Granola vs Otter.ai vs Supernormal vs Tactiq
A side-by-side look at scores, pricing and features — with RECATOOLS' ASEAN-aware verdict for each.
Granola
Meeting notes that you actually want to read
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Otter.ai
Meeting transcription and AI notes
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Supernormal
Bot-free meeting notes that record from your desktop
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Tactiq
Browser-based meeting transcripts without a bot in the call
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| RECATOOLS Score | 7.8 / 10 | 7.3 / 10 | 7 / 10 | 7 / 10 |
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| Pricing | Freemium | Freemium | Freemium | Freemium |
| Free tier | Basic plan (free) — capped at 25 lifetime meeting notes, 14 days of visible history, no integrations | 300 minutes per month transcription, 3 lifetime audio/video file imports (permanent cap, not monthly), 30-minute cap per conversation | — | — |
| Paid from | $14/user/month (Business plan); Enterprise at $35/user/month | $16.99/month (Pro) | — | — |
| Has API | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Open source | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Free to use | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
| Users | — | 35m+ users | — | — |
| Founded | 2023 | 2016 | — | 2019 |
| Maker | — | Sam Liang, Yun Fu | — | — |
| Verdict | Granola stays the most polished of the bot-free notetakers: it captures system audio on your machine — nothing joins the call — and merges your typed shorthand with the transcript into notes that read like a human wrote... |
Otter.ai remains the most recognizable AI meeting-assistant, with OtterPilot joining Zoom, Teams, and Google Meet calls to transcribe, diarize speakers, and generate summaries and action items. Real-time English transcri... |
Supernormal's differentiator is what it doesn't do: its desktop app can record a call without dropping a named bot into the participant list, which matters for client-facing and privacy-sensitive meetings where a "Supern... |
No bot visibly joins the call — that's the whole differentiator, and it's a good one. Tactiq runs as a browser extension that reads a call's native captions, so Google Meet, Zoom and Teams get live transcripts and AI sum... |
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Comparisons cover up to 4 tools. Scores are RECATOOLS editorial assessments; verify current pricing on each vendor's site.