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Granola vs Fireflies.
Granola is a bot-free notepad you write in; Fireflies auto-joins calendar meetings with a bot and emails a recap to everyone on the invite — both are cloud, per-seat products.
Humla is free · Open source · macOS 13+ (Apple Silicon)
Side by side
Granola vs Fireflies vs Humla.
How the two compare on what matters — with Humla, the free, local, open-source option, in the third column.
| Granola | Fireflies | Humla | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No bot joins the call | Optional (botless desktop) | ||
| 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 | $14–35/user/mo | Free / $10–39/user/mo | Free |
Reflects each product's standard plans as of 2026 — check their sites for the latest.
Which to pick
Which should you choose?
- Pick Granola for a bot-free notepad and a polished Mac app.
- Pick Fireflies for integrations, AI 'skills', and recaps emailed automatically to attendees.
The third option
Or keep it on your Mac.
Both live in the cloud and charge per seat. Humla is free, open source, and runs on your Mac — no bot, nothing uploaded.
- No bot joins the call — Humla records your Mac directly.
- On-device transcription and summaries — nothing has to leave your Mac.
- Free and open source, with optional team sync at $5/user/month — or self-host it free.
- Speaks your language. Around 99 languages via Whisper — on-device or with your own key — plus a dedicated Norwegian model and per-language routing.
Full breakdowns: Humla vs Granola · Humla vs Fireflies
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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.
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