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 all data centers in Europe (Google Cloud, AWS, Hetzner), EU AI Act compliance, GDPR compliance, and optional privately hosted AI on Enterprise: the strongest European data-residency story in the meeting intelligence category.
• ✓Business tier at $26 per seat per month billed annually includes AI sales-coaching playbooks, MEDDIC and BANT scoring, AI objection handling, and multi-meeting insights, competing directly with Gong at a fraction of the cost.
• ✓Free tier includes unlimited video recordings, iOS and Android mobile apps, Slack and calendar integrations, and 5,000-plus tool integrations on Pro: generous feature access at entry pricing.

Limitations

• ⚠No HIPAA compliance or BAA at any tier, so healthcare teams with strict compliance requirements must look elsewhere, for example Fireflies Enterprise.
• ⚠Free tier recordings are automatically deleted after three months with no grandfathering, so teams that discover a recording's value after the 90-day window have no recovery path without upgrading.
• ⚠Bot-free recording has no native seamless option, and achieving it requires configuring Zapier workflows to pull recordings from the conferencing platform, adding setup complexity versus bot-free-native competitors like Granola.