Greg vs Fathom: free notes vs a working assistant
Fathom is a popular AI notetaker: unlimited capture on a free individual plan, Zoom / Meet / Teams, Ask Fathom, and paid team layers that add CRM field sync. Greg is not trying to beat “free unlimited recordings.” Greg is trying to be the person you call after the recording exists.
What Fathom does well
Per fathom.ai/pricing, individuals can record and transcribe without a monthly cap, pick bot or bot-free capture, and get instant summaries. That is a genuine advantage if your volume is high and your budget is zero. Team and Business add collaboration, Ask Fathom across calls, and — on Business — CRM field sync, Deal View, and coaching metrics.
Fathom also lists Claude and ChatGPT integrations and a public API / MCP on its pricing matrix. Greg’s public API is a read-only REST API for meetings, transcripts, projects, and tasks. Different shapes; we will not claim feature parity.
Where Greg is the better Fathom alternative
Greg’s free tier is smaller (credits, not unlimited). You pay Solo or Team when you want calendar auto-join, CRM, scorecards, and the phone/SMS/Slack loop. That is a worse deal if you only want transcripts. It is a better deal if the transcript is not the job — if someone still has to prep you, nudge a teammate, or write the CRM note.
| Capability | Greg | Fathom |
|---|---|---|
| Zoom, Google Meet, Teams | Bot joins all three. Auto-join from Google Calendar on Solo and Team. Upload a recording if needed. | Fathom’s conferencing page and pricing list automatic capture on Zoom, Google Meet, and Microsoft Teams, with a choice of bot or bot-free capture (bot-free listed as beta on Mac). |
| Notes & search | Speaker-labelled transcript, structured summary, owned action items on a board, citation-backed Q&A in the app and Slack. | Unlimited recordings and instant summaries on the Free plan (per fathom.ai/pricing). Paid tiers add advanced/custom summaries, AI action items, Ask Fathom, playlists/clips, and team search. Coaching metrics and AI scorecards are listed on Business. |
| Pricing model | Free 20 credits/mo. Solo $97/mo + usage. Team $297/mo + usage. Credits = meeting minutes (1 credit / 10 minutes). | Free forever for individuals (unlimited recordings + transcriptions, per Fathom’s pricing page). Premium about $16/user/mo annual or $20 monthly. Team $15 / $19 per user/mo (2-user minimum). Business $25 / $34 per user/mo (2-user minimum). Enterprise is sales-led. |
| CRM & follow-through | Optional HubSpot or GoHighLevel writes on paid plans. Phone prep, SMS, Slack, routines — the product after the note. | Fathom lists Slack, Zapier/Make, and LLM connectors on several tiers. CRM sync and CRM field sync (map insights into CRM fields) are listed on Business. Fathom does not market a phone/SMS assistant. |
Fathom rows reflect their public pricing page at the time of writing. Dollar amounts and beta flags (bot-free on Mac) can move; check their site.
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Frequently asked questions
- Is Fathom free?
- Fathom’s public pricing page advertises a free individual plan with unlimited recordings, transcriptions, and instant summaries. Team features, advanced summaries, and CRM field sync sit on paid Team/Business tiers. Greg’s free plan is credit-capped (20 credits / ~200 minutes a month), then a flat Solo or Team workspace fee plus usage.
- Does Fathom support the same meeting apps as Greg?
- Yes for the core three: Zoom, Google Meet, and Microsoft Teams. Fathom additionally advertises bot-free capture (beta, Mac). Greg uses a visible bot and uploaded recordings; we do not claim bot-free in-meeting capture.
- When is Fathom the better choice?
- When you want a polished, often-free notetaker with clips, playlists, and (on Business) CRM field sync and deal/coaching views — and you do not need someone to call your phone or text you. When you want the teammate loop, look at Greg.
- Does Greg copy Fathom’s Deal View?
- No. Fathom lists Deal View and coaching scorecards on Business. Greg has call scorecards and CRM notes on paid plans, plus a Monday deal radar on Team — different surfaces, not a clone of Fathom’s deal page.
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