Granola vs fellow AI: botless recording compared
Genuinely grateful this comparison came up in my evaluation. Spent about two weeks going back and forth between these two specifically for in-person capture and ended up with a clear enough picture to share.
Both Granola and Fellow AI offer bot-free recording. Both are worth taking seriously. But for in-person meetings with clients specifically, the practical differences are real.
Granola: Mac-only, no Windows or Android support. Recordings live in individual accounts with no org-level admin controls. Genuinely great product for personal use. One of the best personal notetaking experiences in the category, clean UI, botless by default on desktop.
Fellow AI: Great for meetings with clients (virtual or in-person through its mobile app), feeding every recording into the same admin-governed workspace as all other calls, with identical retention policies, compliance coverage, and sharing controls. Admins can set zero-day retention so raw recordings and transcripts are deleted immediately after AI processing, with only summaries and action items preserved, critical for teams handling MNPI or other sensitive information. Attendees can pause recording mid-meeting or redact sensitive portions after the fact, and teams can review recaps for accuracy and compliance before anything gets shared.