Fathom vs Fellow
as AI assistants see them, week of 2026-10-12
Fathom shows up far more often in AI answers, named in 59 of 83, against just 16 of 83 for Fellow. Overall Fathom scores 50 versus Fellow's 15, with the gap holding across assistants: ChatGPT (58 vs 10), Claude (59 vs 1), and Perplexity, where Fellow actually leads, 36 to 33. Fathom is named in every answer to questions like "best AI meeting note takers" and "best free AI note takers for meetings," while Fellow's strongest showing is in-person meetings, 2 of 3. Head-to-head, Fathom comes out ahead in 20 questions, Fellow in 2, with 3 tied.
Head to head
| metric | Fathom | Fellow |
|---|---|---|
| score | 50 | 15 |
| questions won | 22 | 13 |
By assistant
Fathom
| assistant | score | named in, this week | usual spot, this week |
|---|---|---|---|
| ChatGPT | 58 | 70% of answers | #2.1 |
| Claude | 59 | 90% of answers | #4.2 |
| Gemini | not sampled this week | ||
| Perplexity | 33 | 37% of answers | #3.4 |
Fellow
| assistant | score | named in, this week | usual spot, this week |
|---|---|---|---|
| ChatGPT | 10 | 15% of answers | #5.0 |
| Claude | 1 | 0% of answers | |
| Gemini | not sampled this week | ||
| Perplexity | 36 | 58% of answers | #1.9 |
Where they differ
Only Fathom gets named for
- What are the best free AI note takers for meetings?
- Which AI note taker is best for a solo founder or freelancer?
- What's the best AI tool to turn meetings into action items and follow-up emails?
- What are the best alternatives to Fireflies.ai?
- What are the best alternatives to Otter.ai?
- What are the best alternatives to Granola?
- What's the best AI note taker for sales calls that updates the CRM?
- Which AI note taker works without a bot joining the call?
- What's the best AI note taker that integrates with Notion or Slack?
- What's the best AI note taker for recruiters running interviews?
- What's the best AI note taker for Mac that records system audio?
Only Fellow gets named for
- What's the best AI note taker for in-person meetings?
- What are the best alternatives to Fathom?
More comparisons
- Fathom vs Fireflies.ai
- Fathom vs Granola
- Fathom vs Otter.ai
- Fathom vs Zoom AI Companion
- Fellow vs tl;dv
- Circleback vs Fellow
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Scores count how often each assistant names a product, weighted by position. How the score works · Full AI meeting note takers leaderboard