Granola vs TwinMind

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

TwinMind

• People who want one running record of meetings, calls and in-person conversations
• Unlimited transcription and summaries without paying
• Max subscribers who want their meeting history available inside ChatGPT or Claude

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.

TwinMind

• Phone call recording, audio file upload and premium AI models need Pro; speaker separation, MCP access and email auto-tagging need Max.
• The help center says the iOS and Android apps record from the microphone only, and points to the Chrome extension for capturing a video meeting's audio.
• Recording works offline, but transcripts and summaries are generated only once the device is back online.
• Speaker separation works only on recordings made with Save Audio on, and bulk export of notes is not available yet.

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.

TwinMind

All-day capture

The phone app keeps transcribing with the screen off and has no fixed recording limit. TwinMind says it is tuned for 16 or more hours of battery life, based on its internal testing.

Capture on your own devices

The Chrome extension records the audio of browser-based Zoom, Google Meet and Teams calls, while the iOS and Android apps record through the microphone. Mac, Windows and Apple Watch apps are also offered.

Summaries, digests and chat

Each recording gets an editable summary, and daily and weekly digests recap what was captured. You can ask questions of a single note or across everything stored.

140+ languages

The homepage says spoken languages are detected automatically across more than 140 languages and can be translated in real time. A settings option translates transcripts and summaries.

Audio deleted by default

Audio is processed and deleted after transcription unless you turn on Save Audio. A local mode, on iOS only, keeps notes on the device instead of backing them up to the cloud.

MCP access for AI tools

On the Max plan, ChatGPT, Claude and other MCP clients can search notes, summaries, transcripts and tasks with read-only access, signed in through OAuth.

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.

TwinMind

• Free$0

  Unlimited transcription, unlimited summaries and AI chats, and daily and weekly digests.

• Pro$11.99

  per month, billed annually; $14.99 billed monthly

  Everything in Free, plus premium AI models, phone call recording and audio file upload for transcription.

• Max$29.99

  per month, billed annually; $49.99 billed monthly

  5x the Pro limits, automatic speaker separation, MCP access, email auto-tagging and drafts, advanced AI models and early beta features.

• EnterpriseCustom

  Custom limits, admin controls, SOC 2 compliance and dedicated support, arranged with the sales team.

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.

TwinMind

• Annual discount

  Lower monthly rate with yearly billing

  The help center lists Pro at $11.99 a month billed annually instead of $14.99 monthly, and Max at $29.99 instead of $49.99. The pricing page labels the Max yearly rate as 40% off.

• Other savings

  One free month of Pro for referrals

  When a new user downloads TwinMind through a referral link and signs up for the first time, both the referrer and the new user receive one month of Pro free.