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FFathom vs OpenWhispr
Pricing, features, platforms and who each one suits — side by side.
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Choose Fathom if…
- you work on Web
- you're in its core audience: sales teams, customer success managers
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Choose OpenWhispr if…
- you want the lower entry price ($6.67/mo vs $15/mo)
- you want open source you can self-host or audit
- you work on Windows, Linux
- you're in its core audience: developers, writers
Side by side
Feature Fathom OpenWhispr
Pricing modelFreemiumFreemium
Starting price$15/mo$6.67/mo
Free plan
Free trial
API
Open source
Trains AI on your contentYes, unless you opt outNo
Data retentionKept until account deletion; deletion efforts within 30 days of requestCloud recordings deleted after transcription; desktop audio kept 30 days by default
Security and complianceSOC 2 Type II, GDPR, HIPAASOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, HIPAA, GDPR
Updates, last 90 days—5
Bot-free recording
Speaker labels
Chat across meetings—
CRM sync—
MCP server
Custom note templates
Call analytics—
PlatformsWeb, iOS, macOS, APImacOS, Windows, Linux, iOS, API
CategoryMeeting NotesTranscription
CompanyFathom Video Inc.Gizmo Labs Inc.
Based inUnited StatesUnited States
Founded——
Part of——
Key features
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- Records and transcribes Zoom, Google Meet and Teams calls
- Bot-free capture option (beta on Mac)
- Instant AI summaries and action items
- Ask Fathom chat across past meetings
- Trackers that flag topics and route alerts to Slack
- CRM sync with Salesforce and HubSpot
- AI scorecards and coaching metrics
- Public API, MCP and ChatGPT/Claude integrations
O OpenWhispr
- Dictation into any app that accepts text
- On-device speech-to-text that works offline
- Bring your own API keys for cloud transcription
- Bot-free meeting recording with speaker labels
- 100+ languages with auto-detection
- Custom dictionary that learns from corrections
- Voice commands to clean up or draft text
- Audio file upload and transcription
Plans and prices
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Fathom
FreeFree
Premium$16/mo billed annually ($20 monthly)
Team$15/mo billed annually ($19 monthly)
Business$25/mo billed annually ($34 monthly)
EnterpriseCustom
OpenWhispr
Free$0
Pro$6.67/user/mo ($80/user billed annually)
Business$13.33/user/mo ($160/user billed annually)
EnterpriseCustom
Strengths and limitations
Fathom
- Free plan includes unlimited recordings and transcription
- SOC 2 Type II, GDPR and HIPAA compliance listed
- Public API and MCP for custom integrations
- 90-day guarantee on all plans
- Team and Business plans require at least 2 users
- Bot-free capture is a beta feature for Mac only
- CRM sync is capped at 3 users per domain below Enterprise
- Account-wide Ask Fathom is in beta and limited on lower tiers
OpenWhispr
- Unlimited local dictation is free on every plan
- Open source under the MIT license
- Works offline with on-device models
- Lists SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, HIPAA and GDPR compliance
- Free plan limits OpenWhispr Cloud transcription to 2,000 words a week
- iOS app and device sync require a paid plan
- No Android app listed
- Paid prices shown are for annual billing
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