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Whisper vs Fathom

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

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Modalities — Fathom Wins

Modalities: Whisper compared with Fathom
FeatureWhisperFathom
Text Input
Partial. Optional prompt steers spelling/style (224 tokens on hosted Groq/OpenAI-style APIs). The model input is audio.Yes, requires free plan. Ask Fathom is typed Q&A over past calls.
Image Upload / Vision
No. Speech recognition, not vision.No. Meeting notes, not vision.
Image Generation
No. Does not generate images.No. Does not generate images.
Voice Mode
No. Transcribes speech. It does not talk back as a voice assistant.Partial. Records spoken meetings. Not a conversational voice assistant.
Video Understanding
No. May transcribe a video’s audio track. It does not watch/understand video.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)
No. Audio files, not PDF/DOCX.Unknown. Import of recordings was not confirmed on the homepage fetch.
Code Execution
No. You run inference. The model does not execute your code.No. Not a code sandbox.
Audio Input
Yes, requires free plan. Core product: multilingual speech-to-text (and translation to English).Yes, requires free plan. Bot or bot-free meeting capture, then transcripts and summaries.
Canvas / Artifact Editor
No. No editor UI.No. Notes UI, not a canvas.
Screen Sharing / Computer Use
No. No computer-use product.No. No computer-use takeover.

Memory & Context — Fathom Wins

Memory & Context: Whisper compared with Fathom
FeatureWhisperFathom
Persistent Memory
No. Each run is a job.Partial. Ask Fathom searches past calls. Not a personal-facts memory profile.
Large Context Window
No. Not an LLM context-window product.No. Not an LLM token-window product.
Custom Instructions
Partial. A short prompt can guide spelling. Not a global instruction profile.Unknown. Not specified on the homepage.
Conversation History
No. Not a chat product.Yes, requires free plan. Call library persists.

Integrations — Tie

Integrations: Whisper compared with Fathom
FeatureWhisperFathom
Web Search / Browsing
No. Does not browse the web.No. Searches your calls, not the live web.
Plugins / Extensions
Partial. Community wraps it in many apps. OpenAI’s repo is the model, not a plugin store.Yes, requires free plan. Syncs to Slack, Salesforce, HubSpot, Notion, Asana.
API Access
Yes, requires plus plan. Hosted by OpenAI, Groq, and others via transcriptions APIs. The GitHub repo is local inference.Unknown. A public developer API was not on the homepage.
Zapier Integration
Unknown. No first-party Zapier app was checked.Unknown. No Zapier listing was checked this round.
Custom GPTs / Bots
No. Not a bot store.No. No custom-GPT store.
Real-time Collaboration
No. No multiplayer product.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. Not a cited-search product.No. Citations are to your meetings.

Developer — Whisper Wins

Developer: Whisper compared with Fathom
FeatureWhisperFathom
Function Calling
No. Returns a transcript, not tool calls.No. Not a developer function-calling API.
Streaming Responses
No. Typical APIs return the finished transcript (json/text). Not token streaming of a chat.Yes, requires free plan. Live notes during the meeting.
Fine-Tuning
Partial. Weights are downloadable so the community fine-tunes. OpenAI does not sell a Whisper fine-tune SKU on the GitHub page.No. You do not train Fathom.
Embeddings API
No. Not an embeddings API.No. Not an embeddings API.
Structured Output (JSON)
Partial. verbose_json with word/segment timestamps. Not arbitrary JSON schema.Partial. Summaries and action items. Not JSON schema.
Reasoning / Thinking Mode
No. Not an LLM reasoning mode.No. Ask Fathom is retrieval, not Deep Think.
Local Execution
Yes, requires free plan. Official GitHub repo runs on your hardware.No. Cloud SaaS.
Open Weights
Yes, requires free plan. Model weights and inference code are public on GitHub (108k+ stars).No. Closed product.
Multi-Agent Orchestration
No. Not an orchestrator.No. Not an orchestrator.

Platforms — Fathom Wins

Platforms: Whisper compared with Fathom
FeatureWhisperFathom
Web App
No. No official Whisper web app. Hosted playgrounds are third-party (e.g. Groq).Yes, requires free plan. fathom.video web app.
iOS App
No. No official iOS app.Unknown. Not confirmed on the homepage fetch.
Android App
No. No official Android app.Unknown. Not confirmed on the homepage fetch.
Desktop App
No. CLI/Python package, not a desktop app.Unknown. Bot-free capture may be desktop; installer was not on the homepage.
Chrome Extension
No. No official Chrome extension.Unknown. Not confirmed on the homepage fetch.

Privacy — Fathom Wins

Privacy: Whisper compared with Fathom
FeatureWhisperFathom
GDPR Compliant
Unknown. Local runs stay on your machine. Hosted APIs need that vendor’s DPA.Yes, requires free plan. Homepage lists GDPR (plus SOC 2 Type II and HIPAA).
Opt Out of Data Training
Unknown. Local inference sends nowhere. Hosted API training policies vary by vendor.Unknown. Training policy was not on the homepage snippet.
Enterprise Privacy Mode
Partial. Self-host for isolation. No Whisper Enterprise SKU on GitHub.Yes, requires enterprise plan. SSO/SCIM plus SOC 2 / GDPR / HIPAA on the homepage. Used at 300k+ companies.

Workspaces — Fathom Wins

Workspaces: Whisper compared with Fathom
FeatureWhisperFathom
Projects / Folders
No. No project product.Yes, requires free plan. Call library persists.