Fathom vs Zoom AI Companion

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

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Fathom clearly leads Zoom AI Companion in how AI assistants talk about meeting note takers. Fathom scores 50 overall versus 19 for Zoom AI Companion, and shows up in 43 of 62 answers compared to just 22. Fathom was named in every answer to questions like "best free AI note takers for meetings" and "best AI note taker for a startup team," while Zoom AI Companion tops out at things like being named in all 3 answers about turning meetings into action items. Head-to-head, Fathom was named more often in 15 questions, Zoom AI Companion in just 1, with 4 ties.

Head to head

metric	Fathom	Zoom AI Companion
score	50	18
questions won	22	18

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

Zoom AI Companion

assistant	score	named in, this week	usual spot, this week
ChatGPT	8	15% of answers	#7.3
Claude	36	65% of answers	#7.8
Gemini	not sampled this week
Perplexity	11	16% of answers	#6.0

Where they differ

Only Fathom gets named for

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Only Zoom AI Companion gets named for

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