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Avoma vs Fathom

Two fact sheets from our own research, side by side — pricing, platforms, API access and status re-checked by us rather than quoted from the vendors.

The short answer

Entry price
Avoma from $19/seat/mo, Fathom from $20/mo — different billing units, so no direct winner
Free plan
Only Fathom (Avoma has paid plans only)
Public API
Both have one
Best fit
Avoma: Sales teams that want call notes landing in the CRM automatically · Fathom: Individuals who want unlimited recording and summaries without paying anything
Platforms
Avoma: Web · Fathom: Web, macOS

From our own records as of each tool's last check. Anything we have not confirmed is left out rather than guessed. How we verify

AvomaRecords and transcribes sales meetings, then writes structured notes back to the CRMFathomMeeting recorder with instant summaries and CRM write-back

Side by side

FactAvomaFathom
CategoryMeeting AssistantsMeeting Assistants
Pricing modelPaidFreemium
Starts at$19/seat/mo$20/mo
Public APIYesYes
Trust score92 / 10094 / 100
PlatformsWeb, APIWeb, macOS, API
CompanyAvomaFathom (part of Superhuman)
Launched20172020
Last verifiedOct 15, 2026Oct 15, 2026

What our research says

Avoma

Avoma covers more of the revenue stack than a plain meeting recorder, taking a call from scheduling through transcription and coaching into forecasting. The catch is modular pricing: the advertised seat price buys only the meeting assistant, and the intelligence modules that justify the platform are billed separately.

Pros

  • Scheduling, recording, notes and CRM write-back in one subscription
  • Free viewer and collaborator seats keep non-recording colleagues off the bill
  • API and webhooks for exporting meeting data
  • In market since late 2017, with HIPAA compliance available on Enterprise

Cons

  • Conversation and revenue intelligence are extra per-seat add-ons
  • Startup tier caps at 25 paid seats, forcing an upgrade as teams grow
  • Enterprise requires a 10-seat minimum on annual billing

Fathom

Still one of the most generous free notetakers we have looked at: unlimited recordings and transcripts with no paywall on the basics, and the paid tiers stay cheap for small sales teams. Since September 2026 Fathom belongs to Superhuman (the former Grammarly), so buyers signing annual contracts should expect the product to be pulled toward that suite. Teams that need deep revenue analytics are still better served by Gong-class platforms.

Pros

  • Free tier includes unlimited recordings, transcripts and clips, which competitors gate
  • Bot-free capture avoids the awkward third participant in the call
  • Public API and MCP server on paid plans, plus native Claude and ChatGPT integrations
  • Aggressive switching offers: free Business for Gong contract holders, 10 free nonprofit seats

Cons

  • CRM sync is capped at three users per domain on lower tiers
  • Team and Business both require two seats, so a solo user pays the $20 Premium rate
  • Business costs $34 per user on monthly billing, $25 only when paid annually
  • Account-wide Ask Fathom search is still marked beta and has lookback limits by tier

Which one fits

Choose Avoma if you need

  • Sales teams that want call notes landing in the CRM automatically
  • Managers who need call scoring and coaching rather than just recordings
  • Customer-success groups tracking account health from meeting content

Choose Fathom if you need

  • Individuals who want unlimited recording and summaries without paying anything
  • Small sales teams that need CRM notes written automatically after every call
  • Anyone who wants meeting context piped into ChatGPT or Claude via API/MCP

Avoma vs Fathom: the questions people ask

Is Avoma cheaper than Fathom?

They charge in different units, so there is no like-for-like answer: Avoma starts at $19/seat/mo, Fathom at $20/mo. Entry price is the lowest paid plan as we last verified it.

Does Avoma or Fathom have a free tier?

Fathom has a free tier; Avoma has paid plans only.

Which has a public API, Avoma or Fathom?

Both ship a public API, so either can be built on; the fact table above shows the platforms each one runs on.

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