Fathom
AI note taker for Zoom, Meet and Teams that writes call summaries and can send them to your CRM.
- Free plan or free tier
- Integrates with HubSpot
- Integrates with Salesforce
Client calls hold most of what you need to know about a deal or a project: what the client asked for, what worried them, what you promised and when. Meeting note tools record those calls, transcribe them and write a summary with action items, so nobody has to take notes while they listen. The tools in this category go a step further and send the notes, tasks and key fields into your CRM, so the record stays current without anyone typing it up.
Most of these tools join video calls on Zoom, Google Meet or Microsoft Teams as a participant, or record from the desktop. After the call they produce a transcript, a summary in a format you choose, and follow-up items. Sales-focused tools also pick out budget, timeline, decision makers and competitor mentions, and can draft the follow-up email for you to send.
For teams, the searchable archive is often worth more than any single summary. A manager can review how a deal was discussed, a new hire can listen to real client calls, and anyone can search for every call where a client raised a particular issue. Conversation intelligence platforms add analysis on top, such as talk ratios and deal risk.
What a featured listing costs ยท from $99 a month
AI note taker for Zoom, Meet and Teams that writes call summaries and can send them to your CRM.
Meeting transcription and summaries with action items, plus a sales version that fills in CRM fields from calls.
AI note taker that records and transcribes meetings, makes them searchable and logs notes to CRMs.
Meeting recorder for Zoom, Meet and Teams that writes notes in your template and syncs them to the CRM.
Revenue intelligence platform that records sales calls, analyzes what was said and updates deals and forecasts.
Meeting assistant for client-facing teams: scheduling, recording, AI notes and CRM updates in one tool.
Records customer calls and turns them into AI notes, clips and CRM updates for sales and success teams.
Decide what a good summary looks like for your business before you switch a tool on. A sales team may want budget, timeline, decision makers and next steps. An agency may want decisions made, changes to scope and who owes what by when. Most tools let you set templates per meeting type, so a discovery call and a weekly project check-in produce different notes. Share the summary with the client after the call; it confirms what was agreed and catches misunderstandings while they are still cheap to fix.
Recording people carries obligations. Tell everyone on the call that it is being recorded, and check the consent rules for the places where you and your clients are, since some require everyone's agreement. Look at where recordings and transcripts are stored, who in your company can see them, how long they are kept, and whether the vendor uses them to train its models.
The note takers below differ most in where they send notes, which meeting platforms they join, and how much analysis they add. Try two on the same week of calls and compare the summaries side by side before you choose one for the whole team.
Most of them work with all three, usually by joining the call as a bot or by recording from your computer. Check each tool's official site for the platforms it supports and whether it can record calls you only attend rather than host.
Many tools in this category push summaries, action items and selected fields to CRMs such as HubSpot and Salesforce. The listings show "Integrates with HubSpot" or "Integrates with Salesforce" where we have confirmed it.
Yes, you should always tell them. In some places the law requires every participant to consent. Most tools can post a notice in the meeting or send one in advance, but the responsibility stays with you.
Usually good for clear calls in common languages, and weaker with heavy cross-talk, poor audio or specialist terms. Check summaries before they go to a client or into a contract, especially numbers, names and dates.