Is Fathom or Orange better?

Neither clearly leads. Fathom starts at Free and Orange at Free, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.

Which is cheaper, Fathom or Orange?

Fathom starts at Free and Orange at Free.

Does Fathom or Orange run on more platforms?

Fathom runs on Web, Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams. Orange runs on Linux, Mac, Windows.

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 Orange is typically brought in for.

What can Fathom do that Orange cannot?

Fathom covers Auto-recording, AI summaries, Transcription, Highlight clips. Orange covers Visual programming, Data visualization, Machine learning, Text mining.

AI · head to head

Fathom vs Orange

Fathom

Free AI meeting assistant

From: Free
Free plan: Yes

Full review Website

Orange

Machine Learning

Data mining and visualization toolkit

From: Free
Free plan: Yes

Full review Website

The short version

Each has a real cost: Fathom team plan requires minimum 2 users; cannot purchase single seat at team pricing; Orange orange is licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3, so distributing modified or derived software requires releasing the source under the GPL
They diverge on capability: Fathom covers Auto-recording, Orange covers Visual programming.
Prices and features above were last checked on 30 August 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Fathom and Orange actually diverge.

Attributes where Fathom and Orange differ
Attribute	Fathom	Orange
Pricing model	Unknown	open-source
Platforms	Web, Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams	Linux, Mac, Windows
Category	AI	Machine Learning
Founded	2020	1996

Identical on both: starting price (Free), free tier (Yes), user rating (Not yet rated).

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 Orange

Visual programming
Data visualization
Machine learning
Text mining
Bioinformatics
Python
scikit-learn
PyQt

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 Orange
Meeting analysis with AI scorecards and action item generation that syncs to CRMsnot Orange

Orange

Visual programming for data mining and machine learning workflowsnot Fathom
Teaching data science without writing codenot Fathom
Exploratory data visualisation and clustering on tabular datanot 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

Orange

Orange is licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3, so distributing modified or derived software requires releasing the source under the GPL
The widgets and canvas are built on Qt, which is itself distributed under GPL 3.0
Orange add-ons may carry additional licensing requirements set in their own licence files
Documentation and website content are under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike, which imposes an attribution and share-alike obligation on reuse
The software is distributed without any warranty of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose

Pricing, plan by plan

Fathom

Free

No published plan breakdown. See the Fathom review.

Orange

Free

Open SourceFree
- Visual programming
- Machine learning
- Data visualization

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.

Fathom review

Choose Orange if

You need visual programming.
You want to start without paying.
You work on Linux, Mac, Windows.
You also want data visualization.

Orange review

Questions people ask

Is Fathom or Orange better?: Neither clearly leads. Fathom starts at Free and Orange at Free, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Fathom or Orange?: Fathom starts at Free and Orange at Free.
Does Fathom or Orange run on more platforms?: Fathom runs on Web, Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams. Orange runs on Linux, Mac, Windows.
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 Orange is typically brought in for.
What can Fathom do that Orange cannot?: Fathom covers Auto-recording, AI summaries, Transcription, Highlight clips. Orange covers Visual programming, Data visualization, Machine learning, Text mining.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

Fathom: What is the most affordable paid plan for individuals, and what does it include?

Fathom Premium costs $20 per month (or $16 per month billed annually). It includes advanced summaries, action items, and a conversational AI assistant, in addition to the features in the free plan.

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Orange: What is the cost of Orange Data Mining?

Orange Data Mining is free open-source software available for Windows, Mac, and other platforms. There are no subscription fees, licensing costs, or paid tiers.

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Fathom: What is included in Fathom's free plan?

The free plan includes unlimited recordings, transcriptions, AI summaries, clips, and playlists at no cost forever.

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Orange: How is Orange Data Mining funded?

Orange Data Mining is supported through optional voluntary donations. The project encourages donations from users who value the software to support bug fixes, new features, educational content, and infrastructure maintenance.

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Fathom: How much does the Team plan cost per user, and what features does it add?

The Team plan costs $19 per month per user (minimum 2 users, or $15 per month annually). It includes everything from Premium plus global search, collaboration features, and team playlists.

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Fathom: What trial or guarantee is available before committing to a paid plan?

All paid plans offer a 90-day guarantee to test features risk-free.

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Fathom: Does Fathom offer free or discounted plans for startups or nonprofits?

Yes, qualified portfolio companies get up to 2 years free, and nonprofits can apply for 10 free seats.

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Fathom vs Orange

Fathom

Orange

The short version

Where they differ

What each one covers

Only in Fathom

Only in Orange

What people use each for

Fathom

Orange

Where each one falls short

Fathom

Orange

Pricing, plan by plan

Fathom

Orange

Which should you pick?

Choose Fathom if

Choose Orange if

Questions people ask

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

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