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Fellow

Meeting management platform for agendas, notes, action items, and team accountability.

Pricing Free / Pro $7/mo / Business $10/mo
Category Notetakers & Recording
Founded 2017
HQ Ottawa, Canada

Quick take

Fellow is the best purpose-built meeting management tool. It solves a real problem (meetings lack structure and follow-through) with a focused product. The limitation is that it occupies a niche: many teams use Notion or Google Docs for meeting notes and do not see the need for a dedicated tool. If meeting productivity is a priority for your organization, Fellow is worth the $9/user/month. If you just need notes, a free alternative works fine.

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Fellow scorecard

How we grade
B+ 84/100
Overall grade

A mature, security-forward meeting and AI tool with a credible enterprise story, held back by a crowded notetaker market and unverified scale claims.

Idea A- Meeting management plus AI notes addresses a real, durable pain, with a well-timed AI pivot.
Brand B+ Clean rebrand to fellow.ai and a strong privacy-first position, with some confusion versus the unrelated Fellow coffee brand.
Product A- Mature feature set (agendas, action items, AI notes, API, MCP) across web, desktop, and mobile.
Market fit B+ Strong in mid-market and enterprise, but crowded against Granola, Fireflies, and Otter on pure notetaking.
Adoption B Solid G2 review volume (~2,000), though the "5,000 orgs" claim is self-reported.
Features A- Broad: agendas, recaps, CRM sync, transcript redaction, an API, and workflows.
Security A SOC 2 Type II, HIPAA BAA, GDPR, and AES-256 with Canadian data residency, a genuine differentiator.
Value B The free tier is capped at 5 notes; real value lands at the $15+ Business tier.

Overview

Fellow is a meeting management platform that covers the full lifecycle: agenda creation before the meeting, collaborative notes during, and action item tracking after. It is not a recording tool; it is a meeting productivity tool. Fellow competes less with Fathom and Otter (which record and transcribe) and more with Notion and Asana for the "where do meeting notes and action items live?" question. The product targets managers running regular 1:1s, team standups, and cross-functional meetings.

Strengths & limitations

Strengths

  • +Strong meeting culture and accountability features
  • +Affordable pricing
  • +Good for manager-report 1-on-1s

Limitations

  • Recording and transcription are secondary features
  • Less powerful AI than dedicated notetakers
  • Limited conversation intelligence

Pricing

FreePro $7moBusiness $10mo

Free: basic meeting notes, limited integrations. Pro ($9/user/month): unlimited notes, templates, action item tracking, integrations. Business ($15/user/month): OKR tracking, team analytics, custom workflows. Enterprise (custom): SSO, SCIM, advanced admin.

Who it's for

Managers who run regular 1:1s and team meetings and want structured agenda and action tracking. Companies focused on meeting culture improvement. Teams that want meeting notes linked to action items in their project management tool. Not for teams that primarily need call recording or transcription.

Verdict

B+ · 84/100

Fellow is the best purpose-built meeting management tool. It solves a real problem (meetings lack structure and follow-through) with a focused product. The limitation is that it occupies a niche: many teams use Notion or Google Docs for meeting notes and do not see the need for a dedicated tool. If meeting productivity is a priority for your organization, Fellow is worth the $9/user/month. If you just need notes, a free alternative works fine.

Follows our testing methodology
· Last reviewed April 2026

Key features

  • Collaborative meeting agendas
  • AI meeting notes and summaries
  • Action item tracking with assignees
  • Meeting feedback and analytics
  • 1-on-1 meeting templates

Frequently asked questions

Is Fellow free?

Fellow has a free tier with basic meeting notes and limited integrations. The Pro plan costs $7/month and adds unlimited notes, templates, and action item tracking.

Does Fellow record meetings?

Fellow focuses on agendas, notes, and action items rather than recording. If you need call recording and AI transcription, you would pair Fellow with a dedicated notetaker like Fathom or Otter.

Does Fellow integrate with Slack and Jira?

Yes. Fellow integrates with Slack, Jira, and Asana to push action items into existing workflows. Additional integrations are available on the Pro plan and above.

What is Fellow best for?

Fellow excels at structured recurring meetings like 1:1s, standups, and retrospectives. It provides collaborative agendas, meeting templates, and action item tracking with assignees and due dates.

What is the difference between Fellow and Fathom?

Fellow is a meeting management tool for agendas, notes, and action items. Fathom is a meeting recorder for transcription and AI summaries. They solve different problems and can be used together.

Company profile

Founded 2017
Headquarters Ottawa, Canada
Total raised $30.5M

Leadership

AM
Aydin Mirzaee
Co-founder & CEO
AM
Amin Mirzaee
Co-founder & CPO
SC
Samuel Cormier-Iijima
Co-founder & CTO

Funding history

Series A $24M Oct 2021 Craft Ventures link
Seed $6.5M 2019 Inovia Capital link

Investors

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Craft Ventures
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Inovia Capital
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Felicis Ventures
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Garage Capital
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SVB Capital

Notable customers

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