CallScrib 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: CallScrib from $5/seat/mo, Fathom from $20/mo — different billing units, so no direct winner
Free plan: Both have one
Public API: Fathom has one; not confirmed by us for CallScrib
Higher Trust score: Fathom — 94 vs 78 for CallScrib
Best fit: CallScrib: Microsoft Teams-heavy organizations wanting recaps without a visible bot participant · Fathom: Individuals who want unlimited recording and summaries without paying anything

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

CallScribDelivers Microsoft Teams and phone-call recaps with decisions and action items to Teams chat within a minute.

FathomMeeting recorder with instant summaries and CRM write-back

Side by side

Fact	CallScrib	Fathom
Category	Meeting Assistants	Meeting Assistants
Pricing model	Freemium	Freemium
Starts at	$5/seat/mo	$20/mo
Public API	Not confirmed	Yes
Trust score	78 / 100	94 / 100
Platforms	Web, macOS, Windows	Web, macOS, API
Company	Vesuvio Labs LLC	Fathom (part of Superhuman)
Launched	—	2020
Last verified	Oct 22, 2026	Oct 15, 2026

What our research says

CallScrib

CallScrib's pitch is a Teams-native recap that shows up in chat without a bot joining the call, which matters for teams wary of visible recording bots. Coverage of non-Teams platforms depends on a separate desktop agent rather than the same invisible Graph API approach, so the experience isn't identical across platforms.

Pros

Reads Teams meetings via Microsoft Graph API so no bot visibly joins the call
Covers PSTN phone calls, not just video meetings
Supports over 20 languages with a per-user language setting

Cons

Non-Teams platforms (Zoom, Google Meet) require installing a separate desktop agent rather than the same API-based approach
Free tier is capped at 7 AI meetings a month
Business-tier team features require a minimum of 10 seats

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 CallScrib if you need

Microsoft Teams-heavy organizations wanting recaps without a visible bot participant
Teams needing phone-call, not just video-call, summaries

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