Granola
AI notepad that turns your meeting notes into polished docs.
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About this tool
Granola is an AI notepad designed for back-to-back meetings, especially for users on macOS. Instead of joining calls as a bot, it captures system audio locally and combines the transcript with the user's own typed notes to produce an enhanced, structured summary after the meeting. Granola supports custom templates for different meeting types such as 1:1s, sales calls, user interviews and standups, and a chat feature lets users ask questions across all their past notes. The app integrates with Google Calendar, Notion, Slack and CRMs like HubSpot and Salesforce. Granola is aimed at founders, product managers, VCs and consultants who attend many meetings and want concise, well-formatted notes without a bot showing up in the call. Pricing includes a free trial period and paid individual and team plans.
- Meeting notes
- Personal recall
- Follow-ups
- Knowledge capture
- No-bot capture
- Hybrid notes
- Custom templates
- Folders
- Chat with notes
Granola pros and cons
Hand-derived from the catalog data — strengths and trade-offs to weigh before signing up.
Pros of Granola
- Free tier available; paid plans from $14/mo
- No-bot capture
- Hybrid notes
- Custom templates
Cons of Granola
- No autonomous agent — handles single prompts, not multi-step workflows
- Competition is strong in this space — see Fathom and Read AI for comparison
3 plans from Granola
Pulled from Granola’s public pricing page. Prices may change — verify on the vendor’s site before purchasing.
Basic
AI meeting notes for individuals
- AI meeting notes
- Limited meeting history
- Shared folders
- Custom note templates
Business
For collaborating teams
- Unlimited notes & history
- Advanced AI models
- Attio, Notion, Slack integrations
- MCP integration
Enterprise
Enterprise-grade controls
- SSO
- Priority support
- Org auto-deletion
- Enterprise API
Granola vs Meeting Assistants
Side-by-side with the top 3 other meeting assistants in this category.
| TOOL | ||||
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| PRICING MODEL | Freemium | Freemium | Freemium | Freemium |
| STARTING PRICE | $14/mo | $16/mo | $15/mo | $10/mo |
| CATEGORY | Meeting Assistants | Meeting Assistants | Meeting Assistants | Meeting Assistants |
| AI AGENT | No | No | No | No |
| EDITOR'S PICK | No | No | No | No |
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| TAGS | #notes#meetings#mac | #transcription#meetings#free | #meetings#analytics#copilot | #transcription#meetings#crm |
| WEBSITE | www.granola.ai | fathom.video | www.read.ai | fireflies.ai |
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