MeetingVault vs Fellow
MeetingVault and Fellow both record meetings, capture decisions and action items, and answer questions across meetings with cited sources. Fellow lets each person choose a bot or bot-free recording and adds collaborative agendas. MeetingVault records without a bot on macOS, Windows and Linux and adds a severity-rated risk register.
How MeetingVault and Fellow actually differ
Fellow records through a note-taker bot, a bot-free desktop app, native Zoom capture or its mobile apps — each user picks. It is built around team meeting habits: shared agendas, recaps with decisions and action items, and Ask Fellow across all meetings. MeetingVault takes the audio from the operating system itself — ScreenCaptureKit on macOS, WASAPI loopback on Windows, PulseAudio or PipeWire on Linux — so it works on any meeting platform and nothing joins the call. MeetingVault centres on the record of each meeting — decisions, action items and a severity-rated risk register — grouped into projects.
MeetingVault vs Fellow, feature by feature
Fellow is an AI meeting notes and agendas. Every Fellow entry links to the page on Fellow's own site it comes from, with the date we checked it; products change, so check the source before deciding. A dash means we have not verified it either way.
| Feature | MeetingVault | Fellow |
|---|---|---|
| Recording method | System audio on desktop, microphone on mobile, or upload | Bot, or desktop app without a botchecked 2026-10-16 |
| A bot joins the call | No — MeetingVault, A bot joins the call | OptionalEach user picks bot or botless.checked 2026-10-16 |
| Records without a bot | Yes — MeetingVault, Records without a bot | Yes — Fellow, Records without a botchecked 2026-10-16 |
| Calendar access needed to record | No — MeetingVault, Calendar access needed to record | Not verified — Fellow, Calendar access needed to record |
| Where transcription happens | Cloud (recorded on your device) | Cloudchecked 2026-10-16 |
| Decisions captured | Yes — MeetingVault, Decisions captured | Yes — Fellow, Decisions capturedchecked 2026-10-16 |
| Action items | Yes — MeetingVault, Action items | Yes — Fellow, Action itemschecked 2026-10-16 |
| Risk register with severity | Yes — MeetingVault, Risk register with severity | Not verified — Fellow, Risk register with severity |
| Questions across many meetings | Yes — MeetingVault, Questions across many meetings | Yes — Fellow, Questions across many meetingschecked 2026-10-16 |
| Answers cite their sources | Yes — MeetingVault, Answers cite their sources | Yes — Fellow, Answers cite their sourceschecked 2026-10-16 |
| Drafts PRDs or user stories | Not yet | Not verified — Fellow, Drafts PRDs or user stories |
| AI audio recap | Yes — MeetingVault, AI audio recap | Not verified — Fellow, AI audio recap |
| Windows app | Yes — MeetingVault, Windows app | Yes — Fellow, Windows appchecked 2026-10-16 |
| macOS app | Yes — MeetingVault, macOS app | Yes — Fellow, macOS appchecked 2026-10-16 |
| Linux app | Yes — MeetingVault, Linux app | No — Fellow, Linux appmacOS and Windows desktop apps.checked 2026-10-16 |
| iOS app | Yes — MeetingVault, iOS app | Yes — Fellow, iOS appchecked 2026-10-16 |
| Android app | Yes — MeetingVault, Android app | Yes — Fellow, Android appchecked 2026-10-16 |
| Web app | Yes — MeetingVault, Web app | Yes — Fellow, Web appchecked 2026-10-16 |
| Free plan | Yes — MeetingVault, Free plan | Yes — Fellow, Free plan5 AI notes per user, lifetime.checked 2026-10-16 |
| Cheapest paid plan (billed monthly) | See our pricing page | $11/user/month$7 billed annually.checked 2026-10-16 |
Why teams move from Fellow to MeetingVault
- Never a bot, on any platform
- A severity-rated risk register alongside decisions and action items
- A Linux desktop app alongside macOS and Windows
When Fellow is the better choice
Fellow is the better fit if your team runs meetings from shared agendas and wants one tool for agendas, notes and follow-ups.
MeetingVault vs Fellow: common questions
Does Fellow use a bot?
It can: Fellow offers a note-taker bot and bot-free recording, and each user picks. MeetingVault never uses a bot.
What does MeetingVault produce that a transcript does not?
Alongside the transcript, MeetingVault extracts the decisions that were made, the action items and their owners, and a risk register with severity ratings, and rolls meetings up into projects you can question as a whole.
Try it on your next meeting
MeetingVault is free to start — 300 audio minutes a month, no card required. Record from the desktop app on macOS, Windows or Linux, or upload audio you already have.