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Fathom S | Claude S | Perplexity S | GitHub Copilot B | |
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| Tagline | Meeting notes, free forever for individuals. | Anthropic's flagship — best reasoning + longest useful context. | AI search done right. Cited answers, not chat theater. | Microsoft/GitHub's autocomplete. Deep VS Code + JetBrains integration. |
| Category | Meetings | Chatbots | Research | Coding |
| Pricing | Free for individuals + $15-$29/user/mo teams | Free + $20/mo Pro + team/enterprise | Free + $20/mo Pro | Free (limited) + $10/mo Pro + $19/mo Business |
| Best for | Solo operators, freelancers, small teams on a budget. | Long writing, code, careful thinking, documents over 50 pages. | Replacing Google for any question where you want a cited answer in seconds. | Teams with GitHub already. Devs who don't want to change IDEs. |
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| Kai's verdict | S-tier for solo + free. The best free option, hands down. | S-tier for reasoning and writing. If you only pay for one chatbot, pay for this one — especially for long work. | S-tier for search. I use it before Google now. If you're still Googling everything, try this for a week. | B-tier. Solid for autocomplete but the category moved past it. Pick Cursor unless you can't. |
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