# Fathom vs tl;dv (slim)

> Fathom scores 59.7 (C) on agent readiness against tl;dv's 51 (D), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. tl;dv leads on agent ergonomics and security & auth. Both do meetings transcript. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by side.

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Fathom scores 59.7 (C) on agent readiness against tl;dv's 51 (D), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. tl;dv leads on agent ergonomics and security & auth. Both do meetings transcript.

- Fathom: C 59.7, rank #490 of 842 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/fathom.min.md
- tl;dv: D 51, rank #678 of 842 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/tldv.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 50; Schema & documentation, 80 against 66; Payments & pricing, 30 against 15; Maintenance & community, 59 against 28.
- tl;dv, good for Teams already recording with tl;dv who want an agent to search and summarise their meeting library or push transcripts to other systems by webhook. Ahead on Agent ergonomics, 73 against 64; Security & auth, 49 against 42. Also Runs on your own machine.

| Category | Fathom | tl;dv |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 71 | 50 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 80 | 66 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 64 | 73 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 42 | 49 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 30 | 15 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 59 | 28 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 67 | 63 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Fathom | tl;dv |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Fathom Video Inc. | tldx Solutions GmbH |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.fathom.ai/external/v1` | `https://pasta.tldv.io` |
| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP | HTTP, Streamable HTTP, stdio |
| Pricing | Freemium | Paid |
| 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 tldx's Terms of Service. The local MCP server repository is public but carries no licence file |
| Tools exposed | none | 5 |
| Read-only variant documented | no | yes |
| MCP registry | `ai.fathom.api/mcp` | not listed |
| Last release | 2026-07-29 | 2026-09-29 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-03-04 | no date given |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-08-16 | no date given |
| Customer content may train models | yes, with an opt-out | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text | yes |
| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text | yes |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes | not found in the text |
| Popularity | 83k npm/wk, 58k PyPI/wk | 14 stars |