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Fireflies.ai vs Fathom

A feature-by-feature comparison of Fireflies.ai and Fathom across 7 capability categories.

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Modalities — Tie

Modalities: Fireflies.ai compared with Fathom
Feature	Fireflies.ai	Fathom
Text Input	Yes, requires free plan. AskFred answers questions over your meeting library in the web app.	Yes, requires free plan. Ask Fathom is typed Q&A over past calls.
Image Upload / Vision	No. Meeting recorder, not a vision model.	No. Meeting notes, not vision.
Image Generation	No. Does not generate images.	No. Does not generate images.
Voice Mode	Partial. Captures spoken meetings. Not a two-way voice assistant.	Partial. Records spoken meetings. Not a conversational voice assistant.
Video Understanding	No. Records call audio. It does not watch the video as a vision model.	No. Audio of the call, not video-as-vision.
Video Generation	No. Not a video generation product.	No. Not a video generation product.
File Upload (PDF, DOCX)	Partial. Upload recordings. Not a general PDF chat product.	Unknown. Import of recordings was not confirmed on the homepage fetch.
Code Execution	No. Not a code sandbox.	No. Not a code sandbox.
Audio Input	Yes, requires free plan. Records Zoom, Meet, Teams and more. Free plan exists; Pro/Business add minutes and integrations.	Yes, requires free plan. Bot or bot-free meeting capture, then transcripts and summaries.
Canvas / Artifact Editor	No. Transcript UI, not a canvas.	No. Notes UI, not a canvas.
Screen Sharing / Computer Use	No. No computer-use takeover.	No. No computer-use takeover.

Memory & Context — Tie

Memory & Context: Fireflies.ai compared with Fathom
Feature	Fireflies.ai	Fathom
Persistent Memory	Partial. AskFred searches past meetings. Not a personal-facts memory profile.	Partial. Ask Fathom searches past calls. Not a personal-facts memory profile.
Large Context Window	No. Limits are storage/minutes, not an LLM token window.	No. Not an LLM token-window product.
Custom Instructions	Unknown. Custom vocabulary was not re-checked on the pricing table.	Unknown. Not specified on the homepage.
Conversation History	Yes, requires free plan. Meetings and AskFred threads persist in the account.	Yes, requires free plan. Call library persists.

Integrations — Fireflies.ai Wins

Integrations: Fireflies.ai compared with Fathom
Feature	Fireflies.ai	Fathom
Web Search / Browsing	No. Searches your conversations, not the live web.	No. Searches your calls, not the live web.
Plugins / Extensions	Yes, requires pro plan. Integrations (CRM, etc.) on paid; Zapier listed. Not a GPT plugin store.	Yes, requires free plan. Syncs to Slack, Salesforce, HubSpot, Notion, Asana.
API Access	Yes, requires pro plan. API is listed on Business in the public pricing comparison.	Unknown. A public developer API was not on the homepage.
Zapier Integration	Yes, requires pro plan. Zapier is listed among Fireflies integrations.	Unknown. No Zapier listing was checked this round.
Custom GPTs / Bots	No. No custom-GPT store.	No. No custom-GPT store.
Real-time Collaboration	Partial. Shared meeting workspace. Not a multiplayer AI doc.	Partial. Shared call notes into Slack/CRM. Not a multiplayer AI doc.
Live Social Data Integration	No. No live social firehose.	No. No live social firehose.
Live Citation Mapping	No. Citations are to your meetings.	No. Citations are to your meetings.

Developer — Tie

Developer: Fireflies.ai compared with Fathom
Feature	Fireflies.ai	Fathom
Function Calling	Unknown. AskFred is Q&A. A developer function-calling API was not separately confirmed.	No. Not a developer function-calling API.
Streaming Responses	Yes, requires free plan. Live notes during the call.	Yes, requires free plan. Live notes during the meeting.
Fine-Tuning	No. You do not train Fireflies’ models.	No. You do not train Fathom.
Embeddings API	No. Not an embeddings API product.	No. Not an embeddings API.
Structured Output (JSON)	Partial. Summaries, action items, conversation intelligence. Not arbitrary JSON schema.	Partial. Summaries and action items. Not JSON schema.
Reasoning / Thinking Mode	No. AskFred is retrieval over meetings, not a Deep Think mode.	No. Ask Fathom is retrieval, not Deep Think.
Local Execution	No. Cloud SaaS.	No. Cloud SaaS.
Open Weights	No. Closed models.	No. Closed product.
Multi-Agent Orchestration	No. Not an orchestrator.	No. Not an orchestrator.

Platforms — Fireflies.ai Wins

Platforms: Fireflies.ai compared with Fathom
Feature	Fireflies.ai	Fathom
Web App	Yes, requires free plan. fireflies.ai web app.	Yes, requires free plan. fathom.video web app.
iOS App	Yes, requires free plan. iOS app is listed.	Unknown. Not confirmed on the homepage fetch.
Android App	Yes, requires free plan. Android app is listed.	Unknown. Not confirmed on the homepage fetch.
Desktop App	Yes, requires free plan. Desktop app is listed alongside the Chrome extension.	Unknown. Bot-free capture may be desktop; installer was not on the homepage.
Chrome Extension	Yes, requires free plan. Chrome extension for bot-free capture.	Unknown. Not confirmed on the homepage fetch.

Privacy — Fireflies.ai Wins

Privacy: Fireflies.ai compared with Fathom
Feature	Fireflies.ai	Fathom
GDPR Compliant	Yes, requires free plan. Pricing page lists GDPR (and SOC 2 Type II, HIPAA).	Yes, requires free plan. Homepage lists GDPR (plus SOC 2 Type II and HIPAA).
Opt Out of Data Training	Yes, requires free plan. Pricing page: they do not train on your data.	Unknown. Training policy was not on the homepage snippet.
Enterprise Privacy Mode	Yes, requires enterprise plan. SSO, SOC 2, HIPAA listed. Seat dollars were not extracted from the public table.	Yes, requires enterprise plan. SSO/SCIM plus SOC 2 / GDPR / HIPAA on the homepage. Used at 300k+ companies.

Workspaces — Fathom Wins

Workspaces: Fireflies.ai compared with Fathom
Feature	Fireflies.ai	Fathom
Projects / Folders	Unknown. Overlapping columns disagreed (partial vs yes); left unverified rather than copying a no.	Yes, requires free plan. Call library persists.