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Compare Fathom and Synthesia 
At a Glance
Market Segments
Small-Business (78.5% of reviews)
Small-Business (71.7% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
Free
Free 3 Video Minutes Per Month
Fathom
Star Rating
(6,385)5.0 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (78.5% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
Free
Free Trial is available
Browse all 3 pricing plansSynthesia
Star Rating
(2,468)4.7 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (71.7% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
Free 3 Video Minutes Per Month
Free Trial is available
Browse all 4 pricing plansSummary
AI Generated Summary
AI-generated. Powered by real user reviews.
- G2 reviewers report that Fathom excels in overall user satisfaction, boasting a higher G2 Score compared to Synthesia. Users appreciate its seamless integration into meetings, with features like automatic recording and easy access to transcripts, making it a reliable choice for those who prioritize efficiency.
- Users say that Synthesia stands out for its speed and accessibility in video creation. Many find it incredibly user-friendly, allowing them to create engaging videos quickly by simply pasting a script and selecting an avatar, which is particularly beneficial for instructional designers.
- Reviewers mention that Fathom's ease of use is a significant advantage, with a perfect star rating reflecting its intuitive design. Users highlight how it simplifies meeting management, providing automatic summaries and action points, which enhances productivity across devices.
- According to verified reviews, Synthesia's unique feature of custom avatars is a hit among users, especially in educational settings. Reviewers appreciate how this personalization can make content more engaging for neurodivergent students, showcasing its versatility in video production.
- G2 reviewers note that while Synthesia has a solid user base, Fathom's larger number of reviews indicates a broader market presence and reliability. This suggests that Fathom may have more extensive user feedback to draw from, which can be crucial for potential buyers.
- Users highlight that both products offer free entry-level pricing, making them accessible for small businesses. However, Fathom's higher ratings in support quality and product direction suggest that it may provide a more robust partnership experience for users looking for long-term solutions.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Fathom
Forever Free
Free
Enjoy the #1 rated AI Meeting Assistant for free forever.
- Unlimited transcripts, recording, and AI summaries
- Unlimited meeting clips, playlists, and recording search
- Slack & CRM integrations to automate post-meeting updates
Synthesia
Free
Free
3 Video Minutes Per Month
Explore our video communications platform for free
- 1 editor
- 9 AI avatars
- 140+ languages and voices
Free Trial
Fathom
Free Trial is available
Synthesia
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
9.6
5,936
8.7
2,123
Ease of Use
9.7
6,063
9.1
2,167
Ease of Setup
9.6
4,719
9.2
1,531
Ease of Admin
9.6
1,848
9.1
798
Quality of Support
9.7
4,506
8.9
1,750
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
9.7
1,783
9.0
748
Product Direction (% positive)
9.8
5,966
9.6
2,113
Features by Category
Content Creation
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Optimization
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Logistics
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Lead Facilitation
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Organization
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
9.2
670
Not enough data
8.9
664
Not enough data
Performance Analysis
8.4
192
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Sales Analysis
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Generative AI
8.8
122
Not enough data
9.5
629
Not enough data
Agentic AI - AI Sales Assistant
9.0
58
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
9.0
56
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
9.2
57
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Call Analytics
9.7
2030
Not enough data
9.1
1771
Not enough data
9.3
1845
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Agent Performance Management
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
9.2
1903
Not enough data
9.3
1884
Not enough data
Generative AI
9.5
1590
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Conversation Intelligence
9.0
491
Not enough data
9.0
489
Not enough data
8.9
488
Not enough data
9.1
479
Not enough data
9.1
489
Not enough data
8.9
472
Not enough data
8.8
465
Not enough data
Platform Basics
Not enough data
8.4
923
Not enough data
8.5
896
Not enough data
