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Fathom vs Gladia

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ComparedFathomGladia
Starting price$20/mo$0.61/hr
Free tier
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Feature by feature

FeatureFathomGladia
Languages38100+
APIYes (public API)Yes (core product)
Real-timeYes (live in meetings)Yes
Speaker labelsYesYes (diarization)
Export formatsMarkdown, JSON, TXTJSON, SRT, VTT
Human optionNoNo

Fathom

Individuals and sales teams who want automatic meeting notes and summaries for free, upgrading only for advanced AI and CRM features.

  • +Free plan with unlimited recordings and transcriptions
  • +Fast, high-quality AI call summaries and action items
  • +38 languages plus CRM and integration options
  • +Public API and native Claude/ChatGPT integrations

Gladia

Developers who need cheap, high-volume speech-to-text with real-time streaming and diarization in a single API.

  • +Very low per-hour cost, especially at committed volume
  • +100+ languages with automatic language detection
  • +Async and real-time streaming in one API
  • +10 free hours every month

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