tl;dv vs Fathom is a much closer comparison in 2026 than it used to be. Both can record meetings, create transcripts and summaries, pull out action items, and help you search past conversations.
In the quest for the most efficient AI notetaking solution, both platforms have been frequently mentioned for their innovative approaches to meeting management, transcription services, and actionable insights generation.
A medida que las organizaciones dependen cada vez más de la IA para extraer información valiosa de sus interacciones diarias, la elección entre tl;dv Fathom importancia.
En este análisis exhaustivo y sin rodeos de tl;dv (con sede en la UE) frente a Fathom (con sede en EE.UU.), exploraremos las características únicas, los puntos fuertes y las áreas en las que cada plataforma brilla, así como en las que pueden quedarse cortas.
Desde las capacidades de transcripción y las opciones de integración hasta las normas de seguridad y la experiencia del usuario, cubriremos todos los ángulos para ofrecer una imagen clara de lo que diferencia a estos dos contendientes.
October 2026 update: Fathom has changed quite a bit since our last update. It now offers bot-free capture, Account-Wide Ask Fathom, Trackers, AI Scorecards, MCP connections to tools like ChatGPT and Claude, and Slack Huddle capture. We retested the newer Fathom experience and updated the comparison below where those changes affect the result.
TL;DR
Fathom has added a lot since our last comparison. It now supports cross-meeting search, coaching tools, bot-free recording, Trackers, and MCP integrations.
Both tools cover the basics well, including meeting transcription, AI summaries, and searchable meeting history. The bigger difference now is what you can do with those conversations afterwards.
tl;dv gives teams more ways to keep working across multiple calls, with recurring AI reports, automated workflows, playbook tracking, and objection analysis. These features make it particularly useful for teams that want more from an AI note-taking tool than a transcript and summary.
Fathom is still a strong choice for solo users because of its free plan, and for teams that mainly want structured summaries, CRM workflows, and a lower-cost paid plan.
If you’re mainly looking for an AI meeting note taker that can record, transcribe, and summarize meetings, both cover that well. The differences become more noticeable once you start working across a larger set of calls.
tl;dv vs Fathom: Factors to Consider While Choosing the Best AI Notetaker
Capacidad de transcripción
Live In-Meeting Summary
Fathom’s new bot-free experience can generate a live summary while the meeting is still running. I saw this during testing: once the call had enough content, Fathom started adding key points while it was still listening. A shorter test call was too brief to generate one.
tl;dv doesn’t display a running live transcript or summary during the meeting. Its transcript and AI notes are available after the call.
Idiomas compatibles
tl;dv supports transcription, notes, and reports in 30+ languages.
Fathom has expanded considerably since the previous version of this comparison. Its current documentation lists support for at least 38 transcription languages, so the old six-language comparison is no longer accurate.
Dialectos admitidos
Dialect recognition is a feature where tl;dv excels, offering enhanced transcription accuracy for users of diverse dialects. This capability ensures that the nuances of regional accents are accurately captured.
Fathom supports a much wider range of languages than it did before, but it doesn’t currently list a separate dialect-selection feature.
Eliminación de muletillas
Ni tl;dv v ni Fathom ofrecen eliminación de palabras de relleno en este momento. Sin embargo, esto será así por poco tiempo, ya que tl;dv dv está en proceso de añadirlo a sus servicios de transcripción. Esta próxima función ayudará a producir transcripciones más limpias y concisas al eliminar palabras y frases innecesarias, marcando un futuro diferenciador.
Transcribir cargas de vídeo/audio
tl;dv lets you upload existing video and audio files for transcription. The Free plan includes five uploads, while Pro and above remove the upload limit.
Fathom currently doesn’t support importing external recordings for transcription or analysis.
Vocabulario personalizado
Both tools now support custom vocabulary.
tl;dv includes custom vocabulary on Business, which helps with product names, company names, acronyms, and other specialist terms.
Fathom’s Transcription Dictionary is available to Team and Account Admins. They can add up to 50 company-specific terms, including acronyms, product names, customer names, and industry jargon.
Funciones de grabación
Grabación sin bots
Both tl;dv and Fathom now support bot-free recording.
The tl;dv desktop app captures system audio without adding another participant to the call and works on Mac and Windows.
