
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. VidSense records 0 monthly visits with — growth and Free pricing.

Ask questions and get instant AI summaries of the YouTube video you're watching
| Dimension / Metric | ![]() | ![]() |
|---|---|---|
| Official Domain | fathom.video | chromewebstore.google.com |
| Pricing Model | Freemium, Free Trial | Free |
| Monthly Visits | 5.62M (5,620,385) | 0 (0) |
| MoM Traffic Delta | +10.87K (+0.2%) | 0 (—) |
| Primary Market & Share | 🇺🇸 United States (44.8%) | 🌐 Global (—) |
| Direct Visits / mo | 4.07M | 0 |
| User Rating | 4.7 | 3.7 |
| Supported Platforms | Website | Browser Extension |

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.

Ask questions and get instant AI summaries of the YouTube video you're watching
Type a natural-language question and get an AI answer grounded in the YouTube video that is open in your active tab.
Generate a condensed summary of a long video to grasp the main points before deciding whether to watch it in full.
Create practice quizzes, request translations, or write custom prompts so the video's content becomes interactive study material.
No external site, no link pasting and no separate dashboard — the assistant runs as an overlay on the page you are already on.

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.

One AI assistant that plugs ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini into every tab
One AI assistant that plugs ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini into every tab
Highlight the web, learn in public, and build your AI clone
Highlight the web, learn in public, and build your AI clone

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

Free / Open-sourceSummarize YouTube, Google, and any page with AI — free in your browser
Free / Open-sourceSummarize YouTube, Google, and any page with AI — free in your browser

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.