Spellar AI vs Fathom (2026)

Spellar AI

by Spellar LTD

Fathom

by Fathom Video

Pros

• ✓No bot joins calls -- Spellar records natively on Mac, iPhone, and iPad audio without sending a participant into the meeting, eliminating the privacy concern and awkward presence that bot-based tools introduce.
• ✓Cross-meeting memory lets users query what was said across all past recordings with cited, sourced answers linked to the exact moment in the original transcript, rather than searching through individual notes manually.
• ✓Every premium AI model is included in the base subscription -- GPT, Claude, Gemini, and Perplexity are all available without additional cost and are switchable per meeting, per template, or per individual question.

Limitations

• ⚠No free tier -- Spellar Pro starts at $11.99 per month with no permanent free plan, unlike Fathom and Fireflies.ai which both offer free tiers with meaningful usage limits.
• ⚠No SOC 2 Type II or ISO 27001 certification -- Spellar covers UK GDPR and CCPA compliance but has not completed third-party security audits, which limits enterprise procurement in regulated industries.
• ⚠Teams plan pricing is not published and requires a sales conversation to obtain a quote, making total cost of ownership difficult to assess for teams above five seats before engaging the vendor.

Pros

• ✓Number one AI notetaker on G2 with 6,769 reviews at 5.0 stars as of May 2026, HubSpot Most Used App 2025, and G2 2026 Best Software #69 -- the strongest third-party validation track record in the meeting intelligence category
• ✓Generous free tier with unlimited recordings, transcriptions, and basic AI summaries plus no time limit on storage, making Fathom accessible for evaluation without credit card or usage caps on core features
• ✓Business tier CRM field sync automatically maps and writes meeting insights into specific fields in Salesforce and HubSpot records, eliminating post-call manual CRM data entry for revenue teams

Limitations

• ⚠Bot-free recording is a Mac-only beta feature as of May 2026 -- most users still have a visible bot named in the participant list, which can create friction in client-facing calls and sensitive meeting environments
• ⚠Free and Premium tiers cap CRM sync at 3 users per domain and limit advanced AI features to 5 calls per month -- teams that rely heavily on AI summaries and CRM integration hit upgrade pressure quickly
• ⚠Bot-free mode, Deal View, CRM field sync, coaching metrics, and AI scorecards all require paid tiers with Business at $25/user/mo annual being the minimum for revenue teams, which prices out smaller sales organisations