# Granola alternatives

Updated 2026-10-14. 1 AI notetaker alternatives to Granola, ranked from independent Reddit comments. Top-rated: Gong (36/100). Methodology: https://gtmranked.com/methodology/

**Why people look for alternatives to Granola:**
- Summaries and action items still need a human check: users double-check action items and edit notes before reusing them [1](https://www.reddit.com/r/ProductManagement/comments/1klffng/_/ms2qqlc/) [2](https://www.reddit.com/r/ProductManagement/comments/1kook5r/_/nsaj9pw/) [3](https://www.reddit.com/r/ProductManagement/comments/1tzjsbr/_/oqd3el1/)
- Some users find it unremarkable, calling it "so far meh" while testing or "just another note taker" whose value depends on what you do with the transcripts [1](https://www.reddit.com/r/ProductManagement/comments/1lfuhas/_/myvkrm7/) [2](https://www.reddit.com/r/ProductManagement/comments/1rzp98y/_/obnt9vm/)

| Rank | Alternative | Score | Best for | Pricing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [Gong](https://gtmranked.com/tools/gong/) | 36 | Sales teams that want calls recorded, transcribed and summarized automatically | Custom pricing |

## Gong

Independent discussion is thin and comes mostly from r/salesdevelopment and r/revops: about 15 non-promotional comments carry a real opinion, and much of the rest is Gong as an employer or a name in a tech-stack list. Users split the product in two: call recording, transcripts, AI summaries and CRM sync are well liked, even by critics, while Gong Engage, the sequencing add-on, is contested, with one team praising it as a cheaper Salesloft replacement but several others reporting missing basics like A/B testing, weekly bugs and slowdowns and moving back to Salesloft or Outreach. Ten of 45 comments were promotional, mostly pitching alternative call-coaching, sequencing or RevOps tools.

Full review: https://gtmranked.com/tools/gong/