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Fathom vs Wudpecker

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. Fathom starts at $20, Wudpecker at $19. Both have a free tier. Only Fathom ships a public API.

FathomMeeting recorder with instant summaries and CRM write-backWudpeckerMeeting bot that records Zoom, Meet and Teams calls and writes notes from your template

Side by side

FactFathomWudpecker
CategoryMeeting AssistantsMeeting Assistants
Pricing modelFreemiumFreemium
Starts at$20 month$19 month
Public APIYesNo
PlatformsWeb, macOS, APIWeb
CompanyFathomWudpecker Oy
Launched2020—
Last verifiedSep 6, 2026Sep 6, 2026

What our research says

Fathom

The best free notetaker on the market, and the paid tiers are cheap enough that most sales teams can skip a dedicated revenue-intelligence platform. Pick it unless you need deep conversation analytics, in which case Gong is still a different class of product.

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 plan requires a two-seat minimum, so a solo user pays the $20 Premium rate
  • Advanced and custom summary templates sit behind the higher tiers
  • Account-wide Ask Fathom search is still marked beta and has lookback limits by tier

Wudpecker

Counting meetings rather than minutes makes the bill easy to reason about, and template-driven notes beat a generic summary when every call has the same shape. The catch is the ceiling: 100 recorded meetings a month on the top self-serve plan, no published API, and a hard length cap on any single recording.

Pros

  • Notes follow a template you pick, not one fixed summary shape
  • Transcription across dozens of languages with a custom vocabulary list
  • EU company and EU servers, stated plainly on the site
  • Free tier records 10 meetings a month rather than offering a short trial

Cons

  • Meeting caps rather than minute pools, so a short call costs the same as a long one
  • No documented public API
  • Notion, Slack and HubSpot integrations are paid-tier only

Which one fits

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

Choose Wudpecker if you need

  • Sales, research or recruiting teams running the same call format repeatedly
  • Teams that need EU data residency for meeting recordings
  • Anyone who wants notes filed straight into Notion, Slack or HubSpot

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