# Granola vs Nylas Notetaker API (slim)

> Nylas Notetaker scores 71.7 (BB) to Granola's 61.6 (C) for meeting transcripts. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

- Full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/granola-vs-nylas-notetaker.md (~2,350 tokens) · this version ~730 tokens · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/granola-vs-nylas-notetaker.json · canonical https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/granola-vs-nylas-notetaker
- Index: https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt · API: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json · Updated: 2026-10-09

Nylas Notetaker API scores 71.7 (BB) on agent readiness against Granola's 61.6 (C), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Both do meeting transcripts.

- Granola: C 61.6, rank #462 of 950 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/granola.min.md
- Nylas Notetaker API: BB 71.7, rank #120 of 950 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/nylas-notetaker.min.md
- Granola, good for People and teams who already take notes in Granola and want an agent to read notes, summaries and transcripts.
- Nylas Notetaker API, good for Developers who want a meeting bot with transcripts, summaries and action items from one vendor, and those already using Nylas calendar sync. Ahead on Schema & documentation, 89 against 82; Agent ergonomics, 77 against 67; Security & auth, 75 against 70; Payments & pricing, 40 against 25; Maintenance & community, 81 against 50. Also Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better; Free to start without a card.

| Category | Granola | Nylas Notetaker API |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 65 | 66 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 82 | 89 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 67 | 77 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 70 | 75 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 25 | 40 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 50 | 81 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 76 | 72 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Granola | Nylas Notetaker API |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Granola, Inc. | Nylas, Inc. |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://public-api.granola.ai` | `https://api.us.nylas.com/v3` |
| Auth | OAuth or key | API key |
| Licence | Proprietary service under Granola's Platform Terms and User Terms. No SDK or open-source component was found | Proprietary service under the Nylas Terms of Use. The Node.js and Python SDKs and the Nylas CLI on GitHub are MIT |
| Tools exposed | 6 | none |
| Last release | none | 2026-09-21 |
| Terms last updated | couldn't be read | 2025-06-23 |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-09-08 | 2026-01-06 |
| Customer content may train models | yes, with an opt-out | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict automated access | couldn't be read | yes |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | couldn't be read | not found in the text |
| Terms or service can change without notice | couldn't be read | yes |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | couldn't be read | yes |
| Popularity | none | 181 stars, 237k npm/wk, 92k PyPI/wk |