Granola vs Fellow
Granola is an individual-first, bot-free notetaker: device audio capture, AI-enhanced notes, custom templates, free Basic with a 30-day history access window (older notes stored but inaccessible), Business $14/user/month with unlimited history, paid-tier API access and full MCP (MCP note search is also on Basic within its window). Fellow is a team meeting platform: agendas, collaborative notes, action items, recurring meetings, bot or botless capture; free plan is 5 AI notes and 5 AI recordings per user for the lifetime of the account, Team $7/user/month billed annually ($11 monthly), Business $15 annual ($23 monthly) with unlimited notes/recordings and CRM integrations (verified Sep 2026). Choose Granola if you personally take lots of external meetings and want invisibility; choose Fellow if you want meeting structure (agendas, follow-ups, workflows) embedded in how your team runs meetings. No hands-on test was run; no winner declared.
| Decision point | Granola | Fellow |
|---|---|---|
| Best suited to | People on frequent external calls who find a visible notetaker bot awkward, and who like typing their own rough notes. | Teams that want AI notes embedded in a repeatable meeting process: agendas before, action items after, searchable across meetings. |
| Plans and cost | Basic is free with a 30-day meeting-history access window. Business is $14/user/month and Enterprise is $35/user/month. Annual billing terms are not confirmed; confirm current terms on the official site. | Free (5 lifetime AI notes per user). Team $7/user/month billed annually ($11 monthly), Business $15 annual ($23 monthly), Enterprise $25 annual. Verified September 2026; confirm on fellow.ai/pricing. |
| Limitations | The free Basic plan allows access to only the last 30 days of meeting history; older notes are stored but not accessible until you upgrade. Audio is deleted after transcription, which is good for privacy but means no playback. Training defaults differ by plan: Basic and Business default internal anonymized training on (third-party training is prohibited on all plans), Enterprise defaults training off org-wide; Basic and Business users can opt out individually, while Enterprise admins manage the workspace setting. Slack integration placement conflicts between Granola's own pages: the current pricing page lists Slack for Basic, while the free-vs-paid guide lists integrations as Business-only; do not assume automatic sync. | Free and Team plans cap AI notes and recordings by count (Free: 5 lifetime per user; Team: 10 per user per month), so heavy recorders need Business. Botless capture requires the desktop app running. C |
Use the same input
You want AI meeting notes but aren't sure whether you need a 'personal notebook' or a 'team meeting workflow tool'.
What a successful result must preserve
Compare by product positioning (personal capture vs team workflow), free-tier allowances, collaboration features and paid-entry value.
Evidence and test status
Pricing and feature comparison based on publicly available information. Plan prices, allowances and feature claims below come from the two vendors' official pricing and feature pages observed October 2026. Third-party pricing reads were not used as a current-price basis. We did not run a hands-on test on either tool; no quality winner is declared.
- Granola — Granola official page ↗, Granola pricing page ↗, Granola free vs paid features ↗, Granola model training policy by plan ↗, Granola for Android ↗
- Fellow — Official website ↗ (reviewed 2026-10-24)