Granola solved the same problem Jotted did, from the same angle: record from the machine, never send a bot. Where they part company is what you have left afterwards.
Short answer: Granola and Jotted agree on the important thing, that no bot should be in your call. The difference is the artifact. Granola gives you excellent notes. Jotted gives you notes and the recording, so you can rewatch the moment, send it to someone, or prove what was said.
If you take internal calls and want tidy notes, Granola is lovely. If you take client calls where the screen and the record matter, keep the video.
A summary is an interpretation. When a client disputes what was agreed, an interpretation is not what you want to be holding.
Notes cannot show you the layout you reviewed, the number in the spreadsheet, or the slide that caused the argument.
Some work needs the actual recording: sending a walkthrough to a colleague, keeping a record of a scoping call, editing a clip.
| Jotted | Granola | |
|---|---|---|
| Bot joins the call | Never | Never |
| Records from your own machine | Yes | Yes |
| Keeps the full video | Yes, on every plan | No, notes focused |
| You get a media file to keep | Yes, on your own disk | No |
| Share a link so someone can watch the call | Yes, on Pro | No |
| Free plan | Unlimited recordings, unlimited length, full local transcript | Limited |
| Notes and action items | Yes, on Pro | Yes, this is its strength |
| Price, billed monthly | Free, or $14 | Around $14 per user |
Prices checked July 2026 and quoted on monthly billing, not the cheaper annual rate. Tools change their plans often, so check Granola's own pricing page before you decide.
If you want a fast, elegant note-taking experience and you genuinely never need to watch a call back, Granola is a nicer, lighter thing to use. It is not trying to be a recorder and it does not carry the weight of one.
Video files are large. Granola avoids that entirely, which is a real advantage if disk space or upload speed is a problem for you.
The prices are effectively the same, roughly $14 a month each, which makes this the cleanest comparison on the site: same money, and the question is only what you get for it. Granola gives you notes. Jotted gives you notes and the recording.
Granola is well made and its approach is right. Recording from the device instead of sending a bot is better for everyone in the meeting, and the notes it produces are genuinely good.
The question is what you need a week later. For internal calls, notes are usually enough. For client work, they often are not. When someone says that is not what we agreed, a summary written by an AI is not the thing that settles it. The recording is.
There is also the screen. Client calls are full of things being shown rather than said. Notes describe a conversation, not a demo.
Jotted keeps both. The video and both audio tracks are recorded from your desktop, transcribed on your own machine, then written up into a summary and action items on the paid plan. You can download one combined file, or send a link and let someone watch it in a browser without an account.
Granola is focused on notes taken from the audio rather than keeping the meeting recording. If you want to rewatch the call or see what was on screen, that is the difference.
Yes. Both record from your own machine rather than sending a participant into the call, which is why they are the closest comparison to each other in approach.
Because most disputes and most missed detail are visual or specific. A summary tells you a price was discussed. The recording shows you the number on screen.
Yes, on Pro. A link opens in any browser with no account needed, and you choose whether the transcript, notes and action items are included, and whether they can download it.
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