9.1
935
Platform Content
Not enough data
7.5
743
Not enough data
8.2
906
Not enough data
8.3
865
Not enough data
8.3
786
Platform Additional Functionality
Not enough data
7.6
718
Not enough data
7.3
728
Not enough data
8.4
769
Generative AI
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Training & eLearning
Not enough data
9.1
37
Not enough data
7.4
32
Agentic AI - Course Authoring
Not enough data
7.5
23
Not enough data
7.8
25
Customization
Feature Not Available
8.9
96
Feature Not Available
7.9
84
Feature Not Available
7.5
72
8.8
445
8.0
84
Organization
Feature Not Available
7.8
83
Feature Not Available
8.1
82
8.5
442
7.6
79
8.9
444
7.5
73
Feature Not Available
7.2
75
8.9
438
7.8
74
Agentic AI - Video CMS
9.1
60
Not enough data
9.1
60
Not enough data
9.3
60
Not enough data
9.2
60
Not enough data
Voice
9.0
2532
Not enough data
9.0
2753
Not enough data
Transcription
9.1
2716
Not enough data
9.4
2566
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Editing
9.2
2383
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Integration
9.1
2236
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
9.2
2475
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Transcription
9.1
321
Not enough data
9.1
314
Not enough data
9.0
310
Not enough data
Integration
Not enough data
7.8
545
Not enough data
7.5
547
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Speech Output
Not enough data
8.4
666
Not enough data
8.0
653
Not enough data
7.9
666
Not enough data
7.8
684
Not enough data
8.0
679
Not enough data
7.2
680
Not enough data
7.9
686
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Audio Format
Not enough data
8.1
694
Not enough data
7.7
616
Not enough data
7.7
596
Not enough data
Not enough data
Generative AI
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Not enough data
Video Creation
Not enough data
8.0
66
Not enough data
8.0
68
Not enough data
7.8
65
Not enough data
6.7
62
Not enough data
6.9
64
Software Delivery
Not enough data
6.1
62
Not enough data
7.0
61
Not enough data
6.8
59
Analytics
Not enough data
6.6
61
Not enough data
6.4
58
Not enough data
6.6
58
Generative AI
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Agentic AI - Video Email
Not enough data
6.9
6
Platform Features
Not enough data
7.8
302
Not enough data
7.3
297
Not enough data
7.6
291
Not enough data
7.3
285
Not enough data
7.6
290
Not enough data
7.1
275
Organization
Not enough data
7.6
281
Not enough data
7.7
280
Not enough data
8.1
276
Customization
Not enough data
7.3
279
Not enough data
7.1
279
Not enough data
7.8
280
Analytics
Not enough data
7.0
272
Not enough data
7.1
260
Not enough data
7.1
266
Editing
Not enough data
7.6
385
Not enough data
8.3
426
Not enough data
8.0
432
Not enough data
7.5
401
Not enough data
7.9
370
Not enough data
7.8
410
Not enough data
8.6
441
Platform
Not enough data
8.6
409
Not enough data
8.4
427
Not enough data
8.0
360
Generative AI
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Agentic AI - Video Editing
Not enough data
7.1
96
Not enough data
6.9
96
Not enough data
6.9
97
Not enough data
6.8
97
Audio
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Video
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Image
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Text
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Platform
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Generative AI
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Planning
Not enough data
6.6
694
Publishing
Not enough data
7.8
706
Social Media
Not enough data
7.3
689
Planning
Not enough data
6.4
731
Generative AI
Not enough data
7.9
719
Not enough data
7.8
702
Not enough data
7.4
697
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
7.9
701
Agentic AI - Content Creation
Not enough data
6.7
65
Not enough data
6.4
66
Not enough data
6.1
68
Not enough data
6.5
70
Not enough data
6.6
70
Not enough data
6.4
69
Not enough data
6.7
68
Generative AI
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Video Creation - AI Video Generation
Not enough data
8.5
782
Not enough data
8.4
765
Not enough data
7.6
747
Not enough data
8.4
755
Not enough data
7.8
735
Not enough data
8.3
791
Generative AI - AI Video Generation
Not enough data
7.9
729
Editing - AI Video Generation
Not enough data
8.1
770
Not enough data
8.5
773
Storage & Management - AI Video Generation
Not enough data
8.3
757
Not enough data
8.0
738
Not enough data
7.3
712
Not enough data
7.9
720
Video creation - Video Content Creation
Not enough data
7.7
403
Not enough data
8.0
416
Not enough data
8.0
421
Not enough data
8.3
425
Not enough data
8.3
423
Not enough data
8.1
405
Not enough data
8.4
408
Not enough data
8.0
416
Not enough data
7.7
404
Distribution - Video Content Creation
Not enough data
7.3
380
Not enough data
