Fathom vs Zoom AI Companion
as AI assistants see them, week of 2026-09-14
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 | 19 |
| questions won | 18 | 15 |
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 |
Zoom AI Companion
| assistant | score | named in, this week | usual spot, this week |
|---|---|---|---|
| ChatGPT | 7 | 11% of answers | #5.0 |
| Claude | 40 | 75% of answers | #6.7 |
| Gemini | not sampled this week | ||
| Perplexity | 12 | 15% of answers | #2.7 |
Where they differ
Only Fathom gets named for
- What's the best AI note taker for Mac that records system audio?
- What's the best AI note taker for sales calls that updates the CRM?
- What's the best AI tool to search across all my past meeting notes?
- What's the best AI note taker that integrates with Notion or Slack?
Only Zoom AI Companion gets named for
- What's the best AI note taker for meetings in languages other than English?
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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