The meeting stopped disappearing
the meeting stopped disappearing: fathom offers unlimited free transcription with no minute caps, granola takes bot-free notes locally without a bot joining the call, and otter ships agents that attend meetings and log action items. the memory of every meeting is becoming a searchable file.
the question is who owns that file.
Context
Fathom's pricing page lists unlimited meetings captured with instant AI summaries on its free plan. Granola's Mar 2026 pricing comparison says Fathom has the most generous free tier, with unlimited recordings and five AI summaries a month, and that Otter caps free users at 300 minutes a month.
Convo's comparison says Granola pioneered bot-free capture, and that Otter's 2025 Meeting Agent is the exception to tools that only work after the call.
Unlimited free recording at Fathom, bot-free capture at Granola and Otter's meeting agent match the sources. The Granola comparison notes the free Fathom plan limits AI summaries, so 'no caps' applies to recordings. Granola processing notes locally and Otter agents logging action items were not seen in the sources read, so unsupported here, not refuted.
Related work
- Fathom: Pricing ↗Plan details.
- Granola: Meeting note tool pricing compared ↗Free tier limits.
- Convo: Granola vs Otter vs Fathom ↗Comparison.
Watch next
- Check where Granola processes notes.
Sources
- Fathom pricingfathom.ai
- Granola, Mar 20, 2026granola.ai
- Convo, Apr 11, 2026itsconvo.com
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The note above is reproduced unedited from the original post, first published on Threads on 2 October 2026 at 20:44 IST. Sources are the papers and datasets the note draws on.
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