# Fathom vs Pocket: pricing, features, and which is better > Fathom and Pocket compared across pricing, capture, speaker labels, recordings, notes, sharing, automations, integrations, AI-agent access, and administration. - Canonical HTML: https://circleback.ai/compare/fathom-vs-pocket - Structured JSON: https://circleback.ai/compare/fathom-vs-pocket.json - Comparison directory: https://circleback.ai/compare - Language: en-US - Editorial perspective: Neutral competitor comparison. Circleback appears only as a clearly labeled third option. ## Short answer Fathom offers free online recordings, clips, and CRM updates. Pocket adds a dedicated recorder for offline and phone-call audio, with unlimited base transcription and paid upgrades for history and AI. Test both products on meetings that reflect your work, such as a customer call, planning session, or in-person conversation. Compare the notes, speaker labels, sharing defaults, and follow-up you still need to do by hand. ## Fathom at a glance Fathom offers unlimited base online recording and transcription for free, with summaries, clips, assigned action items, and CRM sync. Bot-free options are available on Mac; Windows uses the bot. Its official pages give conflicting information about iOS availability. **Best for:** Individuals and sales teams that live in Zoom, Google Meet, and Teams and want a generous free plan, fast summaries, clips, and CRM-friendly workflows. **Less ideal for:** Companies that need confirmed iOS or Android availability, bot-free video across platforms, a workspace-wide task board, or shared history across meetings and email. **Price:** Free; Premium from $16/user/month annually Free includes unlimited recordings and transcripts but only five advanced AI summaries per month. Paid prices are per user/month: Premium is $16 with annual billing or $20 month-to-month; Team is $15 or $19 with a two-seat minimum; Business is $25 or $34. Enterprise is custom. **Free option:** Yes: unlimited recordings and transcripts, with five advanced summaries per month. ### Fathom strengths - Unlimited free recording and transcription is unusually generous for a solo online-meeting workflow. - Summaries, highlights, clips, playlists, assigned action items, and CRM sharing for online meetings. - Public API and MCP support make the meeting library available to custom tools and agents. - Action items include assignees and transcript evidence, and an Asana integration can synchronize assigned work automatically or on demand. ### Fathom tradeoffs - Fathom’s current pages disagree about iOS availability: the product overview says in-person capture is live, while the help center and launch page still describe the official app as pre-download or coming soon. Treat it as a staged rollout until your account can use it. - Chromebook, Linux, Android, tablet, phone call, webinar, and breakout support remains limited or absent. The current Fathom 3.0 bot-free experience is Mac- and English-only; Windows users remain on the older experience for now. - Bot-free video is currently available for Zoom on Mac. Google Meet support is still described as coming, Teams support depends on how the call is joined, and the bot remains the broadest cross-platform path. - The free plan’s advanced AI summaries are capped even though raw recordings and transcripts are unlimited. - Fathom may use de-identified meeting data to improve its in-house AI models unless the user or Team Edition administrator opts out. Third-party model providers are prohibited from training on it. - All Fathom data is US-hosted. Custom retention is Enterprise-only, applies one policy to the whole team, and is currently configured through support rather than self-service. ### Choose Fathom when - You want a generous free online-meeting recorder and rarely need in-person capture. - Clips, highlights, fast summaries, and simple CRM delivery are the center of the workflow. - You are comfortable using the bot when your platform does not support bot-free video. ## Pocket at a glance Pocket combines a single-press recorder with apps for transcripts, summaries, mind maps, and follow-through. Its hardware records independently of a phone, including phone calls through a contact microphone. A separate desktop app captures online meetings without a bot. API, MCP, and webhooks let recordings and action items feed other tools. **Best for:** People who want dedicated recording hardware for conversations and phone calls, a central task list, and unlimited base transcription. **Less ideal for:** People who want to avoid another device for in-person recording, or teams that need recorded meeting video and clearly documented conditional workspace sharing. **Price:** Recorder advertised at $139; optional Pro subscription The storefront advertises a $139 hardware offer; bundles and promotions vary. Its plan table lists Pro at $19.99/month billed annually ($239.88/year). Other promotional copy uses different bundle and billing terms, so confirm the selected offer. Enterprise has custom