--- title: "Fellow" type: "AI Tool" url: "https://aidemos.com/tools/fellow" description: "We tested Fellow on a live standup: transcript accuracy was strong, speaker attribution stayed clean, and search/chat worked. Free tier is just a trial." category: "productivity" website: "https://fellow.ai/?via=aidemos" published: "2026-08-12T03:45:45.616899+00:00" updated: "2026-08-12T06:09:28.476629+00:00" evidenceCount: 22 verifiedCount: 22 coverage: "dense" --- # Fellow Accurate, searchable meeting notes from live calls — but the useful plans are paid. ## TL;DR Verdict **Strong capture and search, but only the paid plans are meaningfully usable.** **Where it wins:** - you need a highly accurate transcript with reliable speaker attribution from a live multi-speaker meeting - you want searchable notes plus Ask Fellow chat for finding moments after the call - you are comfortable using a paid plan if you need ongoing team usage or programmatic access **Main limitation:** you need a genuinely useful free tier for recurring team meetings **Pricing:** Free $0 per user / month billed annually · Team $7 per user / month billed annually ($11 billed monthly) · Business $15 per user / month billed annually ($23 billed monthly) · Enterprise $25 per user / month billed annually (contact sales) `100 languages` · `Paid API & MCP` · `Free tier limited` · `Google Meet auto-join` **Website:** [Visit Fellow](https://fellow.ai/?via=aidemos) ## Evidence (first-party, tested) *22 tested cells · 22/22 artifact-verified. Cite a cell by its Evidence ID, e.g. `ev:fellow·ai-demos-daily-standup-31-july-2026·action-item-extraction`.* | Criterion | Scenario | Verdict | Proof | Evidence ID | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Action-Item Extraction | AI Demos Daily Standup — 31 July 2026 | ◐ mixed | 🧾 [proof](https://cdn.futuresmart.ai/public/aidemos/44020a6e78c04d349307974632832cd1.png?v=1) | `ev:fellow·ai-demos-daily-standup-31-july-2026·action-item-extraction` | | API Availability | cross-scenario | ✓ worked | 🧾 [proof](https://cdn.futuresmart.ai/public/aidemos/2f4c20e9259b4dc4ad9ccddf0b832ff5.png?v=1) | `ev:fellow·cross·api-availability` | | Chat with Notes / Ask Questions | AI Demos Daily Standup — 31 July 2026 | ✓ worked | 🧾 [proof](https://cdn.futuresmart.ai/public/aidemos/e5705a828b284365a513aa94b8435193.png?v=1) | `ev:fellow·ai-demos-daily-standup-31-july-2026·chat-with-notes-ask-questions` | | Chat with Notes / Ask Questions | AI Demos Daily Standup — 31 July 2026 | ✓ worked | 🧾 [proof](https://cdn.futuresmart.ai/public/aidemos/553c970153974fc9a12d999ec7a3b888.png?v=1) | `ev:fellow·ai-demos-daily-standup-31-july-2026·chat-with-notes-ask-across-calls` | | Chat with Notes / Ask Questions | cross-scenario | ✓ worked | 🧾 [proof](https://cdn.futuresmart.ai/public/aidemos/553c970153974fc9a12d999ec7a3b888.png?v=1) | `ev:fellow·cross·chat-with-notes-ask-questions` | | Editability | cross-scenario | ◐ mixed | 🧾 [proof](https://cdn.futuresmart.ai/public/aidemos/b040bd918523461c937d91e952aeff8d.png?v=1) | `ev:fellow·cross·editability` | | Editability | AI Demos Daily Standup — 31 July 2026 | ✓ worked | 🧾 [proof](https://cdn.futuresmart.ai/public/aidemos/14b659d136f643cca123a6031ecfdee2.png?v=1) | `ev:fellow·ai-demos-daily-standup-31-july-2026·editability` | | Join Method & Reliability | AI Demos Daily Standup — 31 July 2026 | ✓ worked | 🧾 [proof](https://cdn.futuresmart.ai/public/aidemos/030af3ebad8442538a271756ee83d05c.png?v=1) | `ev:fellow·ai-demos-daily-standup-31-july-2026·join-method-reliability` | | Join Method & Reliability | AI Demos Daily Standup — 31 July 2026 | ✓ worked | 🧾 [proof](https://cdn.futuresmart.ai/public/aidemos/4ccb3cc4e2674ea5b9a2d260c21cda12.png?v=1) | `ev:fellow·ai-demos-daily-standup-31-july-2026·join-method-and-reliability` | | MCP Support | cross-scenario | ✓ worked | 🧾 [proof](https://cdn.futuresmart.ai/public/aidemos/3604bb460ee7442685fff21a1ccebd62.png?v=1) | `ev:fellow·cross·mcp-support` | | Robustness & Audio Quality Handling | AI Demos Daily Standup — 31 July 2026 | ✓ worked | 🧾 [proof](https://cdn.futuresmart.ai/public/aidemos/7550582c35e445c5a06d4928dcf28f9b.png?v=1) | `ev:fellow·ai-demos-daily-standup-31-july-2026·robustness-audio-quality-handling` | | Search