Granola

Granola

Freemium

The bot-free AI notepad that enhances your rough typed notes with a polished AI transcript after every meeting, with no meeting bot.

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What is Granola?

Granola is a macOS, Windows, and iOS AI notepad that takes a fundamentally different approach to meeting notes: instead of sending a bot to join your call, it captures system audio locally on your device and then uses your rough typed notes as a scaffold to generate rich, AI-polished meeting notes after the call ends. Loved by product teams at Intercom, Linear, PostHog, and Vercel, Granola is the privacy-first choice for professionals who want to stay present and engaged in their meetings while still getting structured notes. The Business plan at $14/user/month adds unlimited history, CRM integrations, team folders, and centralized billing — making Granola a powerful but elegant alternative to bot-heavy enterprise tools.

Key Features

Bot-Free Local Audio CaptureNote Enhancement with AIReal-Time TranscriptionSearchable Meeting MemoryCustom Note TemplatesAI Meeting BriefsTeam FoldersCRM IntegrationsMobile App (iOS)Works on Any PlatformNo Meeting BotOn-Device Audio ProcessingMeeting History ArchiveAI Chat (Ask Granola)SOC 2 Type 2 CertifiedSSO (Enterprise)AI Training Opt-OutCentralized Team Billing

Integrations

Video
Google MeetZoomMicrosoft Teams
CRM
HubSpotSalesforce
Communication
Slack
Writing & Docs
Notion
Project Management
LinearAsana

How to Use Granola

1Download Granola for macOS, Windows, or iOS
2Open Granola before your meeting starts
3Take rough notes during the meeting in the Granola notepad
4After the meeting, Granola enhances your notes with AI and the full transcript
5Review and search your polished meeting notes
6Share or sync notes to your CRM or team folders

✅ Best For

  • Founders, product managers, and consultants who attend back-to-back meetings and want AI-polished notes without a visible bot appearing in sensitive client calls, investor pitches, or board meetings.
  • Privacy-conscious professionals and teams at companies where meeting bots are blocked or where participants object to a third-party recording, as Granola captures everything locally with no external participants.

❌ Not For

  • Teams that need deep CRM automation, sales coaching scorecards, or revenue intelligence features built into their meeting tool, as Granola focuses on clean note-taking and privacy rather than sales workflow automation.
  • Users who require a meeting assistant on Windows or Linux for very high meeting volumes, as Granola's free Basic plan caps meeting history at only 25 notes total before requiring an upgrade.

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Pricing

Basic$0
  • ✓25 meeting history cap
  • ✓unlimited meetings
Business$14/user/mo
  • ✓Unlimited history
  • ✓team folders
  • ✓CRM integrations
  • ✓monthly billing
Enterprise$35/user/mo
  • ✓SSO
  • ✓org-wide AI training opt-out
  • ✓priority support

Prompts to Try

Summarize the key decisions from today's board meeting

What follow-up actions did I note in this client call?

Generate a project brief based on this discovery session

What open questions came out of today's product review?

Prepare a pre-meeting brief for tomorrow's investor call

Use Cases

A startup CEO uses Granola for every investor meeting and never has to explain why a bot is on the call — the notes are just as accurate as a recorded transcript, captured silently on her MacBook.
A product manager at a 40-person B2B startup uses Granola's custom templates to structure every user interview the same way, and the AI fills in the gaps between his rough bullets with full context from the transcript.
A freelance consultant running three client discovery calls per day uses Granola's team folder to share polished notes with her clients the same afternoon, replacing a time-consuming manual write-up ritual.
A VP of Engineering uses Granola's architecture review template to capture decisions and trade-offs in every technical design meeting, building a searchable decision log that new engineers can query when they join the team.
A legal professional at a boutique firm uses Granola to capture client consultations locally without cloud uploads, satisfying the firm's strict data residency requirements while still getting AI-structured notes.

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