Fellow vs Otter.ai

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

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Otter.ai clearly outpaces Fellow in how AI assistants talk about this category. Otter.ai shows up in 51 of 83 answers with an overall score of 41, versus Fellow's 16 of 83 and a score of 15. Head-to-head, Otter.ai is named more often in 18 questions, the two tie in 7, and Fellow never comes out ahead. Otter.ai is named in every answer to questions like "best AI meeting note takers," "top AI meeting assistants in 2026," and "best free AI note takers for meetings," while Fellow's strongest showing is 2 of 4 answers for similar questions, and it's never named for things like Notion or Slack integration.

Head to head

metric	Fellow	Otter.ai
score	15	41
questions won	13	22

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

Otter.ai

assistant	score	named in, this week	usual spot, this week
ChatGPT	49	60% of answers	#3.7
Claude	46	60% of answers	#4.4
Gemini	not sampled this week
Perplexity	29	37% of answers	#4.4

Where they differ

Only Fellow gets named for

nothing exclusive

Only Otter.ai gets named for

What are the best free AI note takers for meetings?
What are the best alternatives to Fireflies.ai?
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Which AI note taker is best for a solo founder or freelancer?
What's the best AI note taker that integrates with Notion or Slack?
What's the best AI tool to turn meetings into action items and follow-up emails?
What's the best open-source or self-hosted AI meeting transcription tool?
What's the best AI note taker for recruiters running interviews?
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