Fireflies.ai vs Granola
Cheapest paid tier each vendor publishes. Free plans are listed above; tiers priced on request are not plotted because there is no figure to plot.
Where they differ
Only on Fireflies.ai
- Speech-to-text
- Summarization
- Speaker identification
- Also on Web and Chrome extension
Only on Granola
- Lower entry price: $14/mo against $18/mo
- Notes
- AI chat
- Also on macOS and Windows
From the pricing tiers and capability tags we track. A capability missing on one side means we have not recorded it there, not that the tool cannot do it.
At a glance
Fireflies.ai and Granola both appear in this directory's productivity listings. Prices below were read from the vendors' own pages, most recently on October 19, 2026. Paid plans start at $18/mo on Fireflies.ai and $14/mo on Granola. We track speech to text on Fireflies.ai and notes on Granola; both cover transcription and meeting notes. No score and no winner: the facts do the picking.
Capability tags are factual labels we assign when a tool is added; they describe what a tool does, not how well it does it.
Checked against the vendors. Written from each vendor's own site and last re-checked there: Fireflies.ai (under review since October 19, 2026) · Granola on October 19, 2026. Vendors change pricing and features without notice, so confirm anything that decides your purchase on the vendor's page.
Fireflies.ai
AI meeting assistant for transcription, summaries, and conversation intelligence
Fireflies.ai captures, transcribes, and summarizes voice and video meetings across platforms like Zoom, Google Meet, and Microsoft Teams. It delivers transcription in over 100 languages along with speaker identification and automated action items. Users can also query meeting history through the AskFred AI assistant.
Granola
AI notepad for back to back meetings
Granola is an AI notepad that enhances human meeting notes using real-time transcription without relying on meeting bots. It runs on macOS, Windows, iOS, and Android while deleting raw audio immediately after processing. The app provides over 29 templates and supports AI chat across past conversations with source citations.
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- Automating meeting transcription and CRM updates for sales teams
- Recording in-person or bot-free video calls across desktop and mobile devices
- Searching past meeting content using natural language AI chat
Fireflies.ai and Granola in action
Each vendor's own walkthrough, from its homepage or official YouTube channel. We don't make these videos and we don't rate them.
Fireflies.ai
Granola
Key features
Fireflies.ai
- Live meeting recording and transcription across 100+ languages with speaker recognition
- Automated meeting summaries, action items, and customized notes
- AskFred AI assistant to query past conversations and extract answers
- Conversation intelligence tracking speaker talk-time, sentiment, and topic trackers
Granola
- Bot-free capture using direct microphone and system audio
- Human-guided AI note enhancement in gray text alongside user notes
- Pre-meeting Briefs auto-generated from calendar and previous context
- Cross-meeting AI Chat with source citations
- Custom prompt Recipes for follow-up emails, PRDs, and action items
What each one does well
Fireflies.ai
- ✓ Transcribing and summarizing video calls across conferencing platforms
- ✓ Tracking conversation analytics like speaker talk-time and sentiment
- ✓ Syncing meeting notes and action items to CRMs and project management tools
Granola
- ✓ Executives and founders conducting confidential meetings without bots
- ✓ Teams needing to search context across months of past conversations
- ✓ Notetakers who want manual jotting combined with AI transcript enhancement
People also ask
Which is cheaper, Fireflies.ai or Granola?
Granola is cheaper: paid plans start at $18/mo for Fireflies.ai and $14/mo for Granola.
Does Fireflies.ai or Granola have a free plan?
Both Fireflies.ai and Granola publish a free plan.
What is the difference between Fireflies.ai and Granola?
Fireflies.ai and Granola are both tracked for transcription, meeting-notes. Of the capabilities they do not share, only Fireflies.ai is tracked for speech-to-text, summarization, speaker-identification, developer-api, and only Granola is tracked for notes, ai-chat, templates.
How much do Fireflies.ai and Granola cost?
Fireflies.ai: free plan, then $18/mo. Granola: free plan, then $14/mo.
Answers are generated from the tracked plans and capability tags shown above, so they move when the vendors' pages do.
Full fact sheets, FAQs, and discussion links: Fireflies.ai · Granola · all productivity tools