pricing. Hardware and Pro are separate costs. **Free option:** Free includes unlimited base transcription, summaries kept for 30 days, mind maps, tasks, text export, and audio download. Ask Pocket allows three chats per day with three messages each. Pro extends history and adds advanced features. ### Pocket strengths - A single physical press starts offline capture, with a light and vibration for confirmation. Its contact microphone records phone calls without speakerphone. - The Checklist gathers extracted tasks across recordings, links them to their source, and supports follow-through through calendars and task integrations. - Public API, signed webhooks, and MCP support custom workflows. MCP can also update action-item status, due date, priority, and assignee. ### Pocket tradeoffs - Using the dedicated recorder means buying, carrying, charging, and syncing another device. Desktop capture is a separate option and the desktop app is labeled beta. - Longer summary history, automatic speaker names, advanced exports, and some integrations require Pro. Speaker detection is unavailable for recordings of three hours or longer. - Desktop recording captures audio, not video, webcams, shared screens, or meeting chat. ### Choose Pocket when - You prefer a dedicated physical recording button and offline audio capture. - You need contact-microphone phone-call recording and unlimited base transcription. - You want searchable recordings, mind maps, a task hub, and programmable access. ## Feature comparison | What matters | Fathom | Pocket | | --- | --- | --- | | Capture options | Available with limits — Meeting bot or bot-free transcript, audio, and Zoom video on Mac. The bot supports the widest range of platforms and recording options. Eligible Mac users can choose bot-free transcript-only, audio plus transcript, or Zoom video; Google Meet bot-free video is still coming and Teams behavior varies by how the call is joined. Fathom says the bot-free modes preserve speaker attribution and action items. | Broad support — Single-press hardware and bot-free desktop audio. The recorder captures room audio or phone calls with a physical button and mode slider, storing audio offline until upload. The desktop app records microphone and system audio from Zoom, Teams, Meet, and other calls, with optional meeting detection and Auto Record. Wi-Fi upload can send device recordings directly to the account without the phone nearby. | | Desktop and mobile | Narrow or indirect — Bot-free options on Mac; bot-based recording on Windows. Fathom supports major online platforms on computers, but its current 3.0 rollout is limited to Mac and English-language meetings. Windows remains supported through the older bot-based experience. Official pages conflict on whether iOS in-person capture is already live; Android, Chromebook, Linux, phone calls, webinars, and breakout rooms are not normal supported paths. | Available with limits — Recorder, iOS, Android, web, and desktop beta. Pocket has iOS and Android companion apps, web access, and macOS and Windows desktop apps. The desktop download guide explicitly labels the app beta. USB-C Web Sync supports Chrome, Edge, and Brave; Safari and Firefox do not support its required file-system access. No native Apple Watch recording app is documented in these guides. | | In-person capture and speaker labels | Narrow or indirect — iOS availability is unclear; verify in-person speaker labels. Fathom’s marketing overview says its iOS app captures in-person meetings, but the help center and current launch page still call it coming soon or pre-download. In the older workaround, every room voice is attributed to the Fathom user rather than separated. Verify iOS access and room-speaker labeling in the actual account before rollout. | Available with limits — Dedicated recorder with speaker management. Record in person on the Pocket device without a phone connection. Speaker Management supports naming and merging speakers and finding their other recordings. Automatic speaker detection is unavailable for recordings of three hours or longer. Automatic speaker naming is a Pro feature; detecting separate speakers and naming them are different capabilities. | | Recordings, playback, and clips | Broad support — Unlimited AV, playback, highlights, and clips. Fathom supports playback, clips, and sharing for online calls. Bot-free video is limited to Zoom on Mac; other supported platforms have different recording options. | Available with limits — Saved audio, downloads, and recording exports. Pocket retains audio and supports downloads through the app and API. USB-C Web Sync transfers large recordings directly from the device. Recordings can be combined into a merged memory. Desktop capture is audio-only and does not preserve video, webcams, shared-screen content, or chat. | | Notes, action items, and search | Broad support — Fast summaries, assigned action items, Ask Fathom, and team search. Summary quality and speed are core strengths. Paid AI action items identify assignees and