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Reline keeps the bot-free recording Granola pioneered and layers a real team platform on top — shared workspaces, granular permissions, multi-note Lenses, and a free tier that actually fits a daily workflow.
Choose Reline if you want Granola's bot-free capture plus a real team platform: shared workspaces, granular permissions, multi-note Lenses, a full web app, and a free tier that fits daily work. Choose Granola if you want native apps on more device classes than we cover, including iPhone, Android and Apple Watch, for capture away from a computer, deep native CRM integrations, or formal SOC 2 Type 2 certification. Reline has no mobile app yet; Granola has no browser app, and its docs say it does not retain audio, so there is no recording to play back.
What Reline does that Granola doesn't.
Granola showed teams they don't need a bot in the room. Reline keeps that bot-free capture and finishes the product — shipping a full web app so you can work from anywhere, turning the notepad into a teamspace, the summary into a reusable Lens, and the corpus into something you can chat with. No desktop app required; no lock-in.
Bot-free, on-device recording on macOS, Windows, and Linux — same privacy approach Granola pioneered, now with a web app for team access.
Use Reline from anywhere — full editor runs in your browser at https://www.reline.so; no installation, no app store, no platform lock-in.
Shared workspaces, teamspaces, and five-level granular permissions for every note and folder.
Reusable AI Lenses for Sales · Discovery · Standup · Design review · Customer interview, with four output formats each.
Multi-note Lenses that roll up an entire folder — weekly digests, quarterly research, executive summaries.
RAG chat across notes, folders, and entire workspaces — ask "what did Sarah commit to in Q3?" and get a cited answer.
Push to Slack, Linear, Notion when you want (rolling out) — no automation surface to maintain.
SSO, audit log, and admin controls on the Enterprise plan. Compliance-ready out of the box.
Free plan for solo work — 1 hour per note, 10 hours of transcription / month, AI summaries and Lenses.
Reline vs Granola — feature comparison
| Capability | Granola | |
|---|---|---|
Web app — full editor in any browser, no install Reline runs in any browser at https://www.reline.so, nothing to install. Granola requires one of its native apps and has no browser version. | Yes | No |
No bot joins your meeting Both capture locally, with no bot in the call. Reline also runs on Linux and in the browser. | Yes | Yes |
Native macOS desktop app Both offer a native macOS app; Reline adds Linux and a web app. | Yes | Yes |
Windows desktop app | Yes | Yes |
Free tier | 1 hr per note, 10 hrs / mo, unlimited notes | Basic: free, limited meeting history (no published limit) |
Professional price | $15/user/mo · $12 annual | $14/user/mo (Business) |
Plan with SSO + audit log | Enterprise · $32/mo · $26 annual | Enterprise · $35/user/mo |
Live speaker-separated transcription Reline's free tier includes a live speaker-separated transcript (Me vs Other — mic vs system audio) | Yes | Yes |
AI summaries with citations back to transcript | Yes | Partial |
Keeps the recording + click-to-seek playback Reline keeps the recording and ties it to the note, so you can press play on any transcript line and hear the moment it came from. Granola's docs say it does not retain audio recordings, so there is nothing to replay. | Yes | No |
Reusable AI Lenses (templates with 4 output formats) Granola has templates; Lenses add multi-output + multi-note | Yes | Partial |
Multi-note rollups across a folder | Yes | No |
Notion-grade collaborative notepad (real-time co-edit) | Yes | No |
Granular permissions per note and folder | 5 levels | Workspace-level only |
RAG chat across notes / folders / workspaces | Yes | No |
Calendar sync (Google + Microsoft) | Yes | Yes |
Integrations (Slack, Linear, Notion — rolling out) | Yes | Partial |
SSO + audit log | Yes | Enterprise only |
Self-serve sign-up | Yes | Yes |
Audio + transcripts never train third-party models | Yes | Yes |
Comparison reflects public pricing + feature pages at the time of writing. Found something out of date? Let us know.
Last updated July 2026
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When Granola is the better choice
Granola ships native apps on more device classes than we do: macOS, Windows, iPhone, Android and Apple Watch. Reline has no mobile app, so if most of your capture happens away from a computer, in person or on a phone call, Granola covers that today and we do not. It is also the more mature single-player experience, with deep native CRM integrations (Attio, HubSpot, Affinity, Notion, Slack) and formal SOC 2 Type 2 certification with enterprise SSO and org-wide admin controls. Its Business tier is slightly cheaper at $14/user/month versus Reline's $15.
Switching from Granola
- Is Reline really a Granola alternative?
- Yes. Reline shares the same core philosophy — record on-device with no bot in your meeting — and adds team collaboration, granular permissions, reusable Lenses, multi-note rollups, and a generous free tier. Plus, Reline is a web app: sign in at https://www.reline.so and use the full editor in any browser.
- Does Reline require a desktop app?
- No. Reline is first a web app: sign in at https://www.reline.so and you get the full editor in any browser on any device (macOS, Windows, Linux, iPad, whatever). The native desktop apps on macOS, Windows, and Linux are optional, for those who want system audio recording without browser permissions and faster local performance. Granola requires one of its native apps and has no browser version; Reline gives you the choice.
- Does Reline work without a meeting bot, like Granola?
- Yes. On macOS, Windows, and Linux, Reline captures system audio + microphone locally through the desktop app. Nothing joins your meeting, the host sees no participant added, and no bot joins the call.
- How is Reline different from Granola for teams?
- Reline ships with shared workspaces, teamspaces, five-level granular permissions, SSO, and an append-only audit log. Granola is excellent for individuals but its team surface is still maturing — Reline is built team-first from day one.
- Is Reline cheaper than Granola?
- Reline starts free for solo note-takers (1 hour per note, 10 hours of transcription / month). Professional is $15/user/month ($12/user/month billed annually). Enterprise — with SSO, audit log, org-policy locks, DPA, and SLA — is $32/user/month ($26/user/month billed annually). Granola Business is $14/user/month and Granola Enterprise is $35/user/month with custom contracts.
- Can I import my Granola notes into Reline?
- Not as a bulk import — Reline does not pull notes in from other tools today, so switching is forward-looking rather than a data migration. Keep your existing Granola notes for reference and start recording new meetings in Reline, where you get bot-free capture, 60+ language transcription, and citation-backed summaries. The free plan lets you run both side by side first, risk-free.
- Reline vs Granola: which is better for teams?
- For teams, Reline: it adds shared workspaces, granular permissions, multi-note Lenses, a full web app, and a workable free tier on top of the bot-free capture Granola pioneered. Granola is better if your team works mostly away from a computer, since it has native iPhone, Android and Apple Watch apps and Reline has no mobile app yet, or if you need its native CRM integrations or formal SOC 2 Type 2 certification. Granola has no browser app, and its docs say it does not retain audio, so Reline is the one that keeps the recording with click-to-seek playback.
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