Best for: Client-facing roles (sales, consulting, customer success) on macOS or iOS, Privacy-conscious users who don't want a recording bot or stored audio, Founders and managers in heavy back-to-back meeting schedules
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Granola is an AI notepad for meetings that transcribes audio locally on your device and, when you hit 'Generate Notes', turns it into structured summaries with action items, decisions, and key quotes linked back to the transcript. Unlike most tools, it never joins calls as a bot; it captures system audio in the background and discards the recording afterward, keeping only the transcript and notes. It is aimed at people in back-to-back meetings, particularly client-facing roles, who want clean notes without a bot announcing itself on the call.
Best for: Client-facing roles (sales, consulting, customer success) on macOS or iOS • Privacy-conscious users who don't want a recording bot or stored audio • Founders and managers in heavy back-to-back meeting schedules • Teams wanting shared, structured notes via Spaces and API integrations
| Plan | Details |
|---|---|
| Free | Basic (Free, $0): AI-enhanced notes, bot-free capture, AI chat within/across meetings, shared folders, custom templates, multi-language, and model-training opt-out, but capped at 25 lifetime meeting notes (not monthly). |
| Starter | Basic (Free): $0/mo |
| Pro | Business: $14/user/mo |
| Enterprise | Enterprise: $35/user/mo |
Business ($14/user/mo) adds unlimited meeting notes/history, advanced AI models, integrations, MCP, and API access. Enterprise ($35/user/mo) adds SSO, admin controls, org-wide model-training opt-out, and auto-deletion. The free tier's 25-note lifetime cap was introduced in a February 2026 rebrand. Verified from granola.ai/pricing 2026-06-08.
Add your own template so notes match how you actually work (e.g., sales discovery, 1:1s, standups)
Use mid-call Q&A to surface what you may have missed before the meeting ends
Manually correct speaker labels in multi-person meetings; don't rely on auto-attribution for important calls
On the free plan, export or move notes elsewhere before hitting the 25-note lifetime cap
Best for: Client-facing roles (sales, consulting, customer success) on macOS or iOS • Privacy-conscious users who don't want a recording bot or stored audio • Founders and managers in heavy back-to-back meeting schedules • Teams wanting shared, structured notes via Spaces and API integrations
Granola is a freemium AI tool best suited for Client-facing roles (sales, consulting, customer success) on macOS or iOS, Privacy-conscious users who don't want a recording bot or stored audio.
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