link to the source moment; the API also returns completion state and assignee metadata. Fathom presents action items inside each meeting rather than documenting a workspace-wide task dashboard. Advanced summary types and some AI capabilities are plan-limited even while base transcription is free. | Broad support — Summaries, mind maps, Ask Pocket, and a task hub. Summaries and mind maps organize recordings; Ask Pocket answers questions with date and recording filters. The Checklist consolidates extracted actions with source references and labels. MCP can search tasks and change status, priority, due date, or assignee. Pro adds unlimited chat and custom templates; free chat is limited. | | People, companies, and context | Available with limits — Meeting and customer-call library. Fathom organizes team calls and customer context. The cited docs do not establish shared person and company histories that combine meetings, email, and calendars across departments. | Available with limits — Recording memory, speaker history, and calendar context. Ask Pocket searches conversation history, and named speaker profiles collect their recordings. Calendar Hub connects follow-up actions to calendar events. This provides useful personal context; the cited guides do not document company pages combining email threads, relationship timelines, and rolling company summaries. | | Automatic sharing and workspace defaults | Broad support — Organization and team visibility defaults, plus attendee auto-share. Admins can set auto-capture and visibility separately for external, internal, and unscheduled meetings at organization or team level, including whether users may override the default. Individuals can also send a summary, a recording, or both automatically—but the audience is every calendar invitee, including people who did not attend. | Narrow or indirect — Exports, connected destinations, and organization access. Pocket supports exporting recordings and notes to other tools. Organization roles govern access to recordings, templates, and analytics. Its published guides do not establish meeting-level automatic sharing rules by participant, domain, title, and team; confirm those requirements for an Enterprise rollout. | | Automations | Available with limits — CRM, webhook, Zapier, and Asana follow-through. Fathom handles common customer-facing follow-through well. Assigned action items can sync automatically or manually to Asana, webhooks can deliver action-item payloads, and Zapier or CRM integrations extend delivery. It does not document the same broad native trigger/condition/action builder for arbitrary work systems. | Available with limits — Task follow-through and recording-event webhooks. Automatically add extracted tasks to the Checklist and use calendar or task integrations for follow-up. Webhooks cover completed transcripts and summaries, speaker labeling, and task updates, with personal and organization destinations. Custom backends, Zapier, Make, or n8n can consume these events; organization controls depend on Enterprise packaging. | | Integrations | Available with limits — Strong CRM, Asana, Zapier, and common work-tool connections. CRM delivery and collaboration integrations cover the common sales workflow, while Asana turns assigned meeting actions into trackable tasks. Broader issue-tracker coverage and custom operational actions are less central. | Broad support — Calendars, task apps, document sync, and AI tools. Pocket connects calendars and task apps; its Pro table lists Notion, Google Drive, OneDrive, Linear, Asana, and ClickUp sync. MCP connects recordings to AI assistants, while API and webhooks support custom destinations. Confirm which integrations your selected plan includes. | | API, MCP, CLI, and data portability | Broad support — Rich public API and MCP, scoped to the connected user. The REST API can return speaker-attributed transcripts, summaries, action items with assignees and completion state, attendees, CRM matches, playback metadata, and recording downloads. Its official MCP connects authorized meeting data to ChatGPT, Claude, and other clients. Both follow what the authenticated user owns or can see through team sharing; an administrator key does not automatically reach private meetings across the organization. | Broad support — Public API, webhooks, and MCP with task updates. The API provides recordings, transcripts, summaries, semantic search, uploads, audio downloads, and organization resources. MCP includes conversation and task search plus task updates on all plans; targeted recording retrieval and synthesized meeting queries require Pro. Recent-transcript retrieval is also available through MCP search. No first-party standalone CLI is documented. | | Security, privacy, and admin | Available with limits — Strong upper-tier controls, with US-only hosting. Enterprise adds SSO, SCIM, and custom retention. Fathom currently supports one retention policy per team and asks customers to configure it through support. All data is US-hosted; de-identified