# #2 Granola

Granola is an AI notepad for meetings that transcribes calls and turns them, together with the user's own notes, into meeting notes that can be searched and queried later. Website: granola.ai. Category: [Call Recording & Notetakers](https://gtmranked.com/best/conversation-intelligence/). Score 35/100 (5 positive, 3 mixed, 2 negative of 10 independent comments).

**Verdict:** Independent discussion is thin and comes mostly from product managers in r/ProductManagement: only 10 non-promotional comments carry a real opinion, and few come from sales teams. Most of those users like it, citing that no bot joins the call, that it produces structured summaries from templates or custom prompts, and that past meetings can be queried later, and several pay for it themselves. The main trade-off is that the output still needs a human check: users say they double-check action items and clean up notes before sharing, and two found it unremarkable.

**What users like:**
- No bot joins the meeting: it captures the computer's audio, so users can type sparse notes and let it fill the gaps [1](https://www.reddit.com/r/ProductManagement/comments/1klffng/_/ms2zlhy/) [2](https://www.reddit.com/r/salesdevelopment/comments/1pip6rj/_/nt7sf9g/)
- Produces structured summaries, and templates or custom prompts help shape the notes and pull out action items [1](https://www.reddit.com/r/ProductManagement/comments/1klffng/_/ms2qqlc/) [2](https://www.reddit.com/r/ProductManagement/comments/1klffng/_/ms2zlhy/) [3](https://www.reddit.com/r/ProductManagement/comments/1tzjsbr/_/oqd3el1/)
- Meeting context can be queried, during the call or afterwards across internal and external meetings [1](https://www.reddit.com/r/salesdevelopment/comments/1v9lv43/_/p0eojch/) [2](https://www.reddit.com/r/ProductManagement/comments/1klffng/_/ms2zlhy/)
- Several users pay for it themselves and recommend it strongly for transcript-only needs, one saying it changed their ability to do work [1](https://www.reddit.com/r/ProductManagement/comments/1swaly2/_/oiea6jj/) [2](https://www.reddit.com/r/salesdevelopment/comments/1v9lv43/_/p0eojch/) [3](https://www.reddit.com/r/ProductManagement/comments/1lzzwps/_/n3kh9dv/)

**What users complain about:**
- 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/)

**Best for:** People in back-to-back meetings who want notes without a bot joining the call; Product managers who feed meeting notes into docs, Notion or an AI knowledge base; Users who want to search or ask questions across past meetings.
**Skip it if:** Teams that want AI action items they can trust without reviewing them.
**Pricing (vendor-stated, checked 2026-10-14):** Free Basic plan ($0, 30-day meeting history, limited AI chat and integrations). Business is $14/user/mo with unlimited history, API and integrations; Enterprise is $35/user/mo with SSO, SCIM and admin controls. The page does not state monthly vs annual billing.

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