Dicta vs Fathom: framework analysis, without the cloud or the bot

The short version

Fathom is the framework-analysis benchmark in this category. Checking its real output, not just its marketing page, shows it auto-applies structured templates to actual sales calls, including a complete MEDDPICC template, with every summary bullet and action item linked back to the exact timestamp in the call it came from. That is real, working, cloud-based analysis. Dicta’s answer is 18 built-in analysis frameworks grouped by category, sales frameworks including MEDDPICC, BANT, SPICED, Sandler and DISCO, plus customer success, meeting notes, team rituals, project, hiring and demo templates, with a custom-template editor to clone any of them or build your own, all running on-device instead of in Fathom’s US cloud, no bot in the call, and nothing metered. It is included in Pro at launch, built on the same on-device AI layer that already powers Dicta’s dictation rewrite. This page compares what each product actually does right now.

Fact table

	Dicta	Fathom
Capture method	On-device system-audio tap, bot-free (included in Pro at launch)	Bot joins the call by default; a bot-free desktop recorder is in beta on Mac
Analysis location	On-device by default (included in Pro at launch); optional external AI provider, off by default	Cloud, US-hosted
Framework analysis (MEDDPICC / BANT / DISCO)	18 built-in frameworks included in Pro at launch, on-device, grouped by category: sales (MEDDPICC, BANT, SPICED, Sandler, DISCO), customer success (plus REACH), meeting notes and Q&A, team rituals, project, hiring and demo. Covers the same MEDDPICC / customer-success / generic categories Fathom’s real output confirms, plus a custom-template editor	Confirmed in real output: a complete MEDDPICC template, a customer-success template and a generic template are auto-applied, with timestamped citations on every bullet and action item
Custom templates	Included in Pro at launch, local: clone any of the 18 built-in frameworks or start from a blank one	“Custom summaries,” a named feature on the Business tier
Meeting bot	None, by design	Yes by default; bot-free capture is in beta
Privacy posture	Content stays on the device by default; no account needed. Optional external AI provider for analysis, off by default	Cloud-processed in the US; EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework certified, GDPR (SCCs), CCPA/CPRA; no on-device mode
Integrations	Local MCP server (localhost only) for Claude Code / Cursor; no CRM or Slack connectors	Salesforce, HubSpot (field-level sync on Business), Google Calendar, Outlook, Slack, Zapier, Notion, Asana, Make, ChatGPT/Claude hand-off, public API and MCP, about 23 integrations total
Platforms	macOS (Apple Silicon, macOS 26+) today; Windows and iOS coming soon	Web, macOS, Windows, iOS
Pricing	Pro EUR 5/month or EUR 50/year; Team (coming soon) EUR 8/user/month advertised, EUR 80/user/year annual-only; meeting capture and analysis included with Pro at launch at no extra charge (Team coming soon); unlimited and unmetered; 7-day free trial	Free tier, unmetered AI; Premium USD 16/month annual (USD 20/month); Team USD 15/user/month annual (USD 19/month); Business USD 25/user/month annual (USD 34/month), adds CRM field sync and coaching analytics; Enterprise custom

Where Dicta is ahead at launch

Dictation, the part of Dicta that has actually shipped, already proves the pattern: speech-to-text and the AI rewrite both run on your Mac, no account, nothing metered. The meeting-analysis layer is built on that same on-device engine, so when it ships, the framework analysis Fathom does in its US cloud is designed to run entirely on your machine instead: 18 built-in frameworks across sales (MEDDPICC, BANT, SPICED, Sandler, DISCO), customer success, meeting notes, team rituals, project, hiring and demo, plus a custom-template editor to clone any of them or build your own, with no bot added to the call and a local MCP server instead of a cloud one. Fathom gates its framework analysis behind the Business tier (USD 25-34/seat); Dicta’s plan is unlimited and unmetered at every tier, because on-device analysis costs nothing per call.

Where Fathom is stronger today

The honest headline: Fathom’s meeting analysis is real, working, and genuinely good, we checked its actual output, not just its pitch, and the MEDDPICC template is exactly as thorough as sales teams would want. Dicta’s on-device version is included in Pro at launch. If you need automated call summaries, sales-call frameworks or a searchable archive across your whole team’s calls today, Fathom does that now and Dicta does not yet. Beyond the timing gap, Fathom also has a very generous free tier with unmetered AI, deep CRM field sync (Salesforce and HubSpot) across roughly 23 integrations, team coaching analytics, “Ask Fathom” search across your whole account, and cross-platform access from any browser with no OS lock-in.

Sources

Fathom’s fact-table entries are grounded in real product output (meeting summaries and action items inspected directly, not inferred from marketing copy) plus fathom.ai/pricing as published at the time this page was written, and are re-checked when we update this comparison. If something above is out of date, tell us at hello@getdicta.ai and we’ll fix it.

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