data may improve Fathom’s in-house models unless users or a Team Edition admin opt out. | Available with limits — Encryption and Enterprise organization controls. Pocket documents encryption at rest and in transit, US-based processing, and a no-training commitment. Its Organization API defines owner, admin, member, and viewer roles. Enterprise lists centralized billing, recording access controls, organization exports, and BAA support. Verify specific compliance reports and deployment requirements with the vendor. | | Languages | Available with limits — 38 languages on the free plan. Fathom documents 38 supported languages. Bot-free rollout is currently narrower, so language support should be checked per capture mode. | Broad support — 120+ languages advertised. Pocket advertises support for more than 120 languages. Test the required languages and mixed-language conversations on real recordings; a published language count does not establish accuracy for a particular accent, room, or specialist vocabulary. | Ratings describe documented breadth rather than overall product quality: - **Broad support:** Broad native support across the product or relevant paid plans. - **Available with limits:** Documented support with meaningful scope, mode, or plan limits. - **Narrow or indirect:** Narrow, indirect, beta, or substantially plan-gated support. - **Not documented:** No current first-party documentation for a native option. ## Detailed analysis ### Capture options **Pocket has broader documented support for capture options.** **Fathom:** Meeting bot or bot-free transcript, audio, and Zoom video on Mac. The bot supports the widest range of platforms and recording options. Eligible Mac users can choose bot-free transcript-only, audio plus transcript, or Zoom video; Google Meet bot-free video is still coming and Teams behavior varies by how the call is joined. Fathom says the bot-free modes preserve speaker attribution and action items. Evidence: [Fathom bot-free recording](https://help.fathom.video/en/articles/11578049), [Fathom product overview](https://www.fathom.ai/overview), [Fathom 3.0 rollout](https://help.fathom.video/en/articles/11577345), [Fathom release notes](https://help.fathom.video/en/articles/6220097). **Pocket:** Single-press hardware and bot-free desktop audio. The recorder captures room audio or phone calls with a physical button and mode slider, storing audio offline until upload. The desktop app records microphone and system audio from Zoom, Teams, Meet, and other calls, with optional meeting detection and Auto Record. Wi-Fi upload can send device recordings directly to the account without the phone nearby. Evidence: [Pocket recording overview](https://docs.heypocketai.com/docs), [Pocket desktop recording](https://docs.heypocketai.com/docs/getting-started/record-zoom-teams-google-meet), [Pocket Wi-Fi upload](https://docs.heypocketai.com/docs/features/device/wifi-upload). ### Desktop and mobile **Pocket has broader documented support for desktop and mobile.** **Fathom:** Bot-free options on Mac; bot-based recording on Windows. Fathom supports major online platforms on computers, but its current 3.0 rollout is limited to Mac and English-language meetings. Windows remains supported through the older bot-based experience. Official pages conflict on whether iOS in-person capture is already live; Android, Chromebook, Linux, phone calls, webinars, and breakout rooms are not normal supported paths. Evidence: [Fathom supported systems](https://help.fathom.video/en/articles/296576), [Fathom 3.0 rollout](https://help.fathom.video/en/articles/11577345). **Pocket:** Recorder, iOS, Android, web, and desktop beta. Pocket has iOS and Android companion apps, web access, and macOS and Windows desktop apps. The desktop download guide explicitly labels the app beta. USB-C Web Sync supports Chrome, Edge, and Brave; Safari and Firefox do not support its required file-system access. No native Apple Watch recording app is documented in these guides. Evidence: [Pocket apps and desktop beta](https://docs.heypocketai.com/docs/getting-started/download-app), [Pocket Wi-Fi upload](https://docs.heypocketai.com/docs/features/device/wifi-upload), [Pocket USB-C Web Sync](https://docs.heypocketai.com/docs/features/device/pocket-web-sync). ### In-person capture and speaker labels **Pocket has broader documented support for in-person capture and speaker labels.