Fathom vs tl;dv (2026)

Fathom

by Fathom Video

tl;dv

by tl;dv

Pros

• ✓Free plan with unlimited recordings, transcriptions and AI summaries, captured by meeting bot, bot-free on Mac, or in person on iOS.
• ✓Official MCP server and public API, Claude and ChatGPT connections on every plan, and 32 listed integrations including Salesforce, HubSpot and Slack.
• ✓Business-tier CRM field sync writes meeting insights to Salesforce and HubSpot fields, with Deal View and AI scorecards.

Limitations

• –SSO and SCIM provisioning, custom data retention and custom BAA terms require the sales-led Enterprise plan, while Team includes HIPAA compliance with a standard BAA.
• –Bot-free capture runs in the Mac app, bot-free video is in a limited beta, and Windows support is announced but not yet released.
• –De-identified meeting data may train Fathom's in-house AI models by default unless the account opts out in settings.

Pros

• ✓EU-based, with data stored and processed in European data centers, a choice of European or US AI hosting, and privately hosted AI on Enterprise.
• ✓Free plan with unlimited recordings and transcription in more than 30 languages, plus bot-free capture through the desktop app and mobile apps for iOS and Android.
• ✓Business adds multi-meeting AI insights, scheduled AI reports, sales playbook monitoring and AI objection handling, and Pro and above include an MCP server, API and webhooks.

Limitations

• –Free plan data is kept for up to three months, AI notes cover 10 meetings, and web recording is capped at 40 meetings a week.
• –Each recording is limited to three hours on every plan, and weekly web recording capacity runs from 80 meetings on Pro to 500 on Enterprise.
• –SCIM, custom SSO, privately hosted AI and organization activity logs are limited to the Enterprise plan, which is priced through sales.