Granola
Bot-free AI meeting notes — no bot joins your call.
About
Granola (granola.ai) is the AI notepad for meetings: it captures device audio instead of joining as a bot, so no 'Granola Notetaker has joined' moment — the pick for founders and investors on external calls.
Free plan (30 days of history); Business $14/user/mo. In 2026, with Teams/Zoom tightening bot controls, the bot-free approach is a structural advantage, not just politeness.
What it can do
- Bot-free capture
- AI notes and action items
- 30-day history on free
- Desktop + mobile
- CRM integrations (Business)
Setup
- Install the Granola desktop/mobile app.
- It captures meeting audio from your device.
- Get AI notes and action items after each call.
Prerequisites
Mac/Windows desktop or mobile app.
Use cases
Works with
Trust score — 7/10
Scored 7/10 (metrics tier). Differentiated bot-free approach with real traction, but proprietary with provider-estimated adoption. Metrics tier.
How the trust score is built
Full methodology →- Adoption · stars/downloads, log-scaled vs peers
- 7.0/10
- Maintenance · recency, releases, issue load
- 7.0/10
- Openness · license + docs
- 4.5/10
- Manual review · sanity read + red-flag check
- 7.0/10
- · provider-tier estimate — thinner evidence (no public adoption metric)
- · bot-free meeting notes; no public repo — adoption estimated
- · released 285 days ago
- · manual review: bot-free device-audio capture; $14/mo Business; the pick if you dislike meeting bots; license: proprietary
Sources
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