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Granola vs Otter

The same facts the Atlas reads for every tool, side by side, each with its page and date. No winner: which fits depends on the job.

Granola logoGranolagranola.aiTranscribes meetings and generates notes, action items, and briefing context from calendar and prior discussions.From $14/user/moWidely usedActively maintainedOtter logoOtterotter.aiTranscribes meetings, generates summaries and action items, syncs insights to CRM and connected apps.From $8.33/user/moWidely usedActively maintained
Where they differcomputed from the facts below

Where they differ

Granola≈ 20.5K
Otter≈ 339.8K

visits a month · estimate · log scale

  • 17×Otter gets about 17× the visits of Granola.visit estimates, read 2026-09-17
  • $8.33Otter starts lower: $8.33/user/mo against $14/user/mo.pricing pages, read 2026-09-17 and 2026-09-18
  • FreeBoth have a free plan.pricing pages, read 2026-09-17 and 2026-09-18
  • YesOnly Otter says it trains AI on your data.their privacy pages, quoted in the sheet
GranolaOtter

Price & plans

Price & plansGranolaOtter
PriceFree plan · From $14/user/mopricing page, read 2026-09-17Free plan · From $8.33/user/mopricing page, read 2026-09-18
Free planYespricing page, read 2026-09-17Yespricing page, read 2026-09-18
Paid plans from$14/user/mopricing page, read 2026-09-17$8.33/user/mopricing page, read 2026-09-18

Who it's for & what it does

Who it's for & what it doesGranolaOtter
What it isTranscribes meetings and generates notes, action items, and briefing context from calendar and prior discussions.Transcribes meetings, generates summaries and action items, syncs insights to CRM and connected apps.
ForProfessionals in back-to-back meetings who need meeting notes and action itemsTeams and individuals who want to transcribe and organize meetings into searchable knowledge
What people do with it
  • Generate meeting notes and action items automatically
  • Prepare meeting briefs with attendee and discussion history
  • Extract and organize follow-up tasks from meetings
  • Transcribe meetings and extract action items automatically
  • Sync meeting notes and insights to CRM systems
  • Search across meetings to answer questions and create content
Built fornot on recordSmall team
How it runsMobile app · Desktop appHosted only · API · Slack app · Mobile app
ShelfMeetingsMeetings

Use & momentum

Use & momentumGranolaOtter
UseWidely usedWidely used
Visits≈ 20.5k visits/moestimate, read 2026-09-17≈ 340k visits/moestimate, read 2026-09-17
iPhone appiPhone & iPad · 5★ from 14.2k ratingsiPhone & iPad · updated 2026-09-14iPhone & iPad · 4.8★ from 83.5k ratingsiPhone & iPad · updated 2026-09-29
ActivityActively maintainedrelease 5 weeks ago · site updated yesterday · 22 open rolesActively maintainedrelease 2 weeks ago · site updated yesterday · 25 open roles

Your data & compliance

Your data & complianceGranolaOtter
Trains AI on your dataNotheir wordsYestheir words
CertificationsSOC 2 Type II · HIPAA · GDPRtheir wordsSOC 2 · HIPAA · GDPR · CCPAtheir words
Trust centernone foundSafeBasetrust center
Privacy policy updatednot stated on the pages we read2026-06-16privacy policy

For developers: API & MCP

For developers: API & MCPGranolaOtter
Status pageall systems operationalstatus.granola.aiall systems operationalstatus.otter.ai

The company

The companyGranolaOtter
Run byGranola, Inc.site footerOtter.ai, Inc.privacy policy
Domain since2021domain registered2017domain registered
HeadquartersLondonper their About pageMountain View and San Franciscoper their About page
Questions this page answers
  • What is the difference between Granola and Otter?

    Granola: Transcribes meetings and generates notes, action items, and briefing context from calendar and prior discussions. Otter: Transcribes meetings, generates summaries and action items, syncs insights to CRM and connected apps.

  • Which is cheaper, Granola or Otter?

    Granola starts at $14/user/mo (pricing page, 2026-09-17); Otter starts at $8.33/user/mo (pricing page, 2026-09-18). Plans and limits differ; both pages are linked above.

  • Which is more widely used, Granola or Otter?

    Granola: about 20.5k visits/mo; Otter: about 340k (estimates, 2026-09-17).

  • Do Granola or Otter train AI on your data?

    Granola: no, in its own words: “We do not allow third parties (like OpenAI or Anthropic) to use your data to train their AI models.” Otter: yes, in its own words: “Improve and monitor the Services, including training our proprietary AI technology on de-identified audio recordings and on transcriptions (which may contain Personal Information) .”

How we read a tool

No votes, no reviews, no vendor claims. Every week a crawler reads each tool's own site and a few public registries, and the words on the card are bands over what it read.

  • Use: visits to the site (estimated), installs from npm and PyPI, presence in Chrome's usage report.
  • Activity: the newest release on GitHub, npm or PyPI; the newest dated page on the site; open roles on a public jobs board.
  • Price: the vendor's own pricing page, read with the date. A figure is printed only when it is on that page.
  • The line and the use cases are written by us from the homepage, one tool at a time, and refused when they repeat the vendor's marketing.

How AI assistants read each site — the reading vendors ask us about — is on each tool's own visibility page.