8 Best Fellow Alternatives in 2026 (Ranked by Use Case)

The best Fellow alternative depends on which part of Fellow you are actually trying to replace. If your frustration is the AI notetaking, pick a dedicated notetaker: for external and client calls where nothing should join the room, go botless with Scribbl, which captures with no bot, has a free plan with no credit card, and connects your meetings to ChatGPT or Claude so the follow-up gets written. For a polished free bot-based notetaker, Fathom. For integrations and team search, Fireflies. If what you really love about Fellow is the structured agendas and recurring 1:1s, replace that side with Coda or Notion and add a notetaker. The ranked shortlist, the full comparison table, and a Fellow-vs-each feature matrix below map every tool to the exact reason you went looking, whether it is the bot, basic AI notes, the price, or uncertainty about where Fellow is headed.

We are the makers of Scribbl, a botless AI notetaker, so treat us as a primary source on Scribbl and a fair-but-interested reviewer of the rest. We do not invent competitor prices or feature claims, because they change; where a number could drift, we say so and point you to the vendor's own page. Last updated June 2026.

What Fellow is, and why people leave it

Fellow (fellow.app) is a meeting-management tool first and an AI notetaker second. Its reputation is built on shared agendas, recurring 1:1 and team-meeting templates, action-item tracking, and a collaboration workspace where managers run their meeting culture. On top of that it layers an AI notetaker that generally joins the call to record, transcribe, and recap. For teams that genuinely live inside agendas, that bundle is a good fit, and plenty of people stay happily.

The people who go searching for an alternative usually hit one of a few recurring walls. We summarize the patterns rather than quoting individuals, and you should confirm current behavior on Fellow's own site, since products change.

• The AI notes feel basic next to dedicated notetakers. Fellow's notetaking is one feature inside a broader product. People who care most about transcript quality, summaries, and action items often find a focused notetaker sharper than a bundled one.
• The bot in the call. Fellow generally captures by sending a notetaker into the meeting, and a visible recording participant is not welcome on every call, especially external ones like sales demos, interviews, and first client conversations.
• Pricing and tier limits. Complaints about what is gated behind higher tiers, and about per-seat cost as a team grows, are a common trigger, especially for people who only want the notes.
• Product and ownership uncertainty. Fellow's ownership and direction have shifted over time, and longtime users searching for "is Fellow being sunset" want a replacement whose roadmap they can trust. Check Fellow's own recent announcements for current status before deciding.
• Integration gaps. Some teams want their meeting output to flow into the specific task tool, CRM, or AI assistant they already use, rather than staying inside one workspace.

The two ways to replace Fellow

Before the list, decide what you are replacing, because it splits the field cleanly.

Replace the notetaker

• You want: sharper AI notes, summaries, action items, and transcripts
• Best swaps: Scribbl (botless), Fathom, Fireflies, tl;dv, Avoma
• Keep agendas: wherever they already live, or drop them
• Botless option: only Scribbl on this list never joins the call

Replace the agendas

• You want: shared agendas, recurring 1:1 templates, action tracking
• Best swaps: Coda or Notion for flexible meeting docs
• Add capture: pair a notetaker for the AI side Fellow bundled in
• Trade-off: two tools, but each is best in class at its job

Fellow alternatives at a glance

Here is the full field in one view. Capture model, what each is best at, standout feature, starting price, and free plan are the columns people actually decide on. Exact prices and feature limits change, so treat the directional reads below as a shortlist builder and confirm current details on each vendor's site. For Scribbl, the free plan needs no credit card and current paid pricing is on our pricing page.

Tool	Capture	Best for	Standout feature	Starting price	Free plan
Scribbl	Botless, nothing joins	AI notes for external and client calls, no bot	Connects meetings to ChatGPT or Claude	Free, then low-cost paid; see pricing	Yes, no credit card
Fathom	Bot joins	A polished, generous free notetaker	Clean summaries and a strong free tier	Free, then paid; confirm on site	Yes, generous
Fireflies.ai	Bot (Fred) joins	Deep integrations and team search	Searchable archive and broad CRM connections	Free, then paid; confirm on site	Yes, with caps
tl;dv	Bot joins	Recording, clips, and highlight sharing	Clip and share key meeting moments	Free, then paid; confirm on site	Yes, with caps
Avoma	Bot joins	Sales coaching and revenue analytics	Conversation intelligence on top of notes	Mostly paid; confirm on site	Limited
Notion	None; docs tool	Replacing Fellow agendas plus a wiki	Flexible docs, databases, and templates	Free, then paid; confirm on site	Yes, personal
Coda	None; docs tool	Replacing Fellow agendas with automation	Doc-as-app with buttons and automations	Free, then paid; confirm on site	Yes, with caps
Otter.ai	Bot (OtterPilot) joins	Live transcription and quick notes	Real-time transcript and capture	Free, then paid; confirm on site	Yes, with caps

