Fathom vs Fireflies.ai
as AI assistants see them, week of 2026-10-12
Fathom and Fireflies.ai both show up often when AI assistants talk about meeting note takers, but Fireflies.ai edges ahead. Fathom lands an overall score of 50 (56 on ChatGPT, 57 on Claude, 39 on Perplexity) and gets named in 43 of 62 answers. Fireflies.ai scores 55 overall (56 ChatGPT, 55 Claude, 56 Perplexity), appearing in 49 of 62 answers. Head-to-head, Fireflies.ai is named more often in 5 questions versus 2 for Fathom, with 13 ties. Both are named in every answer to "best free AI note takers" and "best for a startup team," and neither appears for open-source or self-hosted tool questions.
Head to head
| metric | Fathom | Fireflies.ai |
|---|---|---|
| score | 50 | 56 |
| questions won | 22 | 24 |
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 |
Fireflies.ai
| assistant | score | named in, this week | usual spot, this week |
|---|---|---|---|
| ChatGPT | 61 | 80% of answers | #2.6 |
| Claude | 56 | 90% of answers | #4.8 |
| Gemini | not sampled this week | ||
| Perplexity | 52 | 63% of answers | #3.3 |
Where they differ
Only Fathom gets named for
- What are the best alternatives to Fireflies.ai?
Only Fireflies.ai gets named for
- What are the best alternatives to Fathom?
- What's the best AI note taker for in-person meetings?
- What's the best open-source or self-hosted AI meeting transcription tool?
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Not sold on either?
Scores count how often each assistant names a product, weighted by position. How the score works · Full AI meeting note takers leaderboard