Fellow Review Australia 2026: The most privacy-conscious AI meeting assistant

Pricing figures updated 6 September 2026: USD prices are converted at the current rate (1 USD ≈ 1.40 AUD, verified 5 September 2026) and shown ex-GST, replacing the retired 1.55 + GST basis. A GST-registered Australian business that supplies its ABN is not charged GST on an imported digital service; other buyers should allow ~10% on top (Methodology).

Verdict (TL;DR): Fellow is the right choice if your team genuinely cares about recording consent and data governance — it's the only mainstream AI meeting tool that sends automatic pre-meeting disclosure emails and lets admins redact sensitive content from transcripts after the fact. For a Melbourne law firm or any regulated-sector business that records client calls, that matters. The catch: useful plans start at USD $7/user/month (roughly AUD $10–10/user/month, plus GST), it's priced per seat, and the free tier is nearly useless — five lifetime AI notes. No AUD billing, no confirmed Australian data residency, email-only support on the base paid plan.

Score: 16/25 — ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Very Good

Last reviewed: 26 June 2026 by Adam.

What Fellow is

Fellow is an AI meeting assistant built in Ottawa, Canada by Fellow Insights Inc. It records, transcribes, and summarises meetings across Google Meet, Zoom, and Microsoft Teams. Unlike most notetakers that start and stop at the transcript, Fellow layers in proper meeting management: collaborative agendas built before the call, action item tracking with due dates and assignees, 1-on-1 meeting templates, and post-meeting automations.

It also offers something rare in this category: a botless recording mode. Fellow can capture audio directly from your device without dropping a visible AI bot into the meeting room — useful when meeting with external clients who find bots distracting, or in regulated contexts where a visible AI participant creates friction.

The product sits in an interesting middle ground: more than just a notetaker, less than a full revenue intelligence suite like Gong. It appeals to managers, chiefs of staff, and team leads who want both better notes and better meeting culture.

What it costs in Australia

Fellow is priced in USD and billed monthly or annually. There is no AUD billing option. GST treatment should be confirmed at checkout — Australian businesses may need to self-assess GST on imported digital services.

Conversions below use USD × 1.40 (indicative rate, September 2026). Figures are ex-GST: a GST-registered business that supplies its ABN is not charged GST on an imported digital service; other buyers add ~10%. These are approximations — check the current rate and confirm GST at fellow.ai/pricing before signing up.

Monthly billing costs more: Team is USD $11/user/month (~AUD $15), Business is USD $23/user/month (~AUD $32).

The practical maths: A team of 10 on Business (annual) costs roughly AUD $2,760/year before GST. That is a meaningful commitment for a small business.

How it works in practice

Sign up, connect your Google or Microsoft calendar, and Fellow joins your meetings — either with a visible bot or via botless device capture. After the meeting, it delivers a structured summary, action items with assignees, and a full transcript.

The pre-meeting experience is where Fellow differentiates. It surfaces your upcoming meetings and lets you build a collaborative agenda that attendees can edit before the call. For recurring 1-on-1s, it carries forward unresolved action items into the next meeting automatically.

The "Ask Fellow" AI chatbot lets you query your meeting history: "What did we decide about the supplier contract in April?" It draws on your full archive once you have a few months of data accumulated.

On the Business plan, Fellow auto-populates CRM fields in HubSpot and Salesforce after sales calls, and keyword tracking flags competitor mentions or specific topics across your call library.

What it does well

• Best-in-class recording consent controls. Automatic pre-meeting disclosure emails to all participants, pause/resume recording mid-call with in-meeting notification, and post-meeting transcript redaction (Enterprise). No other mainstream notetaker comes close on consent management.
• Botless recording. Captures audio from your device without a visible bot. Works on Google Meet, Zoom, and Teams.
• Collaborative pre-meeting agendas. Participants can add items before the call. The structure feeds directly into post-meeting notes.
• Action item accountability. Assigned tasks with due dates, synced to project management tools (Jira, Asana, Linear, ClickUp on Business and above).
• Strong compliance credentials. SOC 2 Type II certified, HIPAA compliant, GDPR compliant — independently audited, not self-declared.
• No AI training on customer data. Fellow explicitly states it never trains AI models on user data. This applies on all plans.
• 99 languages supported for transcription.

