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Humla vs Granola.
Both skip the meeting bot. Only one keeps your audio on your Mac — and it's free.
Free · Open source · macOS 13+ (Apple Silicon)
In short
Which should you pick?
- Pick Humla for privacy, on-device processing, and price.
- Pick Granola for integrations and a mobile app.
Side by side
How they compare.
An honest look. Humla wins on privacy, price, and openness; Granola leads on integrations and mobile.
| Humla | Granola | |
|---|---|---|
| No bot joins the call | ||
| Runs fully on your device | — | |
| Open source (auditable) | — | |
| Bring your own AI key / model | — | |
| Speaker labels (who said what) | Weak in 3+ | |
| AI summaries & action items | ||
| App integrations (Slack, CRM…) | — | |
| Mobile app | — | |
| Price | Free | $14–35/user/mo |
Reflects each product's standard plans as of 2026 — check their sites for the latest.
Why Humla
What you get instead.
- On-device, not cloud. Granola sends audio to third-party transcription and LLM providers and stores your notes in its US cloud. Humla can run transcription and summaries entirely on your Mac — nothing leaves.
- Nothing to train on. Granola can use anonymised data to improve its product (full opt-out is standard only on Enterprise). Humla has no backend and no telemetry.
- Free and unlimited. Granola runs $14–35/user/month with a capped free tier. Humla is free forever; optional team sync is $5/user/month — a third of Granola's entry price — or self-host it free.
- Open source. Audit every line instead of trusting a privacy promise — and keep local audio so you can re-listen.
- Speaks your language. Around 99 languages via Whisper — on-device or with your own key — plus a dedicated Norwegian model and per-language routing.
Demo
See a meeting become a note.
New note, record, summary — that's the whole workflow. The cleanup afterwards is none, on a five-minute meeting or an hour-long one.
Being fair
When to pick Granola instead.
Humla isn't for everyone. Choose Granola if:
- You want polished first-party integrations (Notion, HubSpot, Slack) and a mobile app today.
- You'd rather have fully managed cloud and don't need on-device processing.
Head-to-head
Granola vs the field.
Weighing Granola against another tool? These honest head-to-heads put Humla up as the third option.
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