A Fathom alternative for the browser
Trippi Notes team · facts checked on 2026-10-01
Fathom is a polished note taker with video, clips and CRM sync. It works through a bot or a desktop app. If you want something that runs in the browser you already use and nothing more, here is how Trippi Notes compares. Facts checked on 1 October 2026.
Side by side
| Trippi Notes | Fathom | |
|---|---|---|
| Joins the call | No. A Chrome extension that hears the meeting tab after you click its icon | Bot or bot-free capture. The new bot-free capture is on Mac (Fathom help) |
| Where it works | Google Meet, Zoom in the browser, Teams in the browser. No desktop app, no phone | Zoom, Google Meet and Teams meetings with a standard meeting link, on Mac and Windows computers. Not on Chromebook, Linux or phones |
| Languages | 68 speech languages | Transcripts in 38 languages (Fathom help) |
| Translation | Yes, live: a translation line under each line, in your language. Summary in your language too | Summaries translate between Spanish, Portuguese, German, French, Italian and Dutch |
| Audio and video | Not kept. Text only | Video recording, clips and playlists |
| Lowest paid price | $6 a month for 10 hours of meetings, or $60 a year | Premium $16 a month billed yearly; $20 month to month (pricing) |
Read from fathom.ai and help.fathom.video on 1 October 2026.
A desktop app, or a tab
Fathom’s help says it records meetings on Mac and Windows computers, and not on Chromebooks, Linux, phones or tablets (what devices Fathom supports). Its bot-free capture is part of the Mac experience; on Windows the bot is the way for now.
Trippi Notes is a Chrome extension. It runs in Chrome or another Chromium browser on a Windows, Mac or Linux computer, and there is nothing to install beyond the extension. It hears the meeting tab after you click its icon and joins nothing. No bot does not mean secret. Tell people at the start that you take AI notes: what to say and a line to paste in the chat.
The flip side: Fathom works with the Zoom and Teams desktop clients, and Trippi Notes does not. If your company runs Teams only in the desktop app, open the meeting in the browser or pick Fathom.
Translation is the other difference
Fathom transcribes 38 languages and can translate a summary between six of them: Spanish, Portuguese, German, French, Italian and Dutch (languages). That is a real feature, and it covers many European teams.
Trippi Notes recognizes 68 languages and shows a translation line in your language under each line during the call, not only in the summary afterwards. If the call is in Japanese and you read English, you follow it as it happens.
What Fathom does better
- Video. Fathom keeps video recording, clips and playlists to share highlights. Trippi Notes keeps text only.
- Sales teams. Fathom’s Business plan syncs CRM fields to Salesforce and HubSpot, with deal view and coaching scorecards. Trippi Notes has no CRM sync.
- Desktop clients. Fathom covers desktop Zoom and Teams. Trippi Notes covers only the browser versions.
- Your own voice. Fathom captures the whole call. Trippi Notes hears the tab, so your own microphone is not in the transcript.
Price
Fathom Premium is $16 a month billed yearly, or $20 month to month; team plans start at $15 a user a month billed yearly, with two users minimum. Trippi Notes is $6, $12 or $24 a month for 10, 25 or 70 hours of meetings. Team plans start with Team S for up to five people.
Trippi Notes, with its limits
A Chrome extension for a computer. Click its icon in a Google Meet, Zoom or Teams tab in the browser, and it writes the transcript with names and times, a translation line in your language, then a summary, tasks with owners and a follow-up email draft. It does not join the call, keep audio or video, work in desktop apps or on a phone, or start from your calendar. Your own microphone is not in the transcript. All Fathom facts on this page were checked on 1 October 2026.
FAQ
Asked about this.
Does Fathom need a desktop app?+
Its help says it records on Mac and Windows computers, and its bot-free capture is on Mac. Without that, Fathom joins as a bot.
Does Trippi Notes work on Linux?+
Yes, in Chrome or another Chromium browser on a computer, on Google Meet, Zoom in the browser and Teams in the browser.
Does Trippi Notes keep video?+
No. It keeps text: the transcript, translation, summary and tasks. No audio or video.
Which is better for sales calls?+
If you need CRM sync and video clips, Fathom. If you sell in another language and need the call translated live, Trippi Notes.
Read next
Meeting notes in your language, no bot.
Trippi Notes is in the Chrome Web Store. One click on the icon when the call begins, and nothing before that.