7.7
385
Not enough data
8.5
402
Analytics - Video Content Creation
Not enough data
7.0
381
Not enough data
7.0
378
Training & Support - Video Content Creation
Not enough data
7.3
395
Not enough data
8.1
403
Integrations - Video Content Creation
Not enough data
7.9
387
Not enough data
7.6
383
Not enough data
7.0
365
Other - Video Content Creation
Not enough data
7.5
384
Not enough data
7.4
383
Agentic AI - Video Content Creation
Not enough data
6.8
88
Not enough data
6.3
88
Meeting Prep - AI Meeting Assistants
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Meeting Automation - AI Meeting Assistants
9.7
3197
Not enough data
9.3
3152
Not enough data
9.4
3157
Not enough data
Meeting Insights - AI Meeting Assistants
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
9.6
3158
Not enough data
Accessibility - AI Meeting Assistants
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Agentic AI - AI Meeting Assistants
9.0
276
Not enough data
8.8
275
Not enough data
9.0
274
Not enough data
8.9
274
Not enough data
Voice cloning - Voice Dubbing
Not enough data
7.1
21
Not enough data
7.7
20
Not enough data
7.4
20
Agentic AI - Video Translation
Not enough data
7.4
20
Not enough data
7.4
21
Real-time preview - Voice Dubbing
Not enough data
7.1
21
Security and Privacy - Voice Dubbing
Not enough data
8.1
20
Not enough data
8.0
20
Output - Voice Dubbing
Not enough data
7.5
21
Not enough data
8.0
20
Not enough data
8.3
21
Text to Video Generation
Not enough data
8.2
98
Emotion and Gesture control
Not enough data
7.4
98
Real-time rendering
Not enough data
8.0
96
Live streaming
Not enough data
6.7
93
Script-based automation
Not enough data
8.1
96
Video Creation
Not enough data
8.3
99
Not enough data
8.0
99
Not enough data
7.5
93
Not enough data
8.1
93
Not enough data
8.2
93
Not enough data
8.4
93
Generative AI
Not enough data
8.0
93
Editing
Not enough data
8.0
94
Not enough data
8.2
94
Storage & Management
Not enough data
7.4
88
Not enough data
7.8
87
Not enough data
7.8
89
Not enough data
8.2
86
Agentic AI - Sales Coaching
8.9
51
Not enough data
8.8
51
Not enough data
8.7
51
Not enough data
8.9
51
Not enough data
Training
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
9.5
350
Not enough data
Feedback
9.4
337
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Generative AI
9.6
314
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Note-Taking Software
9.2
324
Not enough data
Action Item Detection - AI Note-taking Software
9.6
533
Not enough data
9.7
543
Not enough data
Automatic Transcription - AI Note-taking Software
9.6
534
Not enough data
Collaboration & Sharing - AI Note-taking Software
9.4
492
Not enough data
Language & Accent Support - AI Note-taking Software
9.0
482
Not enough data
Multi-Platform Integration - AI Note-taking Software
9.2
490
Not enough data
Privacy & Security Controls - AI Note-taking Software
9.2
466
Not enough data
Searchable Note Archives - AI Note-taking Software
9.4
482
Not enough data
Speaker Identification - AI Note-taking Software
9.3
499
Not enough data
Platform
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Fathom and Synthesia are categorized as Video CMS
Unique Categories
Fathom is categorized as Conversation Intelligence, AI Sales Assistant, Sales Coaching, Note-Taking Software, Transcription, AI Note-Taking Software, and AI Meeting Assistants
Synthesia is categorized as Video Translation, Video Content Creation, AI Video Generators, Video Communications, Video Email, Text to Speech, Content Creation, Video Editing, Presentation, Course Authoring, and AI Avatar Generators
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Fathom
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Synthesia
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Small-Business
(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
Reviewers' Industry
Marketing and Advertising
13.4%
Computer Software
12.8%
Consulting
10.8%
Information Technology and Services
8.7%
Professional Training & Coaching
4.7%
Other
49.7%
Computer Software
8.8%
E-Learning
7.2%
Information Technology and Services
6.8%
Marketing and Advertising
6.2%
Consulting
5.6%
Other
65.4%
Discussions
How do I show it is recording during live Zooms?
9 Comments
SG
You can go into your Fathom Dashboard and see all the recorded Zoom calls, and you can get a unique link to the call you can share.Read more
Fathom has no more discussions with answers
Is there a way to see the result of the video before generating it?
3 Comments
SV
Not for now.Read more
Is there a way to have the avatars laugh?
2 Comments
DC
Hey Dwight!
This sounds like a really interesting use case, and I can definitely understand the need for a way to bring more emotion into the...Read more
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