If you mainly want to replace the notetaker side of Fellow, here is the feature matrix across the capture tools on this list. The single line that splits the field is the first one: only Scribbl never sends a participant into the call. Competitor details change, so confirm each on the vendor's own site.

Feature	Scribbl	Fellow	Fathom	Fireflies	Otter
No bot ever joins the call		–	–	–	–
Nothing announced, no email to attendees		–	–	–	–
Works with Google Meet
Works with Zoom
Works with Microsoft Teams		Confirm on site	Confirm on site	Confirm on site	Confirm on site
Connects meetings to ChatGPT or Claude		–	–	–	–
Records video of the meeting
AI summary and action items
Searchable meeting archive
Shared agendas and 1:1 templates	–		–	–	–
Free plan, no credit card		Free tier	Free tier	Free tier	Free tier
Rated 5.0 from 3,000 reviews		Verify	Verify	Verify	Verify

The 8 best Fellow alternatives, ranked

1. Scribbl, the botless pick

Scribbl is our top recommendation for most people whose real problem with Fellow is the notetaking and the bot. Scribbl is botless. Instead of sending a participant into the call the way Fellow's notetaker does, it captures from your own session, so nothing joins, nothing is announced, and no notification goes to the people you are meeting with. It works across Google Meet, Zoom, and Microsoft Teams, runs as a Chrome extension or a desktop app, and connects your meetings to the AI you already use, ChatGPT or Claude, so the follow-up gets written rather than just stored. It is rated 5.0 from 3,000 reviews and used by more than 10,000 organizations.

The part that separates Scribbl from both Fellow and a pure transcription tool is what happens after the call. Fellow keeps the conversation inside its own agenda-and-collaboration workspace. Scribbl connects your meeting library to the AI you already use, so you can pull facts across calls, draft a follow-up grounded in what was actually said, and cross-reference history without copy-pasting transcripts. The goal is that the work gets done, not just that notes live in another app.

The trade is that Scribbl is a focused AI notetaker, not a meeting-management suite. If what you love about Fellow is the shared agenda workspace and recurring 1:1 templates, Scribbl will sharpen your notes but will not recreate the agenda hub; many teams keep their agenda doc wherever it already lives and let Scribbl handle capture.

Pros: no bot ever joins; works across Meet, Zoom, and Teams; free plan with no credit card; connects meetings to ChatGPT or Claude so the work gets done. Cons: focused on notes, not a full agenda-and-1:1 management workspace like Fellow; capture is anchored to your own session and devices rather than a server-side bot, which is the point but means you are the one running it. Pricing: free plan, no credit card; paid tiers on the pricing page. Best for: anyone with client, sales, candidate, or partner calls who wants notes with nothing joining the room, plus a free start. More in our botless AI notetaker explainer and the full Scribbl vs Fellow comparison.

Fellow (bot-based)

• Capture: a notetaker joins the meeting as a participant
• Attendees see it: yes, a recording participant typically appears
• External calls: a visible notetaker can change the room
• After the call: notes live inside Fellow's workspace

Scribbl (botless)

• Capture: from your own session, nothing joins
• Attendees see it: no bot, nothing announced, no email
• External calls: the meeting stays exactly normal
• After the call: connects to ChatGPT or Claude, free to start

Because Fellow is the baseline you are comparing against, here is the head-to-head feature parity, Fellow versus Scribbl. Fellow's behavior changes, so confirm its current specifics on its own site.

