Granola is an AI notepad built for professionals who spend much of their day in meetings and want a smarter way to prepare for, capture, and revisit what’s discussed. Rather than joining calls as a visible bot, Granola records meeting audio directly from your device, transcribes it, and generates clear notes with decisions, action items, and key moments. Before an external meeting even starts, Granola can also put together a Brief: who’s attending, what was discussed last time, and what’s still open.
Granola turns meeting chaos into structured, reusable knowledge. It blends typed notes with AI-generated summaries, works across Zoom, Google Meet, Teams, Huddles, and in-person conversations, and connects directly to AI tools like Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, and Replit through its MCP connector, so notes can be pulled straight into other workflows instead of being copied and pasted. It also runs on macOS, Windows, iOS, Android, and Apple Watch, so meeting notes travel with you rather than staying tied to one device.
Granola remains especially useful for founders, sales and customer success teams, consultants, and researchers who move between many conversations a day and need a reliable, searchable record of what was said and agreed. If smarter meeting notes sound like what your workflow needs, explore Granola today! And don’t forget to check out exclusive deals and discounts on our marketplace to find top productivity tools designed to make your work simpler and faster.
Features
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Pre-meeting briefs
Granola syncs with your calendar and prepares a Brief ahead of external meetings, surfacing who’s attending, what was covered last time, and any open items that still need a decision.
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Real-time transcription
Granola transcribes meetings as they happen, converting spoken conversation into structured text, so you can stay in the discussion instead of typing through it.
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Searchable meeting archive
Meeting notes and transcripts are indexed and searchable, so past decisions, quotes, or feedback can be found again by typing a keyword or a natural question.
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MCP connector
Granola connects directly to AI tools including Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Figma, Replit, and v0, so meeting context can be used in other workflows without copying transcripts across apps.
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Team collaboration
Shared notes and permissions let your teams stay aligned on the same summaries and follow-ups without extra sync meetings.
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Privacy and data control
Granola captures only what you choose to record, joins no calls as a visible participant, and keeps notes private by default until you decide to share them.
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Automated notes and summaries
After each meeting, Granola generates notes that capture decisions, action items, and key moments, cutting down on the time spent writing things up afterward.
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Granola Chat
Granola’s chat already has context on your meetings, letting you ask things like what you promised to do this week and get an answer pulled from your notes rather than starting from a blank page.
Pricing
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Business
$14 / user / month
- Unlimited meeting notes and history
- Advanced AI thinking models
- Advanced integrations with Attio, Notion, Slack, and more
- Centralized billing and user management
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Enterprise
$35 / user / month
- Enterprise-grade security and admin controls
- SSO
- Priority support and usage analytics
- Admin controls for meeting link sharing
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Basic
$0 (Freemium)
- AI meeting notes
- See limited meeting history
- AI chat within and across meetings
- Shared folders for collaboration
Pros and cons
Pros
- Saves time during and after meetings: The pre-meeting Brief and automated notes cut down on prep and write-up
- Fits into existing workflows: Granola works with Zoom, Google Meet, Teams, Huddles, and in-person conversations, and connects to AI tools
- Improves clarity and accountability: Structured notes with clear decisions and action items make it easier to track what was agreed and who owns what
Cons
- Free plan has a time limit: Notes older than 30 days require an upgrade to view or work with
- Accuracy depends on audio quality: Poor microphones, overlapping speakers, or unstable connections can introduce small transcription errors
- Can be over-relied upon: Some users may lean too heavily on AI summaries and stop reviewing key points manually