Fathom’s new desktop experience lets you choose Video & Audio, Audio, or Transcript Only. You can also choose whether Fathom should never send a bot, send one only when needed, or always send one. Fathom 3.0’s bot-free experience is currently available on Mac, with Windows still to come.
Slack Huddles
Both tools can capture Slack Huddles without adding a meeting bot.
In my test, tl;dv detected the Slack Huddle in Chrome and offered audio-only recording straight away.
Fathom also supports Slack Huddles through its bot-free desktop experience, but it didn’t detect mine automatically. That matches Fathom’s default setup: Huddles are treated as impromptu meetings and normally need to be started manually unless Slack Huddle auto-capture is enabled separately in Settings.
The tl;dv bot-free recording guide also lists Slack Huddles as a supported system-audio source.
Reuniones simultáneas
tl;dv supports the recording of concurrent meetings regardless of the meeting platform, making it an ideal choice for large organizations or teams with heavy meeting schedules that occur simultaneously. On the Pro plan, you can record 2 meetings simultaneously, while on the Business and Enterprise plans, you can record 3. On the other hand, Fathom does not offer support for concurrent meetings, which may limit its utility for users with extensive simultaneous recording needs (e.g. virtually being present in multiple meetings at the same time with the recorder)Captura de diapositivas
tl;dv proporciona la funcionalidad de capturar diapositivas durante una reunión, garantizando que las ayudas visuales y las presentaciones se incluyan en la grabación para una captura completa de la reunión. Esta función es especialmente útil para fines educativos y de colaboración, en los que las diapositivas son un componente central del debate. Fathom carece de esta capacidad, por lo que podría perderse la grabación de componentes visuales cruciales de las reuniones.Visualización de los análisis
Los análisis de visionado están disponibles en tl;dv, y ofrecen información sobre cómo interactúan los usuarios con las grabaciones. Esta función puede ayudar a los equipos a comprender la eficacia de sus reuniones y cómo se consume el contenido, lo que permite tomar decisiones basadas en datos para mejorar las reuniones futuras. Fathom no ofrece análisis de visionado, lo que limita la capacidad de analizar la participación y la eficacia de las reuniones.Grabación Edición
Fathom se distingue por ofrecer funciones de edición de grabaciones, que permiten a los usuarios refinar y editar las grabaciones de sus reuniones después de la captura. Esta función es especialmente beneficiosa para crear contenidos pulidos y compartibles, o para eliminar segmentos innecesarios antes de su distribución. tl;dv no ofrece actualmente edición de grabaciones, sino que se centra en proporcionar un conjunto completo de otras funciones de grabación y transcripción.Funciones de inteligencia conversacional
Account-Wide Ask is now available across all Fathom plans, with Team users able to search their own calls plus team calls they have permission to access.
Reunión única AI Insights
Both tools can now answer questions about an individual meeting and generate structured AI notes.
Fathom’s old limitation around fixed summaries is also out of date. Paid users can customise summary templates, and in my test its Enhanced Summary pulled out the meeting purpose, key takeaways, topics, and action items.
tl;dv also lets you create custom AI meeting notes and summaries around the information you want to capture.
Multi Meeting AI Insights
tl;dv does stand out by offering AI insights across multiple meetings, enabling organizations to track trends, gather insights over time, and make informed decisions based on comprehensive data analysis.
Se trata de una función muy valiosa, no sólo para quienes deseen recopilar los temas tratados, las acciones emprendidas y las conclusiones extraídas de varias reuniones al mismo tiempo, sino también para los directivos que quieran echar un vistazo de vez en cuando a cómo se está tratando a los principales clientes.
Fathom now has genuine cross-meeting search.
Account-Wide Ask Fathom lets you ask a question across your meeting history rather than opening calls one at a time. Free and Premium users can search their own calls, while Team users can also include team meetings they have permission to view.
I tested it across 2 separate calls. Fathom pulled the main problem and follow-up actions from both meetings into the same answer and referenced the relevant calls.
Seguimiento de palabras clave
Keyword tracking is available on tl;dv, and lets you monitor recurring topics across meetings and combine that with multi-meeting analysis and scheduled reports.
Fathom still offers keyword Alerts, but Trackers go further. They can find concepts such as pricing concerns, competitor mentions, feature requests, or churn risk even when the exact keyword wasn’t used. Trackers are available on Fathom’s Team plans.
