
Provides strong live transcription and collaboration features, but can be more restrictive on free meeting limits.
Provides strong live transcription and collaboration features, but can be more restrictive on free meeting limits.
Fathom records 5,620,385 monthly visits with +0.2% month-over-month growth and Freemium, Free Trial pricing. Shownotes records 2,954 monthly visits with -28.8% growth and Freemium pricing.

Turn YouTube videos and audio into clear, shareable show notes
| Dimension / Metric | ![]() | ![]() |
|---|---|---|
| Official Domain | fathom.video | shownotes.io |
| Pricing Model | Freemium, Free Trial | Freemium |
| Monthly Visits | 5.62M (5,620,385) | 2.95K (2,954) |
| MoM Traffic Delta | +10.87K (+0.2%) | -1.19K (-28.8%) |
| Primary Market & Share | 🇺🇸 United States (44.8%) | 🇺🇸 United States (100%) |
| Direct Visits / mo | 4.07M | 1.16K |
| User Rating | 4.7 | 3.9 |
| Supported Platforms | Website | Website |

AI notetaker that records, transcribes and summarizes meetings — bot-free
Capture meetings with a visible notetaker or completely bot-free, so you can record your way and keep participants comfortable.
Get accurate transcripts, concise summaries and extracted to-dos delivered right after each call.
Search and ask questions across your entire meeting history to surface decisions, commitments and patterns.
Notes, insights and follow-ups flow automatically into Slack, Salesforce, HubSpot, Notion, Asana and other tools.

Turn YouTube videos and audio into clear, shareable show notes
Generate a concise summary and a full transcript from a YouTube link, Reels link or uploaded audio in minutes.
Create a ready-to-publish audio MP3 from your source, useful as a standalone podcast episode or audiogram companion.
Use the Shownotes app inside ChatGPT to transcribe MP3 links or search and transcribe Apple Podcasts content with prompts.
Supports YouTube, Instagram Reels, other video links and direct audio uploads, so one tool covers most of your published content.

Provides strong live transcription and collaboration features, but can be more restrictive on free meeting limits.
Provides strong live transcription and collaboration features, but can be more restrictive on free meeting limits.

SpecialistTranscribes meetings live via a browser extension without joining bots, but requires active browser participation.
SpecialistTranscribes meetings live via a browser extension without joining bots, but requires active browser participation.
Offers robust multi-language conversational search and CRM integrations, but lacks Fathom's streamlined free recording tier.
Offers robust multi-language conversational search and CRM integrations, but lacks Fathom's streamlined free recording tier.

AI note taker that transcribes, summarizes and visualizes meetings
Excels at capturing and clipping video calls across platforms, but has a less polished action item workflow.
Excels at capturing and clipping video calls across platforms, but has a less polished action item workflow.

SpecialistTurn any video or audio into text in seconds
SpecialistFast AI transcription with speaker labels and built-in content analysis
SpecialistFast AI transcription with speaker labels and built-in content analysis

Generates clean structured notes with reliable action items, but offers fewer third-party integrations than Fathom.
Generates clean structured notes with reliable action items, but offers fewer third-party integrations than Fathom.

All-in-one AI meeting assistant for revenue teams
All-in-one AI meeting assistant for revenue teams

The secure AI meeting notetaker built for teams that cannot get privacy wrong
The secure AI meeting notetaker built for teams that cannot get privacy wrong

Delivers deep meeting analytics and automated insights routing, but has a steeper learning curve for configuration.
Delivers deep meeting analytics and automated insights routing, but has a steeper learning curve for configuration.

SpecialistTurn long-form audio and video into a full content library with AI
SpecialistTurn long-form audio and video into a full content library with AI