Across Notes | AI Demos Daily Standup — 31 July 2026 | ✓ worked | 🧾 [proof](https://cdn.futuresmart.ai/public/aidemos/ae8157808e604db897d4279106a23e4b.png?v=1) | `ev:fellow·ai-demos-daily-standup-31-july-2026·search-across-notes` | | Search Across Notes | AI Demos Daily Standup — 31 July 2026 | ◐ mixed | 🧾 [proof](https://cdn.futuresmart.ai/public/aidemos/8f4552025cb34119b9efac386b0c3c65.png?v=1) | `ev:fellow·ai-demos-daily-standup-31-july-2026·search-across-meetings` | | Search Across Notes | cross-scenario | ✓ worked | 🧾 [proof](https://cdn.futuresmart.ai/public/aidemos/8f4552025cb34119b9efac386b0c3c65.png?v=1) | `ev:fellow·cross·search-across-notes` | | Sharing Without Registration | cross-scenario | ✓ worked | 🧾 [proof](https://cdn.futuresmart.ai/public/aidemos/9fbf3d36dea1488cb50441241d1f168f.png?v=1) | `ev:fellow·cross·sharing-without-registration` | | Sharing Without Registration | AI Demos Daily Standup — 31 July 2026 | ✓ worked | 🧾 [proof](https://cdn.futuresmart.ai/public/aidemos/bf43c36b12f3477d8e3fb105a5757de5.png?v=1) | `ev:fellow·ai-demos-daily-standup-31-july-2026·sharing-without-registration` | | Speaker Diarization | AI Demos Daily Standup — 31 July 2026 | ✓ worked | 🧾 [proof](https://cdn.futuresmart.ai/public/aidemos/4d61f50ce94544a891e17dcbdf8a28ce.png?v=1) | `ev:fellow·ai-demos-daily-standup-31-july-2026·speaker-diarization` | | Speaker Diarization | cross-scenario | ✓ worked | 🧾 [proof](https://cdn.futuresmart.ai/public/aidemos/8cd45e26f1c048b9b421c223f3ab66f7.png?v=1) | `ev:fellow·cross·speaker-diarization` | | Summary Quality | AI Demos Daily Standup — 31 July 2026 | ✓ worked | 🧾 [proof](https://cdn.futuresmart.ai/public/aidemos/b317fbba7f184919819c07e2694e323d.png?v=1) | `ev:fellow·ai-demos-daily-standup-31-july-2026·summary-quality` | | Topic Segmentation | AI Demos Daily Standup — 31 July 2026 | ✓ worked | 🧾 [proof](https://cdn.futuresmart.ai/public/aidemos/34dadc99314f46578bb4ab03f4d64037.png?v=1) | `ev:fellow·ai-demos-daily-standup-31-july-2026·topic-segmentation` | | Transcription Accuracy | AI Demos Daily Standup — 31 July 2026 | ✓ worked | 🧾 [proof](https://cdn.futuresmart.ai/public/aidemos/9b50877082554f1fbd1929d637f3adf3.png?v=1) | `ev:fellow·ai-demos-daily-standup-31-july-2026·transcription-accuracy` | | Transcription Accuracy | cross-scenario | ✓ worked | 🧾 [proof](https://cdn.futuresmart.ai/public/aidemos/dc57430ae05241e68fc7b6e39a75111f.mp4?v=1) | `ev:fellow·cross·transcription-accuracy` | > 🧾 = artifact-verified (proof captured) · 👁 = observed (noted, no artifact) · verdicts: worked / mixed / struggled / failed. > **Strong capture and search, but only the paid plans are meaningfully usable.** > > Fellow performed very well on the core meeting-notetaker job in this standup: the transcript was accurate, speaker attribution was clean, the summary was structured, and search/chat worked as expected. The practical downside is that the free tier is effectively a trial, and API/MCP access also sit behind paid plans, so Fellow makes the most sense for teams ready to pay for Business or above. ## Demo Recording [Video: Fellow demo recording](https://cdn.futuresmart.ai/public/aidemos/a695041608ac4d5a9728a5f8225d0e25.mp4?v=1) *Video — Fellow product demo showing sign-in, meeting-selection onboarding for AI notes, and the Ask Fellow / voice matching workspace.* ## Feature-by-Feature Breakdown ### Live Meeting Capture & Auto-Join **Verdict:** Reliable auto-join and full-session capture Fellow joined the real 31 Jul 2026 Google Meet standup and stayed connected for the full session, capturing the meeting from start to finish without drops. **Output:** **Bottom line:** It joined cleanly and stayed in the meeting for the full capture window. ### Meeting Transcription **Verdict:** 100-language support Fellow produced a transcript for the standup that preserved names, tool terms, numbers, and ordinary engineering jargon, with docs describing automatic language detection and transcription for 100 languages. **Output:** **Input:** ``` [INPUT] Use Fellow in a non-English meeting. ``` **Output:** **Bottom