Granola
"Granola earns its reputation through a detail most competitors miss entirely: no one in the meeting knows it is running. The absence of a bot joining as a participant removes the awkwardness that makes people distrust AI meeting tools in sensitive conversations. The note enhancement approach, combining your own observations with the transcript, produces output that is genuinely more useful than raw transcription. The $125M Series C, enterprise customers like Brex and Vercel, and endorsements from Nat Friedman and other credible voices all signal this is a tool built for the long term. At $14 per month for Business, it is among the best value professional productivity subscriptions available in 2026."
- No visible bot joins the call, meetings feel completely natural for all participants
- Combines your own notes with the transcript for more meaningful output than raw transcription
- Free plan includes unlimited basic notes and AI chat with no credit card required
- $125M Series C backed with enterprise customers including Brex, Replit, and Vercel
- Named one of the best AI note-taking tools by Time magazine
- iPhone app covers mobile and phone calls beyond video meetings
- 1.5% of every subscription goes to carbon removal through Stripe Climate
- No speaker identification or talk-time analytics unlike some competing tools
- Requires computer audio access which may raise IT security review in some enterprise environments
Key Features
No Bot Meeting Transcription
Granola captures your computer audio directly without joining as a visible participant, keeping every call feeling natural while still transcribing everything accurately
AI Note Enhancement
Combines your rough handwritten notes with the full transcript to produce structured, polished summaries that reflect what actually mattered from your perspective
Customisable Meeting Templates
Set the exact output format for each meeting type including sales calls, user interviews, one-on-ones, standups, and board updates so every summary is structured consistently
AI Chat Across Meetings
Ask specific questions about any meeting after it ends and get accurate answers pulled directly from the transcript, covering follow-ups, action items, budgets, objections, and next steps
iPhone App for Phone Calls
Capture notes and transcripts from mobile calls and in-person meetings, not just computer-based video calls, through the dedicated iOS app
Cross-Meeting AI Context
Granola builds context across all your past meetings so the AI can answer questions that span multiple calls, clients, or projects without you searching manually
Deep App Integrations
Sync notes and action items automatically to Notion, Slack, HubSpot, Attio, Affinity, and Zapier, available on Business plan and above
MCP Integration
Connect Granola to any MCP-compatible app so your meeting context flows into the tools your team already uses daily
Multi-Language Support
Transcribe and generate notes in multiple languages with automatic detection, available on all plans including Basic
Pricing Plans
$0/user/mo
- ✓ AI meeting notes
- ✓ See limited meeting history
- ✓ AI chat within and across meetings
- ✓ Shared folders
- ✓ Customisable note templates
- ✓ Multi-language support
- ✓ Opt out of model training any time
$14/user/mo
- ✓ Everything in Basic, plus
- ✓ Unlimited meeting notes and history
- ✓ Access to advanced AI thinking models
- ✓ Advanced integrations with Attio, Notion, Slack, Hubspot, Affinity, and Zapier
- ✓ Centralized billing & user management
- ✓ MCP integration in all your apps
- ✓ Personal API access
$35/user/mo
- ✓ Everything included in Business
- ✓ Enterprise-grade security & admin controls
- ✓ Single sign-on (SSO)
- ✓ Priority support and usage analytics
- ✓ Enterprise API access
- ✓ Org-wide auto-deletion periods
- ✓ Admin controls for sharing & API access
- ✓ Opt out of model training for everyone in your team
- ✓ Org-wide notification that Granola is being used
About Granola
Most meeting tools send a bot into your call that everyone can see. Granola works differently. It runs quietly in the background on your Mac or iPhone, captures your computer audio directly, and combines whatever notes you jotted during the meeting with the full transcript. When the call ends, it enhances your rough notes into a clean, structured summary automatically.
The result feels different from standard AI transcription. Because Granola combines your own observations with the recorded dialogue, the output reflects what actually mattered in the meeting from your perspective rather than producing an indiscriminate wall of text. Customisable templates let you set the exact structure you want for different meeting types, whether that is a sales discovery call, a user interview, a one-on-one, or a board update.
The AI Chat feature takes Granola beyond note generation. After any meeting, you can ask questions directly about the content. "What did they say about pricing?" "Who owns the next step?" "Write a follow-up email based on what was agreed." The AI answers from the actual transcript, not from a general model, which makes responses specific and accurate rather than generic.
Granola recently raised $125 million in Series C funding, bringing total investment to over $20 million, and has built a loyal following among product teams at companies including PostHog, Intercom, Ramp, Linear, Brex, Replit, and Vercel. Time magazine named it one of the best AI note-taking tools available. The platform integrates with Attio, Notion, Slack, HubSpot, Affinity, and Zapier on Business plans, and supports MCP integration across all connected apps.
The free plan is genuinely useful with unlimited basic notes and AI chat included. Business at $14 per user per month unlocks unlimited history, advanced AI models, and the full integration suite. For professionals who live in back-to-back meetings and need reliable notes without the social friction of a visible bot, Granola is the strongest option available in 2026.