Fathom vs Granola

as AI assistants see them, week of 2026-10-12

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Fathom edges out Granola in AI assistant answers, with an overall score of 50 versus 44, and a mention rate of 43 of 62 answers compared to Granola's 38 of 62. Fathom leads on Claude (57) and ChatGPT (56), while Granola scores slightly higher on Claude alone (58) but trails on ChatGPT (49) and Perplexity (27 versus Fathom's 39). Head-to-head, Fathom is named more often in 7 questions, Granola in 4, with 9 ties. Both are named in every answer for "best AI note taker for a startup team," and neither appears for non-English meeting note takers or open-source tools.

Head to head

metric	Fathom	Granola
score	50	44
questions won	22	21

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

Granola

assistant	score	named in, this week	usual spot, this week
ChatGPT	52	70% of answers	#2.8
Claude	58	85% of answers	#4.3
Gemini	not sampled this week
Perplexity	24	32% of answers	#4.5

Where they differ

Only Fathom gets named for

What are the best alternatives to Granola?
What's the best AI note taker for sales calls that updates the CRM?
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Only Granola gets named for

What are the best alternatives to Fathom?
What's the best AI note taker for in-person meetings?

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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