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Notion AI vs Granola.
Notion folds meeting notes into the workspace your team already pays for; Granola is a dedicated, bot-free notepad with real speaker separation.
Humla is free · Open source · macOS 13+ (Apple Silicon)
Side by side
Notion AI vs Granola vs Humla.
How the two compare on what matters — with Humla, the free, local, open-source option, in the third column.
| Notion AI | Granola | Humla | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | $20/member/mo | $14–35/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 Notion AI for notes that live inside the Notion workspace your team already uses.
- Pick Granola for a dedicated, bot-free notepad with real speaker labels.
The third option
Or keep it on your Mac.
Neither runs on your device. Humla is the free, local, open-source notepad — real speaker labels, and nothing leaves your Mac.
- 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 Notion AI · Humla vs Granola
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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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