Granola is an AI notepad that captures meetings from your own device audio, without a meeting bot. The catalogue's meetings and notes group is its largest (22 tools as of 2026-10-27); these are the most-visited alternatives.
| Alternative | What it is best at | Free plan | Paid entry | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Otter.ai | Strong fit for transcribing and summarizing live meetings with a monthly shared minute pool. | Yes | Pro: $16.99 /user/month ($8.33 /user/month billed annually) (checked 2026-10-27) | Full record · Granola vs Otter.ai |
| Krisp | Strong fit for calls that need cleaner audio and AI notes, with noise cancellation, accent conversion and transcription. | No | Core (Meeting AI): $8/user/mo billed annually, $16 monthly (checked 2026-10-27) | Full record · Granola vs Krisp |
| Read AI | Well suited to teams that want meeting summaries and action items turned into searchable team context, including transcription and enterprise search. | Yes | Pro: $15/user/mo billed annually, $19.75 monthly (checked 2026-10-27) | Full record |
| Fathom | Aimed at people who want AI meeting summaries, with a bot-free option, plus integrations and topic monitoring. | Yes | Free: Listed as Free (checked 2026-10-27) | Full record |
| Fireflies.ai | Strong fit for teams that want searchable meeting records plus a monthly AI-credit allowance. | Yes | Pro: $10/seat/mo billed annually, $18/seat/mo billed monthly (checked 2026-10-27) | Full record |
AI meeting transcription and summaries for Zoom, Meet and Teams.
Strong fit for transcribing and summarizing live meetings with a monthly shared minute pool.
Voice AI for meetings: noise cancellation, accent AI, translation and an AI note taker.
Strong fit for calls that need cleaner audio and AI notes, with noise cancellation, accent conversion and transcription.
AI notetaker that turns meetings into summaries, action items and searchable team context.
Well suited to teams that want meeting summaries and action items turned into searchable team context, including transcription and enterprise search.
AI notetaker that summarizes meetings, bot-free option.
Aimed at people who want AI meeting summaries, with a bot-free option, plus integrations and topic monitoring.
AI meeting assistant that transcribes, summarizes, searches and analyzes team conversations.
Strong fit for teams that want searchable meeting records plus a monthly AI-credit allowance.
How this list was built: alternatives are tools from the same area of the Ai Siftly catalogue, ordered by website-domain popularity (Tranco research list, 2026-10-26; method), then tools without a rank. Prices and details come from each vendor's own pages with the date checked shown. This is not a ranking or a recommendation.
Yes. Otter.ai, Read AI, Fathom and Fireflies each list a free plan (checked dates shown above). Krisp is paid-only.
Krisp Core at $8/user/month billed annually (checked 2026-10-27). Fireflies Pro is $10/seat/month billed annually (checked 2026-10-27).
Fathom lists a bot-free option, like Granola's own device-audio capture. Otter, Read AI and Fireflies typically join meetings as a participant bot.
Every price shows the date it was checked on the vendor's own page. Confirm with the vendor before buying.