Amie vs Granola
A side-by-side comparison of Amie and Granola, drawn from Ignaite's continuously-verified listings.
Compared from listings verified as of
Granola
MeetingAI notepad for back-to-back meetings — captures your Mac's audio, no meeting bot.
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| Attribute | Amie | Granola |
|---|---|---|
| Category (differs) | Productivity | Meeting |
| Pricing (differs) | PAID | FREEMIUM |
| License | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Deployment | Cloud | Cloud |
| Platforms | macOS, Windows, iOS | macOS, Windows, iOS |
| Model support | — | — |
| Vendor (differs) | Amie | Granola |
| Capabilities (differs) |
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The honest brief
Amie
Records meetings locally on your device with no bot joining the call, bundling notes with a full calendar and to-dos in one app.
- Calendar, tasks, and AI notes unified
- Bot-free, on-device meeting recording
- Natural-language scheduling
- Integrates Notion, Slack, Linear
- No free plan, 7-day trial only
- Premium price point
- No Android app
- Small team / niche product
Granola
Captures system audio with no bot in the call, then blends your raw notes into the AI summary.
- No bot joins the meeting
- Works with any video platform
- Polished notes from your own context
- AI chat across your notes
- Stores transcript, not audio/video replay
- Free tier limits history and integrations
- Desktop-app dependent capture
When to pick which
Both cover Transcription (STT) and Meeting notes.
Pick Amie if you need Calendar scheduling, Task management, and Email assistant.
- Calendar scheduling (primary capability)
- Task management (secondary capability)
- Email assistant (secondary capability)
Pick Granola if you need Chat with documents and Summarization.
- Chat with documents (secondary capability)
- Summarization (secondary capability)
Granola leans on Transcription (STT) as a headline capability; Amie treats it as secondary.
- Transcription (STT) (primary capability)
They also differ on:
- Pricing
- PAID · FREEMIUM