Automatización e integraciones
tl;dv’s current MCP server is available on Pro and above and is listed in both the Claude and ChatGPT connector directories. Fathom made Zapier available on all plans, and its current product also has a public API and MCP.
Integraciones con CRM
Both products can push meeting information into major CRMs.
tl;dv unlocks CRM integrations on Pro. Fathom provides core CRM sync on its lower plans, while Business adds CRM field sync and Deal View.
For teams using HubSpot specifically, you can also naturally link HubSpot integration to your existing HubSpot integrations article if you want another relevant internal link here.
Informes programados
tl;dv’s Recurring AI Reports can run the same analysis on a schedule and send the result into tools your team already uses.
For example, a sales manager could receive a weekly pricing-objection report in Slack or send recurring customer-feedback insights into Notion.
Fathom can search across meetings with Account-Wide Ask and monitor themes with Trackers, but I couldn’t find a direct equivalent that automatically reruns a custom multi-meeting report on a schedule.
MCP and AI Integrations
Both tools now connect meeting data to external AI assistants through MCP.
tl;dv runs a read-only MCP server on Pro and above, with connectors for ChatGPT and Claude.
I connected Fathom to ChatGPT and asked it to find my follow-up actions from the week. It retrieved four Fathom meetings and combined actions and deadlines from Acme, Northstar, and Bright Path into one checklist.
So MCP itself is no longer a meaningful difference between the two.
Capacidad para tomar notas
Notas de AI
Both products give you more control over AI notes than the old comparison suggests.
tl;dv lets you create custom AI meeting notes and organise them around the topics you care about.
Fathom Premium and Team users can customise its summary templates with their own instructions, so the old claim that its templates cannot be customised should go.
Etiquetar personas en las notas
tl;dv lets you tag teammates on meeting moments.
Fathom’s new Scratch Pad also supports @mentions, including people who weren’t on the call.
Asignar tareas
Fathom can detect who an action item belongs to, let users manage those actions, and send tasks into tools such as Asana, HubSpot, or Salesforce.
tl;dv identifies action items and can send meeting outputs into other workflows, but you can’t assign a task directly to a teammate from the notes interface.
Comentarios
The ability to add comments on notes or transcripts is available on tl;dv, further enhancing its collaborative features by allowing team members to discuss and clarify meeting outcomes within the platform. Fathom now also supports comments.
Capacidades de seguridad
Conservación de datos
tl;dv keeps Free-plan recordings for up to three months. Paid-user recordings are retained until account deletion, subject to any additional workspace controls.
Fathom keeps recordings until the user deletes them by default. Enterprise customers can request an organisation-wide retention policy that automatically deletes meetings after a set period.
Cumplimiento del SOC2
Both tl;dv and Fathom are SOC 2 Type II compliant, demonstrating that both platforms have controls in place for protecting customer data and managing security risks.
tl;dv’s security and compliance measures also include GDPR compliance, encryption in transit and at rest, and European data hosting.
Fathom is also SOC 2 Type II compliant and provides additional security and access controls for Enterprise customers.
SSO basado en SAML
Both tl;dv and Fathom support SAML-based SSO for enterprise customers.
tl;dv offers SAML SSO on its Enterprise plan, along with SCIM provisioning for managing users as teams grow or change.
Fathom also offers SAML-based SSO on Enterprise. Its current setup supports identity providers such as Okta, and Fathom has also added SCIM provisioning for Okta and Microsoft Entra ID.
Cumplimiento de la Ley de IA de la UE
Con sede en la UE y servidores en Europa. tl;dv cumple la Ley de IA de la UE, lo que demuestra su dedicación a las prácticas éticas de IA y su cumplimiento de la normativa. Aún no se ha revelado el estado de cumplimiento de Fathom con la Ley de IA de la UE, lo que puede ser una consideración para los usuarios que operan dentro de la UE o están preocupados por la normativa de la UE.
Almacenamiento privado
El almacenamiento privado, una función esencial para las organizaciones que dan prioridad a la soberanía y seguridad de los datos, está disponible en tl;dv para los usuarios de Enterprise. No se ha revelado la postura de Fathomsobre el almacenamiento privado, lo que podría afectar al proceso de toma de decisiones de los usuarios con necesidades específicas de almacenamiento.
