Bluedot vs Fathom
Both are bot-free by default. Bluedot captures via a Chrome extension or desktop app (now with an optional bot and video), priced at Free for 5 lifetime meetings, Basic $14/user/month billed annually ($18 monthly, audio-only, 1-hour cap per recording), Pro $20 annual ($25 monthly, with video), Business $32 annual ($39 monthly) with CRM/ATS integrations and SSO (verified Sep 2026). Fathom joins calls as a bot by default (botless capture is in beta on Mac) with a free plan of unlimited recordings and transcription, and Premium from $16/user/month billed annually. Pick Bluedot if you want botless capture across platforms plus video recording and 100+ language transcription; pick Fathom if you want the strongest free tier and mostly meet on Zoom/Meet/Teams. Note Bluedot deletes your recordings one month after you cancel, so export before leaving. No hands-on test was run; no winner declared.
| Decision point | Bluedot | Fathom |
|---|---|---|
| Best suited to | Individuals and teams that want an invisible, bot-free AI note taker that records, transcribes, and summarizes meetings on any platform and updates their CRM and Notion. | People who want to review and share summaries from supported online meetings. |
| Plans and cost | The $0 account is advertised free forever but includes only 5 meetings per lifetime; this is not a recurring free recording allowance. On annual billing, Basic is $14, Pro $20 and Business $32 per recording user/month. Basic is audio-only with a 1-hour recording cap; Pro adds video and longer recordings. The page says only recording users are charged. Monthly billing and custom flat-rate company pricing are separate options. | Fathom lists a free plan with unlimited recordings and transcriptions. Check the official plan page for current paid features and eligibility. |
| Limitations | The $14 Basic plan is audio only; video capture needs Pro at $20. Unlike other note takers, Bluedot charges per user who records meetings (not per workspace member), and paid seats added mid-cycle are billed at a prorated price. | Platform and meeting-type support is bounded. Transcripts are copied rather than downloaded directly, and consent-email behavior is conditional. |
Use the same input
You're a consultant who is extremely sensitive about not letting any bot join client calls, while needing video recording and transcription archives.
What a successful result must preserve
Compare by bot-free capture coverage (platforms/video), free-tier allowances, paid-tier pricing and data retention policy after cancellation.
Evidence and test status
Pricing and feature comparison based on publicly available information. Plan prices, allowances and feature claims below come from the two vendors' official pricing and feature pages plus recent third-party pricing reads, re-checked October 2026. We did not run a hands-on test on either tool; no quality winner is declared.
- Bluedot — Bluedot AI Note Taker | Bot-Free & Privacy-First ↗, Pricing ↗
- Fathom — Official plan details ↗ (reviewed 2026-10-15), Official transcript copy guidance ↗ (reviewed 2026-10-15), Official consent-email behavior ↗ (reviewed 2026-10-15), Official supported platforms and meeting types ↗ (reviewed 2026-10-15)