Granola vs Read AI (2026)

Granola

by Granola, Inc.

Read AI

by Read AI, Inc.

Pros

• ✓Captures audio from the device instead of sending a bot into the call, so it works with any meeting app, with apps for Mac, Windows, iPhone, Android and Apple Watch.
• ✓The free Basic plan includes unlimited AI meeting notes, AI chat, Recipes, templates, shared folders and the Slack integration, and its MCP server reaches Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and other AI tools on every plan.
• ✓Enterprise adds HIPAA-compliant workspaces with a Business Associate Agreement, SCIM and an audit API at a published $35 per user per month, bought in the app.

Limitations

• –Recording must be started manually for each meeting because Granola does not auto-join or auto-record calls, so a meeting nobody starts is not captured.
• –Audio is deleted after transcription, so there is no recording to play back, and the free Basic plan shows only the last 30 days of notes in the app.
• –HIPAA coverage, SSO, SCIM and a workspace-wide training opt-out require Enterprise, SSO is offered to teams of 50 or more users, and Business allows only a per-user opt-out.

Pros

• ✓Joins Zoom, Teams and Google Meet meetings from a connected calendar and writes reports with summaries, action items, key questions and transcripts, plus summaries of email and Slack and Teams messages.
• ✓Scheduled agents such as Monday Briefing and End of Week, and the Ada email assistant that proposes times and books meetings, run without a prompt for each task.
• ✓Every plan from Free to Enterprise+ is publicly priced with self-serve signup, and a remote MCP server gives Claude, ChatGPT and other MCP clients 14 tools.

Limitations

• –The Free plan includes 5 meeting transcripts a month, the Salesforce, HubSpot, Notion, Jira and Zapier integrations start on Pro, and audio and video playback start on Enterprise.
• –HIPAA compliance, SAML and SCIM and custom data retention are on Enterprise+, which requires a minimum of 5 licenses.
• –Read joins meetings on Zoom, Teams and Google Meet, and other platforms such as Webex are captured through the desktop app. The MCP server is an open beta release.