Granola vs tl;dv (2026)

Granola

by Granola, Inc.

tl;dv

by tl;dv

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

• ✓EU-based, with data stored and processed in European data centers, a choice of European or US AI hosting, and privately hosted AI on Enterprise.
• ✓Free plan with unlimited recordings and transcription in more than 30 languages, plus bot-free capture through the desktop app and mobile apps for iOS and Android.
• ✓Business adds multi-meeting AI insights, scheduled AI reports, sales playbook monitoring and AI objection handling, and Pro and above include an MCP server, API and webhooks.

Limitations

• –Free plan data is kept for up to three months, AI notes cover 10 meetings, and web recording is capped at 40 meetings a week.
• –Each recording is limited to three hours on every plan, and weekly web recording capacity runs from 80 meetings on Pro to 500 on Enterprise.
• –SCIM, custom SSO, privately hosted AI and organization activity logs are limited to the Enterprise plan, which is priced through sales.