ElevenLabs
86.3Excellent
State-of-the-art voice synthesis, cloning and conversational audio.
Voice & AudioFreemiumEstablished
From Free / $5 per month (Starter)
Granola
Strongby Granola · founded 2023 · updated Sep 2026
Granola sits alongside a call instead of joining as a visible bot, turning a user's own sparse, typed notes into a structured, AI-enhanced summary once the meeting ends. It has pulled ahead of dedicated-notetaker peers in independent transcription-accuracy testing and is pushing past note-taking into an MCP-connected layer that feeds meeting context straight into Claude, ChatGPT and Cursor.
Voice & AudioFreemiumEmergingFrom Free (25 notes) / $14 per user per month (Business, billed annually)
80.3TIP Score
The score, taken apart
Fixed weights, sources attached, the formula
Capability(30%)82
Value for Money(15%)78
Security & Compliance(15%)76
Integrations & Ecosystem(15%)82
Maturity & Reliability(10%)68
Momentum(15%)90
Best for
- ◆1:1 and small-group calls where the user wants to stay engaged, not just record
- ◆Founders and VCs living in back-to-back meetings
- ◆Teams piping meeting context into Claude or ChatGPT via MCP
Key integrations
ZoomGoogle MeetMicrosoft TeamsSlackGranola MCP (Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor)Granola API
Strengths
- ＋Bot-free by design: joins the audio, not the call roster, and leans on the user's own notes rather than replacing them
- ＋Beat Notta, Otter and Tactiq on transcription accuracy in independent 60+ meeting testing
- ＋MCP integration turns meeting notes into a queryable data source for any MCP-compatible AI tool, not just its own app
Limitations
- －Speaker identification degrades noticeably once a call passes two or three participants
- －Free tier caps out at 25 notes total, not a monthly allowance
- －No HIPAA support and no data residency outside the US, unlike Otter's Enterprise tier
Evidence behind this score
Each score is built from the claims below. This is a snapshot, so check the current terms with the vendor before you commit to anything.
| Claim | Source | Checked |
|---|---|---|
| Raised a $125M Series C led by Index Ventures (Kleiner Perkins, Lightspeed, Spark and NFDG also participating) on March 25, 2026 at a $1.5B valuation, up from roughly $250M under a year earlier, while repositioning from meeting notetaker to enterprise AI context layer | TechCrunch ↗ | Sep 2026 |
| Achieved SOC 2 Type II compliance in July 2025; Enterprise workspaces get SSO, org-wide AI-training opt-out and encryption in transit and at rest, but Granola still cannot sign a HIPAA BAA and offers no data residency outside the US | Granola company blog ↗ | Sep 2026 |
| Shipped Granola MCP, available on every plan, letting Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and other MCP-compatible tools query meeting notes directly instead of copy-pasting between apps | Granola company blog ↗ | Sep 2026 |
| Current pricing: free Basic plan caps total meeting history at 25 notes; Business runs $14/user/month billed annually; Enterprise is $35/user/month | itsconvo.com Granola pricing review ↗ | Sep 2026 |
| Independent testing across 60+ meetings found Granola's live transcription more accurate than Notta, Otter and Tactiq in clean single-speaker audio, but speaker ID weakens noticeably with three or more participants on a call | tl;dv Granola review ↗ | Sep 2026 |
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