# Granola vs Recall.ai (slim)

> Granola scores 61.6 (C) on agent readiness against Recall.ai's 59.5 (C), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Recall.ai leads on payments & pricing and maintenance & community. Both do meetings transcript. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by side.

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Granola scores 61.6 (C) on agent readiness against Recall.ai's 59.5 (C), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Recall.ai leads on payments & pricing and maintenance & community. Both do meetings transcript.

- Granola: C 61.6, rank #418 of 842 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/granola.min.md
- Recall.ai: C 59.5, rank #496 of 842 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/recall-ai.min.md
- Granola, good for People and teams who already take notes in Granola and want an agent to read notes, summaries and transcripts. Ahead on Reliability, 65 against 50; Security & auth, 70 against 54; Transparency & trust, 76 against 64.
- Recall.ai, good for Developers building a notetaker or meeting agent who want one API across Zoom, Google Meet, Teams and Webex and will handle summaries, consent and per-customer access themselves. Ahead on Payments & pricing, 35 against 25; Maintenance & community, 63 against 50.

| Category | Granola | Recall.ai |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 65 | 50 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 82 | 80 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 67 | 71 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 70 | 54 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 25 | 35 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 50 | 63 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 76 | 64 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Granola | Recall.ai |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Granola, Inc. | Hyperdoc Inc. |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://public-api.granola.ai` | `https://us-west-2.recall.ai` |
| Pricing | Freemium | Pay per use |
| Licence | Proprietary service under Granola's Platform Terms and User Terms. No SDK or open-source component was found | Proprietary service under Recall.ai's terms of use. Sample apps on GitHub, some MIT and most with no licence file |
| Tools exposed | 6 | 45 |
| Last release | none | 2026-10-08 |
| Terms last updated | couldn't be read | 2026-10-01 |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-09-08 | 2023-02-01 |
| 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 | yes |
| Terms or service can change without notice | couldn't be read | yes |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | couldn't be read | not found in the text |
| Popularity | none | 91k npm/wk |