** **Fathom:** iOS availability is unclear; verify in-person speaker labels. Fathom’s marketing overview says its iOS app captures in-person meetings, but the help center and current launch page still call it coming soon or pre-download. In the older workaround, every room voice is attributed to the Fathom user rather than separated. Verify iOS access and room-speaker labeling in the actual account before rollout. Evidence: [Fathom in-person meetings](https://help.fathom.video/en/articles/5500225), [Fathom product overview](https://www.fathom.ai/overview). **Pocket:** Dedicated recorder with speaker management. Record in person on the Pocket device without a phone connection. Speaker Management supports naming and merging speakers and finding their other recordings. Automatic speaker detection is unavailable for recordings of three hours or longer. Automatic speaker naming is a Pro feature; detecting separate speakers and naming them are different capabilities. Evidence: [Pocket recording overview](https://docs.heypocketai.com/docs), [Pocket speaker management](https://docs.heypocketai.com/docs/features/ai/speaker-management), [Pocket product and plans](https://heypocket.com/). ### Recordings, playback, and clips **Fathom has broader documented support for recordings, playback, and clips.** **Fathom:** Unlimited AV, playback, highlights, and clips. Fathom supports playback, clips, and sharing for online calls. Bot-free video is limited to Zoom on Mac; other supported platforms have different recording options. Evidence: [Fathom pricing](https://www.fathom.ai/pricing), [Fathom bot-free recording](https://help.fathom.video/en/articles/11578049), [Fathom product overview](https://www.fathom.ai/overview). **Pocket:** Saved audio, downloads, and recording exports. Pocket retains audio and supports downloads through the app and API. USB-C Web Sync transfers large recordings directly from the device. Recordings can be combined into a merged memory. Desktop capture is audio-only and does not preserve video, webcams, shared-screen content, or chat. Evidence: [Pocket product and plans](https://heypocket.com/), [Pocket desktop recording](https://docs.heypocketai.com/docs/getting-started/record-zoom-teams-google-meet), [Pocket exports and data management](https://docs.heypocketai.com/docs/features/organization/data-management), [Pocket USB-C Web Sync](https://docs.heypocketai.com/docs/features/device/pocket-web-sync), [Pocket public API](https://docs.heypocketai.com/docs/api). ### Notes, action items, and search **Both products document broad support for notes, action items, and search, with different scope and plan limits.** **Fathom:** Fast summaries, assigned action items, Ask Fathom, and team search. Summary quality and speed are core strengths. Paid AI action items identify assignees and link to the source moment; the API also returns completion state and assignee metadata. Fathom presents action items inside each meeting rather than documenting a workspace-wide task dashboard. Advanced summary types and some AI capabilities are plan-limited even while base transcription is free. Evidence: [Fathom pricing](https://www.fathom.ai/pricing), [Fathom product overview](https://www.fathom.ai/overview), [Fathom AI action items](https://help.fathom.video/en/articles/640768). **Pocket:** Summaries, mind maps, Ask Pocket, and a task hub. Summaries and mind maps organize recordings; Ask Pocket answers questions with date and recording filters. The Checklist consolidates extracted actions with source references and labels. MCP can search tasks and change status, priority, due date, or assignee. Pro adds unlimited chat and custom templates; free chat is limited. Evidence: [Pocket first-day workflow](https://docs.heypocketai.com/docs/getting-started/day-1), [Pocket Ask Pocket](https://docs.heypocketai.com/docs/features/ai/ask-pocket), [Pocket action items](https://docs.heypocketai.com/docs/features/productivity/tasklist), [Pocket Pro features](https://docs.heypocketai.com/docs/plans/pocket-pro), [Pocket MCP](https://docs.heypocketai.com/docs/mcp). ### People, companies, and context **Both products support people, companies, and context, with different scope and plan limits.** **Fathom:** Meeting and customer-call library. Fathom organizes team calls and customer context. The cited docs do not establish shared person and company histories that combine meetings, email, and calendars across departments. Evidence: [Fathom pricing](https://www.fathom.ai/pricing). **Pocket:** Recording memory, speaker history, and calendar context. Ask Pocket searches conversation history, and named speaker profiles collect their recordings. Calendar Hub connects follow-up actions to calendar events. This provides useful personal context; the cited guides do not document company pages combining email threads, relationship timelines, and rolling company summaries. Evidence: [Pocket Ask Pocket](https://docs.heypocketai.com/docs/features/ai/ask-pocket), [Pocket speaker management](https://docs.heypocketai.com/docs/features/ai/speaker-management), [Pocket first-day workflow](https://docs.heypocketai.com/docs/getting-started/day-1). ### Automatic sharing and workspace defaults **Fathom has broader documented support for automatic sharing and workspace defaults.