Zero of twelve models named Fathom first on the direct prompt; zero named Chorus by ZoomInfo. Both were named by all twelve models and Fathom carries 33 labels and Chorus by ZoomInfo 34, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in five categories this edition.
By ZoomInfo, Vancouver, Washington, United States, founded 2000. Named in six categories this edition.
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all twelve models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the conversational intelligence and call recording page.
Across every category in the September 2026 Edition, Fathom and Chorus by ZoomInfo were named in the same answer seventy-three times, of the 150 answers naming Fathom and the 229 naming Chorus by ZoomInfo. In those answers Chorus by ZoomInfo took the first choice one time and Fathom twenty-three.
| Model | Direct | Paraphrase | Comparative | Budget-constrained | Scale-constrained | Negative |
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| Claude Haiku 4.5 | ||||||
| GPT-5.4 mini | ||||||
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | ||||||
| Perplexity Sonar | ||||||
| Grok 4.1 Fast | ||||||
| Mistral Small | ||||||
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | ||||||
| Llama 4 Maverick | ||||||
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | ||||||
| Kimi K2 | ||||||
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | ||||||
| MiniMax M2.5 |
Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Five of six in this category shown.
“useful as a free note-taker, but the comparison warns it is not a replacement for Gong-level deal risk / revenue intelligence” Perplexity Sonar · negative prompt · soft negative
“Moderate Caution Generally well-regarded but still cloud-based” Kimi K2 · negative prompt · soft negative
“I'd pick Fathom first. It gives you the core value—recording, transcription, summaries, and action items—without the enterprise cost structure” GPT-5.4 mini · budget prompt · first choice
“I'd recommend starting with Fathom (if video meetings are primary) or Coldread (if phone calls are primary)” MiniMax M2.5 · budget prompt · first choice
“the best conversation intelligence and call recording platforms are Fathom and Fireflies.ai” Qwen 3.7 Flash · budget prompt · first choice
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Three of three in this category shown.
“you should generally steer clear of enterprise conversation intelligence (CI) giants like Gong or Chorus (ZoomInfo)” Gemini 3.5 Flash · budget prompt · hard negative
“Only makes sense if already using ZoomInfo; bundled pricing, not standalone value” Kimi K2 · direct prompt · hard negative
“*Gong.io* and *Chorus.ai (by ZoomInfo)*. Best for: Highly sophisticated sales teams... Consideration: They are the most expensive options on the market” Gemini 3.5 Flash · scale prompt · first choice
Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.