Granola vs Tiro

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

Tiro

• Multilingual meetings that need live translation alongside the transcript
• Recording video calls on Windows or Mac without a visible meeting bot
• Teams that want notes reachable from Claude, ChatGPT or their own scripts

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.

Tiro

• There is no free plan: the trial is a one-time 3 weeks and 300 minutes, and recording new notes afterward needs a subscription.
• Lite and Pro are capped at 300 and 1,000 minutes a month; with additional recording switched on, extra minutes cost $0.025 each.
• Speaker diarization and the Wiki start at the Pro plan.
• The web app cannot record system audio or work offline; both need the desktop app. Subscribing through the App Store or Google Play costs more than on the web.

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.

Tiro

Live transcription and one-page notes

Text appears on screen as people speak, with automatic error correction as context builds. When the recording ends Tiro creates a one-page document, a note and a full transcript.

Real-time translation

Tiro supports 15 languages, including Korean, English and Japanese. Setting different languages for the conversation and the recording shows a live translation alongside the transcript.

System audio without a bot

The Windows and Mac apps record the computer's audio together with your voice, covering Zoom, Meet and Teams calls, YouTube and lectures. No bot joins the meeting.

Templates

Ready-made and custom templates turn a note into a recurring format such as meeting minutes, an interview write-up or an evaluation sheet in one click.

Ask Tiro and Wiki

Ask Tiro answers questions about one note or all of them and cites its sources. The Wiki, from the Pro plan, organizes the people, topics and decisions found in meeting records.

Exports, API and MCP

Notes export to PDF, Word or email and can be sent to Slack, Notion, Confluence, Google Drive, HubSpot or Salesforce. The API, MCP server and CLI carry no extra charge.

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.

Tiro

• Lite$7

  per month; $70 per year billed annually

  300 recording minutes a month with no per-note limit, one-page summaries, unlimited AI chat and custom templates.

• Pro$13

  per month; $130 per year billed annually

  1,000 recording minutes a month and everything in Lite, plus speaker diarization and the Tiro Wiki.

• Max$29

  per month; $290 per year billed annually

  Unlimited recording and everything in Pro, for people who record several times a day.

• Team Plan$29

  per seat / month; $290 per seat / year billed annually

  Everything in Max, plus one bill for the workspace, automatically shared workspace folders, shared templates and a shared vocabulary.

• Enterprise PlanCustom

  Everything in the Team Plan, plus custom security options, dedicated API and webhook support, a custom login domain and dedicated onboarding.

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.

Tiro

• Annual discount

  Two months free with annual billing

  Paying annually costs 10 months for 12: Lite $70, Pro $130 and Max $290 a year, and the Team Plan $290 per seat a year. Annual billing is offered on the web and desktop apps.

• Other savings

  Referral rewards for inviting friends

  An invited friend can get 1 month of Pro. The inviter earns $3 once the friend records 10 or more minutes and $5 seven days after the friend's first paid bill.