Conva vs Granola
Conva and Granola both lean on local-first capture and both are popular with individuals rather than sales-ops teams — but they solve different moments. Granola is built for after the meeting: type bare notes while you talk, get an AI-enhanced summary the second you adjourn. Conva is built for during the call: it suggests what to say while you're still on the line, citing the document it pulled the suggestion from.
If you've never needed help mid-conversation — only a clean record afterward — that difference may not matter to you. If you have, it's the whole point of this comparison.
At a glance
Conva
Real-time call co-pilot for sales reps — dual-channel live transcription and AI-suggested replies with document citations, processed locally on your desktop.
Pricing: Free (invite-only beta)
Best for: Sales reps and teams who want live, in-call talking-point help during calls they're already taking themselves — not a business looking for something to answer its phone.
Granola
The best-known post-meeting notetaker: bare notes during the call, AI-enhanced summaries the moment it ends — not live in-call help.
Pricing: Free ($14/user/mo Business)
Best for: Teams that want fast, clean meeting notes and don't need help composing what to say while the call is still happening.
Feature comparison
"Not published" means the vendor doesn't document it — we don't guess. Verified 2026-09-03.
| Feature | Conva | Granola |
|---|---|---|
| CRM / back-office integrations | Not publishedNo integrations published as of 2026-09-03 | ✓Business tier and up: Attio, Notion, Slack, HubSpot, Affinity, Zapier, API access |
| Call analytics dashboard | PartialSearchable call recordings and transcripts; no aggregate reporting/metrics dashboard published | Not published |
| Self-serve signup | ✓Free beta signup by email — nothing to configure, open the app and join a call | ✓Free tier, no card required to start |
| Live AI assistance while the call is happening | ✓AI-suggested replies compose while the call is still happening, not after it ends | ✕Notes are enhanced after the meeting ends, not suggested live |
| On-device / local audio processing | PartialAudio capture and transcription run locally via an offline model; the AI-suggested-replies feature is a separate opt-in cloud path (bring your own API key) | PartialNote capture is local; AI enhancement is a cloud step |
| Bring-your-own API key | ✓Bring-your-own API key for the cloud speech/LLM engines that power AI-suggested replies | Not publishedNo bring-your-own API key option published |
| Unlimited call length | ✓No published cap on call length, since core processing runs on-device | Not publishedMeeting-length limits aren't published |
| AI answers cite their source | ✓AI-suggested replies cite the specific document/passage they're drawn from | ✕Summaries aren't published as citing specific source passages |
| Dual-channel speaker separation | ✓Rep and caller kept on separate channels, not one blended transcript feed | Not publishedNot published |
Live help vs post-meeting notes
This is the core split. Conva's AI-suggested replies compose while the call is still happening — Ctrl+Space, and a grounded, cited answer appears mid-conversation. Granola's AI works after the meeting ends: you take bare notes live, and the enhancement happens once you've hung up. Neither approach is wrong; they answer different questions. "What should I say right now" is Conva's job. "What did we just decide" is Granola's.
Privacy and control
Both market local-first capture. Conva says audio never leaves the device for transcription, and its AI-suggest layer is a separate opt-in cloud path using your own API key — a bring-your-own-key option Granola doesn't publish. Granola's note capture is also on-device, with its AI enhancement step running in the cloud; it doesn't publish a BYOK option.
Maturity and integrations
Granola is the more established, integration-rich product today — Attio, Notion, Slack, HubSpot, and Affinity on its Business tier, plus a genuinely free unlimited-notes tier. Conva is newer and still in invite-only beta, with no CRM integrations published and no announced post-beta price. If a connected workflow into your existing tools matters more than live in-call help, that gap is real.
Verdict
Conva
Choose Conva if you regularly need help composing a response while a call is still happening — not just a summary afterward — and you want document-grounded, cited suggestions with a bring-your-own-key option for the cloud AI layer.
Granola
Choose Granola if you mainly want fast, clean meeting notes and summaries, value deep integrations into tools like HubSpot or Notion, and don't need in-call suggestions while you're talking.
Frequently asked questions
- Does either tool give live suggestions during a call?
- Only Conva. Granola's AI works after the meeting ends — you type bare notes live, and the enhanced summary generates once you adjourn.
- Which is cheaper?
- Granola has a genuinely free unlimited-notes tier, with Business at $14/user/mo. Conva is free during its current invite-only beta, but hasn't announced a post-beta price yet.
- Is this comparison independent?
- This site is published by Avant-Garde Global LLC, which also makes AIRIN (an unrelated AI receptionist product) and is not affiliated with Conva or Granola. Conva is included in this guide's directory as a tool we cover, not one we sell.