** **Fathom:** Organization and team visibility defaults, plus attendee auto-share. Admins can set auto-capture and visibility separately for external, internal, and unscheduled meetings at organization or team level, including whether users may override the default. Individuals can also send a summary, a recording, or both automatically—but the audience is every calendar invitee, including people who did not attend. Evidence: [Fathom auto-capture and visibility controls](https://help.fathom.video/en/articles/13729025), [Fathom attendee auto-share](https://help.fathom.video/en/articles/7574785). **Pocket:** Exports, connected destinations, and organization access. Pocket supports exporting recordings and notes to other tools. Organization roles govern access to recordings, templates, and analytics. Its published guides do not establish meeting-level automatic sharing rules by participant, domain, title, and team; confirm those requirements for an Enterprise rollout. Evidence: [Pocket exports and data management](https://docs.heypocketai.com/docs/features/organization/data-management), [Pocket organization controls](https://docs.heypocketai.com/docs/api/organization). ### Automations **Both products support automations, with different scope and plan limits.** **Fathom:** CRM, webhook, Zapier, and Asana follow-through. Fathom handles common customer-facing follow-through well. Assigned action items can sync automatically or manually to Asana, webhooks can deliver action-item payloads, and Zapier or CRM integrations extend delivery. It does not document the same broad native trigger/condition/action builder for arbitrary work systems. Evidence: [Fathom pricing](https://www.fathom.ai/pricing), [Fathom Asana integration](https://help.fathom.video/en/articles/7639617), [Fathom public API](https://developers.fathom.ai/quickstart). **Pocket:** Task follow-through and recording-event webhooks. Automatically add extracted tasks to the Checklist and use calendar or task integrations for follow-up. Webhooks cover completed transcripts and summaries, speaker labeling, and task updates, with personal and organization destinations. Custom backends, Zapier, Make, or n8n can consume these events; organization controls depend on Enterprise packaging. Evidence: [Pocket action items](https://docs.heypocketai.com/docs/features/productivity/tasklist), [Pocket webhooks](https://docs.heypocketai.com/docs/api/webhooks), [Pocket first-day workflow](https://docs.heypocketai.com/docs/getting-started/day-1). ### Integrations **Pocket has broader documented support for integrations.** **Fathom:** Strong CRM, Asana, Zapier, and common work-tool connections. CRM delivery and collaboration integrations cover the common sales workflow, while Asana turns assigned meeting actions into trackable tasks. Broader issue-tracker coverage and custom operational actions are less central. Evidence: [Fathom pricing](https://www.fathom.ai/pricing), [Fathom Asana integration](https://help.fathom.video/en/articles/7639617). **Pocket:** Calendars, task apps, document sync, and AI tools. Pocket connects calendars and task apps; its Pro table lists Notion, Google Drive, OneDrive, Linear, Asana, and ClickUp sync. MCP connects recordings to AI assistants, while API and webhooks support custom destinations. Confirm which integrations your selected plan includes. Evidence: [Pocket product and plans](https://heypocket.com/), [Pocket webhooks](https://docs.heypocketai.com/docs/api/webhooks). ### API, MCP, CLI, and data portability **Both products document broad support for API, MCP, CLI, and data portability, with different scope and plan limits.** **Fathom:** Rich public API and MCP, scoped to the connected user. The REST API can return speaker-attributed transcripts, summaries, action items with assignees and completion state, attendees, CRM matches, playback metadata, and recording downloads. Its official MCP connects authorized meeting data to ChatGPT, Claude, and other clients. Both follow what the authenticated user owns or can see through team sharing; an administrator key does not automatically reach private meetings across the organization. Evidence: [Fathom public API](https://developers.fathom.ai/quickstart), [Fathom MCP](https://developers.fathom.ai/mcp-docs), [Fathom release notes](https://help.fathom.video/en/articles/6220097). **Pocket:** Public API, webhooks, and MCP with task updates. The API provides recordings, transcripts, summaries, semantic search, uploads, audio downloads, and organization resources. MCP includes conversation and task search plus task updates on all plans; targeted recording retrieval and synthesized meeting queries require Pro. Recent-transcript retrieval is also available through MCP search. No first-party standalone CLI is documented. Evidence: [Pocket public API](https://docs.heypocketai.com/docs/api), [Pocket MCP](https://docs.heypocketai.com/docs/mcp), [Pocket webhooks](https://docs.heypocketai.com/docs/api/webhooks), [Pocket organization controls](https://docs.heypocketai.com/docs/api/organization). ### Security, privacy, and admin **Both products support security, privacy, and admin, with different scope and plan limits.