Envío anónimo de datos sensibles a los LLM
tl;dv anonimiza los datos sensibles antes de enviarlos a los grandes modelos lingüísticos (LLM), una práctica que mejora la privacidad y la protección de datos.
No se revela el enfoque de Fathom respecto a la anonimización de los datos sensibles enviados a los LLM, lo que deja una laguna en la comprensión de sus prácticas de tratamiento de datos.
Agrupación y aleatorización de datos de reuniones
tl;dv implementa el troceado y la aleatorización de los datos de la reunión, reduciendo el riesgo de reconstruir conversaciones completas a partir de los datos procesados por los LLM y mejorando la seguridad de los datos.
Fathom no ha revelado sus prácticas en relación con la fragmentación y aleatorización de los datos de las reuniones, lo que podría ser un factor crítico para las organizaciones centradas en la privacidad de los datos.
Acuerdo de socio comercial con proveedores LLM
tl;dv confirma tener un Acuerdo de Asociado Empresarial (Business Associate Agreement, BAA) con los proveedores de LLM, que garantiza que el manejo y el tratamiento de los datos se ajustan a las normas legales y reglamentarias.
FathomNo se divulga la situación de los acuerdos de colaboración empresarial con los proveedores de LLM, lo que podría influir en la decisión de los usuarios que exigen garantías documentadas de protección de datos y cumplimiento.
AI Training and Data Location
tl;dv does not use customer meeting data to train AI models. Customer data is stored in Europe, and users can choose whether AI processing takes place in Europe or the US.
Fathom stores its data in the US. Its third-party AI providers are not permitted to train on customer data, but Fathom says it may use de-identified customer data to improve its own proprietary AI models. Users and organisations can opt out.
Capacidades de entrenamiento
Both platforms now offer coaching features, although they take different approaches.
Fathom’s Coaching area includes Behavioral Metrics such as talk-time distribution, questions asked, and monologue length. Business users also get AI Scorecards, which can automatically evaluate selected meetings against criteria set by the team.
tl;dv’s sales coaching tools go further into playbook monitoring and objection handling. Teams can work with frameworks such as MEDDIC, SPICED, and BANT, build their own playbooks, review speaker insights, and see how reps handle recurring objections across calls.
For sales teams, the difference is less about whether coaching exists and more about how much structure you want around it. Fathom provides scorecards and behavioral metrics, while tl;dv adds dedicated playbook monitoring and objection analysis.
Funciones administrativas
Apply Auto-Capture to Team Meetings
tl;dv lets admins control how meetings are recorded across a workspace, helping teams keep meeting capture consistent without relying on every user to configure it individually.
Fathom also gives Account and Team Admins auto-capture controls. They can set different defaults for external, internal, and unscheduled meetings, with options to turn capture on, off, or leave the choice to individual users.
Meeting Visibility and Sharing
Both platforms give admins control over how team recordings are shared internally.
Fathom lets admins set meeting visibility to All Teams, the user’s team, private, or user-selected. Team-level rules can also override organization defaults, which gives different departments their own sharing setup.
Evitar el borrado
tl;dv gives admins controls for protecting team meeting data.
Fathom Enterprise also lets organizations disable recording deletion across the workspace. Enterprise admins can separately disable recording downloads and set an organization-wide retention period.
Capacidades organizativas
Espacios de trabajo en equipo
tl;dv supports shared meeting libraries and team-wide access to meeting insights.
Fathom’s Team plan also gives teams a shared view of meetings, folders, comments, and global search. Meeting visibility depends on the organization and team permissions set by admins.
Search and Filters
Both platforms provide ways to narrow down and search a larger meeting library.
tl;dv combines meeting filters with cross-meeting AI analysis, making it easier to work with calls by team member, topic, customer, or other meeting criteria.
Fathom also provides meeting filters and global search on its Team plan. Account-Wide Ask adds natural-language search across the meetings a user has permission to view.
Capacidades de apoyo
Asistencia en el plan gratuito
Both platforms provide support without requiring an Enterprise subscription.
tl;dv offers chat and email support, while Fathom users can contact support by email, submit a ticket through the Help Center, or use its AI support assistant for product questions.
Asistencia prioritaria
tl;dv includes priority support on Business, with dedicated customer success available on Enterprise.
Fathom reserves its dedicated Success Manager and priority support SLA for Enterprise customers.
