Looking for a Fathom AI alternative?
Transcribe for free →| Feature | LongScribe | Fathom |
|---|---|---|
| What it's for | Transcribing a recording you already have | Joining your live Zoom/Meet/Teams call as a bot |
| Free plan limit | 1000 min/month | Unlimited recordings, but only 5 AI summaries/month |
| Needs a bot in your call | — | Yes (bot-free capture is a Mac-only beta) |
| Paid plan | Premium $4.99/month — 5,000 minutes / 500 recordings; Premium Pro $14.99/month — 20,000 minutes / 2,000 recordings; High Accuracy $24.99/month — 2,000 accuracy-first minutes; optional $5 one-time top-ups | From $20/user/month |
| Paste a link (YouTube, Vimeo, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, Twitch, X, SoundCloud) | Yes | — |
| Speaker labels | Yes — with Premium | Yes |
| Export formats | TXT, SRT, DOCX, JSON, VTT | Transcript + AI summary (capped on free plan) |
A Fathom alternative without the summary cap
Fathom's free plan records unlimited meetings but only summarizes 5 of them a month — after that, you get the raw transcript only. LongScribe gives you a full transcript every time, for any recording you paste or upload, up to 1000 minutes a month.
No bot joining your call
Fathom joins your live meeting as a visible bot participant unless you're on the Mac-only bot-free capture beta. LongScribe works after the fact — no bot, no live meeting required, just a recording you already have.
Paste a supported public link or upload a file
Paste a public audio or video link from a supported platform such as YouTube, Twitch or Facebook, or upload a file directly. Long recordings queue in the background.
Built for long recordings
Multi-hour meetings, interviews and webinars process in the background rather than counting toward a summary cap.
Every export format
Download plain text (TXT), timed SRT subtitles, a Word document (DOCX) and JSON — no format paywalls.
Dozens of languages
Auto-detect the spoken language or set it manually, across dozens of supported languages.
Try it without an account
Run a short clip with no sign-up, then create a free account for the full 1000 monthly minutes.
Frequently asked questions
Does LongScribe join my live meeting like Fathom does?
No. LongScribe doesn't join calls at all — it transcribes a recording you already have, from an upload or a supported public link. If you need a bot to join and summarize a live Zoom, Google Meet or Teams call, that's a different tool than LongScribe.
What happens after Fathom's 5 free AI summaries run out?
Fathom's free plan drops back to a basic chronological transcript with no AI summary. LongScribe doesn't have a summary cap to run into — it gives you the transcript itself, every time, within your 1000 free monthly minutes.
Does LongScribe do speaker labels like Fathom?
Yes. Speaker diarization is available from Premium at $4.99/month. LongScribe detects speaker turns after transcription, starts with generic speaker labels, lets you rename the detected speakers, and carries those labels into TXT, SRT, DOCX and JSON exports. It is designed for saved recordings rather than joining a live meeting as a bot.