Granola

by Granola

Freemium

AI meeting notes app that captures audio without a visible bot, then enhances your own notes with transcript context for clean, structured summaries and action items.

4.5
out of 5.0 · 0+ reviews
Category Productivity
Platform macOSWindowsWeb
Last Updated May 15, 2026
Website granola.ai

Overview

Granola is an AI meeting notes app that captures device audio without joining as a visible bot participant — no recording announcement, no awkward "AI is listening" banner. You jot your own rough notes during the meeting, then Granola enhances them afterward with context from the full transcript, producing clean, structured summaries with action items.

The platform’s AI combines your personal notes with the meeting transcript to create output that reflects what you actually found important, not just what was said. Recipes let you define custom formats and post-meeting actions, and integrations push notes directly to Notion, HubSpot, Slack, and Zapier. The 2026 launch of Spaces added team workspaces with granular access controls.

Granola is best suited for founders, sales teams, consultants, and anyone in meeting-heavy roles who want structured notes without the social friction of recording bots. Its $1.5B unicorn valuation (May 2026 Series C) reflects rapid adoption among professionals who tried notetakers but hated the bot.

Pricing

Basic
Free
  • 25 meetings lifetime (not monthly)
  • 14-day meeting history
  • Good for testing whether the approach fits your workflow
Business
$14 /user/mo
  • Unlimited meetings and history
  • Advanced AI models
  • Integrations with Notion, HubSpot, Slack, Zapier, and MCP
  • Personal API access
Enterprise
$35 /user/mo
  • SSO, security controls, enterprise API, opt-out of model training
  • Dedicated support and team management

Pros & Cons

Pros

No bot joins your meeting — captures audio from your device without alerting other participants
Enhances your own notes with transcript context rather than generating generic summaries
Recipes let you define custom output formats and automate post-meeting actions
Direct integrations with Notion, HubSpot, Slack, and Zapier for seamless workflow
4.8/5 rating on both G2 and Product Hunt reflects strong user satisfaction

Cons

Free tier limited to just 25 lifetime meetings with only 14-day history retention
Only captures audio from your device — in-person meetings need a nearby microphone
Limited native integrations — no direct Google Docs sync, requiring manual copy-paste for some workflows
Relatively small review sample (21 G2 reviews) makes long-term reliability hard to assess
Mac-first product — Windows support is newer and may lag in feature parity

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