Feature	Fellow	Scribbl
Primary focus	Meeting management: agendas, 1:1s, collaboration, plus AI notes	Botless AI meeting notes
Capture method	Generally sends a notetaker into the call	Botless; captures from your own session, nothing joins
Visible to attendees	A recording participant typically appears	No bot, nothing announced, no email to attendees
Platforms	Meet, Zoom, Teams (confirm current support)	Google Meet, Zoom, Microsoft Teams
Shared agendas and 1:1 templates	Yes, a core strength	Not a focus; keep agendas in your existing doc
AI summary and action items	Yes	Yes, with owners and due dates
Connects to ChatGPT or Claude	Not the core model	Yes; connects your meetings to the AI you already use so the work gets done
Free plan	Free tier with feature caps (confirm current limits)	Free plan, no credit card required
Delivery	Web app	Chrome extension and desktop app
Rating	Verify current rating on review sites	5.0 from 3,000 reviews
Used by	Verify on Fellow	More than 10,000 organizations

For the full breakdown, see our dedicated Scribbl vs Fellow comparison.

2. Fathom

Fathom is a polished, widely loved notetaker and the easiest bot-based swap if you only want the notes side of Fellow. It typically joins the meeting to record, then produces clean summaries and action items, and it is well regarded for a genuinely generous free experience. The trade is the usual one: a participant appears in the call, so it is more natural on internal calls than on sensitive external ones.

Pros: strong free tier, clean summaries, popular and well-supported. Cons: a bot joins and is visible to attendees; it is a notetaker, not an agenda-and-1:1 workspace. Pricing: free tier plus paid plans; confirm current limits on Fathom's site. Best for: teams that want a clean, popular notetaker, a generous free plan, and are fine with a bot. See our Fathom alternative breakdown.

3. Fireflies.ai

Fireflies is one of the more established and feature-rich notetakers, with strong search, broad integrations, and team analytics, which makes it a natural pick if Fellow's integration gaps are what sent you looking. Its standard model sends a notetaker bot, often called Fred, into the meeting. If you want a searchable team archive and a lot of connected tooling, and a visible bot is acceptable, Fireflies is a serious contender.

Pros: very broad integrations, strong search, team analytics. Cons: a visible bot joins; the feature surface can feel heavy if you only want notes. Pricing: free tier with caps plus paid plans; confirm on Fireflies' site. Best for: teams that want a deep, well-connected notetaker and do not mind a join-the-call bot. See our Fireflies alternative breakdown.

4. tl;dv

tl;dv focuses on recording and highlighting meetings, with clipping and sharing features teams use to spread context across the company. It generally captures by joining the call. It is strongest as a way to cut and share moments rather than as a pure notes-and-agenda replacement, so it fits if your workflow is built around sharing clips.

Pros: excellent clipping and highlight sharing, good free tier. Cons: a bot joins; notes and agendas are secondary to clips for some teams. Pricing: free tier with caps plus paid plans; confirm on tl;dv's site. Best for: teams that share meeting clips and want recording-first features. See our tl;dv alternative breakdown.

5. Avoma

Avoma is a heavier conversation-intelligence platform aimed at revenue teams, layering coaching, analytics, and pipeline signals on top of a join-the-call notetaker. If your reason for leaving Fellow is that you want a full sales intelligence stack, not just meeting notes, it is a strong option. It is more than many people need if they only want notes and agendas.

Pros: conversation intelligence, coaching, and revenue analytics in one platform. Cons: a bot joins; heavier and more paid-oriented than a simple notetaker. Pricing: mostly paid tiers; confirm on Avoma's site. Best for: sales teams wanting built-in coaching and analytics alongside notes. See our Avoma alternative breakdown.

6. Notion

Notion is the natural pick if what you actually want to replace is Fellow's agenda-and-workspace side rather than the notetaker. With flexible docs, databases, and templates, you can rebuild shared agendas, recurring 1:1 pages, and action-item trackers, and keep your whole team wiki in the same place. It does not capture meetings itself, so you pair it with a notetaker for the AI side Fellow bundled in.

Pros: flexible docs and databases, strong templates, doubles as a team wiki. Cons: not a meeting capture tool, so you need a separate notetaker; can require setup to recreate Fellow's structure. Pricing: free personal tier plus paid plans; confirm on Notion's site. Best for: teams that want to own their agendas and docs and pair them with a dedicated notetaker. A botless notetaker like Scribbl plus Notion is a common combination; see how Scribbl handles recurring meetings in our AI notetaker for 1:1 meetings guide.

