Fireflies AI vs Granola is a choice between a meeting bot and a notepad. Fireflies sends a notetaker bot into Zoom, Google Meet and Microsoft Teams calls, then writes the transcript and an AI summary. Granola listens to your computer's audio, so no bot joins, and it expands the notes you type. Fireflies Pro costs $10 a month billed yearly and $18 billed monthly, and Granola Business costs $14 a month. Fireflies Free stores 400 minutes per team, and Granola Basic keeps 30 days of meeting history. Prices and plan details were checked on Nov 5, 2026.
If you want the money question first, jump to what you pay for each or the free plans. If you record in person or on the phone and want to compare costs, skip to Fireflies vs Granola vs Comu AI.
Fireflies vs Granola at a glance
Fireflies Pro is cheaper than Granola Business on yearly billing, Granola Business is cheaper than Fireflies Pro on monthly billing, and the two tools differ most on bots, phone calls and CRM.
| Fireflies | Granola | |
|---|---|---|
| How it works | A notetaker bot joins the call, or you record without a bot from the desktop app or the Chrome extension | An AI notepad: your typed notes plus the transcript, with no bot |
| Free plan | Free, 400 minutes of storage per team, limited AI summaries | Basic, 30 days of meeting history |
| Paid plan, billed monthly | Pro $18, Business $29 | Business $14, Enterprise $35 |
| Paid plan, billed yearly | Pro $10, Business $19, Enterprise $39 | Business $14 a month ($168 a year), Enterprise $35 a month ($420 a year) |
| Transcription languages | 100+ | Multi-language |
| CRM | CRM autofill for HubSpot and Salesforce | HubSpot, Attio and Affinity from Business, Salesforce on Enterprise |
| Best for | Calls recorded automatically and shared with a team | Bot-free notes in your own structure |
Prices are per user per month in US dollars (Nov 5, 2026).
Fireflies vs Granola: what you pay for each
Granola Business costs $14 per user per month, and Fireflies Pro costs $10 per seat per month billed yearly or $18 billed monthly. Granola is cheaper on monthly billing, and Fireflies is cheaper on yearly billing.
Fireflies has four plans: Free, Pro, Business and Enterprise. Pro is $18 a month, or $10 a month billed yearly. Business is $29 a month, or $19 billed yearly. Enterprise is $39 a month and sold on yearly billing only. The Fireflies AI pricing guide covers each plan.
Granola has three plans: Basic, Business and Enterprise. Basic is free. Business is $14 per user per month, which is $168 a year, and Enterprise is $35, which is $420 a year. Students at accredited universities in the US, UK and Canada get 12 months of Business free. The Granola pricing guide covers what each plan adds.
| Per user per year | Fireflies | Granola |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | $0 |
| Entry paid plan, billed monthly | Pro, $216 | Business, $168 |
| Entry paid plan, billed yearly | Pro, $120 | Business, $168 |
| Team plan, billed monthly | Business, $348 | Business, $168 |
| Team plan, billed yearly | Business, $228 | Business, $168 |
On monthly billing, Granola Business at $14 is $48 a year cheaper than Fireflies Pro at $18. On yearly billing, Fireflies Pro at $10 is $48 a year cheaper than Granola Business. Fireflies Business at $19 billed yearly costs $60 a year more than Granola Business.
Granola vs Fireflies AI: free plans compared
Fireflies Free and Granola Basic both cost $0: Fireflies Free stores 400 minutes per team and limits AI summaries, and Granola Basic keeps 30 days of meeting history.
Fireflies Free costs $0 and has no end date. It records Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams and other platforms, transcribes in 100+ languages, and includes real-time notes and live transcription, audio and video file uploads, the desktop and mobile apps, a Chrome extension and API access. AI summaries and the AskFred assistant are limited, storage is 400 minutes per team, and you get 20 AI credits once at sign-up. The task manager starts on Pro.
Granola Basic costs $0. It includes AI meeting notes, bot-free capture from your computer's audio, the desktop, iOS, Android and Apple Watch apps, speaker tagging, customized note templates, multi-language support, voice typing, AI chat within and across meetings, shared folders and a Slack integration. You can take as many notes as you like, and notes older than 30 days need an upgrade to view.
| Free plan | Fireflies Free | Granola Basic |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0 | $0 |
| Limit | 400 minutes of storage per team | 30 days of meeting history |
| AI summaries | Limited | AI meeting notes |
| AI assistant | AskFred, limited | AI chat in Auto mode |
For a few online meetings a month, either free plan works. Fireflies Free fits a team that wants searchable recordings and stays under 400 minutes of storage. Granola Basic fits someone who takes notes in many meetings and does not need to look back past a month.
