Is Fellow or Pillar more affordable?

Fellow pricing: Freemium (from Free tier, Pro from $7/user/month, Business from $10/user/month). Pillar pricing: contact-sales (from Contact sales — custom by team size). Fellow offers a free plan.

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Fellow

70/100

AI notetaker with accurate multi-speaker attribution and admin-governed workspace for candidate-conversation data.

Pillar

35/100

Structured interview platform with AI notes and scorecards bundled in. Middle ground between raw notetakers and full interview intelligence.

Fellow vs Pillar

The Verdict

Rating 4.7/10

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Our pick

Fellow

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Fellow if interview structure is not your problem. Pillar if hiring managers each run interviews differently and you're losing calibration across scorecards.

Our verdict. Which one wins?

Best overall

Fellow

Rating 4.7/5

Best value

Fellow

Free plan available

Best for specialized needs

Pillar

inhouse

Summary

Fellow is a notetaker with strong admin controls. Pillar is a structured-interview platform with AI notes bundled in. Different entry points: Fellow assumes your interview process is fine and you just need notes; Pillar assumes the process itself needs fixing.

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	Fellow	Pillar
Pricing	Freemium(Starting from Free tier, Pro from $7/user/month, Business from $10/user/month)	Pricing on request(Starting from Contact sales — custom by team size)
Free Plan	Yes	No
Free Trial	Yes	Yes
Key Features	Multi-speaker attribution for panel calls Admin-governed workspace for candidate data Configurable retention + deletion policies Agenda templates for structured interviews Action items + follow-up automation Zoom / Google Meet / Teams integration Feedback loops between recruiter and hiring manager	Structured interview guides AI-generated interview notes Scorecards tied to interview rubric Interview collaboration + feedback Zoom / Google Meet / Teams support Basic ATS integrations
Best For	inhouse agency enterprise	inhouse agency
Pros	Accurate speaker attribution in multi-interviewer panels Candidate conversation data lives in an admin-governed workspace Configurable retention + deletion settings for hiring compliance Cheapest entry point among serious notetakers ($7/user)	Interview-guide + notes + scorecard in one workflow Good for standardizing interviewing across managers Cheaper and simpler than BrightHire / Metaview
Cons	Heavier UI than single-purpose transcribers — more setup Full value lands only when the whole hiring team adopts it Advanced compliance controls gated to Business plan	Not a self-serve product — sales cycle Weaker pure-notetaking than Fellow at the same-ish price Narrower feature set than BrightHire if analytics is what you want

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