Granola vs Slipbox

Granola

• People who do not want a recording bot visible in their calls
• Note-takers who like to type their own points and have them filled out afterwards
• Back-to-back meeting schedules across Zoom, Google Meet and Teams

Slipbox

• Mac users who want transcription kept on their own machine
• Unlimited transcription without paying
• Obsidian users who want meetings exported as Markdown

Granola

• The free Basic plan shows only the last 30 days of notes; older notes need a Business subscription to view.
• Notion, HubSpot, Attio, Affinity and Zapier integrations start on Business; Salesforce, SSO and SCIM are Enterprise only.
• Basic and Business are billed monthly only; annual billing is offered on Enterprise contracts.
• There is no web app or browser extension, and the Mac app needs macOS 14 or later.

Slipbox

• The desktop app runs on Apple Silicon Macs only; the FAQ says Windows support is being tested with select users.
• The free plan limits AI use to 10 Ask Slipbox messages and 5 summaries every 2 weeks.
• Transcripts and chat messages are sent through Slipbox's servers to AI models for summaries and answers; the vendor says they are not stored there.
• Notes are stored on the Mac with no cloud backup yet, and speaker identification is an Early Access feature that has to be switched on.

Granola

Bot-free capture

Transcribes from your device's microphone and system audio, so it works with Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams or other call software without adding a participant to the meeting.

Notes built on what you type

Type rough notes during the call and Granola expands them into a full write-up using the transcript. Custom templates control the structure of the result.

Chat across meetings

Ask questions about one meeting or your whole history, such as what you agreed to do this week. Basic uses automatic model choice; paid plans let you pick the model.

Shared folders

Notes are private until you share them. Shared folders give a team a common place for meeting notes and are included on every plan.

MCP and API access

An MCP connection lets assistants such as Claude and ChatGPT read your meeting notes. Basic exposes personal notes from the last 30 days; API access starts on Business.

Phone apps for in-person meetings

The iPhone and Android apps take notes away from the desk, for walking meetings, conferences or coffee catch-ups, and there is an Apple Watch app.

Slipbox

Local transcription, no bot

Slipbox captures the Mac's system audio and microphone and transcribes on the device, so Zoom, Meet, Teams and iPhone calls routed through the Mac are covered without a meeting bot.

Automatic meeting detection

The app recognizes when a meeting starts and ends and begins or stops transcribing on its own, on every plan including the free one.

Ask Slipbox during a meeting

A chat can catch you up, summarize on the fly or suggest questions to ask while the conversation continues. The free plan allows 10 messages every 2 weeks.

Summaries from templates

Slipbox picks a template such as 1:1, customer meeting, podcast or presentation for each summary, and custom templates can be added. Pro writes summaries automatically when meetings end.

Bring your own key

AI features can run on your own OpenAI API key or any OpenAI-compatible endpoint, including local models served through Ollama or LM Studio.

Import, search and export

MP4, MOV, MP3 and WAV files can be imported for transcription. Meetings are searchable in natural language and export automatically to PDF, Markdown or Obsidian.

Granola

• Basic$0

  AI meeting notes, chat across meetings, shared folders and note templates, with 30 days of meeting history.

• Business$14

  per user / month, billed monthly

  Unlimited history, model selection in chat, pre-meeting briefs, API access and integrations such as Notion, HubSpot and Zapier.

• Enterprise$35

  per user / month, monthly or annual contract

  Starting price. Adds SSO, SCIM, workspace-wide admin policies, usage analytics, HIPAA-compliant workspaces and Salesforce.

Slipbox

• Hobby$0

  Unlimited transcripts, speaker identification, audio and video import, custom LLM endpoints and auto export, with 10 Ask Slipbox messages and 5 AI summaries per 2 weeks.

• Pro$99

  per year; $10 per month billed monthly

  Everything in the free plan, plus unlimited summaries and Ask Slipbox prompts, enhanced memory, automatic summaries when meetings end and priority support.

• EnterpriseCustom

  Everything in Pro, plus SAML, SCIM and audit logs, on-premises deployment options, consolidated billing, admin controls and local data retention policies.

Granola

• Startups

  1 year of Business free for startups

  Granola's startup program gives accepted companies 12 months of the Business plan at no cost. It is open to startups with fewer than 30 employees that have raised a pre-seed or seed round.

• Education

  12 months free for students

  Currently enrolled students at accredited universities in the US, UK and Canada can apply for 12 months of Granola Business free.

• Nonprofit

  50% off Business for nonprofits

  Registered nonprofits get 50% off the Business plan after verifying their status through Goodstack. Approval is at Granola's discretion.

Slipbox

• Annual discount

  Save 17% with yearly billing

  Pro costs $99 a year or $10 a month, and the pricing page marks the yearly option as a 17% saving.