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    Granola reviews

    AI notepad for your meetings — takes notes while you listen.

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    ToolTrim verdict3.8/ 5Great

    Granola excels for Notion teams; for Salesforce/sales teams, Fathom is better.

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    In practice. What you can do with Granola.

    Granola is a macOS app that runs in the background during your meetings (Zoom, Meet, Teams or in-person) and automatically enriches your rough notes with the full transcription and an AI-structured summary. You jot down a few keywords, Granola fills in the rest.

    The Business plan at $14/user/month (≈€12.88) gives access to unlimited meeting history, advanced AI models and integrations (Notion, Slack, etc.). The free version includes the last 30 days of history.

    Key difference from Fathom or Otter.ai: Granola doesn't join the meeting as a bot — it captures sound directly from your machine, without other participants knowing. For sensitive meetings where you can't add a visible bot, this is a decisive advantage. $125M raise in March 2026 at $1.5B valuation.

    Practical uses

    • Record meetings for free.
    • Build knowledge base (historicized notes).
    • Link action items to Notion tasks.

    Features & use cases

    Ai general
    Transcription
    Notes
    Ai assistant
    Meeting notes

    Pros and cons. What Granola does well, and what to expect.

    Pros

    • Generous free tier, unlimited meetings.
    • Device audio (no cloud data privacy).
    • Transparent, fair pricing.
    • Seamless Notion/Slack integration.

    Cons

    • Free history capped at 30 days.
    • No native CRM integration (HubSpot ok).
    • Less mature support than Fathom.

    When it makes sense. Keep Granola, or challenge it?

    Keep if

    • You want free AI meeting notes.
    • You like device audio (privacy).
    Granola becomes worthwhile when
    • You use it at least once a week
    • The monthly cost ($12.88) is small next to the time it saves you

    Challenge if

    • You need unlimited history for free.
    • You used Fathom (CRM-deep).
    Granola becomes too expensive when
    • You use it less than once a month
    • A simple free version or a tool already in your stack would do

    Our verdict. What to know about Granola.

    Why this verdict

    Great

    Granola is fairly easy to replace with an alternative, a free tier to test before paying, clearly documented use cases.

    GranolaFrom €12.88/mo
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