7. Coda

Coda is the other strong agenda-side replacement, a doc-as-app builder where pages can hold tables, buttons, and automations. Teams use it to run meeting agendas, 1:1 docs, and trackers that update themselves, which is closer to Fellow's "meetings as living documents" feel than a static doc. Like Notion, it does not capture meetings, so you pair it with a notetaker.

Pros: powerful doc-and-automation model, good for structured recurring meetings. Cons: not a meeting capture tool; the building-blocks model has a learning curve. Pricing: free tier with caps plus paid plans; confirm on Coda's site. Best for: teams that want Fellow-style structured, semi-automated meeting docs and will add a separate notetaker. For the meeting-discipline side, see our meeting management best practices guide.

8. Otter.ai

Otter is a mature transcription product known for real-time transcripts and quick capture, and it typically sends a notetaker (OtterPilot) into the call. It is a reasonable swap if your priority is live transcription and lightweight notes rather than Fellow's agenda workspace. The usual trade applies: a visible bot joins, and several reviewers note accuracy slips on heavy accents and crosstalk.

Pros: strong real-time transcription, established product, quick capture. Cons: a bot joins; reviewers report accuracy drops on messy audio; not an agenda-and-1:1 workspace. Pricing: free tier with caps plus paid plans; confirm on Otter's site. Best for: people who want live transcription and quick notes and are fine with a bot. See our Otter alternative breakdown.

Which Fellow alternative should you pick

Match the tool to what you are replacing and your most common meeting, not to the longest feature list.

• Pick Scribbl if your calls include clients, prospects, candidates, or partners and you want AI notes with nothing joining the room, plus a free start and your meetings connected to ChatGPT or Claude. This is the lane Scribbl owns: no bot.
• Pick Fathom if your meetings are mostly internal, you want a polished free notetaker, and a visible bot is fine.
• Pick Fireflies if integration depth and a searchable team archive matter most and a bot is acceptable.
• Pick tl;dv if your workflow is built around cutting and sharing clips and highlights.
• Pick Avoma if you are buying a full sales conversation-intelligence platform with coaching and pipeline analytics.
• Pick Notion or Coda if what you actually want is the agenda, 1:1 template, and action-tracking side of Fellow; pair either with a notetaker for capture.
• Pick Otter if you mainly want fast live transcription and lightweight notes and do not mind a bot.

For sales teams specifically, the bot is usually decisive; see Scribbl for sales. If you want a free, no-bot start, our free AI notetaker with no bot guide is the shortest path.

How to switch from Fellow without losing your notes and agendas

Switching is lower effort than people expect, and you do not have to do it all at once. Here is the order that avoids the two things people regret: losing old notes and agendas, and being stuck mid-call without capture.

1. Export anything you want to keep from Fellow. That includes past meeting notes, action items, and your recurring agenda templates. Notes and docs do not migrate between tools, so confirm Fellow's current export options and treat the export as your archive.
2. Decide what you are replacing. The notetaker, the agendas, or both. This tells you whether you need one tool (a notetaker), or a notetaker plus a docs tool like Notion or Coda.
3. Install your replacement and run one real meeting through the notetaker. Pick the messiest call you reasonably can, since that is where notetakers separate. With a botless tool like Scribbl you can do this on the free plan with no credit card, so there is no commitment to test it.
4. Check the AI notes against what was actually said, and rebuild any agenda or 1:1 templates in your new docs tool if you are replacing that side.
5. Cancel or downgrade Fellow from your account settings once you are confident. Keep the export. Start fresh in the new tools.

FAQ

What is the best Fellow alternative in 2026? It depends on the wall you hit with Fellow. For AI meeting notes where nothing joins the call, Scribbl is our top pick: it is botless, has a free plan with no credit card, works across Google Meet, Zoom, and Microsoft Teams, and connects your meetings to ChatGPT or Claude so the follow-up gets written. If your core need is structured agendas and recurring 1:1s, look at Coda or Notion paired with a notetaker. For a polished free bot-based notetaker, Fathom is excellent, and for deep integrations and team search, Fireflies is strong. Map the tool to your most common meeting type rather than to the longest feature list.

