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MacFathom vs Fellow
Fathom vs Fellow: verdict, pricing, and specs compared, so you can pick the right one for your Mac.
At a glance
Fathom
Free forever (individuals); Premium $20/mo ($16/mo billed annually); Team $19/mo per user; Business $34/mo per user; Enterprise customA free-forever AI notetaker for Zoom, Google Meet, and Microsoft Teams, now adding a bot-free capture mode — used at 300,000+ companies, per its own site.
Fellow
Free (5 AI notes and recordings, lifetime); Team $7/mo per user billed annually ($11 monthly); Business $15/mo per user billed annually ($23 monthly); Enterprise $25/mo per user billed annuallyAn AI meeting notetaker built around compliance controls — zero-day retention, MNPI redaction, and SEC/FINRA-ready audit trails — aimed at regulated industries like finance and healthcare.
Spec comparison
Fathom
- Price
- Free forever (individuals); Premium $20/mo ($16/mo billed annually); Team $19/mo per user; Business $34/mo per user; Enterprise custom
- Pricing model
- Freemium
- License
- Proprietary
- Placement
- Screen
- Channels
- Homebrew · Direct
- Category
- Meetings
Fellow
- Price
- Free (5 AI notes and recordings, lifetime); Team $7/mo per user billed annually ($11 monthly); Business $15/mo per user billed annually ($23 monthly); Enterprise $25/mo per user billed annually
- Pricing model
- Freemium
- License
- Proprietary
- Placement
- Screen
- Channels
- Homebrew · Direct
- Category
- Meetings
The verdict
Fathom’s free plan is the most generous in this section — unlimited recordings and transcripts forever, no history cutoff — but its default mode still joins as a visible bot, and the bot-free alternative is in beta on Mac. Fellow has captured audio directly from your device with no bot since day one, and backs that with a compliance-grade audit trail built for SEC/FINRA-regulated teams — its own free plan is thin by comparison, just 5 AI notes and recordings for the life of the account. Pick Fathom for the strongest free tier and CRM sync; pick Fellow if bot-free by default and audit-ready compliance matter more than free-tier generosity.
Which one should you pick?
Pick Fathom if…
- Pick Fathom if you want the most generous free plan here — unlimited recordings and transcripts, no history cutoff, forever
- Pick Fathom if you want CRM sync (Salesforce, HubSpot) and team-wide search on a paid plan
- Pick Fathom if a ChatGPT-style "Ask Fathom" search across your meeting history appeals to you
- Pick Fathom if you’re fine with its default meeting bot for now — bot-free capture is still in beta on Mac
Pick Fellow if…
- Pick Fellow if you want audio capture with no bot, ever — not a newer beta feature
- Pick Fellow if you need a SEC/FINRA-ready audit trail, zero-day retention, or MNPI redaction
- Pick Fellow if you want the cheaper team entry point — $7/mo per user billed annually versus Fathom’s $19/mo
- Pick Fellow if you’re comfortable treating its free plan as a trial rather than daily-use software
Fathom vs Fellow — questions people ask
Which one has ever used a meeting bot?
Fathom’s default mode does, though a bot-free capture mode is in beta on Mac. Fellow has never used a bot — it captures audio directly from your device, per the developer.
Which has the better free plan?
Fathom’s, by a wide margin — its free plan is unlimited with no time limit. Fellow’s free plan gives only 5 AI notes and 5 AI recordings for the life of the account.
Is either built specifically for regulated industries?
Fellow is — its compliance features target SEC/FINRA-regulated teams like finance and healthcare. Fathom doesn’t make that specific pitch.