Pick Granola if…
you take your own notes in meetings and want them turned into clean summaries that flow into Notion, Slack or your AI assistant.
Otter's job is the transcript. Granola's job is the notes: you type as usual, and it merges what you wrote with the transcript into a summary you can share — then exposes it to Claude or ChatGPT over MCP.
Pick Granola ($14/mo) if you want better notes rather than a transcript, plus Notion, Slack and HubSpot integrations and MCP/API access — at a lower per-user price. Pick Otter.ai ($16.99/mo) if a searchable, real-time transcript is the thing you need.
| App | Free tier | Paid from | Top plan | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Granola | Yes | $14/mo | $35/mo | Teams that want meeting notes wired into their existing tools (Slack, Notion, HubSpot) plus MCP access to Claude/ChatGPT |
| Otter.ai | Yes | $16.99/mo | $30/mo | Teams already living in Zoom, Teams, or Google Meet who want automatic notes and searchable transcripts |
Monthly prices in US dollars before tax, from each vendor's official pricing (US list price; weekly-billed plans converted to a monthly figure). Updated October 7, 2026
| Granola | Otter.ai | |
|---|---|---|
| Approach | Merges your typed notes with the transcript | Real-time transcription with a meeting bot |
| Free tier | AI notes, but only a 25-note history | 300 transcription minutes/mo |
| Paid plan | Business: unlimited notes, advanced models | Pro: 1,200 minutes/mo, meetings up to 90 min |
| Connects to | Notion, Slack, HubSpot, Attio, Zapier, MCP + API | Zoom, Teams, Meet; Salesforce, HubSpot, Zapier |
you take your own notes in meetings and want them turned into clean summaries that flow into Notion, Slack or your AI assistant.
you want a complete transcript of every call and a bot that handles Zoom, Teams and Meet for you.
Per user, yes: Granola Business is $14/mo against $16.99/mo for Otter Pro.
Yes, on the Business plan, which adds MCP and API access. The free plan doesn't include it.
History is capped at 25 notes, so it's a trial for regular users. Otter's free plan caps minutes instead.
How we choose: prices come from each vendor's official pricing page and are re-checked every week. We take no affiliate fees, so rankings aren't for sale.