What it doesn't do well

• The free tier is functionally useless. Five lifetime AI notes means you hit the wall in the first week. Unlike Fireflies, Fathom, or Granola, Fellow offers no meaningful free tier for ongoing use.
• Per-seat pricing is steep for SMBs. At USD $15/user/month for Business, a team of 15 costs ~AUD $350/month. Alternatives like Supernormal use credit-based pricing that scales better for smaller or irregular users.
• No confirmed Australian data residency. Fellow states data is hosted on Amazon Web Services. No specific region is disclosed publicly. Australians should assume US servers unless confirmed with Fellow's sales team directly. (no explicit AU region stated at fellow.ai)
• No AUD billing. USD charges only. Exchange-rate exposure applies to every monthly or annual cycle.
• Best privacy features need Enterprise. Transcript redaction, granular recording policies, and HRIS sync all require the $25 USD Enterprise plan, which has a 10-user minimum. A 5-person team cannot access these features.
• Email-only support on Team. Chat support is not available until Business. Response time targets are not published.
• No mobile in-person recording. Fellow is a desktop and calendar-integrated tool. Competitors like Circleback have iOS and Android apps that can record in-person meetings via phone.

Australian fit

Billing: USD only. No GST line shown at checkout — Australian businesses will need to manage GST on imported digital services. Confirm the current treatment with your accountant.

Data residency: Amazon Web Services hosting. No Australian region confirmed. For businesses with data sovereignty requirements — health, legal, government supply chain — clarify data residency with Fellow before subscribing.

Recording consent (important): Australian law (Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979 and state-based surveillance device acts) generally requires all-party consent to record a conversation. Fellow's automatic disclosure email feature is genuinely useful here — it is one of the few tools that bakes consent notification into the pre-meeting workflow. You remain legally responsible for obtaining consent. This is not legal advice; consult a solicitor before recording external calls.

Support: No Australian-based support team is stated. Email and chat support only. No AU phone number.

GST: Not clearly shown at checkout. (confirm at fellow.ai/pricing)

Alternatives

If privacy controls are not your top priority, Fireflies.ai offers a more generous free tier and lower per-seat pricing at the Pro level. For a solo operator who wants Mac-native notes without a bot, Granola is better value and simpler to use. If you need CRM automation for a sales team at a lower price point, Avoma covers similar territory with a stronger coaching layer.

Bottom line

Fellow earns its place for regulated-sector teams and managers who care about consent, audit trails, and pre-meeting structure. The privacy controls are genuinely ahead of the field. But the per-seat pricing model, the near-useless free tier, and the lack of AUD billing make it harder to justify for a typical small Australian business. If you record client calls in legal, finance, or health and need defensible consent processes, Fellow is worth the price. For everyone else, check Fireflies or Granola first.

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Frequently asked questions

Is Fellow available in Australia?

Yes, Fellow works in Australia on Google Meet, Zoom, and Microsoft Teams. However, it charges in USD, has no AUD billing option, and data residency appears to be on US-based AWS servers — confirm data residency with Fellow directly if this matters for your business.

How much does Fellow cost in Australian dollars?

Fellow's Team plan is USD $7/user/month (annual billing), which converts to approximately AUD $10/user/month at a 1.40 exchange rate. Business is USD $15 (~AUD $21). These are conversions, not quoted AUD prices — GST may apply and should be confirmed at checkout.

Does Fellow record meetings without a bot?

Yes. Fellow offers a botless recording mode that captures audio directly from your device without a visible AI participant joining the call. Australian recording consent laws still apply regardless of the recording method — Fellow's automatic pre-meeting disclosure email feature helps manage consent, but you remain legally responsible.

Sources

• Fellow pricing page: https://fellow.ai/pricing — checked 26 June 2026. Wayback: [snapshot queued] — Wayback 19 June 2026
• Fellow privacy controls page: https://fellow.ai/features/privacy-controls — checked 26 June 2026. Wayback: [snapshot queued] — Wayback 7 June 2026
• Fellow AWS hosting (quoted in pricing FAQ): https://fellow.ai/pricing — checked 26 June 2026. — Wayback 19 June 2026
• Fellow SOC 2 / HIPAA / GDPR (FAQ section): https://fellow.ai/features/privacy-controls — checked 26 June 2026. — Wayback 7 June 2026
• Fellow company address: 532 Montréal Rd #275, Ottawa, ON K1K 4R4, Canada — from fellow.ai footer, checked 26 June 2026.
• USD/AUD conversion: ~1.40 (indicative, September 2026). Confirm current rate at checkout. GST treatment unverified — confirm at fellow.ai/pricing.

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