Fireflies vs Granola: bots, devices and phone calls
Granola never sends a bot and runs on macOS, Windows, iOS and Android, while Fireflies sends a bot by default. On phone calls, Fireflies records through its desktop app and Granola takes notes on outbound iOS calls only.
| Fireflies | Granola | |
|---|---|---|
| Bot in the call | Yes, Fireflies Notetaker joins calendar meetings | No |
| Recording without a bot | Desktop app on Mac and Windows, and a Chrome extension that records Google Meet audio | Always, using computer audio on macOS and Windows |
| In-person meetings | Mobile app on iOS and Android | Mobile app on iOS and Android |
| Phone calls | Mac: iPhone calls through FaceTime. Windows: Android and iPhone calls through Phone Link. Aircall and RingCentral through dialer integrations | iOS only: outbound calls through the built-in dialer |
The Fireflies bot is always visible in the participant list, and a host admits it when the meeting has a waiting room. Without the bot, the desktop app's Take Notes button records system audio. The no-bot mode saves no audio or video file.
Granola starts only when you start it, and it does not auto-join or auto-record anything. On iOS, it also takes notes on outbound phone calls placed through its dialer. Inbound calls are not supported, and the Android app does not take notes on phone calls. Granola's mobile apps cannot capture a Zoom or Google Meet call running on the phone, so the macOS and Windows apps handle virtual meetings.
Fireflies vs Granola: features row by row
Granola expands the notes you type, while Fireflies writes the summary without typing, transcribes in 100+ languages and fills HubSpot and Salesforce through CRM autofill.
- Notes. Granola expands the notes you type into full meeting notes. Fireflies writes the AI summary without any typing, and Pro adds a task manager.
- Live transcription. Fireflies shows real-time notes and a live transcript on every plan, including Free.
- Briefs and follow-ups. Granola's pre-meeting briefs and follow-up emails start on Business. Fireflies Pro adds Personal Assistant, Email Assistant, AI Skills and Voice Agents.
- AI chat. Granola's chat uses Auto mode on Basic, with model selection on Business and Enterprise. Fireflies' assistant is AskFred, limited on Free.
- Languages. Fireflies transcribes in 100+ languages from the Free plan. Granola supports multiple languages on every plan.
- Speaker labels. Granola Basic includes speaker tagging, and its tags use each participant's display name in Google Meet, Zoom and Microsoft Teams on macOS and Windows. Fireflies names speakers in bot and Chrome extension recordings and labels them Speaker 1 and Speaker 2 in the no-bot desktop mode.
- Recordings. Fireflies stores bot recordings, and Pro adds downloads of transcripts, summaries and recordings. Granola deletes audio after transcription.
- Integrations. Granola has Slack on every plan, plus Notion, Zapier, HubSpot, Attio, Affinity and API access from Business. Fireflies Pro includes unlimited integrations.
- CRM and sales. Fireflies fills HubSpot and Salesforce with notes and call logs through CRM autofill, which uses AI credits. Sales Assist gives live suggestions during customer calls with the bot present and also uses credits. Business adds conversation intelligence and team analytics for admins. Granola connects HubSpot, Attio and Affinity from Business and advanced integrations such as Salesforce on Enterprise.
Fireflies vs Granola: storage, AI credits and history limits
Fireflies limits storage and AI credits, and Granola limits meeting history, so the limit you reach first decides which plan you need.
Fireflies Free gives 400 minutes of storage per team, Pro gives 8,000 minutes per seat, and Business and Enterprise give unlimited storage. AI credits are a separate meter: Free gets 20 once at sign-up, Pro gets 20, Business gets 30 and Enterprise gets 50. Credits are shared across the team, and an upgrade replaces them instead of adding to them.
Transcription, standard notes and recap emails do not use credits. AI Skills, the Personal Assistant's Daily Digest and Meeting Prep, Voice Agents and AskFred during a live meeting do. Extra credits are sold on paid plans only, and unused credits do not carry over.
Granola Basic keeps 30 days of meeting history, and Business keeps history without a limit. Five one-hour meetings a week add up to about 1,300 minutes a month. That is more than three times the 400 minutes Fireflies Free stores for a whole team, and one month of it fills 16% of the 8,000 minutes in a Fireflies Pro seat.
Granola vs Fireflies AI: which one fits you
Choose Granola for notes in your own words with no bot, and choose Fireflies for automatic recording, 100+ languages and CRM autofill.
| If you | Choose |
|---|---|
| Want no bot in your calls, ever | Granola |
| Want to write your own notes and have AI fill in the rest | Granola |
| Want every calendar meeting recorded automatically and shared with a team | Fireflies |
| Want 100+ transcription languages | Fireflies |
| Want CRM autofill into HubSpot or Salesforce | Fireflies |
| Want the lowest price billed yearly | Fireflies Pro at $10 |
| Want the lowest price billed monthly | Granola Business at $14 |
| Make outbound iPhone calls and want notes in the same app | Granola |
| Want a dedicated recorder for in-person meetings and phone calls | A recorder, such as Comu |
Start on a free plan and note the limit you reach first. For Fireflies it is the 400 minutes of storage per team or the 20 AI credits. For Granola it is the 30-day window. For features by plan, read the Fireflies AI review and the Granola AI review.