** **Fathom:** Strong upper-tier controls, with US-only hosting. Enterprise adds SSO, SCIM, and custom retention. Fathom currently supports one retention policy per team and asks customers to configure it through support. All data is US-hosted; de-identified data may improve Fathom’s in-house models unless users or a Team Edition admin opt out. Evidence: [Fathom pricing](https://www.fathom.ai/pricing), [Fathom auto-capture and visibility controls](https://help.fathom.video/en/articles/13729025), [Fathom security and AI training](https://help.fathom.video/en/articles/296512), [Fathom retention policies](https://help.fathom.video/en/articles/6057089). **Pocket:** Encryption and Enterprise organization controls. Pocket documents encryption at rest and in transit, US-based processing, and a no-training commitment. Its Organization API defines owner, admin, member, and viewer roles. Enterprise lists centralized billing, recording access controls, organization exports, and BAA support. Verify specific compliance reports and deployment requirements with the vendor. Evidence: [Pocket organization controls](https://docs.heypocketai.com/docs/api/organization), [Pocket product and plans](https://heypocket.com/), [Pocket trust and privacy](https://heypocket.com/pages/pocket-trust). ### Languages **Pocket has broader documented support for languages.** **Fathom:** 38 languages on the free plan. Fathom documents 38 supported languages. Bot-free rollout is currently narrower, so language support should be checked per capture mode. Evidence: [Fathom pricing](https://www.fathom.ai/pricing), [Fathom bot-free recording](https://help.fathom.video/en/articles/11578049). **Pocket:** 120+ languages advertised. Pocket advertises support for more than 120 languages. Test the required languages and mixed-language conversations on real recordings; a published language count does not establish accuracy for a particular accent, room, or specialist vocabulary. Evidence: [Pocket product and plans](https://heypocket.com/). ## A third option to consider: Circleback Circleback records online meetings with a meeting bot or bot-free desktop app, then turns them into detailed notes, speaker-labeled transcripts, and automatically assigned action items. Automatic sharing, search, and automations turn those meetings into shared company memory. People and AI agents can use the same complete record through the app, API, MCP, and CLI. In-person conversations captured on mobile or Apple Watch, plus imported recordings, flow through the same system. Circleback can also search connected apps and take action in them. It is built for people and AI agents: the same complete meeting data available to a person is available programmatically to ChatGPT, Claude, other agents, and internal tools through the API, MCP, and CLI. Free; Pro from $15/user/month annually; Business from $25/user/month annually; Enterprise $35/user/month, billed annually. ## Frequently asked questions ### Which is better: Fathom or Pocket? Fathom offers free online recordings, clips, and CRM updates. Pocket adds a dedicated recorder for offline and phone-call audio, with unlimited base transcription and paid upgrades for history and AI. ### Which is less expensive, Fathom or Pocket? Fathom: Free; Premium from $16/user/month annually. Pocket: Recorder advertised at $139; optional Pro subscription. Compare the paid seats, included usage, recording access, and admin features you actually need. ### Can Fathom and Pocket record without a bot? Fathom: Meeting bot or bot-free transcript, audio, and Zoom video on Mac. Pocket: Single-press hardware and bot-free desktop audio. Check whether your preferred recording method preserves video and speaker labels. ### Which is better for a whole company? Compare automatic sharing, permissions, retention, and the defaults admins can enforce. Fathom: Organization and team visibility defaults, plus attendee auto-share. Pocket: Exports, connected destinations, and organization access. ### Can I access and move the full meeting data? Fathom: Rich public API and MCP, scoped to the connected user. Pocket: Public API, webhooks, and MCP with task updates. Check the selected plan, authentication model, transcript scope, export format, and retention window for the workflow you need. ### How was this comparison researched? We use first-party pricing pages, product pages, help docs, and release notes for both products. Links appear in each feature comparison and in the Sources section. ## Methodology Circleback reviews first-party pricing pages, product pages, help docs, and release notes. Prices and features change; confirm the details that matter to your decision in the linked sources. Every feature dimension links to the exact first-party documents used for that claim. Ratings describe documented breadth, not an overall score or winner. This page is a neutral competitor-to-competitor comparison. There are no paid placements or affiliate rankings. ## First-party sources ### Fathom sources - [Fathom pricing](https://www.fathom.ai/pricing): Free, Premium, Team, Business, and Enterprise prices and feature gates. - [Fathom supported systems](https://help.fathom.video/en/articles/296576): Computer, platform, mobile, phone call, webinar, and breakout