The Fathom alternative

Fathom for calls. Kasset for every conversation.

Works with your Plaud, in the room and on phone calls.

Fathom takes notes on your video calls. Kasset takes them on your calls and in the room, on your phone or a Plaud you wear, in one library. Stored and processed in France.

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Bring your Plaud

Plaud Note Pro and NotePin S, on Kasset Pro.

Fathom's in-person recording is still coming soon, and it does not connect to a recorder. Kasset connects to the device itself.

  • Meetings in the room Clip on a NotePin S or set a Note Pro on the table, and the client visit gets the same notes as your calls.
  • Phone calls Snap the Note Pro onto the back of your phone and it records both sides of the call for Kasset to write up.
  • No Plaud subscription Kasset takes recordings straight from the device and transcribes them in France. A yearly Pro plan includes the device.
Kasset with Plaud
Side by side

Kasset vs Fathom

Fathom is built around the video call. Kasset is built around the conversation, wherever it happens, and keeps it in Europe.

 
Kasset
Fathom
Plaud recorder
Connects to the device, on Pro
No Plaud connection
Conversations in person
Phone, or a Plaud on Pro
Coming soon on iPhone
Video calls
From your computer, no bot
Bot by default; bot-free on Mac
Where meetings are stored
France
Google Cloud, United States
AI processing
Mistral, France
Anthropic, OpenAI, ElevenLabs and others, US
Training on your meetings
Never
Its own models, de-identified, unless you opt out
Participants told
Email to invitees, on by default
Chat notice; consent email if enabled
One memory

The call and the coffee, in one answer

Ask what a customer said about the rollout, and Kasset answers from the Zoom call and the lunch after it, with the sources. Or ask from Claude, ChatGPT and Copilot through MCP.

This side of the Atlantic

Your meetings stay in Europe

Fathom stores everything in the United States and sends it to US AI providers. Kasset is a Belgian company, and your conversations are stored and processed in France, under a DPA governed by Belgian law.

A few useful answers

Questions?

Can Fathom record in-person meetings? +
Not yet. Fathom's help centre says in-person capture is coming soon in its iPhone app, and that when a room is recorded through a laptop call, Fathom cannot tell the speakers in the room apart. Kasset records conversations in person today, on your phone or a Plaud Note Pro or NotePin S.
Can Kasset record phone calls? +
Yes, with a Plaud Note Pro on Kasset Pro. Attach it to the back of your phone and it records both sides of the call; Kasset turns the recording into notes. The NotePin S records conversations in person only. Check the rules on recording calls where you and the other person are.
What is a good Fathom alternative for meetings outside Zoom? +
Kasset takes notes on Meet, Teams and Zoom from your computer, and on the conversations that happen in the room: a client visit, a site walk, a coffee. They all become the same kind of note, in one library you can search and ask questions of.
Where does Fathom store my recordings? +
In the United States. Fathom's trust centre says all data is stored there, with Google Cloud as its main provider, and lists its AI providers in the US too. We found no EU data residency option on its published pages. Kasset stores and processes recordings in France by default.
Does Fathom train AI on my calls? +
Fathom's privacy policy says it uses de-identified meeting data to train its in-house AI models, and that you can opt out in your account settings. Kasset never trains or fine-tunes a model on your conversations.
Does Kasset join my calls as a bot? +
No. Kasset records from your computer. Instead of a bot in the participant list, invitees get an email before the meeting saying it will be recorded, on by default.
Which recorders work with Kasset? +
The Plaud Note Pro and the Plaud NotePin S, on Kasset Pro. A yearly Pro plan includes one. See the offer.

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The facts

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About Fathom

Fathom's privacy policy (updated 16 August 2026) names Fathom Video Inc., in San Francisco. Its trust centre says all data is stored in the United States, with Google Cloud as the primary provider, and lists Anthropic, OpenAI, ElevenLabs, Fireworks, Modal and Voyage AI as AI providers, all in the US and forbidden from training on customer data. The privacy policy says Fathom uses de-identified data to train its in-house models, with an opt-out in account settings, and the trust centre says recordings are kept until you delete them. Fathom Notetaker joins Zoom, Meet and Teams; a bot-free mode is available on Mac. Fathom's help centre lists in-person capture as coming soon in its iPhone app. Fathom has an MCP server. We found no way to connect a Plaud or other recorder on Fathom's published pages.

About Kasset

Plaud devices connect on Kasset Pro; phone calls need a Plaud Note Pro, and the NotePin S records in person only. Kasset has no importer for Fathom recordings. Kasset is on Mac first; Windows is coming, and the iPhone and Android apps are in beta. The recording notice reaches invitees of meetings on a connected calendar, up to 30 minutes before; it does not reach people in the room who were not invited. Recording people in person carries the same duties as recording a call; see the GDPR page.

Sources

Fathom is a trademark of Fathom Video Inc. Kasset is not affiliated with Fathom.