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Mac Note Taker
vs Fathom.

Fathom is free but joins as a bot and stores recordings in their cloud. Mac Note Taker is paid once and stores nothing in anyone's cloud.

FeatureMac Note TakerFathom
  • Free tier-Yes (limited)
  • Where audio livesYour MacFathom cloud
  • Bot in meetingNoYes
  • Lifetime option$149 lifetimeNo (cloud-only)

Fathom strengths

  • Free tier
  • Highlights and snippets

Where it falls short

  • Bot in your meeting
  • Cloud-stored recordings
  • Free tier limits + cloud-only AI

Fathom is fine if free is the only thing that matters. If your privacy posture (or your client's) rules out cloud notetakers, you ship Mac Note Taker.

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