Bluedot vs Granola

Two fact sheets from our own research, side by side — pricing, platforms, API access and status re-checked by us rather than quoted from the vendors.

The short answer

Entry price: Bluedot from $14/mo, Granola from $14/seat/mo — different billing units, so no direct winner
Free plan: Both have one
Public API: Both have one
Higher Trust score: Granola — 91 vs 72 for Bluedot
Best fit: Bluedot: Sales and recruiting teams that need transcripts pushed into CRM or ATS records · Granola: Founders, salespeople and consultants in back-to-back external meetings who want a brief before and a summary after

From our own records as of each tool's last check. Anything we have not confirmed is left out rather than guessed. How we verify

BluedotBot-free meeting recorder that transcribes calls from device audio and syncs notes to CRM and docs tools

GranolaMeeting notepad that captures computer audio without a bot and merges your typed notes with the transcript into a summary.

Side by side

Fact	Bluedot	Granola
Category	Meeting Recording & Notes	Meeting Assistants
Pricing model	Freemium	Freemium
Starts at	$14/mo	$14/seat/mo
Public API	Yes	Yes
Trust score	72 / 100	91 / 100
Platforms	Web, Chrome extension, macOS, Windows, iOS, Android, API	macOS, Windows, iOS, Android, API
Company	—	Granola, Inc.
Last verified	Sep 6, 2026	Sep 6, 2026

What our research says

Bluedot

A good pick when you want meeting notes without a visible bot participant joining every call, and its billing only charges people who actually record. The catch is a nearly unusable free tier (five meetings ever) and audio-only capture until you pay for Pro.

Pros

Device-level capture means no bot joins the call
Apps across Chrome, desktop and mobile plus an API and MCP endpoint for automation
Per-recorder billing avoids paying for passive teammates
Webhooks and integrations arrive at the $14 Basic tier

Cons

Free tier is a 5-meeting lifetime demo, not a plan
Video capture and unlimited duration require the $20 Pro tier
Cancelling permanently deletes your data after 30 days

Granola

Granola is the note-taker for people who dislike note-taker bots: nothing joins the call, you keep writing your own shorthand, and the transcript fills in what you missed. The free tier is genuinely usable for an individual as long as you do not need notes older than a month; teams pay $14 a seat for history, integrations and the API, and anyone who wants a searchable archive of every call they ever had should budget for that from day one.

Pros

Bot-free capture through system audio works on every meeting platform and in person
Your typed notes stay the backbone; the AI enhances rather than overwrites them
Native apps on macOS, Windows, iOS, Android and Apple Watch
MCP connector and, on Business, an API and Notion/Zapier/HubSpot integrations
Free tier with unlimited notes and Slack sharing

Cons

Free plan keeps only 30 days of meeting history
Business and Enterprise prices are listed without saying whether they are annual or monthly rates
Model-training opt-out is per user below Enterprise, so a team cannot enforce it centrally
Captures only what the computer hears — a muted colleague's side on a phone call is lost

Which one fits

Choose Bluedot if you need

Sales and recruiting teams that need transcripts pushed into CRM or ATS records
Companies whose clients dislike bot participants appearing in meetings
Multilingual teams needing transcription across 100+ languages

Choose Granola if you need

Founders, salespeople and consultants in back-to-back external meetings who want a brief before and a summary after
People who take their own notes and want them enhanced, not replaced
Teams that cannot have a visible bot in client or candidate calls