# Grain

> AI notetaker with free viewer seats and shareable call clips

Grain records and transcribes meetings on Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, Webex and Slack huddles, either with a bot or through a desktop app that captures the computer's audio. It writes notes and action items, lets teams cut and share clips, and exposes transcripts to AI tools through an MCP server and API. Only people who record need a paid seat; viewers are free.

- **Category:** AI Meeting Notes
- **Made by:** Grain Intelligence Inc.
- **Website:** https://grain.com
- **Runs on:** Web, macOS, Windows
- **Facts last checked:** Oct 5, 2026

## Pricing

Grain has a free plan. Paid plans start at $15 per seat / month, billed annually.

- **Pricing model:** Free plan
- **Free plan:** Unlimited meetings capped at 45 minutes each, AI notes and action items, 30-day meeting history, desktop capture and basic MCP access.
- **Free trial:** 14-day free trial; paid plans also carry a 30-day money-back guarantee.

| Plan | Price | What you get |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Free | $0 | Unlimited meetings with a 45-minute limit, AI notes and action items, 30-day meeting history, desktop capture and unlimited notetaker seats. |
| Starter | $15 per seat / month, billed annually ($19 billed monthly) | Unlimited meeting duration and history, custom AI prompts, admin controls, teams, Slack, personal Zapier and API access, and 10 file uploads a month. |
| Business | $29 per seat / month, billed annually ($39 billed monthly) | Adds HubSpot and Salesforce integrations, AI coaching, trackers, team interaction metrics, custom AI follow-up emails, unlimited uploads and a workspace API. |
| Enterprise | Custom | Everything in Business, plus SAML-based single sign-on, priority API support, custom invoices and a dedicated customer success manager. |

Read from https://grain.com/pricing on Oct 5, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Grain before buying.

## Ways to pay less

- **Lower per-seat price on annual billing** (Annual discount): At listed prices Starter costs $180 a year ($15 a month) instead of $19 a month, and Business $348 a year ($29 a month) instead of $39 a month, per seat. Source: https://grain.com/pricing

## Key features

- **Bot or bot-free capture:** The desktop app for Mac and Windows transcribes the computer's audio with no bot in the call. A bot can join instead to record video, including meetings you cannot attend.
- **AI notes and action items:** Each meeting gets a summary, next steps and an automatic recap. Custom AI prompts and custom note templates are available from the Starter plan.
- **Ask across meetings:** Ask questions over the whole meeting library and get answers with citations that point back to the source recordings.
- **Clips and highlight reels:** Cut shareable video clips from a recording, group them into playlists or highlight reels, and share them with teammates or clients.
- **MCP server and API:** AI agents can query transcripts and search across meetings. Transcripts export as Markdown or open in Claude or ChatGPT. Workspace API and advanced MCP access need Business.
- **Coaching and CRM sync:** The Business plan adds HubSpot and Salesforce integrations, AI coaching, trackers and team interaction metrics for sales and customer success teams.

## Good for

- Teams where a few people record and everyone else only views
- Sales and customer success teams syncing calls to HubSpot or Salesforce
- Sharing clips of customer calls with people who were not there
- Feeding meeting transcripts to Claude, ChatGPT or other AI agents

## Worth knowing

- The Free plan cuts each meeting off at 45 minutes, keeps 30 days of history and has no file uploads.
- HubSpot and Salesforce integrations, AI coaching and trackers need Business at $29 per seat a month on annual billing.
- Starter allows 10 file uploads a month, and SAML single sign-on is limited to Enterprise.
- Grain's download page offers desktop apps for Mac and Windows only.

## Works with

Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, Slack, HubSpot, Salesforce, Zapier, Aircall

**Tags:** Meeting notes, Transcription, AI features, Chat assistant, Templates, Public API

## Alternatives

- [Fathom](https://toolgpa.com/tools/fathom): AI notetaker for Zoom, Google Meet and Teams with a free plan. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/fathom-vs-grain)
- [Fireflies.ai](https://toolgpa.com/tools/fireflies): Meeting notetaker that records, transcribes and summarizes calls. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/fireflies-vs-grain)
- [tl;dv](https://toolgpa.com/tools/tldv): Meeting recorder and AI notetaker for Zoom, Meet and Teams. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/grain-vs-tldv)
- [Avoma](https://toolgpa.com/tools/avoma): AI meeting assistant with scheduling and sales call coaching. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/avoma-vs-grain)
- [Otter.ai](https://toolgpa.com/tools/otter): Live meeting transcription with summaries and AI chat. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/grain-vs-otter)

## Sources

The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Oct 5, 2026:

- https://grain.com/
- https://grain.com/pricing
- https://grain.com/download

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