| Functionality | 6 <p>Granola is a very simple AI notetaker that doesn't offer much beyond transcribing and summarizing meetings. But the fact that it doesn't join your calls is a 'feature' that we - and many users - highly value.</p> | 2 <p>Spellar offers little beyond pronunciation feedback and lacks core functionality such as search, organization, note editing, and custom templates. This being said, its AI chat co-pilot and meeting summaries are strong features.</p> |
| Ease of Use | 9 <p>Granola was incredibly easy to set up. We loved the handy pop-up that appears when joining calls. No bots join the call—just press "Take Notes" and it handles the rest.</p> | 4 <p>Spellar’s limited functionality makes it straightforward to set up, transcribe meetings, and get clear feedback on your pronunciation. The feedback looks good and clearly highlights both your mistakes and the correct alternatives. However, the lack of features like meeting search, organization tools, or note customization makes it difficult to go beyond the basics.</p> |
| Look and feel | 9 <p>Granola's minimalist aesthetic is visually appealing, and it has a lightning fast load time.</p> | 3 <p>The interface is clean and simple, but the absence of tags, colors, and a keyword search makes organization difficult and finding things challenging. Additionally, the mandatory dark mode feels overly dark, making it hard to see. On the positive side, the feature that highlights mispronounced words in the transcript is a nice touch. If your primary goal is to get feedback on pronunciation, the app serves that purpose fairly well.</p> |
| Customisability | 5 <p>Meeting notes are fully editable, with nearly 30 templates to choose from—or you can create your own. Granola does a solid job of understanding the meeting content and automatically tailoring the summary with its “Auto” template.</p> | 1 <p>Beyond choosing the length of the AI summary, customisation options are virtually non-existent. You cannot manually edit the transcript or notes, create custom templates, or organise meetings into folders, leaving you restricted to a chronological order.</p> |
| Ease of Setup | 8 <p>Self-serve, no sales calls. Provides nearly 30 editable note templates with guided input boxes for customization. Basic setup takes 10-15 minutes. No advanced workflows supported, no Zapier templates or native builder.</p> | 7 <p>Self-serve, no sales calls. No editable note templates or customization. Basic setup takes 10-15 minutes. No advanced workflows supported, no Zapier templates or native builder. Requires desktop app installation.</p> |
| Customer Support | 5 <p>They currently have limited support available. Their help page is built on Notion, and you can contact them via email for inquiries.</p> | 4 <p>There’s no help centre with self-help articles or an in-app support chat. Support is available via a Slack channel, where questions typically receive a response within a few hours.</p> |
| Integratability | 2 <p>Natively integrates with Slack, HubSpot, and Affinity, but its major drawback is the lack of a Zapier integration. While many AI notetakers compensate for limited native integrations with Zapier, Granola doesn't, leaving fewer options for connecting with other tools. In most cases, you're left with emailing, copying notes, or posting them to Slack.</p> | 3 <p>Integrates with some common apps like Slack, Notion, and Jira. The biggest weakness is the lack of a Zapier integration, which most AI notetakers have.</p> |
| Ease of Migration | 6 <p>Easily export transcripts and meeting notes with a single click via link, email, or Slack.</p> | 6 <p>The summary notes can be quickly shared to integrated apps like Google Docs, Craft, Notion, and Confluence. There are also options to copy the notes to the clipboard, copy all as plain text, copy only the summary, or copy the summary as plain text. Additionally, the audio recording can be downloaded as an .mp4 file.</p> |
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