limitations. - [Fathom in-person meetings](https://help.fathom.video/en/articles/5500225): Current workaround, speaker limitation, and upcoming iOS path. - [Fathom bot-free recording](https://help.fathom.video/en/articles/11578049): Current Zoom-on-Mac bot-free video and Google Meet/Teams rollout status. - [Fathom product overview](https://www.fathom.ai/overview): Current bot-free capture modes, speaker attribution, action items, Ask Fathom, programmatic access, and the marketing claim that iOS capture is available. - [Fathom 3.0 rollout](https://help.fathom.video/en/articles/11577345): Current Mac-only, English-only eligibility and staged rollout behavior for the new bot-free experience. - [Fathom auto-capture and visibility controls](https://help.fathom.video/en/articles/13729025): Organization and team defaults for capture and visibility across external, internal, and unscheduled meetings. - [Fathom attendee auto-share](https://help.fathom.video/en/articles/7574785): Automatic delivery of summaries, recordings, or both to every calendar invitee, including no-shows. - [Fathom public API](https://developers.fathom.ai/quickstart): User-scoped API keys plus meeting metadata, speaker-attributed transcripts, summaries, assigned action items, CRM matches, pagination, and administrator visibility limits. - [Fathom MCP](https://developers.fathom.ai/mcp-docs): Official authenticated MCP access from ChatGPT, Claude, Claude Code, and other compatible clients. - [Fathom AI action items](https://help.fathom.video/en/articles/640768): AI detection of action items and their assignees plus follow-up email generation. - [Fathom Asana integration](https://help.fathom.video/en/articles/7639617): Automatic or manual synchronization of assigned meeting actions into Asana with source links. - [Fathom release notes](https://help.fathom.video/en/articles/6220097): July 2026 API recording-download support and current product changes. - [Fathom security and AI training](https://help.fathom.video/en/articles/296512): US data hosting, de-identified in-house model training and opt-out controls, plus third-party no-training terms. - [Fathom retention policies](https://help.fathom.video/en/articles/6057089): Enterprise-only, support-managed retention with one policy per team. ### Pocket sources - [Pocket product and plans](https://heypocket.com/): Hardware offers, Free/Pro/Enterprise packaging, integrations, and language coverage. - [Pocket recording overview](https://docs.heypocketai.com/docs): Physical recording controls, capture modes, syncing, and the recording-to-task workflow. - [Pocket desktop recording](https://docs.heypocketai.com/docs/getting-started/record-zoom-teams-google-meet): Microphone/system-audio capture, meeting detection, Auto Record, and audio-only limitations. - [Pocket apps and desktop beta](https://docs.heypocketai.com/docs/getting-started/download-app): Supported platforms and the explicit desktop beta designation. - [Pocket Wi-Fi upload](https://docs.heypocketai.com/docs/features/device/wifi-upload): Device uploads over saved Wi-Fi networks without the phone nearby. - [Pocket USB-C Web Sync](https://docs.heypocketai.com/docs/features/device/pocket-web-sync): USB-C transfers and the supported browser/file-system requirements. - [Pocket speaker management](https://docs.heypocketai.com/docs/features/ai/speaker-management): Speaker names, merged profiles, recording history, and the three-hour detection limit. - [Pocket action items](https://docs.heypocketai.com/docs/features/productivity/tasklist): Consolidated Checklist, automatic task extraction, labels, and source references. - [Pocket Ask Pocket](https://docs.heypocketai.com/docs/features/ai/ask-pocket): Conversation questions, recording/date filters, chat history, and usage limits. - [Pocket first-day workflow](https://docs.heypocketai.com/docs/getting-started/day-1): Summary styles, mind maps, source-linked actions, and calendar follow-through. - [Pocket Pro features](https://docs.heypocketai.com/docs/plans/pocket-pro): Paid chat, longer recordings, custom templates, and bulk actions. - [Pocket exports and data management](https://docs.heypocketai.com/docs/features/organization/data-management): Exports, combined recordings, bulk management, and deleted-recording retention. - [Pocket public API](https://docs.heypocketai.com/docs/api): Recording, transcript, summary, search, upload, and audio-download endpoints. - [Pocket MCP](https://docs.heypocketai.com/docs/mcp): OAuth/API-key access, read and task-update tools, and per-tool plan requirements. - [Pocket webhooks](https://docs.heypocketai.com/docs/api/webhooks): Recording and task events, personal/organization destinations, and signature verification. - [Pocket organization controls](https://docs.heypocketai.com/docs/api/organization): Organization roles, API keys, templates, analytics, recordings, and membership. - [Pocket trust and privacy](https://heypocket.com/pages/pocket-trust): Encryption, US processing, no model training, and Enterprise BAA availability.