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Fellow vs Granola

Fellow and Granola are both meeting notes & transcription tools. Fellow is aimed at small businesses and enterprise, while Granola is aimed at freelancers and small businesses. Fellow costs less, from $11/mo versus $14/mo for Granola. Both have a free plan.

Fellow

Meeting agendas, notes and AI recaps

Granola

AI notepad that works without a bot

PricingFreemium · $11Freemium · $14
Starting price$11/mo$14/mo
Free planYesYes
Free trial14 days—
Built forSmall businesses, EnterpriseFreelancers, Small businesses
Platformsweb, macos, windows, ios, androidmacos, windows, ios
CountryCA · 2017GB · 2023
Rating——

Choose Fellow if

Managers and teams improving meetings.

  • Improves meeting habits
  • AI notes
  • Manager tools

Look elsewhere if: Solo users.

Choose Granola if

Professionals who take many calls and want excellent notes without a bot in the room.

  • No bot; participants are not disrupted
  • Notes reflect what you cared about
  • Clean, fast app

Look elsewhere if: Teams needing live transcripts, multilingual support or compliance recording.

Fellow vs Granola pricing

Fellow

  • Free$05 AI notes and 5 recordings per user (lifetime)
  • Team$11/user/mo$7/mo billed annually; small teams
  • Business$23/user/mo$15/mo billed annually; org-wide AI
  • Enterprise$25/user/moBilled annually; contact sales

Granola

  • Basic$0AI meeting notes, limited meeting history
  • Business$14/user/moUnlimited notes and history, integrations, API, MCP
  • Enterprise$35/user/moSSO, enterprise security and admin controls

Fellow · Key features

  • Collaborative agendas
  • AI meeting notes
  • Action items
  • Templates
  • 1:1 tools
  • Integrations

Cons

  • Per-user pricing
  • Overlap with notetakers
  • Adoption needed

Granola · Key features

  • Bot-free capture of system audio on Mac, Windows and iOS
  • Your notes enhanced with transcript context after the call
  • Templates for different meeting types
  • AI chat across all meetings
  • Calendar integration and auto-start
  • Sharing to Notion, Slack, HubSpot and Linear

Cons

  • Limited free tier
  • No live transcript view
  • Depends on local audio capture setup

Fellow vs Granola: FAQ

Which is cheaper, Fellow or Granola?

Fellow starts at $11/mo and Granola at $14/mo. Both prices are checked on the vendors' own pricing pages.

Do Fellow and Granola have a free plan?

Yes, both Fellow and Granola have a free plan; paid plans add more usage and features.

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