Grain vs Otter.ai
No clear leader: Grain (67.6) and Otter.ai (65.8) are within the 5-point margin; treat as a tie. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.
Capabilities
Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for conversation intelligence. “-” means undocumented, not absent.
What each one is
The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.
Grain
Captures and transcribes meetings across multiple video platforms, generates AI-powered summaries and action items, and syncs meeting data to AI tools like Claude and ChatGPT as well as business software like HubSpot and Salesforce for seamless team collaboration.
Otter.ai
Otter records and transcribes meetings in real-time from major conferencing platforms, then generates searchable transcripts, summaries, and action items. The platform integrates with productivity and business tools to help teams capture and act on meeting insights.
Pricing
List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.
Grain
Free for teams; Starter at $19/month billed annually. No required annual contracts.
- FreeFree
- View team meetings
- AI notes
- Free for entire team
- Starter$19/month billed annually
- Team performance insights
- Basic AI notes
- Advanced features
Otter.ai
From $16.99/user/month. Free tier with 300 minutes/month included.
- BasicFree
- Zoom, Microsoft Teams, and Google Meet integration
- AI Chat within and across meetings
- Real-time transcription
- Speaker identification
- Audio recording playback
- +3 more
- Pro$16.99/user/month or $8.49/user/month (annual, 50% off)
- 1200 in-app recording minutes
- Advanced AI workflows
- Advanced search and export
- Salesforce, HubSpot, Zapier integrations
- Real-time annotation
- +1 more
- Business$30/user/month or $24/user/month (20% intro offer)
- Unlimited meeting recordings
- Custom AI workflows
- Unlimited audio/video file imports
- Enhanced admin features: activity logs, usage analytics
- Prioritized support
- EnterpriseContact sales
- Unlimited custom AI workflows
- Otter Sales Notetaker
- Custom integrations
- Single Sign-On (SSO)
- SCIM provisioning
- +4 more
Platform & deployment
Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.
Integrations
What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.
- Zoom
- Google Meet
- Microsoft Teams
- HubSpot
- Salesforce
- Slack
- Zapier
- Claude
Grain
- Webex
- Aircall
- Productboard
- ChatGPT
Otter.ai
- Asana
- Google Calendar
- Microsoft Outlook
- Google Drive
- Notion
- Jira
- iOS Calendar
Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.