Fathom vs Otter.ai

as AI assistants see them, week of 2026-09-14

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Fathom edges out Otter.ai overall, scoring 50 to 46, with a similar lead on ChatGPT (56 vs 54) and Claude (57 vs 52) and a wider one on Perplexity (39 vs 33). Fathom is named in 43 of 62 answers versus Otter.ai's 42, and both get a perfect 4 of 4 on "best free AI note takers for meetings." Head-to-head, each tool leads on 5 questions, with 10 ties. Neither is named for open-source or self-hosted transcription tools, and Fathom is also absent from questions about non-English meeting support.

Head to head

metric	Fathom	Otter.ai
score	50	46
questions won	18	18

By assistant

Fathom

assistant	score	named in, this week	usual spot, this week
ChatGPT	56	63% of answers	#1.9
Claude	57	85% of answers	#4.2
Gemini	not sampled this week
Perplexity	39	55% of answers	#3.8

Otter.ai

assistant	score	named in, this week	usual spot, this week
ChatGPT	54	74% of answers	#3.5
Claude	52	85% of answers	#5.3
Gemini	not sampled this week
Perplexity	33	45% of answers	#3.3

Where they differ

Only Fathom gets named for

What's the best AI note taker for sales calls that updates the CRM?

Only Otter.ai gets named for

What's the best AI note taker for meetings in languages other than English?

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