Inteligencia de ingresos
Neither tl;dv nor Fathom is a full revenue-intelligence platform with dedicated forecasting.
Fathom does move closer to that category with Deal View on Business. For teams using HubSpot or Salesforce, it brings open opportunities, recent activity, deal stage, amount, and close date into a dedicated view alongside meeting information.
tl;dv focuses more heavily on conversation intelligence, sales coaching, and sending meeting insights into CRM workflows.
If revenue forecasting and full pipeline management are your main requirements, you’ll still need a dedicated revenue-intelligence platform.
¿A quién va dirigido?
Both tools work for individual users and customer-facing teams, but they suit slightly different workflows.
tl;dv is better suited to teams that want to work across a larger meeting library, automate recurring insights, or use meetings as part of a wider coaching and workflow system.
Fathom is more appealing to solo users because its Free plan includes unlimited recordings, transcripts, and standard AI summaries. Team and Business add shared search, Trackers, CRM workflows, Deal View, and coaching.
Cost can also make a difference. Fathom’s comparable paid team plans currently come in below tl;dv’s, so if that is a major factor, our Fathom pricing guide breaks down what you actually get at each level.
Verdict: tl;dv or Fathom?
If I were choosing for a team, I’d pick tl;dv.
The strongest reason is what it can do across a large number of meetings. You can set up recurring AI reports, track objections and customer themes, monitor sales playbooks, compare calls, and automatically send those insights into other tools. You don’t have to keep going back into your meeting library and running the same analysis yourself. Still comparing? Our tl;dv alternatives roundup puts Fathom next to seven other notetakers, tested on the same benchmarks.
That makes tl;dv particularly useful for sales, customer success, research, and other teams that have hundreds of conversations and need to know what keeps coming up across them.
Its coaching tools are also more developed. You can monitor playbook adherence, use frameworks such as MEDDIC or SPICED, review objection handling, and look at performance across multiple calls rather than judging one meeting in isolation.
Fathom is still a very good alternative, particularly if price matters. Its Team and Business plans currently cost less, and Account-Wide Ask, Trackers, AI Scorecards, Deal View, and its new bot-free experience have closed a lot of the gaps that used to exist between the two products.
For a solo user or a smaller team that doesn’t need recurring reports, detailed playbook monitoring, or more advanced meeting automation, Fathom may be enough.
But if you’re choosing a tool for a team and want to keep using what you learn from meetings after the call is over, tl;dv is the stronger choice.
FAQs About tl;dv VS Fathom
Is tl;dv better than Fathom for sales teams?
For sales teams, tl;dv has the stronger coaching setup. It combines playbook tracking, objection handling, speaker insights, and recurring reports across multiple calls. Fathom also offers coaching through Behavioral Metrics and AI Scorecards, but its setup is more focused on scoring individual calls and reps.
Can tl;dv and Fathom record Slack Huddles?
Yes. Both can capture Slack Huddles without adding a meeting bot. In our testing, tl;dv detected the Huddle automatically and offered audio-only recording. Fathom also supports Slack Huddles through its bot-free desktop experience, although capture may need to be started manually or enabled separately.
Do tl;dv and Fathom work with ChatGPT and Claude?
Yes. Both support MCP connections that let tools such as ChatGPT and Claude work with meeting data. We tested Fathom with ChatGPT and were able to pull follow-up actions from several meetings into one response. tl;dv also offers an MCP server on paid plans.
¿Puedo probar tl;dv gratis?
Por supuesto. tl;dv un plan gratuito muy generoso que te permite probar todas sus funciones sin límite de tiempo.
¿Con qué plataformas de reuniones funciona?
tl;dv es compatible con Google Meet, Zoom y Microsoft Teams.
¿Puedo grabar reuniones a través del móvil?
tl;dv todavía no tiene una aplicación móvil nativa, pero puedes grabar, transcribir y resumir las reuniones a las que te unas desde el móvil con la función de grabación automática.
Más información sobre la grabación de reuniones en dispositivos móviles.
Which is better for analysing multiple meetings: tl;dv or Fathom?
Both can now search across multiple meetings. Fathom has Account-Wide Ask and Trackers, while tl;dv adds recurring AI reports that can automatically run the same analysis as new meetings come in. If you regularly need to track patterns across calls rather than run one-off searches, tl;dv gives you more automation.
