GranolaFreemium
An AI notepad that captures meeting notes from your computer audio without sending a bot into the call.
Meeting Notes comparison
Granola vs tl;dv
Pricing, pros, cons, and ideal use cases — side by side.
tl;dvFreemium
An AI meeting recorder for Zoom, Meet, and Teams with bot-free desktop capture, reports across many meetings, and automatic CRM logging — free for unlimited recordings.
At a glance
| Granola | tl;dv | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | FreemiumBasic $0 per user/month with 30-day meeting history. Business $14 per user/month adds unlimited history, advanced models and CRM integrations. Enterprise $35 per user/month adds SSO, HIPAA and admin controls. No annual pricing is shown. As read on the vendor's pricing page in early October 2026. | FreemiumThe vendor's pricing page served EUR to this pass and USD figures were not readable, so these are the EUR prices as read in early October 2026: Free €0; Pro €29 per seat/month monthly, or €18 per seat/month billed annually (€216/year); Business €39 per seat/month monthly, or €29 billed annually (€348/year). No Enterprise tier was shown. The pricing page lives at tldv.io/app/pricing/ — the bare /pricing path returns 404. |
| Category | Meeting Notes | Meeting Notes |
| Ideal for | Founders and executives in back-to-back meetingsConsultants and client-facing professionalsSales teams who do not want a bot in the roomAnyone taking notes in in-person or phone meetings | Sales teams that want call notes logged to the CRM without a rep touching itCustomer-success teams reporting themes across many client callsConsultants who do not want a bot visibly joining client meetingsMultilingual teams recording in several languages on one plan |
Pros & cons
Granola
Pros
- No bot joins the call — works in-person and on phone calls too
- Merges your typed notes with the transcript for better summaries
- Works across Zoom, Meet, Teams, and anything else playing audio
- MCP connections to Claude, Cursor, and Figma
- Privacy-first: notes are private by default
Cons
- 30-day retention on the free tier is a hard limit, not a soft nudge
- Capturing system audio without announcing a bot has consent implications — disclose it
- Desktop-first; the workflow assumes you have the app running
- Fewer CRM-sync integrations than bot-based incumbents
tl;dv
Pros
- Free plan with unlimited recordings and transcriptions in 30+ languages
- Bot-free desktop recording
- Multi-meeting AI reports across a whole pipeline or book of clients
- Automatic CRM logging of notes and action items
- G2 4.7/5 on 527 reviews (third-party)
Cons
- Setup could be more streamlined, per reviewers
- Pricing displayed in EUR and hidden at a non-obvious URL
- Fathom and Granola also offer free unlimited notes — differentiation rests on integrations
- Recording consent rules remain your responsibility
- Smaller integration catalog than Fireflies.ai
Which should you choose?
Granola is built around founders and executives in back-to-back meetings; tl;dv leans more toward sales teams that want call notes logged to the crm without a rep touching it. Shortlist the one whose strengths line up with your biggest constraint.
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