line:** Broad language coverage, with a few named speaker-ID exceptions. ### Structured Meeting Notes Generation **Verdict:** Strong notes structure, but one real action item was assigned to the wrong owner. Fellow turns a meeting into structured notes with a summary, topical sections, decisions, and action items; the standup recap evidence showed those pieces extracted into a readable note. **Output:** **Bottom line:** Notes quality was strong, but the extracted action items need a quick verification pass. ### Editable Notes **Verdict:** Editable before sharing Fellow lets users edit generated summaries and action items before sharing while leaving the transcript read-only; the generated recap can be corrected before distribution. **Input:** ``` [INPUT] Correct a wrong summary or action item before sharing the meeting recap. ``` **Output:** **Bottom line:** You can fix note content before sharing, but not rewrite the transcript. ### Transcript Search **Verdict:** Exact within-meeting search Fellow lets you search within a meeting transcript and jump to the matching moment; the review verified it with a keyword query against the standup record. **Input:** ``` Search across the transcript for a specific keyword or decision within the same standup. ``` **Output:** > **Image** **Bottom line:** Fast and precise for finding moments inside a meeting. ### Meeting Q&A **Verdict:** Grounded meeting Q&A Fellow answers natural-language questions using the meeting record or memory layer and returns grounded responses; the tested Ask Fellow query did so without obvious hallucination. **Input:** ``` [INPUT] Ask: 'What was the status of [redacted] access as of the meet on 31st July?' ``` **Output:** **Bottom line:** The chat assistant worked on the tested question without obvious hallucination. ### Recap Sharing and Distribution **Verdict:** Open sharing flow Fellow can share recaps through link-based distribution and delivery channels such as email, Slack, Zapier, and Google Doc export, with no-account viewing and password protection for recipients. **Input:** ``` [INPUT] Share the meeting recap with a teammate who does not have a Fellow account. ``` **Output:** **Bottom line:** Low-friction sharing worked in the tested setup. ### Developer API Access **Verdict:** REST API exists, but paid-only Fellow documents a developer API for programmatic access to meeting data, transcripts, structured notes, and related controls, though access is gated behind a paid plan. **Input:** ``` Check the breadth of third-party integrations available in Fellow. ``` **Output:** > **Image** **Input:** ``` [INPUT] Pull Fellow meeting data programmatically through an API. ``` **Output:** **Bottom line:** Useful if you pay; not available on the free tier. ### MCP Server Access **Verdict:** MCP server exists, but paid-only Fellow documents an MCP server for connecting AI assistants to meeting notes, action items, transcripts, and calendar events, with workspace controls and audit logging. **Input:** ``` [INPUT] Connect Claude or ChatGPT to Fellow meeting data through MCP. ``` **Output:** **Bottom line:** The capability is there, but only on a paid plan. ### Integrations Directory **Verdict:** Extensive Fellow provides a broad integrations directory across workplace tools, with examples such as Asana, BambooHR, Box, and Android app support. **Input:** ``` Need meeting-notes integrations across common work tools. ``` **Output:** > **Image** **Bottom line:** Broad integration coverage across common workplace tools. ### Privacy and Consent Controls **Verdict:** Strong Fellow includes privacy, consent, deletion, and data-rights controls, including GDPR/UK GDPR/FADP coverage and opt-in AI services. **Input:** ``` Need to verify privacy, retention, and consent controls for meeting data. ``` **Output:** > **Image** **Bottom line:** Strong compliance and consent posture for meeting data. ## Pricing Free is effectively a trial; Business is the minimum viable tier for ongoing team use. | Plan | Price | Notes | | --- | --- | --- | | Free | $0 per user / month billed annually | 5 AI notes lifetime per user; 5 AI recordings lifetime