Alternatives to Fellow

AI meeting assistant that records, transcribes and summarizes meetings, aimed at security-conscious organizations. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.

The original

  • Fellow

    AI meeting assistant that records, transcribes and summarizes meetings, aimed at security-conscious organizations.

    FreemiumProprietaryWeb

Replacements

Listings that take over the same core job as Fellow.

  • Fathom

    An AI notetaker that records, transcribes and summarizes Zoom, Google Meet and Microsoft Teams calls.

    FreemiumProprietaryWeb

    Fathom also states SOC 2, GDPR and HIPAA compliance and adds a free plan for individual users, with recording with or without a meeting bot.

  • Otter.ai

    An AI meeting notetaker that transcribes conversations live and produces summaries and action items.

    Otter.ai adds desktop and mobile apps and live transcription with speaker recognition, while recordings and transcripts are processed on Otter's servers.

  • Fireflies.ai

    An AI meeting assistant that records, transcribes and summarizes calls and conversations.

    Fireflies.ai adds desktop, mobile and extension apps with transcription in over 100 languages, while recordings are processed on Fireflies servers and its bot is visible.

  • Spinach AI

    An AI meeting assistant that transcribes and summarizes meetings, then creates tickets and updates the CRM.

    FreemiumProprietaryWeb

    Spinach AI also states SOC 2, GDPR and HIPAA compliance and no training on meeting data, and adds ticket creation and CRM updates after calls.

  • Jamie

    A desktop AI note taker that summarizes in-person and online meetings without a bot joining the call.

    Jamie runs as a Windows and macOS app without a bot, keeps data hosted in the EU and claims ISO 27001 and GDPR compliance.

  • Leexi

    AI notetaker suite that transcribes, summarizes and tracks meetings, with data hosted in Europe.

    Leexi hosts data in Europe with GDPR and ISO 27001 claims and adds mobile apps for recording in-person meetings, aimed at business teams.

  • Bluedot

    Bot-free AI note taker that records online and in-person meetings and writes transcripts and summaries.

    Bluedot records without a bot, including in-person meetings, states that data is not used for model training, and adds mobile apps and a browser extension.

  • Meetily

    Record and transcribe meetings with local AI processing.

    Meetily is MIT open source and processes meetings locally on Windows or macOS, keeping data on your own infrastructure, with team features in a paid Pro edition.

Also worth comparing

These listings name Fellow as their own alternative, so the relationship runs both ways.

  • Jump

    An AI assistant for financial advisors that takes meeting notes and updates CRM and planning records.

    PaidProprietaryWeb

    Fellow states SOC 2 Type II, GDPR and HIPAA compliance for regulated teams and has a free tier, but lacks advisor CRM and planning integrations.

Similar software

Related functionality, not a direct replacement.

  • Scriberr

    A self-hosted, offline audio transcription app that runs AI speech recognition on your own hardware.

  • Aiko

    A Mac, iPhone, iPad and Vision Pro app that transcribes audio on-device with OpenAI's Whisper.

    PaidProprietarymacOSiOS
  • Lindy

    A hosted AI agent that connects to work tools and handles email, meetings, reports and scheduled tasks.

    PaidProprietaryWeb
  • Motion

    An AI work app that combines tasks, projects, calendar scheduling, meeting notes and docs.

    PaidProprietaryWeb