Littlebird and Fathom both summarize meetings and pull out action items. Fathom is a meeting tool with a generous free plan and CRM sync, and it uses a meeting bot by default. The alternative is bot-free and wider in scope: it pays attention to the active window you're working in as well as the call, so meetings become part of a running memory you can search and act on.
Your work doesn’t happen in meetings alone
Littlebird transcribes your meetings directly from your computer, so there's no bot joining your call.
Littlebird adds meeting context to a running memory of your work, so you can draft follow-ups, answer questions, and pick up where you left off.
Your meetings don't happen in a vacuum. Littlebird connects what was said on a call to the documents, messages, and work around it, so you can act on everything, not just remember it.
How it learns about your work
Builds a running memory from everything you see and do in the active window you're working in, including meetings
Learns from your meetings only
Bot-free transcription
Screen context from the active window you're working in, plus meeting transcripts
Uses a meeting bot by default. Bot-free recording available in some cases, though the bot remains the primary method
What it captures
Screen context from the active window you're working in, plus meeting transcripts
Meeting audio, video, and transcripts
Pre-meeting briefing
Generated from your full context, including past meetings, documents, and recent work
Not available
During your meeting
Transcribes automatically and lets you jot notes or access the rest of Littlebird without interrupting your recording
Transcribes in real time and lets you flag key moments during the call to revisit later
After your meeting
Generates a summary and action items that become part of your Littlebird memory, so you can ask follow-up questions, draft emails, and pick up where you left off
Generates a summary and action items you can search and share, with optional CRM sync
Context beyond meetings
Connects meeting context to your documents, messages, and everything else on your screen
Search and chat across your meeting history with Ask Fathom
Platform
Includes Chat, Meeting Notes, and Routines
Meeting notes, transcription, CRM integrations, and team collaboration
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A focused meeting tool with a generous free plan
Fast summaries with CRM sync for sales workflows
Team features like shared libraries and coaching scorecards
An AI that understands your work, not just your meetings
High-quality meeting notes that become part of a bigger memory
High-quality meeting notes that become part of a bigger memory
To draft follow-ups, summarize projects, or act on next steps with context from your whole day, not just the call
Fathom uses a meeting bot by default, so it shows up as an attendee on the call. The alternative transcribes by listening along on your computer, and nothing joins the meeting as a visible participant. For external or client calls, where adding a visible recorder changes the tone of the conversation, that difference is worth weighing carefully.
The app pays attention to the active window you're working in, and listens during meetings to transcribe and summarize them. You decide what stays out of view: pause context collection, exclude specific apps and website domains, or delete your data at any time. Password fields are always ignored, and password managers like 1Password are auto-excluded by default.
No. It works automatically by paying attention to your screen, so there is nothing to wire up before it is useful. Integrations are optional and exist for deeper access: connecting Google Calendar helps with scheduling, for example. That is the practical difference from a tool that only knows what you typed into it.
The Basic plan is $0 and includes full context from day one, with limited daily chats, limited active routines, and limited meeting notes. Plus is $17 per month billed annually, or $20 billed monthly, and adds unlimited meeting notes plus enhanced memory. Power is $42 per month with an annual subscription. Pro starts from $100 per month. Actively enrolled students pay $15 per month with a .edu email.
Yes. The Basic plan is free at $0 with full context from day one, so you can run it against real work before paying anything. Plus adds a 14-day free trial on top of that if you want the paid capabilities first. Actively enrolled students get their first two months free and then pay $15 per month with a .edu email.
Mac and Windows, plus iOS and Android companion apps for asking questions away from your desk. The desktop app is the core product, because that is where the active window and your meetings are. The mobile apps read the context already collected on your desktop rather than capturing anything from the phone itself.
The app runs on your computer, and the memory it builds is encrypted and stored in the AWS cloud, US East. Littlebird is SOC 2 certified, with GDPR-aligned and CCPA-aligned data handling, and neither the company nor its underlying model providers train on your work. You can delete everything at any time. Teams that need local-only systems can self-host at the Enterprise tier.
Last verified July 2026
Littlebird captures your meeting details and connects them to everything else you're working on, so the context you need is always there.
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