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Granola vs Fireflies.ai
Granola never joins the call: it records your computer's audio, keeps no audio afterwards and turns the transcript into notes. Fireflies sends a bot and can also record without one. Fireflies says it never trains on your data; Granola may train on anonymized data unless you opt out. Granola Business is $14 a seat a month, billed monthly; Fireflies Pro is $10 billed yearly or $18 monthly.
Trains AI on your recordings
- Granola
- Yes, unless you opt out
- Fireflies.ai
- Says it doesn't train on them
Cheapest paid plan
- Granola
- $14/month per seat, billed monthly
- Fireflies.ai
- $10/month per seat, billed yearly
How others are told
- Granola
- Nothing by default, Automatic chat message
- Fireflies.ai
- The bot shows in the call, Email to attendees, Automatic chat message, Spoken announcement
EU data storage
- Granola
- NoNo
- Fireflies.ai
- YesYes
Every fact, side by side
A dot marks a row where they differ. Rows with an info mark open a note.
GranolaFireflies.aiHow it listens
What happens to your recordings
What it costs
Where it works
What you get out
Who makes it
Which one to pick
Pick Granola if
Records on your computer
- You don't want a bot in anyone's call
- You want no audio kept, only notes and transcripts
- You'd rather pay month to month: Business is $14 a seat
Pick Fireflies.ai if
A bot joins the call
- You don't want your recordings used to train AI
- You want to upload recordings and download transcripts
- You need your data stored in the EU, which Fireflies offers on Enterprise
Still deciding?
The guides start from what you need, like no bot in the call, a free plan or recordings that stay private, and give the reason for every pick.
