Fellow vs Read AI

Fellow

• Companies that need admin control over who can record and see meetings
• Teams that want notes pushed into Jira, Asana or Linear
• Mixed schedules of video calls and in-person meetings

Read AI

• People who want one search across meetings, email and chat
• Students and staff at universities, who get low-cost EDU plans
• People who want coaching feedback on how they run meetings

Fellow

• The Free plan allows only 5 AI notes and 5 AI recordings per user in total, not per month, and tops out at 5 seats.
• Team is still capped at 10 AI notes and 10 recordings per user each month; unlimited use starts on Business.
• Plans cap workspace size: 20 seats on Team and 50 on Business. Enterprise requires at least 10 users and annual billing.
• Salesforce and HubSpot integration needs Business, and Okta or OneLogin SSO needs Enterprise.

Read AI

• The Free plan covers 5 meeting transcripts a month.
• Audio and video playback and video highlights need Enterprise; the Pro plan does not include them.
• All licenses in a workspace must be on the same plan, and Enterprise+ requires at least 5 licenses.
• Read AI does not offer refunds; a canceled subscription runs to the end of the billing period.

Fellow

Bot or botless recording

Send the Fellow notetaker to a call, or use the desktop and mobile apps to capture audio directly from your device so that no bot joins. In-person meetings can be recorded too.

AI notes, summaries and action items

Each recorded meeting gets a transcript, a summary and a list of action items. Fellow lists transcription in 100+ languages on every plan.

Ask Fellow

A built-in assistant that answers questions from your meeting history. It is included on every plan, including Free.

Templates and keyword tracking

Business adds org-wide meeting templates, sales recap templates and tracking of chosen keywords across recorded meetings.

Integrations, API and MCP

Project tools such as Jira, Asana and Linear plus Confluence, Notion and API access start on Team. Salesforce and HubSpot need Business. An MCP server connects meeting data to Claude and other AI tools.

Admin and compliance controls

Enterprise adds advanced recording permissions, domain control, user provisioning and transcript redaction. Fellow states SOC 2 Type II, GDPR and HIPAA compliance.

Read AI

Meeting recaps and transcripts

Produces a recap, action items and highlights for each meeting on Google Meet, Zoom or Microsoft Teams. Free covers 5 transcripts a month; paid plans are unlimited.

Search with cited answers

Ask what was decided, who owns it and what is still open, and get answers that cite their source. Search is listed as unlimited on every plan.

Email and messaging summaries

Summaries are not limited to meetings: the plans also list summaries for email and messaging, with Gmail, Outlook and Slack among the connected services.

Meeting coach

A personalized coach gives feedback on how you speak and run meetings. It is included on every plan, including Free.

Playback and video highlights

Audio and video playback and video highlights are available on Enterprise and Enterprise+ only; Free and Pro work from transcripts and summaries.

Integrations, MCP and API

Premium integrations such as Notion, Salesforce, HubSpot, Jira, Confluence and Zapier, plus webhooks, start on Pro. Read AI also offers an MCP server and an API.

Fellow

• Free$0

  Up to 5 seats, with a lifetime allowance of 5 AI notes and 5 AI recordings per user.

• Team$7

  per user / month, billed annually ($11 billed monthly)

  Up to 20 seats. 10 AI notes and 10 AI recordings per user each month, project management integrations and API access.

• Business$15

  per user / month, billed annually ($23 billed monthly)

  Up to 50 seats. Unlimited AI notes and recordings, Salesforce and HubSpot integration, org-wide templates and keyword tracking.

• Enterprise$25

  per user / month, billed annually

  From 10 users with no upper limit. Adds SSO through Okta or OneLogin, user provisioning, org-wide analytics and transcript redaction.

Read AI

• Free$0

  5 meeting transcripts a month, summaries, unlimited search, meeting coach and basic integrations.

• Pro$15

  per user / month, billed annually ($19.75 billed monthly)

  Unlimited meeting transcripts, priority processing, 100 file upload credits a month and premium integrations.

• Enterprise$22.50

  per user / month, billed annually ($29.75 billed monthly)

  Adds audio and video playback, video highlights, 200 file upload credits a month and premium support.

• Enterprise+$29.75

  per user / month, billed annually ($39.75 billed monthly)

  Minimum 5 licenses. Adds HIPAA compliance, SAML and SCIM, domain capture and a custom data retention policy.

Fellow

• Annual discount

  About 35% less on annual billing

  By the prices on Fellow's pricing page, Team is $7 per user per month billed annually against $11 monthly, and Business is $15 against $23.

• Startups

  Up to 25% off the first year for startups

  Fellow's pricing FAQ says startups that apply to its startups program can get up to 25% off their first year.

Read AI

• Annual discount

  25% off with annual billing

  Read AI's pricing page marks annual billing as -25%: Pro is $15 instead of $19.75 per user per month, Enterprise $22.50 instead of $29.75 and Enterprise+ $29.75 instead of $39.75.

• Education

  EDU plan at $60 a year

  Active students and staff at higher-education institutions who sign up with a .edu email can buy the EDU plan for $60 a year (30 meetings a month) or EDU + Video for $100 a year.

• Other savings

  Volume discounts from 100 licenses

  The pricing page lists volume discounts of 10% for 100 or more licenses, 15% for 500 or more and 20% for 1,000 or more.