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Otter.ai vs Granola

Both tools as recorded in our index — entry price, free-tier caps, platforms, API and the drawbacks we logged. Prices come from each vendor's own pricing page.

Side-by-side comparison of Otter.ai, Granola
Criterion	Otter.ai AI meeting notes Freemium	Granola AI meeting notes Freemium
Score	7.5/10 (best in this comparison)	7.0/10
Pricing model	Free plan · from $16.99/mo	Free plan · from $14/mo
Entry paid plan	$16.99/mo	$14/mo (best in this comparison)
Free tier	300 transcription minutes/month, 3 lifetime file imports, 5 workspace members, 1 concurrent meeting	Limited meeting history (exact number of meetings/months not disclosed on pricing page)
Platforms	Web, Mobile, Plugin, API	Desktop, Web
API	Yes (best in this comparison)	No
Developer	Otter.ai, Inc.	Granola Software Ltd.
Launched	2016	2023
Pricing verified	August 2026	August 2026
Capability 30%	7.5	7.5
Value for money 25%	6.5	7.0
Ease of use 15%	8.5	8.5
Maturity 15%	9.0	5.0
Support & docs 10%	7.0	5.5
Momentum 5%	5.5	8.5
Where it falls short	Otter changed plan limits and pricing multiple times in 2024-2025, drawing 'shrinkflation' complaints from long-time subscribers Struggles with heavy accents, crosstalk and technical jargon, generating labeled-but-garbled 'Speaker 1/2' transcripts Bot can join meetings and auto-email full transcripts to external participants who never agreed to being recorded	Doesn't actually record audio/video - no playback exists, only transcript + notes, which limits verification of what was said Transcripts show as continuous text without reliable speaker labels once more than 2-3 people are in the meeting No public API and no native post-call workflow automation - users rely on Zapier or manual copy/paste
Go to source	Visit Otter.ai	Visit Granola

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