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Fellow vs Kai

Fellow and Kai are both meeting notes & transcription tools. Fellow is aimed at small businesses and enterprise, while Kai is aimed at freelancers and small businesses. Fellow costs less, from $11/mo versus $20/mo for Kai. Both have a free plan.

Fellow

Meeting agendas, notes and AI recaps

Kai

AI executive assistant for email, meetings, calendar and tasks

PricingFreemium · $11Paid · $20
Starting price$11/mo$20/mo
Free planYesYes
Free trial14 days—
Built forSmall businesses, EnterpriseFreelancers, Small businesses, Enterprise
Platformsweb, macos, windows, ios, androidweb, macos, android
CountryCA · 2017CH
Rating——

Choose Fellow if

Managers and teams improving meetings.

  • Improves meeting habits
  • AI notes
  • Manager tools

Look elsewhere if: Solo users.

Choose Kai if

Founders, executives and consultants who want one assistant across email, meetings, calendar and tasks with approval before every action.

  • Never sends or deletes without your confirmation
  • No meeting bot joins your calls
  • Free trial with no card and no time limit

Look elsewhere if: People who only need a fast email client or a meeting notepad (Superhuman, Granola).

Fellow vs Kai 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

Kai

  • Free trial$0One-time allowance, all features, no card, no time limit
  • Base$20/moPer seat; base monthly allowance
  • Pro$50/moPer seat; 5x Base allowance, includes Morgen Pro
  • Ultra$100/moPer seat; 10x Base allowance, includes Morgen Pro

Fellow · Key features

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

Cons

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

Kai · Key features

  • Botless meeting capture with live transcripts
  • Meeting summaries with owners, action items and drafted recap emails
  • Email triage into needs reply, FYI and waiting for reply
  • Reply drafts in your own writing style and follow-up nudges
  • Unified Google and Outlook calendar timeline with a daily brief
  • AI-ranked task list filled from meetings and email

Cons

  • Usage allowances are not published in absolute terms
  • Hitting the monthly allowance pauses work until you upgrade
  • Full two-sided call capture needs the Mac app

Fellow vs Kai: FAQ

Which is cheaper, Fellow or Kai?

Fellow starts at $11/mo and Kai at $20/mo. Both prices are checked on the vendors' own pricing pages.

Do Fellow and Kai have a free plan?

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

Not sure yet?