# AI meeting notetakers: which vendors AI models recommend (September 2026)

Source: Memetik Index, https://www.memetik.ai/index/ai-meeting-notes
Field: Startup stack. Edition: 2026-09. Run: 2026-09-02.
Method: 5 fixed buyer prompts sent once each to 10 current models (GPT-5.6 Sol, GPT-5.6 Terra, GPT-5.6 Luna, Claude Opus 5, Claude Sonnet 5, Claude Fable 5, Gemini 3.6 Flash, Gemini 3.5 Flash, Sonar Pro, Sonar Reasoning Pro) via their APIs with web search enabled. 50 answers. Answer share = fraction of answers naming the vendor. Named first = fraction where it was the first tracked vendor named.

**Fathom leads** with 96% answer share (named in 48 of 50 answers) and was named first in 16%. Fireflies follows at 94%. 19 vendors were named at least once.

## Answer share

| # | Vendor | Answer share | Named first | Mentions | Models |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fathom | 96% | 16% | 48/50 | GPT-5.6 Sol, ChatGPT, GPT-5.6 Luna, Claude Opus 5, Claude, Claude Fable 5, Gemini, Gemini 3.5 Flash, Perplexity, Sonar Reasoning Pro |
| 2 | Fireflies | 94% | 8% | 47/50 | GPT-5.6 Sol, ChatGPT, GPT-5.6 Luna, Claude Opus 5, Claude, Claude Fable 5, Gemini, Gemini 3.5 Flash, Perplexity, Sonar Reasoning Pro |
| 3 | Granola | 78% | 38% | 39/50 | GPT-5.6 Sol, ChatGPT, GPT-5.6 Luna, Claude Opus 5, Claude, Claude Fable 5, Gemini, Gemini 3.5 Flash, Perplexity, Sonar Reasoning Pro |
| 4 | Zoom | 62% | 6% | 31/50 | GPT-5.6 Sol, ChatGPT, GPT-5.6 Luna, Claude Opus 5, Claude, Claude Fable 5, Gemini, Gemini 3.5 Flash, Perplexity, Sonar Reasoning Pro |
| 5 | Microsoft Copilot | 60% | 2% | 30/50 | GPT-5.6 Sol, ChatGPT, GPT-5.6 Luna, Claude Opus 5, Claude, Claude Fable 5, Gemini, Gemini 3.5 Flash, Perplexity, Sonar Reasoning Pro |
| 6 | Otter | 54% | 4% | 27/50 | GPT-5.6 Sol, ChatGPT, GPT-5.6 Luna, Claude Opus 5, Claude, Claude Fable 5, Gemini, Gemini 3.5 Flash, Perplexity, Sonar Reasoning Pro |
| 7 | Notion | 50% | 0% | 25/50 | GPT-5.6 Sol, ChatGPT, GPT-5.6 Luna, Claude Opus 5, Claude, Claude Fable 5, Gemini, Gemini 3.5 Flash |
| 8 | Google Meet | 34% | 0% | 17/50 | ChatGPT, GPT-5.6 Luna, Claude Opus 5, Claude, Claude Fable 5, Gemini, Gemini 3.5 Flash, Perplexity, Sonar Reasoning Pro |
| 9 | Fellow | 32% | 0% | 16/50 | Claude Opus 5, Claude, Claude Fable 5, Gemini, Gemini 3.5 Flash, Perplexity, Sonar Reasoning Pro |
| 10 | Avoma | 30% | 6% | 15/50 | GPT-5.6 Sol, ChatGPT, GPT-5.6 Luna, Claude Opus 5, Claude, Claude Fable 5, Gemini, Perplexity, Sonar Reasoning Pro |
| 11 | Jamie | 28% | 8% | 14/50 | Claude Opus 5, Claude, Claude Fable 5, Gemini 3.5 Flash, Perplexity, Sonar Reasoning Pro |
| 12 | Gong | 26% | 2% | 13/50 | GPT-5.6 Sol, ChatGPT, GPT-5.6 Luna, Claude Opus 5, Claude, Claude Fable 5, Gemini, Gemini 3.5 Flash, Perplexity, Sonar Reasoning Pro |
| 13 | Laxis | 22% | 4% | 11/50 | Claude Opus 5, Claude, Claude Fable 5, Gemini 3.5 Flash, Perplexity, Sonar Reasoning Pro |
| 14 | tl;dv | 18% | 2% | 9/50 | GPT-5.6 Sol, GPT-5.6 Luna, Claude Opus 5, Perplexity, Sonar Reasoning Pro |
| 15 | Read AI | 16% | 0% | 8/50 | GPT-5.6 Sol, ChatGPT, GPT-5.6 Luna, Gemini, Sonar Reasoning Pro |
| 16 | Shadow | 14% | 4% | 7/50 | Claude, Gemini, Gemini 3.5 Flash, Perplexity, Sonar Reasoning Pro |
| 17 | Grain | 8% | 0% | 4/50 | ChatGPT, Claude Opus 5, Claude |
| 18 | Attention | 2% | 0% | 1/50 | Claude Opus 5 |
| 19 | Circleback | 2% | 0% | 1/50 | Claude Opus 5 |

