Fellow vs Granola

as AI assistants see them, week of 2026-10-12

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Granola is the clear leader here, with an overall score of 44 versus Fellow's 15, and it shows up in 51 of 83 answers compared to Fellow's 16. Head-to-head, Granola was named more often in 19 questions to Fellow's 1, with 5 ties. Granola was named in every answer for "best AI note taker for Mac that records system audio" and "best AI note taker for a startup team" (4 of 4 each). Fellow's strongest showing was 2 of 3 answers for best in-person meeting note taker. By assistant, Granola leads with Claude (58) and ChatGPT (52), while Fellow scores highest with Perplexity (36).

Head to head

metric	Fellow	Granola
score	15	44
questions won	13	21

By assistant

Fellow

assistant	score	named in, this week	usual spot, this week
ChatGPT	10	15% of answers	#5.0
Claude	1	0% of answers
Gemini	not sampled this week
Perplexity	36	58% of answers	#1.9

Granola

assistant	score	named in, this week	usual spot, this week
ChatGPT	52	70% of answers	#2.8
Claude	58	85% of answers	#4.3
Gemini	not sampled this week
Perplexity	24	32% of answers	#4.5

Where they differ

Only Fellow gets named for

What's the best AI note taker for meetings in languages other than English?

Only Granola gets named for

Which AI note taker is best for a solo founder or freelancer?
Which AI note taker works without a bot joining the call?
What's the best AI note taker for Mac that records system audio?
What's the best AI note taker that integrates with Notion or Slack?
What are the best alternatives to Otter.ai?
What's the best AI tool to turn meetings into action items and follow-up emails?
What are the best alternatives to Fireflies.ai?
What are the best free AI note takers for meetings?
What's the best AI note taker for recruiters running interviews?

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