Granola
The best-known post-meeting notetaker: bare notes during the call, AI-enhanced summaries the moment it ends — not live in-call help.
Granola sits in your meetings (via your own mic, no bot joins) and lets you type rough, bare notes while you talk. The moment the meeting ends, its AI enhances those notes into a structured summary — a workflow it calls writing notes that get "enhanced seconds after we adjourn." That after-the-fact enhancement is the core of the product: help arrives once the call is over, not while it's happening.
It's free to start (unlimited basic use), with Business ($14/user/mo) adding unlimited meeting history, advanced AI models, and integrations into Attio, Notion, Slack, HubSpot, and Affinity, and Enterprise ($35/user/mo) adding SSO and admin controls.
Local-first is part of Granola's own story too — notes are captured on-device — but the AI enhancement step is a cloud call, and there's no live in-call suggestion feature or bring-your-own API key option published anywhere on its site.
Pricing
Free ($14/user/mo Business) — Basic is free (unlimited AI meeting notes, limited history). Business is $14/user/mo (unlimited history, advanced AI, integrations, API access). Enterprise is $35/user/mo (SSO, admin controls, org-wide policies).
Verified 2026-09-03 against the vendor's pricing page. Pricing changes — always confirm with the vendor before buying.
Pros & cons
Pros
- Free tier is genuinely usable, not a crippled trial — unlimited AI meeting notes
- Fast, well-regarded post-meeting summaries; strong brand recognition in this category
- Deep integrations at the Business tier (Attio, Notion, Slack, HubSpot, Affinity)
- No meeting bot joins the call — captures via your own device
Cons
- No live in-call AI help — everything happens after the meeting ends, by design
- No bring-your-own API key option published
- AI enhancement step is a cloud call even though note capture itself is local
- No cited-source answers — it's a notes product, not a grounded-answer product
Feature checklist
| Feature | Granola |
|---|---|
| CRM / back-office integrations | ✓Business tier and up: Attio, Notion, Slack, HubSpot, Affinity, Zapier, API access |
| Self-serve signup | ✓Free tier, no card required to start |
| Live AI assistance while the call is happening | ✕Notes are enhanced after the meeting ends, not suggested live |
| On-device / local audio processing | PartialNote capture is local; AI enhancement is a cloud step |
| Bring-your-own API key | Not publishedNo bring-your-own API key option published |
| Unlimited call length | Not publishedMeeting-length limits aren't published |
| AI answers cite their source | ✕Summaries aren't published as citing specific source passages |
| Dual-channel speaker separation | Not publishedNot published |