## By model

- **GPT-5.6 Sol** (OpenAI, gpt-5.6-sol, 5 answers): Fathom 100%, Fireflies 100%, Granola 80%, Otter 80%, Notion 60%
- **GPT-5.6 Terra** (OpenAI, gpt-5.6-terra, 5 answers): Fathom 80%, Fireflies 80%, Otter 60%, Granola 40%, Zoom 40%
- **GPT-5.6 Luna** (OpenAI, gpt-5.6-luna, 5 answers): Fathom 100%, Fireflies 100%, Granola 80%, Zoom 80%, Microsoft Copilot 80%
- **Claude Opus 5** (Anthropic, claude-opus-5, 5 answers): Fathom 100%, Fireflies 100%, Granola 100%, Zoom 80%, Microsoft Copilot 80%
- **Claude Sonnet 5** (Anthropic, claude-sonnet-5, 5 answers): Fathom 100%, Fireflies 100%, Granola 80%, Fellow 80%, Otter 60%
- **Claude Fable 5** (Anthropic, claude-fable-5, 5 answers): Fathom 100%, Fireflies 100%, Granola 100%, Notion 60%, Fellow 60%
- **Gemini 3.6 Flash** (Google, gemini-3.6-flash, 5 answers): Fathom 100%, Granola 100%, Zoom 100%, Fireflies 80%, Microsoft Copilot 80%
- **Gemini 3.5 Flash** (Google, gemini-3.5-flash, 5 answers): Fathom 100%, Fireflies 100%, Granola 100%, Zoom 100%, Microsoft Copilot 100%
- **Sonar Pro** (Perplexity, sonar-pro, 5 answers): Fathom 100%, Fireflies 100%, Jamie 80%, Granola 40%, Zoom 40%
- **Sonar Reasoning Pro** (Perplexity, sonar-reasoning-pro, 5 answers): Fathom 80%, Fireflies 80%, Microsoft Copilot 80%, Jamie 80%, Granola 60%

## Sources the models cited

- simular.ai: 116
- youtube.com: 102
- meetingnotes.com: 60
- laxis.com: 54
- tminusai.com: 44
- meetjamie.ai: 37
- vibe.us: 36
- read.ai: 34
- cirrusinsight.com: 34
- shadow.do: 28
- zapier.com: 28
- reddit.com: 26
- tinystartups.com: 23
- zackproser.com: 22
- granola.ai: 16

## Prompts

1. What is the best AI meeting notetaker for a founder? Name specific products.
2. Which AI meeting notetaker would you recommend to a founder in 2026?
3. Compare the top AI meeting notetaker options right now.
4. I'm a founder and I need an AI meeting notetaker. What should I use and why?
5. Best AI meeting notetaker for sales calls with CRM sync?

## Tracked but never named

Wispr

Raw answers: https://www.memetik.ai/index/ai-meeting-notes (every answer published in full). Chart image: https://www.memetik.ai/charts/ai-meeting-notes.png. Licence: CC BY 4.0, credit "Memetik Index".