Alternatives to Fellow

{"intro": "Fellow brings bot-based meeting capture, transcription, speaker labels, searchable archives, summaries, decisions, and action-item tracking into one workspace. It covers Google Meet, Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Slack Huddles, and in-person meetings, with desktop and mobile apps that can capture audio directly. Note templates, calendar integrations, more than 50 integrations, consent workflows, configurable retention, and 99 transcription languages add breadth for team use. Fellow runs on Android, iOS, macOS, Windows, web, API, and an extension, with SOC 2 Type II, HIPAA eligibility, GDPR, and CCPA compliance.\n\nAlternatives become relevant when Fellow’s free allowance—five AI notes and five AI recordings per user for life, capped at five seats—falls short, or when its $7/user/month annual starting price and supported platforms do not fit. Compare capture methods, meeting-service coverage, language counts, exports, free-tier limits, and platform availability. Also consider whether you need longer history, no-bot recording, browser capture, self-hosting, or conversation analysis before switching.", "rows": [{"ref": "sw:circleback", "name": "Circleback", "best_for": "Teams needing 110 languages and longer platform coverage", "pricing": "Free; paid from $15/user/mo annually", "key_difference": "Circleback supports 110 transcription languages and Webex, Discord, and RingCentral, while Fellow supports 99 languages and Slack Huddles.", "choose_when": "Choose it when those additional meeting platforms or its 30-day free history suit your workflow better."}, {"ref": "sw:notta", "name": "Notta", "best_for": "Users needing exports, timestamps, and 1,800 included minutes", "pricing": "Free; paid from $8.17/user/mo annually", "key_difference": "Notta adds timestamp support, speaker identification, and TXT, DOCX, SRT, PDF, and XLSX exports, with 58 languages.", "choose_when": "Choose it when export formats, timestamps, or included minutes matter more than Fellow’s broader meeting coverage."}, {"ref": "sw:grain", "name": "Grain", "best_for": "Conversation insights and coaching feedback", "pricing": "Free; paid from $15/user/mo", "key_difference": "Grain adds conversation insights and coaching feedback, supports 130 languages, and can transcribe computer audio without a bot.", "choose_when": "Choose it when coaching-oriented analysis or higher language coverage outweighs Fellow’s wider platform and integration breadth."}, {"ref": "sw:acta", "name": "Acta", "best_for": "Self-hosted deployments and cross-meeting transcript questions", "pricing": "Pricing on request; 15-day trial", "key_difference": "Acta offers self-hosting and Ask Acta searches selected meeting transcripts, alongside no-bot desktop and Chrome capture.", "choose_when": "Choose it when self-hosting, transcript questions, or no-bot recording is more important than Fellow’s freemium pricing."}, {"ref": "sw:meetgeek", "name": "MeetGeek", "best_for": "Teams needing webinars, Discord, and Slack coverage", "pricing": "Free; paid from $9.99/user/mo annually", "key_difference": "MeetGeek supports Zoom Webinars and offers 100 languages, but its basic tier limits transcription, transcript storage, and audio storage.", "choose_when": "Choose it when webinar coverage and those platforms outweigh Fellow’s five-note and five-recording free allowance."}, {"ref": "sw:laxis", "name": "Laxis", "best_for": "A Fellow-like feature set at a monthly starting price", "pricing": "Free; paid from $9.99/month", "key_difference": "Laxis closely matches Fellow’s transcription, summaries, action tracking, searchable archive, recording, and templates, with different pricing and platforms.", "choose_when": "Choose it when its $9.99 monthly starting price and supported meeting services fit better than Fellow’s annual per-user pricing."}, {"ref": "sw:krisp-ai-meeting-assistant", "name": "Krisp AI Meeting Assistant", "best_for": "Paid plans with core AI meeting-assistant features", "pricing": "From $8/user/mo annually; 7-day trial", "key_difference": "Krisp is paid-only but includes transcription, AI summaries, action tracking, and a searchable archive across Android, iOS, macOS, Windows, and an extension.", "choose_when": "Choose it when a paid-only plan and its platform mix suit you better than Fellow’s freemium model."}]}