Circleback vs Fellow

as AI assistants see them, week of 2026-09-14

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Circleback edges out Fellow overall, with a score of 12 versus 10 and a mention rate of 13 of 62 answers compared to Fellow's 10 of 62. Circleback's showing comes mostly from Claude, which gives it 35, while ChatGPT and Perplexity give it 0. Fellow's marks are more spread out, with Perplexity at 20, ChatGPT at 11, and Claude at just 2. Head to head, Circleback is named more often on 7 questions, Fellow on 4, and they tie on 9. Both go unmentioned for free, open-source, and customer-interview note taker questions.

Head to head

metric	Circleback	Fellow
score	12	10
questions won	13	7

By assistant

Circleback

assistant	score	named in, this week	usual spot, this week
ChatGPT	0	0% of answers
Claude	35	65% of answers	#6.8
Gemini	not sampled this week
Perplexity	0	0% of answers

Fellow

assistant	score	named in, this week	usual spot, this week
ChatGPT	11	16% of answers	#4.3
Claude	2	5% of answers	#14.0
Gemini	not sampled this week
Perplexity	20	30% of answers	#4.2

Where they differ

Only Circleback gets named for

What's the best AI note taker for Mac that records system audio?
What's the best AI tool to turn meetings into action items and follow-up emails?
What's the best AI note taker for meetings in languages other than English?
Which AI note taker works without a bot joining the call?
What's the best AI note taker for Zoom, Google Meet and Teams?
Which AI meeting note taker has the best value for money?
What's the best AI note taker for sales calls that updates the CRM?

Only Fellow gets named for

What's the best AI note taker for in-person meetings?

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