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Granola vs Fathom

Should I use Granola or Fathom for my meeting notes?

Choose Granola for bot-free notes without a replayable archive, Android capture or custom templates. Choose Fathom for free recordings, downloadable video and clips, or paid CRM field sync and coaching. Fathom Free limits advanced summaries to the first 5 calls each month after a 30-day Premium preview. Its bot-free desktop capture is a Mac beta. Granola Basic shows 30 days in the app; eligible older notes can be exported as CSV. — as of October 2026

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Prices and limits are as of October 2026. “Not stated” means the cited pages do not give that detail, not that there is no limit. Vendor qualifications appear in the relevant row.

Vendor-stated facts, checked row by row. On phones, each feature stacks with both tools.
FeatureGranolaFathom
Free meetings and lengthChecked Vendor sourcesBasic is free. No daily transcription limit; monthly meeting or minute quota and formal maximum meeting length: not stated. Mobile help warns that recordings roughly 10 hours or longer may fail to process.as of Free includes unlimited live recordings and transcription, with no monthly recording count limit. Advanced summaries cover only the first 5 calls each month, then only the General/Enhanced template is available. New accounts get a 30-day Premium preview. Pricing also marks Ask Fathom as limited use on Free. Maximum meeting length: not stated.as of
History and retentionChecked Vendor sourcesBasic shows the last 30 days in the app; older notes remain stored, not deleted. Business and Enterprise offer unlimited history. Notes and transcripts are retained unless deleted; users can configure transcript auto-deletion, and Enterprise can enforce a workspace policy. Transcript deletion does not delete notes.as of Free and Premium recordings are stored indefinitely unless manually deleted. Enterprise retention policies must be requested from Fathom support; they are not self-serve. The retention guide describes deleting recordings; the organization-settings guide says recordings, transcripts and summaries.as of
Monthly paid pricingChecked Vendor sourcesBusiness: $14 per active seat/month, billed monthly. Enterprise: pricing page shows $35 per user/month; billing help says from $35. Every active workspace member uses the same plan. Dollar currency code is not stated.as of Per user/month, billed monthly: Premium $20; Team $19; Business $34. Team and Business require at least two users. Enterprise: contact sales; price not stated. The visible page uses $; its structured data specifies USD.as of
Yearly paid pricingChecked Vendor sourcesAnnual billing is available only on Enterprise contracts. Annual price or discount: not stated. Business is monthly only.as of Per user/month equivalent, billed yearly: Premium $16; Team $15; Business $25. Team and Business require at least two users. Enterprise: contact sales; yearly price not stated. The visible page uses $; its structured data specifies USD.as of
Capture and platformsChecked Vendor sourcesBot-free system-audio and microphone capture on macOS and Windows, with iOS and Android apps. Works with meeting audio playing on the computer. The web interface views and edits existing notes; it cannot capture meetings.as of Mac and Windows support Zoom, Google Meet and Microsoft Teams meetings. Choice of bot capture or bot-free capture; bot-free is a Mac beta, not yet on Windows. iOS app available. Android capture and browser-only capture: not stated in the device guide.as of
In-person meetingsChecked Vendor sourcesMobile microphone capture supports in-person conversations on iOS and Android.as of The iOS app records in-person conversations. Other mobile in-person platforms: not stated in the device guide.as of
Saved recordings and uploadsChecked Vendor sourcesNo replayable audio/video archive or recording downloads. Desktop transcription help says audio/video is never recorded or saved. Both mobile help and the security FAQ describe temporary audio caching until transcription completes, then deletion from Granola and third-party systems; the FAQ gives no platform qualifier. Prerecorded file uploads are not supported.as of Keeps meeting recordings, with unlimited call downloads and clips on Free. Prerecorded call uploads are not supported.as of
Transcripts, exports and downloadsChecked Vendor sourcesView and copy transcripts. CSV export covers full history, including notes older than 30 days on Basic: titles, summaries, transcripts and other details, but only owned notes with summaries; deleted notes are excluded. Export is enabled on Basic and Business, disabled by default on Enterprise unless an admin enables it. The owner's share menu copies enhanced notes and their link as Markdown, not the transcript.as of View transcripts and copy them to the clipboard; direct transcript file download is not offered. Recordings download as MP4; the download guide says MP3 is coming, not currently available. Enterprise admins can disable recording downloads.as of
