Granola is a bot-free AI notepad built for people who live in back-to-back meetings: it captures audio directly from your computer, so no recording bot ever joins the call, and turns that audio into notes, action items, and follow-ups the moment the meeting ends. It is available on macOS, Windows, iOS, and Android, and works with Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, and in-person conversations. Granola runs on a freemium pricing model, with a free Basic plan and a Business plan starting at $14 per user per month.
Who builds it
Granola is built by the company of the same name, which designed the product specifically around the idea of not sending a bot into meetings. Instead it listens to whatever your computer is already playing, whether that's a video call or an in-person conversation, and turns it into structured notes without an extra participant showing up on the call.
Core features
- Bot-free capture — Granola uses your computer's audio directly instead of inviting a bot, so it works on Zoom, Google Meet, and Microsoft Teams calls as well as in-person meetings.
- Instant notes and action items — notes, action items, and follow-ups are ready the moment a meeting ends.
- Integrations — connects to Notion, Slack, HubSpot, Attio, Affinity, and Zapier so notes flow into the tools teams already use.
- API access — available for teams that want to pull meeting data into their own systems.
- Cross-platform apps — native clients for macOS, Windows, iOS, and Android.
Who it is for
Granola suits individuals and small teams who sit through many back-to-back calls and want notes without adding a visible bot to the meeting. The free Basic plan lets a single user try the product with limited meeting history, while the $14 per user per month Business plan adds the collaboration and admin features teams need to share notes and integrations across an organization.
Data and Privacy
Granola stores notes in a US-hosted AWS Virtual Private Cloud, encrypted at rest and in transit — the vendor does not publish an EU-hosting option, so DACH and other EU-based teams with strict data-residency requirements should weigh that before rollout. By default Granola trains on anonymized customer data to improve the product, though this can be turned off in Settings, and users can delete individual notes or request deletion of all their data at any time. Granola also states it has passed an independent SOC 2 Type 2 audit.
Bottom line
Granola's pitch is narrow and clear: skip the recording bot, capture whatever your computer already hears, and get usable notes the second a meeting wraps. That makes it a strong fit for people juggling a heavy meeting load on Zoom, Meet, Teams, or in person — as long as US-only data hosting isn't a blocker for your compliance requirements.