# Fathom vs Granola (slim)

> Granola scores 61.6 (C) on agent readiness against Fathom's 59.7 (C), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Fathom leads on reliability, payments & pricing and maintenance & community. Both do meetings transcript. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by side.

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Granola scores 61.6 (C) on agent readiness against Fathom's 59.7 (C), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Fathom leads on reliability, payments & pricing and maintenance & community. Both do meetings transcript.

- Fathom: C 59.7, rank #490 of 842 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/fathom.min.md
- Granola: C 61.6, rank #418 of 842 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/granola.min.md
- Fathom, good for Teams already recording meetings in Fathom who want an agent to read transcripts, summaries, action items and recordings. Ahead on Reliability, 71 against 65; Payments & pricing, 30 against 25; Maintenance & community, 59 against 50.
- Granola, good for People and teams who already take notes in Granola and want an agent to read notes, summaries and transcripts. Ahead on Security & auth, 70 against 42; Transparency & trust, 76 against 67.

| Category | Fathom | Granola |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 71 | 65 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 80 | 82 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 64 | 67 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 42 | 70 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 30 | 25 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 59 | 50 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 67 | 76 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Fathom | Granola |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Fathom Video Inc. | Granola, Inc. |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.fathom.ai/external/v1` | `https://public-api.granola.ai` |
| Licence | Proprietary service under Fathom's terms of service. The TypeScript and Python SDKs are published on npm and PyPI with no licence in the package metadata | Proprietary service under Granola's Platform Terms and User Terms. No SDK or open-source component was found |
| Tools exposed | none | 6 |
| MCP registry | `ai.fathom.api/mcp` | not listed |
| Last release | 2026-07-29 | none |
| Terms last updated | 2026-03-04 | couldn't be read |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-08-16 | 2026-09-08 |
| Terms restrict automated access | yes | couldn't be read |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text | couldn't be read |
| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text | couldn't be read |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes | couldn't be read |
| Popularity | 83k npm/wk, 58k PyPI/wk | none |