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Quiet Assistant vs Granola
Both take notes without a bot. Granola is a notepad that improves the notes you type; Quiet Assistant shows live captions and translation during the call and suggests a reply when you’re asked something.
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What Granola is
Granola is an AI notepad for meetings. You jot notes during the call and Granola fills them in from the transcript afterward. It runs on macOS, Windows, iPhone, Android and Apple Watch and has team plans.
Side by side
| Feature | Quiet Assistant | Granola |
|---|---|---|
| Joins the call | Quiet Assistant: No bot. It listens to what your computer plays. | Granola: No bot. Uses your device audio. |
| Runs on | Quiet Assistant: Mac (macOS 13 or later) and Windows 10 or later | Granola: macOS, Windows, iPhone, Android and Apple Watch |
| Live captions | Quiet Assistant: Yes, in 60 languages, with each speaker in their own color | Granola: Transcribes during the call; the focus is your notepad |
| Live translation | Quiet Assistant: Yes, between any two of the 60 languages, as people speak | Granola: Not offered, as far as we can tell |
| Suggested replies | Quiet Assistant: Yes. When someone asks you something, a suggested answer appears in the meeting’s language, with a translation | Granola: Not offered, as far as we can tell |
| Notes after the call | Quiet Assistant: Summary, decisions, action items with owners and due dates, open questions | Granola: Yes, built from your own notes and the transcript |
| Free plan | Quiet Assistant: 120 minutes, once | Granola: Basic, with 30 days of history |
| Paid plans | Quiet Assistant: Pro $25 a month (600 minutes) or $210 a year. Max $49 a month (1,500 minutes) or $410 a year | Granola: Business $14 per user a month, Enterprise $35 per user a month |
Choose Granola if
- You like typing your own notes and having AI fill in the gaps.
- Your team wants shared notes and a team workspace.
- You want a phone or Apple Watch app.
Choose Quiet Assistant if
- You want to read the call as it happens, especially in another language.
- You want help answering in the moment, not only notes afterward.
- You don’t want to type during the meeting: notes are written for you when it ends.
Questions
Is there a Granola alternative for Windows?
Granola itself now runs on Windows. Quiet Assistant also runs on Windows 10 or later and on Mac, with live captions, translation and suggested replies.
Sources
- Granola homepage
- Granola pricing
- Quiet Assistant: plans and help
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