Fathom

Named in 16 judge labels across 1 category by 6 of 6 models in the September 2026 Edition. 1 first choice, 6 negative labels. Every number here is derived from the raw labels under vendor table v2026-09-08.5.

Best standing

5% in Conversation intel

Rank 4 of 50 products named in conversational intelligence and call recording, criticized challenger. 0 of 6 models made it the first choice on the direct prompt; 38% of its 16 labels there were negative.

Standing by category

Every category where a model named Fathom. Share is first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts; rank is within every product named in that category.

Category	Vertical	First choices	Rank	Negative rate	Labels	Quadrant
Conversational intelligence and call recording	Sales	5%	4 of 50	38%	16	criticized challenger

By model

How each model treated Fathom across every prompt where it was named. Six models, six prompts per category.

Model	First choice	Alternative	Mention	Negative	Labels
Claude Opus 5	0	1	1	1	3
Claude Opus 4.8	0	1	0	1	2
GPT-6 Astra	0	2	0	0	2
GPT-5.6 Sol	0	2	0	2	4
Gemini 3.1 Pro	1	0	1	1	3
Perplexity Sonar Pro	0	0	1	1	2

What the models said for it

Verbatim evidence the judge attached to positive labels.

“Fathom is the easiest and cheapest place to start.” Gemini 3.1 Pro · Conversation intel · budget prompt · first choice

“Choose Fathom Team if your real requirement is primarily recording, transcription, summaries and sharing.” GPT-5.6 Sol · Conversation intel · budget prompt · alternative

“Fathom — generous free tier, paid around $15–19/user/mo. Excellent summaries, very easy adoption.” Claude Opus 5 · Conversation intel · budget prompt · alternative

“Fathom is frequently cited as a solid free alternative for basic note-taking.” Claude Opus 4.8 · Conversation intel · budget prompt · alternative

And against it

Verbatim evidence attached to negative labels. A warning on a product with few labels is a warning; on a product with many, it is one voice among them.

“described as a strong free meeting note-taker, but not a full revenue-intelligence tool because it lacks deal-risk, coaching workflow, and forecasting” Perplexity Sonar Pro · Conversation intel · negative prompt · soft negative

“lack the deep deal intelligence, coaching analytics, and CRM-embedded workflows that a scaling B2B sales org needs” Claude Opus 4.8 · Conversation intel · direct prompt · soft negative

“it's a meeting assistant rather than a revenue intelligence platform — don't expect deal scoring” Claude Opus 5 · Conversation intel · paraphrase prompt · soft negative

“it may use de-identified data to improve proprietary models unless you opt out” GPT-5.6 Sol · Conversation intel · negative prompt · soft negative

Names read as Fathom

What the judge wrote, as written, with how often. The vendor table decides that these count as Fathom; a claim can dispute any of them.

Fathom Free 1Fathom Team 1

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