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Granola

Granola transcribes meetings from your computer without a bot joining, then turns your rough notes into full notes; paid plans add pre-meeting briefs, follow-up email drafts and CRM syncing.

Not tested by JuicyAgents · Reviewed 15 Oct 2026

Can replace
Bot-based meeting notetakers, HubSpot CRM
Integrations
Google Calendar, Outlook, Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Gmail, Slack +4 more

Overview

About Granola

Granola is an AI notepad for people with many meetings. It captures your computer's audio, so no bot joins the call, and it works with Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams and in-person meetings. You type rough notes as usual, and Granola combines them with the transcript to write full notes. On the Business plan it also prepares a short brief before external meetings, drafts follow-up emails and can send notes to HubSpot, Attio or Affinity.

Briefs are prepared overnight for meetings with people outside your company. They are usually two or three bullet points drawn from past notes, your calendar, the public web and, if you connect it, Gmail. Briefs need Google Calendar, and Granola says they can sometimes be wrong. Follow-up emails and Chat actions are drafts that you review and send, but notes added to a synced folder are copied to HubSpot automatically. Because there is no bot, you must tell participants yourself that the meeting is being transcribed.

What the workflow does

  • Bot-free transcription: Transcribes from your computer's microphone and system audio on Mac and Windows, with mobile apps too; nobody extra joins the call.
  • Enhanced notes: Combines the notes you type with the transcript to produce structured meeting notes.
  • Pre-meeting briefs: On Business and Enterprise, prepares a short overnight brief for external meetings from past notes, calendar details, the web and optional Gmail.
  • Follow-up email drafts: On paid plans, drafts a follow-up after external meetings; you edit it and press Send from your connected Gmail.
  • Sharing and CRM sync: Shares notes to Slack and Notion, and on Business syncs notes to HubSpot, Attio or Affinity; Salesforce needs Enterprise.

From input to result

How the workflow works

You provide

  • The Granola desktop app and your usual meeting app.
  • Google Calendar for briefs, plus Gmail if you want email context and follow-up drafts.
  • A HubSpot, Attio or Affinity connection for CRM sync.
  • Your own rough notes during the meeting.

You get

  • Full meeting notes without a visible recording bot.
  • A short prep note before external meetings.
  • Follow-up email drafts and CRM notes ready to check after calls.
  1. Use the free plan in a few real meetings and compare the enhanced notes with what was said.

  2. On Business, connect Google Calendar and Gmail, then check each brief against what you already know before external meetings.

  3. Turn on HubSpot sync for one folder only and check the records it creates before widening it.

What it offers

Key features

  • Bot-free transcription

    Transcribes from your computer's microphone and system audio on Mac and Windows, with mobile apps too; nobody extra joins the call.

  • Enhanced notes

    Combines the notes you type with the transcript to produce structured meeting notes.

  • Pre-meeting briefs

    On Business and Enterprise, prepares a short overnight brief for external meetings from past notes, calendar details, the web and optional Gmail.

  • Follow-up email drafts

    On paid plans, drafts a follow-up after external meetings; you edit it and press Send from your connected Gmail.

  • Sharing and CRM sync

    Shares notes to Slack and Notion, and on Business syncs notes to HubSpot, Attio or Affinity; Salesforce needs Enterprise.

Is it a good fit?

Who it’s for

  • People who take their own notes in meetings and want them filled out.
  • Sales staff, founders and investors who meet many external contacts and use HubSpot, Attio or Affinity.
  • Teams where a visible meeting bot puts clients off.

Strengths

  • No meeting bot, so calls feel normal.
  • Accurate transcripts and well-structured summaries.
  • Search and chat across past meetings.

Connected tools

Integrations

  • Google Calendar
  • Outlook
  • Zoom
  • Microsoft Teams
  • Gmail
  • Slack
  • HubSpot
  • Salesforce
  • Notion
  • Zapier

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