The free, open-source Granola alternative

• Switch to Humla if you want a free, local, open source alternative that keeps meetings on your Mac.
• Stick with Granola if you want polished first-party integrations (Notion, HubSpot, Slack) and a mobile app today — Humla has neither.

• It's cloud-only. Granola sends your audio to third-party transcription and LLM providers and stores your notes in its US cloud — there's no fully on-device mode.
• It's priced per seat — $14–35/user/month once you're past the capped free tier.
• Your notes can improve the product. Full opt-out of anonymised product-improvement data is standard only on the Enterprise plan.
• Speaker attribution gets weak in 3+ person calls, and it deletes the audio, so you can't re-listen.

Humla is the local, open-source take on the same no-bot notepad.

• Runs on your Mac. Transcription and summaries can run entirely on-device with Whisper on Apple Silicon — nothing has to leave the machine.
• Free forever. The app is free and MIT-licensed; optional team sync is $5/user/month — a third of Granola's entry price.
• Nothing to train on. Your notes and audio never reach Humla, so there's nothing of yours that could improve a model.
• Real speaker labels, kept audio. Offline diarization with colour-coded pills, plus a local playback file so you can re-listen.
• Open source. Audit the “nothing leaves your Mac” claim line by line instead of trusting a policy.
• Speaks your language. Around 99 languages via Whisper — on-device or with your own key — plus a dedicated Norwegian model and per-language routing.

Humla isn't for everyone. Stick with Granola if:

• You want polished first-party integrations (Notion, HubSpot, Slack) and a mobile app today — Humla has neither.
• You'd rather have fully managed cloud and don't need an on-device option.
• You're not on an Apple Silicon Mac — Humla is macOS 13+ (Apple Silicon) only.

1. 1.Record your next call with HumlaDownload the app. It's free, needs no account, and nothing joins the meeting.
2. 2.Bring the recordings you already haveImport audio files and Humla transcribes them, on device or with your own key.
3. 3.Add your team when you're readyHumla Cloud syncs notes across the team at $5 per user a month.

• Humla vs GranolaThe full side by side comparison
• PricingThe free app, and Humla Cloud for teams
• PrivacyWhat stays on your Mac and what Humla sends back
• Source codeEvery line on GitHub, MIT licensed