Fireflies vs Granola: privacy and data handling
Granola and Fireflies each state that they hold SOC 2 Type II certification, and both put HIPAA and SSO on Enterprise. Granola's certification covers every plan, and it deletes audio after transcription and offers a DPA. Granola states that third parties such as OpenAI and Anthropic may not use your data to train their models. Granola trains on anonymized data itself, each user can opt out in Settings with one click, and Enterprise has model training turned off by default.
Fireflies states that it holds SOC 2 Type II and ISO 42001 certifications, complies with GDPR, and never uses your data for AI training. Enterprise adds HIPAA compliance, SSO and SCIM, audit logs and private storage.
Granola can send an automated message at the start of each meeting to tell participants it is in use. Fireflies' no-bot desktop mode can play an audio consent message, post a chat message on a Mac and show an AI Taking Notes watermark on your camera. Tell the other person you are recording. Laws on recording calls differ by country, and you are responsible for following them.
Fireflies vs Granola for a small team
Five people pay $840 a year on Granola Business, $600 on Fireflies Pro billed yearly and $1,140 on Fireflies Business billed yearly. Granola Business adds centralized billing and user management. Fireflies Business adds conversation intelligence, team analytics for admins, public meeting access and user groups, and its seats share one pool of 30 AI credits. Pick Fireflies if the team needs shared recordings, analytics or CRM autofill, and pick Granola if each person needs private notes without a bot.
Fireflies vs Granola: setting up in your first week
Run both free plans side by side on real meetings for one week.
- Sign up for both free plans.
- Run three real meetings. Let the Fireflies bot join, and start Granola yourself.
- Compare the notes. Granola's notes follow what you typed. Fireflies' summary and transcript arrive without any typing.
- Check the limits. Note how many of the 400 minutes of storage the three meetings used.
- Try Fireflies without the bot. Press Take Notes in the desktop app on one meeting and look at the speaker labels.
- Decide on seats. Give a paid seat to the people who run the most meetings.
Fireflies vs Granola: cost over three years
Over three years, one person pays $504 on Granola Business, $360 on Fireflies Pro billed yearly and $684 on Fireflies Business billed yearly. AI credit packs cost extra on Fireflies.
| One person | Year 1 | Year 2 (total) | Year 3 (total) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fireflies Pro, $10 a month billed yearly | $120.00 | $240.00 | $360.00 |
| Granola Business, $14 a month | $168.00 | $336.00 | $504.00 |
| Fireflies Pro, $18 a month | $216.00 | $432.00 | $648.00 |
| Fireflies Business, $19 a month billed yearly | $228.00 | $456.00 | $684.00 |
| Granola Enterprise, $35 a month | $420.00 | $840.00 | $1,260.00 |
| Fireflies Enterprise, $39 a month billed yearly | $468.00 | $936.00 | $1,404.00 |
Fireflies vs Granola vs Comu AI: usage cost compared
Comu Note Pro is €139.99 and Comu Action Pro is €179.99. Over three years, Granola Business costs $504 and Fireflies Pro billed yearly costs $360. Comu prices are euro prices from the EU store (Nov 6, 2026); competitor prices are US dollar prices from each company's own site. Comu is a recorder with an app. The free plan that comes with a Comu device includes unlimited transcription, unlimited real-time transcription, speaker identification, summaries, action items, 30+ built-in templates and unlimited custom templates, and Comu AI for questions across your recordings. Comu records phone calls, supports 113 languages, imports external audio files, exports text as TXT, Markdown, Word and PDF and audio as MP3 and WAV, and is GDPR, HIPAA and SOC 2 compliant.
The Comu rows use only that free plan. Fireflies Free costs $0 and transcribes online meetings in 100+ languages with limited AI summaries and 400 minutes of storage per team. Granola Basic costs $0 and gives AI notes from your computer's audio with 30 days of meeting history. The table therefore compares Comu with Fireflies Pro, Business and Enterprise and with Granola Business and Enterprise, and lists the two free plans at $0 for reference. Downloads start on Fireflies Pro and Granola deletes audio after transcription, while Comu's included plan exports audio as MP3 and WAV. Comu has a bone conduction microphone, so you place the device against the phone to record a call.
