Fellow vs tl;dv

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

tl;dv

• Teams that want video recordings of calls, not only notes
• Free users who mainly need unlimited recordings and transcripts
• Sales teams that want CRM sync and call coaching
• Companies that prefer an EU-hosted vendor

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.

tl;dv

• Free limits AI notes to 10 meetings a month, with 10 Ask AI queries and 5 uploads, and keeps data for up to 3 months.
• Playbooks, AI coaching, scheduled reports and unlimited multi-meeting Ask AI need the Business plan.
• SCIM provisioning, custom SSO and privately hosted AI are Enterprise only.
• The Chrome extension covers Google Meet only, and mobile recordings are limited to 3 hours each.

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.

tl;dv

Recording with or without a bot

The notetaker joins Zoom, Google Meet and Microsoft Teams calls as a visible participant. The desktop app for Mac and Windows records from system audio instead, with no bot in the call.

Transcripts in 30+ languages

Transcribes with automatic speaker recognition in more than 30 languages. Business adds premium transcription with multi-language support and custom vocabulary.

AI notes and templates

Summarizes each meeting into notes. Free covers 10 meetings a month; Pro lifts the limit and adds custom note templates, action item assignment and follow-up email drafts.

Ask AI across meetings

Ask questions about a recording and get answers from the transcript. Free includes 10 queries, and unlimited questions across many meetings come with Business.

Shareable clips

Highlight any part of a transcript to generate a clip of that moment in the recording, which can be shared without sending the whole meeting.

CRM sync and coaching

Pro syncs meeting notes to a CRM. Business adds team-wide CRM field mapping, playbooks with AI coaching and scheduled reports.

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.

tl;dv

• Free$0

  Unlimited recordings and transcripts, AI notes for 10 meetings a month, 10 Ask AI queries and 3 months of data retention.

• Pro$18

  per seat / month, billed annually ($29 billed monthly)

  Removes the AI limits and adds custom note templates, follow-up email drafts, unlimited uploads and storage, CRM sync, API and webhooks.

• Business$29

  per seat / month, billed annually ($39 billed monthly)

  Adds unlimited multi-meeting Ask AI, playbooks and AI coaching, scheduled reports, CRM field mapping and custom vocabulary.

• EnterpriseCustom

  Adds SCIM provisioning, custom SSO, privately hosted AI and organization activity logs.

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.

tl;dv

• Annual discount

  Lower per-seat price on annual billing

  By tl;dv's listed prices, Pro is $18 per seat per month billed annually against $29 monthly (about 38% less), and Business is $29 against $39 (about 26% less).