LanguagesChecked Vendor sources31 transcription languages on desktop; 17 on mobile.as of 38 transcription languages. The language guide separately lists translated summaries in six languages for Premium and Team users.as of
TemplatesChecked Vendor sourcesCustom note templates are included on Basic, on macOS and Windows. Organization sharing requires a company email domain and reaches users on that same domain; free email providers such as Gmail and Yahoo do not get the sharing dropdown.as of Pricing says over 15 meeting templates. Free: advanced summaries for the first 5 calls/month, then General/Enhanced only; Premium: unlimited advanced summaries. Custom-summary eligibility conflicts: individual help lists Premium, the pricing Business card includes custom summaries, and the pricing feature table marks them Enterprise-only. Confirm eligibility before paying.as of
Sharing and foldersChecked Vendor sourcesNotes are private unless shared. Share links, use shared folders, copy enhanced notes and their link as Markdown (not the transcript), or send notes by email. Shared folders are included on Basic.as of Share recording links with video and transcript. Access can be anyone with the link, the same domain or named people. Team adds collaboration with comments and folders; organization settings can restrict access.as of
Integrations and CRMChecked Vendor sourcesBasic includes Slack. Business adds Notion, Zapier, HubSpot, Attio and Affinity integrations, plus API access. Enterprise lists advanced integrations such as Salesforce.as of Notion via Zapier or Make, not a native integration. Pricing marks Zapier/Make limited use on Free and Premium; individual help describes personal-use Zapier. CRM sync is capped at 3 users per email domain on Free, Premium and Team in pricing; individual help confirms Free/Premium for HubSpot, Salesforce and Close. Vendor pages also list Slack, Asana, Claude, ChatGPT, public API and MCP. Business adds CRM field sync, Deal View and coaching scorecards.as of
Security and model trainingChecked Vendor sourcesVendor states SOC 2 Type II certification. Granola may use anonymized data to improve its models unless you opt out; Enterprise is opted out by default and admins can enforce it. The vendor says its agreements prevent service providers from training their own models on your data.as of Vendor states SOC 2 Type II compliance. AI subprocessors are contractually prohibited from training on user data. Fathom uses de-identified data to improve its own models; individuals and Team organizations can opt out.as of
Team administration and SSOChecked Vendor sourcesBusiness includes centralized billing and user management. Enterprise adds sharing controls, transcript retention policies, usage analytics, SSO and SCIM. Billing help qualifies SSO as for teams with 50+ users.as of Team plans have administrator organization settings. Enterprise adds security controls, support-requested retention and SSO. SCIM sources conflict: pricing lists Okta SCIM and the SSO guide says Okta-only, while a separate guide documents Microsoft Entra ID SCIM enabled by Fathom support. The SSO guide says SAML supports any identity provider.as of

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Questions before you choose

Can I use either without a meeting bot?

Yes, with device restrictions. Granola uses bot-free device audio. Fathom offers bot-free capture as a Mac beta; its Windows app still uses the previous experience. See Capture and platforms for the vendor sources. — as of October 2026

Which free plan keeps older meetings accessible?

Fathom stores Free recordings indefinitely unless deleted. Granola Basic shows 30 days in the app, but older notes remain stored and eligible owned notes with summaries can be exported as CSV. See History and retention and Transcripts, exports and downloads. — as of October 2026

Can I upload a recording I already have?

Neither vendor supports prerecorded meeting uploads in the cited guides. Both are intended for live capture. See Saved recordings and uploads. — as of October 2026

Does bot-free mean the meeting stays on my device?

No. Granola sends audio to a transcription provider and retains notes and transcripts. Desktop transcription help says audio is never saved. Mobile help and the security FAQ describe temporary caching until transcription completes, then deletion; the FAQ gives no platform qualifier. Granola provides no replayable archive. See Saved recordings and uploads and Security and model training before choosing for sensitive meetings. — as of October 2026

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