Read AI vs Fathom
Fathom captures the meeting. Read AI connects everything around it.
Fathom is a meeting-only notetaker. Read AI searches across your email, chat, and docs too, and turns it all into action.
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5 free meetings/mo
No credit card
SOC 2 & HIPAA compliant
Why pick Read AI
Fathom is built around the meeting. Read AI goes further.
1
Search beyond the meeting
Ask one question across meetings, email, messages and documents, answered with citations.
2
An assistant that acts
Drafts pre-reads, handles scheduling and covers you out of office, not just Q&A on your calls.
3
Your data isn't training data
SOC 2 Type 2, GDPR and HIPAA compliant, with no training on your data by default.
How they compare
The differences that matter most.
Search across everything
Read AI: Meetings, email, Slack & documents
Fathom: Your recorded calls only
Email & chat summaries
Read AI: Email recaps + Slack & Teams summaries
Fathom: Meeting notes only
AI assistant
Read AI: Pre-reads, scheduling & out-of-office
Fathom: Answers questions about your calls only
Model training on your data
Read AI: No training on your data by default
Fathom: Trains its own models on de-identified data unless you opt out
Platforms & in-person
Read AI: Zoom, Meet, Teams, in-person, desktop & mobile
Fathom: Zoom, Meet, Teams; no mobile app yet
Free tier
Read AI: 5 free meetings/mo, unlimited AI & search
Fathom: Unlimited recording free; advanced AI is paid
Fathom claims sourced from fathom.ai (reviewed 2026-07-24). See the full comparison →
"With Read AI, we spend less time managing information and more time driving outcomes."
Director of Customer Success, SmartPM
SOC 2 Type 2
GDPR
HIPAA
No training by default