Why are people looking for a Fellow alternative? The recurring reasons we see are AI notetaking that feels basic next to dedicated notetakers, pricing and per-tier feature limits, a bot that joins the call to record, and uncertainty about Fellow's product direction after its ownership change. Many people who run heavy agenda cultures stay on Fellow; the people who leave usually want either a sharper AI notetaker, bot-free capture for external calls, or a cheaper or simpler setup. Always confirm Fellow's current features and pricing on its own site, since products change.

Is there a Fellow alternative that does not put a bot in the meeting? Yes. Scribbl is botless: it captures from your own session, so no participant joins the call, nothing is announced to attendees, and no email goes to the room. That matters most on external calls like sales demos, interviews, and first client conversations, where a visible notetaker changes the tone. Scribbl works across Google Meet, Zoom, and Microsoft Teams and has a free plan with no credit card. Most other tools on this list, including Fellow, capture by sending a notetaker into the call.

Are there free Fellow alternatives? Yes. Scribbl has a free plan with no credit card required, so you can capture a real call before you pay anything. Fathom is well known for a generous free experience, and Fireflies, tl;dv, and Notta publish free tiers with usage caps. Notion and Coda have free personal tiers if you want the agenda-and-docs side of Fellow without the notetaker. Always confirm current free limits on each tool's own pricing page, since they change often.

What happened to Fellow and is it being sunset? Fellow is still operating, but its ownership and product direction have shifted over time, which is one reason longtime users start shopping for a replacement and search for whether it is being sunset. Rather than relying on a comparison article for the current status, check Fellow's own site and recent announcements before you commit, and pick a replacement whose roadmap you trust. If continuity is your worry, the practical hedge is to choose a tool with a clear focus and to export anything from Fellow you want to keep.

Which Fellow alternative is best for 1:1s and recurring team meetings? Fellow's core strength is structured agendas, recurring 1:1 templates, and action tracking. If that is what you want to replace, the closest swaps are Coda and Notion, which give you flexible meeting docs and templates, paired with a notetaker for the AI capture Fellow bundles in. If your real frustration is the notetaking rather than the agendas, a dedicated notetaker like Scribbl, Fathom, or Fireflies will feel like an upgrade on the AI side, and you can keep your agenda doc wherever it already lives.

Which Fellow alternative is best for sales and external calls? Sales teams running external demos and discovery calls usually prefer a botless tool so nothing visible joins a prospect's call. Scribbl is our pick there because it captures with no bot and connects the meeting to ChatGPT or Claude so the follow-up gets written. If you want built-in revenue analytics and coaching and do not mind a bot joining, Avoma and Fireflies are common picks. Confirm current pricing and platform support on each vendor's site.

How does Scribbl compare to Fellow specifically? The biggest difference is capture. Fellow generally sends a notetaker into the meeting and is built around shared agendas and a collaboration workspace. Scribbl is botless: nothing joins the call, nothing is announced, and no email goes to attendees, and instead of keeping the conversation inside its own workspace it connects your meetings to ChatGPT or Claude so the work gets done. Scribbl has a free plan with no credit card, works on Google Meet, Zoom, and Microsoft Teams, is rated 5.0 from 3,000 reviews, and is used by more than 10,000 organizations. There is a full feature-by-feature table above in this guide.

Do these Fellow alternatives work with Microsoft Teams and Zoom? Many do, but coverage varies, so confirm on each vendor's site. Scribbl works across Google Meet, Zoom, and Microsoft Teams via a Chrome extension and a desktop app, and it is botless on all three. Bot-based notetakers like Fathom, Fireflies, tl;dv, and Avoma generally support Meet, Zoom, and Teams by sending a notetaker into the call. Coda and Notion are docs-and-agenda tools rather than capture tools, so for those you pair a separate notetaker. If you mostly meet on Teams, verify Teams support specifically, since some tools support it on higher tiers only.

How do I switch from Fellow without losing my notes and agendas? First, export anything you want to keep from Fellow, including past notes, action items, and recurring agenda templates, since transcripts and docs do not migrate between tools and your export becomes your archive (confirm current export options in Fellow). Second, decide whether you are replacing the notetaker, the agendas, or both, and install the replacement. Third, run one real meeting through the new notetaker, ideally a messy one, to confirm the AI notes and the in-call experience. Fourth, once you are confident, cancel or downgrade Fellow from your account settings. With a botless tool like Scribbl you can run that first test on the free plan with no credit card.