Granola takes a different approach from bot-based meeting recorders: it listens through the user’s device and enhances notes the user writes during the conversation. The result is a more private, human-guided workflow with editable notes, custom templates, shared folders, and AI chat across meetings, particularly suited to people in frequent internal or customer conversations.
Granola AI Notetaker was ranked by 17 out of 19 AI models consulted. It achieved a consensus rank of #4 with a 80% AI agreement score. The average position given by the AIs was #4.5.
Points = base position score × AI weight. Higher-weighted AIs contribute more points per position.
| AI Model | Rank Given | Weighted Points |
|---|---|---|
| Claude Opus 4.5(1.70x) | #2 | 16 pts |
| GLM 4.7(1.59x) | #2 | 13 pts |
| Nemotron 3 Super(1.79x) | #2 | 16 pts |
| Llama 4 Maverick(1.60x) | #2 | 12 pts |
| Mistral Large(1.67x) | #2 | 14 pts |
| Kimi K2.5(1.62x) | #2 | 15 pts |
| Mini Max M2.1(1.67x) | #2 | 13 pts |
| Qwen 3.7 Max(1.65x) | #2 | 15 pts |
| Grok 4.3(1.66x) | #4 | 11 pts |
| DeepSeek V4 Pro(1.73x) | #4 | 12 pts |
| Claude Sonnet 4.6(1.70x) | #5 | 10 pts |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash(1.49x) | #5 | 9 pts |
| Perplexity Sonar Pro(1.23x) | #6 | 6 pts |
| Gemini 3.1 Pro(1.51x) | #7 | 6 pts |
| Solar Pro 3(1.67x) | #10 | 2 pts |
| GPT-5(1.25x) | #10 | 1 pts |
| Seed 1.6 Flash(1.54x) | #10 | 1 pts |