Granola review
A bot-free meeting assistant with collaborative notes, transcription, and cross-meeting AI chat.
Reviewed by iTechGuides Editors · Editorial team · Updated Oct 2026
Granola is an AI meeting-notes application for individuals and teams that captures computer or mobile audio without joining calls as a bot. It produces real-time, searchable transcripts and turns meetings into structured notes, summaries, action items, and follow-ups. The product supports Zoom, Google Meet, and Microsoft Teams, with apps for macOS, Windows, iOS, and Android. Its bot-free approach suits users who want meeting records and collaborative notes without adding an assistant participant to calls.
The plan structure gives smaller teams a clear entry point. The free Basic plan includes AI meeting notes, limited meeting history, AI chat within and across meetings, shared folders, customized note templates, and multi-language support. The $14 per user per month Business plan adds unlimited meeting notes and history, advanced AI models and features, advanced integrations, centralized billing and user management, MCP integration, and API access. The $35 per user per month Enterprise plan adds enterprise security and administration, single sign-on, priority support, usage analytics, organization-wide auto-deletion periods, and organization-wide model-training opt-out.
Granola's broader fit comes from its calendar and collaboration features. It connects with Google Calendar and Microsoft Outlook Calendar for meeting context and briefs, and supports integrations including Slack, Notion, Zapier, Attio, HubSpot, Affinity, ChatGPT, and Claude. Users can search transcripts, query notes with AI chat, organize content in shared folders, and collaborate on notes. Transcription supports 31 languages on desktop and 17 on mobile, while speaker tags are available for supported platforms and mobile meetings. Choose Granola for bot-free capture, structured notes, and cross-meeting search; teams needing web-based meeting capture should consider how its documented web scope fits their workflow.
Granola pros and cons
- Where it wins
- Captures meetings without joining calls as a bot
- Combines searchable transcripts with notes, summaries, and action items
- Supports desktop, mobile, web, calendars, and API/MCP integrations
- Where it doesn't
- Free Basic plan includes limited meeting history
- Web supports viewing and editing notes, not meeting capture
- Advanced integrations and API access start at $14 per user monthly
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