| One person | Year 1 | Year 2 (total) | Year 3 (total) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Comu Note Pro, free plan | €139.99 | €139.99 | €139.99 |
| Comu Action Pro, free plan | €179.99 | €179.99 | €179.99 |
| Fireflies Free, 400 minutes of storage per team | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 |
| Granola Basic, 30 days of history | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 |
| Fireflies Pro, billed yearly | $120.00 | $240.00 | $360.00 |
| Fireflies Pro, billed monthly | $216.00 | $432.00 | $648.00 |
| Granola Business, unlimited history | $168.00 | $336.00 | $504.00 |
| Fireflies Business, unlimited storage, billed yearly | $228.00 | $456.00 | $684.00 |
| Granola Enterprise | $420.00 | $840.00 | $1,260.00 |
| Fireflies Enterprise, billed yearly | $468.00 | $936.00 | $1,404.00 |
For a team of five over three years, Granola Business seats cost $2,520, Fireflies Pro seats billed yearly cost $1,800, Fireflies Business seats billed yearly cost $3,420, and five Comu Note Pro devices cost €699.95.
| Feature | Comu (included with the device) | Fireflies Free | Granola Basic |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price | €139.99 (Note Pro) or €179.99 (Action Pro) | $0 | $0 |
| Transcription and history | Unlimited transcription | 400 minutes of storage per team | 30 days of meeting history |
| Where it records | A recorder you carry, in person and on the phone | Online meetings with a bot, the desktop app, the Chrome extension and the mobile apps, plus uploaded files | Your computer's audio, plus the phone apps |
Comu records the room and the phone from a device you carry, so it works for an in-person interview, a client visit, a lecture or a call. The transcript, speaker labels, summary and action items arrive in the app. For a longer look, read our guide to the features that come with Comu, or look at Comu Note Pro and Comu Action Pro.
Common questions about Fireflies vs Granola
Which is better, Fireflies or Granola?
Fireflies is the better fit if you want every meeting recorded by a bot, 100+ transcription languages and CRM autofill. Granola is the better fit if you want no bot in the call and notes built around what you type.
Fireflies AI vs Granola: which is cheaper?
On yearly billing, Fireflies Pro at $10 a month is cheaper than Granola Business at $14. On monthly billing, Granola Business at $14 is cheaper than Fireflies Pro at $18.
Granola vs Fireflies: which one works without a bot?
Granola always works without a bot. It uses your computer's audio and does not invite anyone to the call. Fireflies joins calendar meetings as a bot by default, and its desktop app and its Chrome extension for Google Meet record without one.
Do Fireflies and Granola have free plans?
Yes. Fireflies Free is $0 with 400 minutes of storage per team and limited AI summaries. Granola Basic is $0 with 30 days of meeting history.
Does Granola work on Windows and Android?
Yes. Granola runs on macOS, Windows, iOS and Android. The Android app takes notes in person, and notes on outbound phone calls are available on iOS only.
Does Fireflies record phone calls?
Yes, through its desktop app. On a Mac it records iPhone calls using FaceTime, and on Windows it records Android and iPhone calls through the Phone Link app. It also transcribes Aircall and RingCentral calls.
Which is better for sales teams, Fireflies or Granola?
Fireflies is the better fit for sales teams that want CRM autofill into HubSpot and Salesforce, conversation intelligence on Business and Sales Assist suggestions during customer calls. CRM autofill and Sales Assist use AI credits. Granola connects HubSpot, Attio and Affinity from Business and advanced integrations such as Salesforce on Enterprise.
How much do Fireflies AI credits cost?
Extra AI credits cost from $5 a month for 50 credits to $600 a month for 10,000 credits, and they are sold on paid plans only. Billed yearly, the same packs cost $4 and $480 a month.
Is there a recorder alternative to both?
Yes. Comu Note Pro is €139.99 and Comu Action Pro is €179.99. Both record phone calls and in-person conversations.
Related reading
- Fireflies AI Pricing (2026): Free Plan, Pro at $10, Business at $19 and AI Credits
- Granola Pricing (2026): Free Plan, Business at $14 and Enterprise at $35
- Fireflies AI Review (2026): Features, Pricing, Privacy and Who It Fits
- Granola AI Review (2026): Features, Pricing, Privacy and Who It Fits
- Granola Alternatives (2026): 7 AI Note Takers Compared by Price and Use Case
- Fireflies vs Otter (2026): Pricing, Free Plans and Features Compared
Sources
Pages were checked on Nov 5, 2026.
- Fireflies, Pricing, Notetaker, AI Credits Pricing and Overview, How to Record Meetings Without a Bot on the Fireflies Desktop App, Learn about the Fireflies Chrome Extension and How Fireflies joins and records your meetings - FAQs
- Granola, Pricing, home page, student program, Security, Getting started with Granola for mobile, Phone calls and Common feature requests
- Comu, Comu Action Pro, Comu Note Pro, and app downloads
