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Fathom vs Jira Service Management
The short version
- Each has a real cost: Fathom team plan requires minimum 2 users; cannot purchase single seat at team pricing; Jira Service Management the vendor's own pricing page as captured by the Internet Archive on 28 December 2021 named four tiers, Free, Standard, Premium, and Enterprise; the Free tier caps at 3 agents per site with one site, five major incidents per month, and unlimited alerts capped at 100 emails and 200 SMS per day, while Standard, Premium, and Enterprise each cap at 5,000 agents per site, with Enterprise adding unlimited sites and requiring a Confluence subscription for some features; per-figure dollar pricing was not shown on this capture, only per-agent pricing structure
- They diverge on capability: Fathom covers Auto-recording, Jira Service Management covers Incident management.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which Fathom and Jira Service Management actually diverge.
| Attribute | Fathom | Jira Service Management |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | Unknown | subscription |
| Platforms | Web, Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams | Web, Ios, Android |
| Founded | 2020 | 2002 |
Identical on both: starting price (Free), free tier (Yes), user rating (Not yet rated), category (Unknown).
What each one covers
Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.
Only in Fathom
- Auto-recording
- AI summaries
- Transcription
- Highlight clips
- Zoom
- Google Meet
- HubSpot
- Salesforce
Only in Jira Service Management
- Incident management
- Change management
- Problem management
- Asset management
- Knowledge management
- SLAs
- Jira Software
- Confluence
Both cover
- Web support
What people use each for
The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.
Fathom
- AI-powered meeting transcription and automatic note-taking for sales teams and professionalsnot Jira Service Management
- Meeting analysis with AI scorecards and action item generation that syncs to CRMsnot Jira Service Management
Jira Service Management
- IT service managementnot Fathom
- Incident responsenot Fathom
- Change managementnot Fathom
- Asset trackingnot Fathom
Where each one falls short
Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.
Fathom
- Team plan requires minimum 2 users; cannot purchase single seat at team pricing
- CRM field sync and deal view summaries available only on Business plan ($34/user/month) and above
Jira Service Management
- The vendor's own pricing page as captured by the Internet Archive on 28 December 2021 named four tiers, Free, Standard, Premium, and Enterprise; the Free tier caps at 3 agents per site with one site, five major incidents per month, and unlimited alerts capped at 100 emails and 200 SMS per day, while Standard, Premium, and Enterprise each cap at 5,000 agents per site, with Enterprise adding unlimited sites and requiring a Confluence subscription for some features; per-figure dollar pricing was not shown on this capture, only per-agent pricing structure
Pricing, plan by plan
Fathom
FreeNo published plan breakdown. See the Fathom review.
Jira Service Management
Free- FreeFree
- 3 agents
- Ticket management
- Knowledge base
- Standard$20/month
- Unlimited customers
- 250 agents
- 20 GB storage
- Premium$45/month
- Advanced incident management
- Asset management
- Change management
- Enterprise$undefined/month
- Unlimited sites
- 24/7 support
- Data residency
Which should you pick?
Choose Fathom if
- You need auto-recording.
- You want to start without paying.
- You work on Web, Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams.
- You also want ai summaries.
Choose Jira Service Management if
- You need incident management.
- You want to start without paying.
- You work on Web, Ios, Android.
- You also want change management.
Questions people ask
- Is Fathom or Jira Service Management better?
- Neither clearly leads. Fathom starts at Free and Jira Service Management at Free, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, Fathom or Jira Service Management?
- Fathom starts at Free and Jira Service Management at Free.
- Does Fathom or Jira Service Management run on more platforms?
- Fathom runs on Web, Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams. Jira Service Management runs on Web, Ios, Android.
- Can I use Fathom for free?
- Both have a free tier, so you can try either at no cost before committing.
- What is Fathom best used for?
- Fathom is most often used for ai-powered meeting transcription and automatic note-taking for sales teams and professionals, meeting analysis with ai scorecards and action item generation that syncs to crms. Of those, ai-powered meeting transcription and automatic note-taking for sales teams and professionals and meeting analysis with ai scorecards and action item generation that syncs to crms are not what Jira Service Management is typically brought in for.
- What can Fathom do that Jira Service Management cannot?
- Fathom covers Auto-recording, AI summaries, Transcription, Highlight clips. Jira Service Management covers Incident management, Change management, Problem management, Asset management. Both handle Web support.
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