Fireflies.ai vs Fathom
Zero of fourteen models named Fireflies.ai first on the direct prompt; zero named Fathom. Fireflies.ai was named by fourteen of the fourteen models and Fathom by eleven and Fireflies.ai carries 36 labels and Fathom 27, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in five categories this edition.
Named in six categories this edition.
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen 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
Fireflies.aiFirst choices, of fourteen modelsFathom
Across every category in the October 2026 Edition, Fireflies.ai and Fathom were named in the same answer seventy times, of the 119 answers naming Fireflies.ai and the 180 naming Fathom. In those answers Fathom took the first choice fourteen times and Fireflies.ai fifteen.
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 | | | ||||
| GPT-6 Luna | | | ||||
| Muse Glimmer 30B | | | | |
Fireflies.ai Fathom first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Fireflies.ai on the left and Fathom on the right.The direct prompt
Neither was the first choice, one was named
4 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.Neither was named
10 of 14 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
Fireflies.ai32%#1 of 11Fathom29%#2 of 11Fireflies.ai16%#2 of 10Fathom6%#5 of 10Fireflies.ai0%#9 of 9Fathom0%#– of 9What 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 seven in this category shown.
“Documented legal risk: Fireflies.ai and automatic voice capture ... alleges biometric privacy violations under the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act” Muse Glimmer 30B · negative prompt · hard negative
“Great starter for small teams, but lacks B2B sales depth (e.g., weak on coaching patterns).” Grok 4.1 Fast · paraphrase prompt · soft negative
“Reviewers frequently cite a failure rate where the bot simply does not join the meeting” Qwen 3.7 Flash · negative prompt · soft negative
“Best overall budget choice: Fireflies.ai — it has the lowest paid pricing in the results at $10/user/month annually” Perplexity Sonar · budget prompt · first choice
“Go with Fireflies.ai — it's the cheapest way to get real conversation intelligence with a solid free tier to test.” DeepSeek V4 Flash · budget prompt · first choice
“For most limited-budget companies, Fireflies.ai gives the widest feature set for the lowest published price” Muse Glimmer 30B · budget prompt · first choice
What the models said about Fathom
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Four of four in this category shown.
“not a replacement for CI platforms because it lacks the deal-risk layer, coaching workflow, and forecasting use case” Perplexity Sonar · negative prompt · hard negative
“users report frequent issues with "hallucinated" insights where the AI summarizes a call incorrectly” Qwen 3.7 Flash · negative prompt · soft negative
“Fathom is widely considered the gold standard for teams seeking maximum value with minimal or zero spend.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · budget prompt · first choice
“### 1. Fathom - Best Free Option ... want to start completely free with no usage limits.” GLM 4.7 FlashX · 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.