Granola transcribes locally on your Mac and enhances your raw meeting notes with AI, designed for individual professionals. Otter AI is a comprehensive meeting platform with cloud-based transcription, team features, and integrations. Granola wins on privacy and personal workflows. Otter wins on team scale and breadth.
Pick the use case that matches your needs to find the right tool.
Privacy-focused personal meetings
Local transcription means audio never leaves your Mac.
Team-wide meeting capture
Built for shared transcripts and integrations.
No-bot meeting flow
No bot joins your call, just enhances your notes.
Freemium
Free plan with 25 meetings. Pro plan at $10/month with unlimited meetings and advanced features.
Free trial available
Freemium
Free tier with 300 monthly minutes and 30 min per conversation. Pro ($16.99/mo) for 1,200 minutes. Business ($30/user/mo) for 6,000 minutes and admin features.
Free tier available with limited features. no credit card required
Professionals who want AI-enhanced meeting notes without the discomfort of full meeting recording
Podcasters, content creators, and professionals working with audio
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Pick Granola for private, Mac-only personal meeting workflows. Pick Otter AI for team-wide meeting transcription with broad integrations.