Granola alternatives
Granola is already the cheapest AI meeting notetaker we track at 1 user ($14/mo). Here's how the other 3 compare. The closest match, Otter.ai, covers 94% of what Granola does. Each one shows how much of it it covers, capability by capability, next to the price.
What Granola does
Core: AI call & meeting notes, Bot-free device capture, AI-enhanced notepad, In-person audio transcription, Built-in AI over notes (partly).
Important: Speaker-labelled transcripts (partly), Ask AI across meetings (partly), Follow-ups and AI workflows (partly), Shared team library (partly), Security and compliance (partly), Cross-platform sync & apps, Tasks & calendar (partly).
Also has: Multilingual transcription (partly), Workspace integrations (partly), CRM sync (partly), Rich notes & organization (partly), Sharing & publishing (partly), Plugins, API & integrations (partly).
Alternatives to Granola at 1 user, best match first
- Otter.ai: $16.99/mo Annual billing roughly halves Pro ($8.33/mo) (Pro). It covers 94% of Granola; missing or partial: AI-enhanced notepad (partly). Free plan: Basic: 300 min/user per month, 30-min cap per conversation, 25 most recent conversations kept. Last price hike: Apr 2026.
- Fireflies.ai: $18/mo Monthly billing; annual plan is $10/seat/mo (Pro plan, one seat, monthly billing (cheapest plan that covers the solo usage)). It covers 82% of Granola; missing or partial: AI call & meeting notes (partly), Bot-free device capture (partly), AI-enhanced notepad (partly). Free plan: Free plan: 400 mins of storage per team, limited transcripts and AI summaries, 20 AI credits.. Last price hike: Jun 2026.
- Fathom AI Notetaker: $20/mo Premium used; Free lacks AI action items (Premium (individual plan) at $20/user/mo on monthly billing, one seat.). It covers 66% of Granola; missing or partial: Bot-free device capture (partly), AI-enhanced notepad, In-person audio transcription, Multilingual transcription. Free plan: Free forever: unlimited recordings and transcripts, instant AI call summaries and clips; no action items listed..
Other kinds of products that cover part of Granola
- ClickUp (Project management): covers 38% of Granola; missing or partial: Bot-free device capture, AI-enhanced notepad, In-person audio transcription (partly), Speaker-labelled transcripts, Ask AI across meetings
Prices at every size
- Granola: 1 user $14/mo, a 10-person team $140/mo (Billed monthly; annual only on Enterprise)
- Otter.ai: 1 user $16.99/mo, a 10-person team $300/mo (Annual billing roughly halves Pro ($8.33/mo))
- Fireflies.ai: 1 user $18/mo, a 10-person team $180/mo (Monthly billing; annual plan is $10/seat/mo)
- Fathom AI Notetaker: 1 user $20/mo, a 10-person team $190/mo (Premium used; Free lacks AI action items)
Prices are USD per month on monthly billing for one person, or a 10-person team, each recording about 20 meetings (15 hours) a month with a transcript and AI summary of every meeting. Annual-only plans are shown as the annual price divided by 12.
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