Olva vs Granola (2026)

Olva

by Mindle Inc.

Granola

by Granola, Inc.

Pros

• ✓Olva runs from your device and captures both microphone and system audio, so it transcribes and coaches in real time without joining the call as a visible bot or storing any audio recording.
• ✓A genuine free trial plus self-serve Plus and Pro plans (from $12.50/mo billed annually) make it fast to start, with unlimited meeting time on Pro and 87 supported languages.
• ✓Its product-facts page states plainly that customer transcripts, prompts, and documents are never used to train or fine-tune shared AI models, a clear stance for privacy-conscious teams.

Limitations

• ⚠Independent evidence is thin: a 5.0/5 G2 score rests on just 2 reviews, and the product is new, so there is little third-party track record yet.
• ⚠Integrations are limited to Slack, Notion, and outbound webhooks today, with API, MCP, and Zapier or Make connections all still marked coming soon.
• ⚠It publishes no named security certification (no SOC 2, ISO 27001, or GDPR badge), and audio is streamed to Deepgram and OpenAI for processing, which some regulated teams will need to review.

Pros

• ✓Bot-free architecture across any meeting platform (Zoom, Meet, Teams, Webex, Slack) from Mac, Windows, and iPhone without appearing as a participant, eliminating bot friction in client-facing calls and regulated meeting environments
• ✓$1.5B valuation from $125M Series C (March 2026) with enterprise customers including Vanta, Vercel, Gusto, Asana, Cursor, Lovable, Decagon, and Mistral AI, plus SOC 2 Type 2 certification completed July 2025 validating security posture for enterprise procurement
• ✓Business plan at $14 per user per month includes Attio, Notion, Slack, HubSpot, Affinity, Asana, Zapier, MCP integration, and personal API: competitive integration breadth at a price meaningfully below Otter.ai Business and Fathom Business tiers

Limitations

• ⚠Manual start required before each meeting: Granola does not auto-join or auto-record, so notes are missed if the user forgets to start the recording before a call begins
• ⚠Free tier notes older than 30 days require a paid upgrade to access: teams that discover the value of a specific meeting note after the 30-day window must upgrade to Business or Enterprise to retrieve it
• ⚠Org-wide model training opt-out and SSO require Enterprise at $35 per user per month; Business at $14 allows individual opt-out but not team-wide policy, which creates a compliance gap for teams in regulated industries below Enterprise budget