Memory Notch
FATHOM ALTERNATIVES
The best Fathom alternatives in 2026
Six tools for people leaving Fathom, compared by bot-free capture, where the words are made, speaker labels, platforms and price.
Short answer: For bot-free on Windows today, kept on your device, Memory Notch; for AI notes without a bot, on Mac or Windows, Granola; for AI summaries and meeting search, Otter.ai; for team integrations and CRM workflows, Fireflies.ai; for transcription on your Mac, with summaries on request, Goodmeet; for open source, Meetily.
| Tool | Where speech becomes text | Bot in the call | Speaker labels | Platforms | Free option | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Memory Notch | On your computer or phone; nothing is uploaded | No; records your microphone and your computer’s own audio | Numbered live: Speaker 1, Speaker 2, in the trial too | Mac and Windows, on one licence; iPhone, iPad and Android apps sold separately | Not free to record: free recordings stop at 5 minutes | Free to try with 5-minute recordings; US$79 once or US$7.99 a month for Mac and Windows; a one-time US$5.99 unlock on iPhone, iPad or Android (US price) |
| Granola | Cloud transcription and summaries, with local capture | No | Me and Them by default; participant names for Meet, Zoom and Teams in the desktop app | Mac and Windows; iPhone, Android and Apple Watch apps | Basic: free, with 30 days of meeting history | Basic free with 30 days of meeting history; Business US$14 and Enterprise US$35 per user per month |
| Otter.ai | Cloud | Meeting assistant and desktop capture options | Yes: names it has learned from speakers you tag; Speaker # when it can’t match a voice | Web, Mac, Windows, iOS, Android | Basic: 300 minutes a month, 30 minutes per conversation | Basic free (300 minutes a month, 30 minutes per conversation); Pro US$16.99 a month, or US$8.33 a month billed annually; Business US$30 a month, or US$19.99 billed annually |
| Fireflies.ai | Cloud | Bot and bot-free capture options | Speaker labels and timestamps in the transcript | Web; desktop app for Mac and Windows; iOS and Android apps; Chrome extension | Free plan: limited AI summaries and 400 minutes of storage | Free plan; Pro US$10 per user a month billed annually (US$18 monthly); Business US$19 (US$29 monthly); Enterprise US$39 billed annually |
| Goodmeet | On-device transcription; summaries off the device, in confidential computing | No | Not stated on its site | Macs with Apple silicon, Windows 11 PCs with 16 GB of memory, and iPhone; 15 languages | Free for personal use | Free for personal use; team plans on its pricing page |
| Meetily | On-device transcription; summaries local or cloud, by configuration | No | Pro plan only | macOS, Windows | Community edition: free and open source; speaker labels need Pro | Community edition free (MIT licence); Pro US$10 per user per month, billed US$120 a year |
Checked November 9, 2026 against the vendors’ own pages; a source we could not re-read that day keeps the date we last read it. Sources: Fathom’s own page (November 9, 2026) · Fathom: speaker attribution and bot-free capture (November 9, 2026) · Granola’s own page (September 28, 2026) · Granola: speaker tags (September 28, 2026) · Otter.ai’s own page (November 9, 2026) · Otter: speaker identification (November 9, 2026) · Fireflies.ai’s own page (November 6, 2026) · Fireflies: real-time notes, with speaker labels (November 6, 2026) · Fireflies: the desktop app records without a bot (November 6, 2026) · Goodmeet’s own page (November 9, 2026) · Meetily’s own page (November 9, 2026).
Free Fathom alternatives
Fathom’s own free plan is generous. If you’re leaving it anyway, these have free options too.
- Granola: Basic: free, with 30 days of meeting history.
- Otter.ai: Basic: 300 minutes a month, 30 minutes per conversation.
- Fireflies.ai: Free plan: limited AI summaries and 400 minutes of storage.
- Goodmeet: Free for personal use.
- Meetily: Community edition: free and open source; speaker labels need Pro.
Memory Notch is not free for recording. Free recordings stop at five minutes and everything captured is saved (on iPhone and Android, your first two longer recordings run to the end); US$79 once or US$7.99 a month removes the limit on Mac and Windows, and a one-time US$5.99 unlock does on iPhone, iPad or Android (US price). Its dictation is free on Mac and Windows, with no licence.
Why people leave Fathom
Fathom keeps recordings in its cloud (capture: meeting bot, or bot-free capture (beta on mac)). Its plans, checked November 9, 2026: Free plan; Premium US$20 a month, or US$16 a month billed annually; Team and Business plans per user. Superhuman announced on September 14, 2026 that it had acquired Fathom, and Fathom’s own page says bot-free capture is live on Mac, with Windows coming.
1. Memory Notch
A recorder that never joins the call. On a Mac or Windows PC it records your microphone and the computer’s own audio, so both sides of the call are kept, and transcribes them with numbered speakers on the device. It writes no summaries.
Pick it if you want bot-free recording on Mac or Windows now, with the audio and transcript kept on your own device.
2. Granola
A bot-free notepad with cloud transcription and enhanced notes.
Pick it if you want AI-enhanced notes and summaries and are fine with cloud transcription.
3. Otter.ai
Meeting transcription with AI summaries and team workflows.
Pick it if you want AI summaries, shared meeting search and team integrations in the cloud.
4. Fireflies.ai
Shared meeting intelligence, integrations, and CRM workflows.
Pick it if your team needs shared meeting intelligence, CRM sync and integrations.
5. Goodmeet
A bot-free notetaker from Goodnotes’ parent company: transcription on the device, summaries in confidential computing.
Pick it if you want meeting summaries with next steps and don’t need to keep the audio.
6. Meetily
An open-source meeting assistant with local transcription and summaries.
Pick it if you want open source, or AI summaries written on your computer through Ollama.
Questions people ask
Is there a free Fathom alternative?
Yes. Otter.ai Basic gives 300 minutes a month, with 30 minutes per conversation. Granola Basic is free with 30 days of meeting history. Goodmeet is free for personal use, and Meetily’s Community edition is free and open source. Memory Notch is free only for recordings up to five minutes.
Is there a Fathom alternative without a bot on Windows?
Yes. Memory Notch for Windows records your microphone and your PC’s own audio with no bot, and transcribes on the PC. Fathom’s own comparison page suggests Granola for bot-free capture on Windows today, while its own is coming.
Is there a Fathom alternative that keeps recordings off the cloud?
Memory Notch keeps the audio, transcript and notes on your device. Meetily transcribes locally. Goodmeet transcribes on the device and keeps no audio, but writes summaries off it.
Did Superhuman buy Fathom?
Superhuman announced on September 14, 2026 that it had acquired Fathom. The announcement does not say whether plans or prices will change.
Does Memory Notch write call summaries like Fathom?
No. It keeps the transcript and audio as files; you can give them to an AI tool you choose for a summary.