bot that joins scheduled meetings automatically.
- Pick Granola when
- You want bot-free capture on Mac and Windows, no stored audio and a $14 plan billed monthly.
From our Fireflies.ai review
Checked Oct 16, 2026- Pick Fireflies.ai when
- You want many download formats, Webex support and the API with pooled limits on Business.
- Pick Fathom when
- You want unlimited recordings and history free and a lower 5-user cost ($75 a month on Team, computed).
From our Fireflies.ai review
Checked Oct 16, 2026- Pick Fireflies.ai when
- You want 4-hour meetings, SSO and HIPAA on an Enterprise plan with a published price.
- Pick tl;dv when
- You want EU data storage on every plan and video on the free plan.
From our Granola review
Checked Oct 16, 2026- Pick Granola when
- You want bot-free capture on Mac and Windows, no stored audio and a $14 plan billed monthly.
- Pick Fathom when
- You want video of each call and unlimited history on a free plan.
From our Granola review
Checked Oct 16, 2026- Pick Granola when
- You want no stored audio, retention settings on a self-serve plan and a lower 5-user cost ($70 a month, computed).
- Pick Fireflies.ai when
- You want video, many export formats and a stated promise not to train on your meetings.
From our tl;dv review
Checked Oct 16, 2026- Pick tl;dv when
- You need EU data storage on a self-serve plan and video on the free plan.
- Pick Fireflies.ai when
- You want no weekly recording counts, transcript downloads in many formats and the API on every plan.
From our tl;dv review
Checked Oct 16, 2026- Pick tl;dv when
- You need EU storage and CRM field mapping for every user on Pro.
- Pick Fathom when
- You want history kept indefinitely on the free plan and a lower 5-user cost ($75 a month on Team, computed).
Entry price
Baseline: each product's cheapest paid plan, per month. Included usage differs, so read the line under each price.
- FathomPremium$16/user/moBilled annually; $20 month to month; for individuals
- Advanced summaries on every call
- Ask Fathom across your own calls
- Custom bot name, no in-meeting banner
- CRM syncs for up to 3 users per domain
- Fireflies.aiPro$10/seat/moBilled annually; $18 month to month
- Unlimited transcription and AI summaries
- 8,000 minutes of storage per seat
- Video recording (720p) and downloads
- Salesforce and HubSpot transcript sync
- GranolaBusiness$14/user/moBilled monthly; no annual option
- Unlimited notes and history
- Notion, Zapier, HubSpot, Attio and Affinity
- API and webhooks
- Centralized billing and user management
- tl;dvPro$18/seat/moBilled annually ($216 a year); $29 month to month
- 80 recordings a week, 2 at a time
- Download recordings and team shared libraries
- Custom AI note templates and CRM field mapping
- API, webhooks and MCP (personal)
Prices as listed on each pricing page, in USD per month, excluding tax. Observed: Fathom 2026-10-16, Fireflies.ai 2026-10-16, Granola 2026-10-16, tl;dv 2026-10-16.
Which one fits
- If you need to start today without a sales call
- GranolaSelf-serve sign-up, no card needed; the highest score of the 4 self-serve products here (7.2/10).
- If you want to try it without entering a card
- GranolaFree plan, no card needed, and the highest score of the 2 that skip the card (7.2/10).
- Lowest starter price
- Fireflies.ai$10/seat/mo for the Pro (billed annually) plan.
- Highest overall score
- Granola7.2/10 (Good). The review shows the score breakdown and the run behind it.
Picked by fixed rules from the table above, not by hand. How we score