per user. Trial-only in this review. | | Team | $7 per user / month billed annually ($11 billed monthly) | 10 AI notes per user per month; 10 AI recordings per user per month. API access and integrations available. | | Business ★ | $15 per user / month billed annually ($23 billed monthly) | Unlimited AI notes, unlimited recordings, and Ask Fellow. Marked as the minimum viable team plan in the review. | | Enterprise | $25 per user / month billed annually (contact sales) | Unlimited everything, advanced security, and dedicated support. | *The review found the free tier non-viable for regular team use, while API and MCP access are available only on paid plans.* ## Is It Right For You? **Use it if** - you need a highly accurate transcript with reliable speaker attribution from a live multi-speaker meeting - you want searchable notes plus Ask Fellow chat for finding moments after the call - you are comfortable using a paid plan if you need ongoing team usage or programmatic access **Skip it if** - you need a genuinely useful free tier for recurring team meetings - you need API or MCP access without paying - you need evidence in this report for poor-audio, 1:1, or long-meeting stress cases ## Classification - **Category:** productivity - **Subcategory:** workspaces - **Type:** text - **Built for:** Founder, Other ## Frequently Asked Questions **Q: Did Fellow accurately transcribe the tested standup?** Yes. On the 31 Jul 2026 normal-audio standup, the review found Fellow's transcript to be very accurate, with nearly all names, tool terms, numbers, and jargon preserved correctly. **Q: Did Fellow correctly identify who spoke?** Yes. The review found all ~10 active speakers were labeled correctly in the transcript, with no attribution errors or generic speaker labels. **Q: Did Fellow extract the right action items?** Mostly. The review found one real action item was misassigned: the API benchmarking task discussed for Mahreen was extracted under Anshika instead. **Q: Can you edit Fellow's summary or action items before sharing?** Yes. The topics/summary view shows an Edit control, and the review says summary and action items are editable before sharing. The transcript itself stays read-only. **Q: Can teammates open shared Fellow notes without creating an account?** According to the review, yes. Shared links were described as open, with no signup required for recipients. **Q: Does Fellow have an API or MCP server?** Yes. Fellow documents a developer API and an MCP server, but the review says both are paid-only features. **Q: How many languages does Fellow support?** The help docs say Fellow supports automatic language detection and transcription for 100 languages. Speaker identification is unavailable only for Burmese, Khmer, Thai, and Tibetan. **Q: Is the free plan enough for ongoing team use?** No. The review judged the free tier non-viable because it only includes 5 AI notes lifetime and 5 AI recordings lifetime per user. ## Similar Tools AI tools similar to Fellow: - [Fireflies](https://aidemos.com/tools/fireflies) — Bot-based meeting capture with strong transcript quality, summaries, search, AskFred, and MCP. - [Notta](https://aidemos.com/tools/notta) — Reliable live-meeting capture, summaries, and action items for teams that can live with plan limits and no public API. - [MeetGeek](https://aidemos.com/tools/meetgeek) — Reliable standup capture with strong summaries, search, API, and MCP — but speaker attribution and chat need review. - [HappyScribe](https://aidemos.com/tools/happyscribe) — Strong live meeting capture, searchable notes, and API/MCP access, but attribution errors still need a human check. ## Need a custom AI solution for this use case? If you are looking to build a custom meeting transcription, note summarization, or action item extraction assistant for your business or internal workflow, email us at [contact@futuresmart.ai](mailto:contact@futuresmart.ai). ### Found something inaccurate or missing? We try to keep our AI research accurate and useful. If you found outdated information, an issue, or have a suggestion, email us at [collaborate@aidemos.com](mailto:collaborate@aidemos.com).