Fathom vs Granola

Granola's per seat pricing is $14/seat/mo, well under Fathom's annual rate of $16/seat/mo, and that gap matters most for agencies billing many seats across client accounts. Both tools offer bot free and in person capture, so neither loses ground there. Fathom counters with fuller storage, since Granola does not store call audio while Fathom keeps unlimited recordings, useful if an agency needs the raw file for a client. Transcript export is limited on both sides, copy and paste for Fathom, Markdown only for Granola. On balance the lower seat cost outweighs the storage gap for a team scaling headcount.

Both tools cover the basics an async engineering team needs: automatic action items and a public API are available on both sides, and both generate an AI summary automatically. The integrations differ rather than one leading: Fathom connects to Slack, Notion, Asana, and Zapier, while Granola connects to Slack, Notion, Zapier, and MCP, useful for teams wiring up their own AI tooling. Neither publishes a direct Jira connection. With action items, API access, and summaries matched and the integration lists offering different but comparable value, there is no clear lean toward hands off standups from one side.

Fathom includes a HIPAA BAAHIPAA BAA - A signed Business Associate Agreement that lets you handle protected health information under US healthcare privacy law. while Granola does not offer one, a clear point for regulated teams. Granola excludes customer data from AI training while Fathom does not, which matters just as much for legal and healthcare buyers wary of their meeting content shaping a model. Both offer bot free capture and GDPR EU data residency, and both publish enterprise grade retention controls, Fathom with custom retention and Granola with org wide auto deletion. With the BAA and the training guarantee splitting the two most important requirements between the tools, neither comes out ahead for a compliance first buyer.

Fathom records video and builds clips and highlight reels; Granola does neither, which rules it out for researchers who need to pull a highlight clip from a user interview or share the full recording. Both let you ask questions of a meeting through AI chat, so that part is even. Fathom also supports 38 languages against Granola's 17, useful for global research panels. With clips, video capture, and language coverage all favoring Fathom and nothing but a similarly limited export format on the other side, Fathom is the stronger pick for teams living in interview footage and cross session queries.

Both tools generate an AI summary and identify speakers automatically, so candidate interviews get clean, labeled notes either way. Export is limited on both, copy and paste for Fathom and Markdown only for Granola, so neither gives recruiters a clean drop into most ATS tools. Where they separate is price: Granola runs $14/seat/mo against Fathom's $16/seat/mo annual rate, and for a talent team scaling interview volume across many recruiters that difference adds up. Integrations are close, Slack and Notion on both sides. With the top two attributes tied and export a wash, the lower seat cost tips it to Granola.

Granola connects to three CRMs, HubSpot, Attio, and Affinity, one more than Fathom's Salesforce and HubSpot pairing, giving reps more places for a call to land automatically. Granola is also the cheaper seat, $14/seat/mo against Fathom's $16/seat/mo annual rate, and it offers live real time transcription during the call, a feature not published for Fathom. Fathom answers back with clips and highlight reels for coaching moments, which Granola does not offer, and both generate action items automatically. With CRM reach, price, and live transcription all favoring Granola against a single point for Fathom, Granola is the stronger fit for a sales floor syncing every call to the CRM.

Fathom's free plan caps only advanced summaries at 5 per month, with unlimited recording and unlimited transcription minutes otherwise. Granola's free plan instead limits how long notes stay visible, just the last 30 days, so a solo user loses access to older meetings even with light use. That makes Fathom the more capable starting point for someone who wants to keep using the product long term. On paid plans, Granola charges $14/seat/mo while Fathom charges $20/seat/mo, a real gap once a user needs to upgrade. Both generate an AI summary automatically. Since what the no cost plan offers matters most here, Fathom edges ahead despite its higher paid price.