Granola
App : A product you use directly
AI notepad without a bot that enhances your meeting notes.
The best choice for client calls without a visible bot.
Security reflects where data goes, requested permissions and incidents on record at the verification date. It is not a guarantee of zero risk: check the deployment mode and the connections you enable.
What it does, concretely
Taking notes during a meeting often forces a choice between listening and writing. Granola solves this by capturing your computer's audio in the background and automatically generating structured notes as soon as the meeting ends.
In practice, Granola syncs with your calendar, prepares a context brief before each external meeting (attendees, history, open points), then transcribes the conversation without sending a bot into the room. You can add your own notes during the call; the tool then enriches them with the transcription content to produce a personalised summary.
Granola is designed for professionals who have back-to-back meetings on Zoom, Google Meet, Teams or in person. The mobile app also lets you capture conversations during walking meetings, conferences or informal catch-ups.
However, Granola is less suited to teams that need access to notes older than 30 days without upgrading to a paid plan, or to organisations with strict data residency requirements outside the Enterprise plan.
What it offers
- ·Background transcription using microphone and system audio, without inviting a bot into the meeting.
- ·Automatic generation of structured notes with action items and follow-ups as soon as the meeting ends.
- ·Preparation brief before each external meeting: attendees, history and open topics.
- ·Compatibility with Zoom, Google Meet, Teams and all other meeting apps, as well as in-person meetings.
- ·iOS and Android mobile app to capture conversations on the go.
- ·Granola Chat to query all your meeting notes and retrieve past commitments or decisions.
- ·MCP connector to use your meeting notes directly in other AI tools without copy-pasting.
- ·Access to notes older than 30 days (paid).
In practice
- Price
- Freemium · from 14 €
- Commercial use
- Commercial use: yes
- Available on
- macos, windows, ios, android
- FR interface
- No
Security and data
- Rating
- Security: one caveat, see the card
- Your data
- Data with the vendor
- Known incidents
- Opt-out training gated Enterprise.
- Maintenance
- Active
Links and repository checked on 25 October 2026 · added on 1 January 2023