Hi, I’m Hoda.
When you’re weighing whether to adopt Granola, what you probably want to know most is “how far can I actually get for free” and “what changes once I go paid.”
This time, I’m going deep on Granola’s pricing plans — mainly what the free plan offers and where its limits are, and how Business and Enterprise differ from it.
One more thing — if you sign up through my referral link, your first month is 100% off when you upgrade to a paid plan. This can’t be linked retroactively once you’ve already signed up, so if you’re just getting started with Granola, I’d really appreciate it if you signed up free through my link.
I recently put together a short video on this — you can get the gist of Granola in about 40 seconds!
Granola’s pricing plans at a glance
Granola offers three plans (as of September 2026, priced per user per month):
| Plan | Monthly price | Best for |
|---|---|---|
| Basic (Free) | $0 | Individuals wanting to try it out |
| Business | $14 | Individuals and small teams using it seriously |
| Enterprise | $35 | Companies that need security and admin controls |
This pricing structure has already been revised before, and it could change again. Be sure to check the latest details on the official site before signing up.
The free (Basic) plan: features and limits
Even though it’s free, the Basic plan lets you try out pretty much all of Granola’s core features.
What’s included
- AI-generated meeting notes
- AI chat, both during a meeting and across multiple meetings
- Shared folders for teams
- Customizable note templates
- Multi-language support
- An “opt-out” setting that keeps your data out of AI model training (can be switched on or off per person, anytime)
Where it’s limited
The biggest limitation on Granola’s free “Basic” plan is how far back you can view your meeting history.
Even on Basic, meeting transcription and AI note generation keep working with no limit on how many times you use them. You can also invite teammates and share the notes you create.
On the other hand, the meeting notes you can view and search inside Granola itself are limited to the past 30 days.
Notes older than 30 days aren’t deleted — the data itself stays safely stored on Granola’s side. On the Basic plan, you just lose direct access to it inside Granola, and you can export it from Settings if you need it.
So if you’re using Granola as a tool for reviewing your most recent meetings, the free plan is genuinely usable as-is.
That said, if you want to search months- or years-old meeting history inside Granola, connect it to outside services like Zapier or HubSpot, or use the more advanced chat features, you’ll need to upgrade to Business.
A good approach is to start on the Basic plan and test transcription and AI note accuracy for yourself first — I’m Japanese, and when I tested it in my own language it held up well, which suggests it should work solidly for other non-English speakers too — and then consider moving to Business once you find yourself wanting to manage meeting history older than 30 days inside Granola as well.
By the way, I got an email like the one below 7 days before my free trial ended. I thought that was a nice touch.
Hoda’s take
On the Basic plan, there’s a real limit on how far back you can check your meeting history inside Granola. That said, personally, I don’t think it’s that big a deal if you’re a little deliberate about how you use it.
Meeting notes you create in Granola are easy to copy out in Markdown format. So if you copy your notes out after every meeting and save them into Obsidian, Notion, Google Docs, or whatever note app you normally use, you can keep your own record of everything, independent of Granola.
If you’re someone who already organizes notes by date or by client, having Granola’s own history capped might not actually cause you much trouble in practice.
That said, if you want to search across past meetings inside Granola itself, or ask the AI questions that span multiple meetings at once, the Business plan — with unlimited history — is genuinely more convenient.
A reasonable approach: start on the free plan, save your notes out to an external tool as you go, and consider upgrading once you find yourself wanting to look back at past meetings inside Granola itself on a regular basis.
What you get with the Business plan ($14/month)
The Business plan includes everything in Basic, plus the following:
- Unlimited storage for meeting history and notes
- Access to more advanced AI models and features
- Integrations with Attio, Notion, Slack, HubSpot, Affinity, and Zapier
- Centralized billing and account management across multiple users
- MCP integration from your own local apps
- API access
If you’re regularly in sales calls or client meetings and want Granola built into your everyday workflow, this plan becomes a realistic option. Unlimited meeting history and the ability to connect to tools like Notion and Slack are the two pieces that make the biggest practical difference.
What you get with the Enterprise plan ($35/month)
The Enterprise plan includes everything in Business, plus stronger security and governance features:
- Enterprise-grade security and admin controls
- Single sign-on (SSO)
- Priority support and usage analytics
- Organization-wide auto-deletion settings for data retention
- Admin controls over sharing scope and API access
- An organization-wide opt-out that excludes everyone’s data from AI model training in one go
- A feature that notifies your whole organization when Granola is in use (currently in pilot as of this writing)
Even on Basic or Business, you can opt your own data out of AI model training individually. Only Enterprise lets you opt everyone on the team out in one go. For industries with strict compliance requirements, or rollouts managed by an IT department, this org-wide opt-out and SSO are often what actually tips the decision toward Enterprise.
-
Even the free plan lets you try out the core features — AI notes, AI chat, templates, and more
-
At $14/user/month, the Business plan isn't dramatically more expensive than other meeting-note tools' paid tiers
-
The free plan's meeting-history limit isn't stated as a specific, clear number on Granola's own official site
-
Org-wide AI-training opt-out is Enterprise-only, and the price jump to get it is steep
FAQ
What’s the biggest difference between Business and Enterprise?
Meeting history and the basic integrations are pretty much all there by the time you’re on Business. Enterprise is mainly about security and governance — SSO, admin controls, and org-wide AI-training opt-out. For an individual or a small team, Business is enough in most cases.
Does Granola use my conversation data to train its AI models?
On an individual basis, you can opt your own data out of AI model training at any time, starting from the Basic plan. That said, the org-wide setting that opts everyone on a team out at once is only available on Enterprise. I’d recommend checking the official site’s privacy policy before signing up, to confirm the current default behavior.
Does it support SOC 2 or HIPAA?
Granola has SOC 2 Type II certification. I wasn’t able to confirm clear information about HIPAA compliance at the time of writing this, so if you’re considering using it for something involving strict regulations — healthcare, for instance — I’d strongly recommend confirming directly with official support.
How would other participants know I’m using Granola?
Since Granola doesn’t join meetings as a bot, by default there’s nothing — like an entry in the participant list — that automatically notifies the other people on the call. Enterprise has a pilot feature that notifies your whole organization that Granola is in use, but on the regular plans, you’d need to mention out loud yourself that you’re recording.
Just to repeat: if you sign up through my referral link and switch to a paid plan, your first month is 100% off. Try out the free plan first to get a feel for it, and take advantage of this when you’re ready.
Wrapping up
Granola’s free plan lets you try out the core features — AI notes, AI chat — but there’s a limit on how much meeting history is retained, and the exact figure isn’t clearly stated on the official site. If you’re using Granola day-to-day for sales calls and client work, the Business plan ($14/month) — with unlimited history and integrations — becomes a realistic choice, and companies that need SSO or org-level security management would look at Enterprise ($35/month).
I’d recommend starting with the free plan to get a feel for it in your own meetings and calls, then considering an upgrade as needed.
Related articles worth a look too:
