Fathom vs Fireflies.ai
Zero of twelve models named Fathom first on the direct prompt; zero named Fireflies.ai. Both were named by all twelve models and Fathom carries 33 labels and Fireflies.ai 44, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in five categories this edition.
Named in four 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.
By framing
FathomFirst choices, of twelve modelsFireflies.ai
Across every category in the September 2026 Edition, Fathom and Fireflies.ai were named in the same answer ninety-four times, of the 150 answers naming Fathom and the 153 naming Fireflies.ai. In those answers Fireflies.ai took the first choice fourteen times and Fathom twenty-nine.
Every model, every framing
| 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 | | | | |
Fathom Fireflies.ai first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Fathom on the left and Fireflies.ai on the right.The direct prompt
Neither was the first choice, one was named
4 of 12 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.Neither was named
8 of 12 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.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.
By buyer segment
Fathom40%#1 of 11Fireflies.ai25%#2 of 11Fireflies.ai2%#5 of 13Fathom0%#12 of 13What the models said about Fathom
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
What the models said about Fireflies.ai
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of eight in this category shown.
“Class action lawsuit (December 2025): Alleged biometric voiceprint collection without consent under Illinois BIPA... Cornell, Oxford, and Cambridge have blocked Fireflies bots” MiniMax M2.5 · negative prompt · hard negative
“several platforms (including Otter.ai and Fireflies.ai) face lawsuits alleging they harvest, analyze, and store unique mathematical models of participants' voices” Gemini 3.5 Flash · negative prompt · hard negative
“More of a meeting notetaker than true conversation intelligence; limited coaching depth” Kimi K2 · direct prompt · hard negative
“Budget tools like Fireflies start at $10 per user per month, with Avoma being the mid-market value pick and Fireflies the cheapest entry point” Claude Haiku 4.5 · budget prompt · first choice
“1. Fireflies.ai — Best for Tightest Budgets ... Fireflies is the entry point for budget-conscious teams.” Kimi K2 · 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
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.