Granola vs Olva (2026)

Granola

by Granola, Inc.

Olva

by Mindle 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

• ✓OLVA runs on your own device and captures microphone and system audio on desktop, so it transcribes, answers and coaches in real time without joining the call as a visible bot or storing an audio recording.
• ✓A free Basic plan and self-serve Plus, Pro and Ultra plans with monthly or annual billing make it quick to start, with unlimited meeting time from Pro and 60 spoken languages with live translation.
• ✓OLVA states plainly that customer transcripts, prompts and documents are not used to train or fine-tune shared AI models, and that it keeps transcripts rather than audio or voiceprints.

Limitations

• –Independent review evidence is still small: 5 G2 reviews and 2 App Store ratings.
• –Integrations are limited to Notion, Slack, Google Drive and outbound webhooks on Pro and above, with the API, MCP server and Zapier, Make.com and n8n recipes all still marked coming soon.
• –OLVA publishes no named security certification, and audio is streamed to Soniox or Deepgram and context to OpenAI for processing, which regulated teams will need to review.