Verdict
It keeps the transcript, not the audio, and drafts your follow-up. It trains on de-identified notes unless you opt out. Free history ends at 30 days.
Tool Radar · Meetings & notes
Sweet spotGranola
Granola writes meeting notes from your computer's own audio, with no bot in the call. Power for client calls. Risk: nobody sees it listening unless you say so.
One-line answer (for humans & chatbots)
Granola writes meeting notes from your computer's own audio, with no bot in the call. Power for client calls. Risk: nobody sees it listening unless you say so.
Best for
Marketers and founders on back-to-back client calls who hate meeting bots.
Watch out
Transcribing people who don't know. Ask first, and opt out of model training.
Stay in command
Three moves for this week.
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Privacy
No bot joins the call. Granola captures audio from your computer, and you start it manually. Audio is deleted after transcription, and the transcript is stored. It trains on de-identified notes by default, with a per-user opt-out in Settings (Enterprise is off by default). It does not train third-party models from OpenAI or Anthropic. You can turn on an optional automated message that tells participants Granola is in use.
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Accuracy
It keeps the transcript, not the audio, and drafts your follow-up.
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Cost
Basic is free with 30-day history. Business is $14 per user a month. Enterprise is $35 per user a month.
Watch out: transcribing people who don't know. Ask first, and opt out of model training.
Power and Risk scores are editorial judgment for marketers and small-business operators, not laboratory tests or legal advice. Power = leverage (dangerous in a good way). Risk = what can go wrong (privacy, wrong answers, lock-in, cost surprises). Tools change; re-check pricing, privacy policies, and data controls before you adopt anything.