Granola vs Otter.ai
Pricing
Granola: Free tier (30 days of history), Business $14 per user/mo
Otter.ai: Free tier, paid from $10/mo
Description
Granola: AI meeting notepad that captures your computer's audio without a bot joining the call and turns your rough notes into full ones
Otter.ai: AI transcription for meetings and conversations
Pros
- No bot joins the call: it records the audio on your own device
- Apps for desktop, iOS, Android and Apple Watch
- Audio is deleted after transcription, and you can opt out of model training
- Free tier includes 300 minutes/month of transcription
- Real-time transcription during live meetings, not just post-recording
- Speaker identification labels who said what without manual tagging
Cons
- The free plan only shows the last 30 days of meeting history
- Integrations with Notion, HubSpot, Attio and Zapier, and API access, need the $14 Business plan
- Accuracy drops significantly with poor audio quality or accents
- English-only for most features, limited non-English support
Details
Granola is a notepad for meetings. You jot rough notes during the call while Granola transcribes the audio from your computer, and afterwards it enhances your notes with what was said. Because it records device audio, nobody else in the meeting sees a bot.
It suits founders with back-to-back calls who want usable notes without an assistant in the room. You can chat with your notes across meetings, share folders and connect your notes to Claude or ChatGPT through MCP.
The free Basic plan has the core features but keeps only 30 days of history. Business, at $14 per user a month, adds unlimited history, follow-up emails, pre-meeting briefs and the integrations.
Otter.ai transcribes your meetings in real-time. Founded by Sam Liang (ex-Google location services lead). Hit $100M ARR without a single sales rep: grew purely through word of mouth from journalists who loved the free tier. Great for anyone who needs meeting notes without manual typing.
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