Productivity · Head-to-head
Granola vs Dia
Granola vs Dia: pricing, features, and which to pick in 2026.
The verdict
Pick Granola if…
- →overall capability matters more than price (AI Score 8.8 vs 7.9)
- →you want our editor's pick for this category
- →your primary use case is product managers, vcs, and founders in frequent external meetings who want polished notes without a visible bot recording the call.
Pick Dia if…
- →your primary use case is mac users who want the browser to double as a work dashboard, pulling calendar, inbox and workspace tools into one place instead of another set of tabs.
- →you need: research
Side-by-side specs
| Spec | Granola | Dia |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Productivity | Productivity |
| Pricing model | freemium | freemium |
| Headline pricing | Freemium — Free 25 meetings, Pro $10/mo, Business $25/user/mo | Free to download; a Dia Pro tier lifts chat limits |
| Free tier | 25 meetings with AI note enhancement and basic templates | Yes. Dia is free to download and the free tier includes AI chat, with a cap on chat usage that the Pro tier removes. |
| AI Score | 8.8/10 | 7.9/10 |
| Best for | Product managers, VCs, and founders in frequent external meetings who want polished notes without a visible bot recording the call. | Mac users who want the browser to double as a work dashboard, pulling calendar, inbox and workspace tools into one place instead of another set of tabs. |
| Editor's pick | ✓ Yes | — |
| Use cases | productivity | productivity research |
| Date added | 2026-05-01 | 2026-08-02 |
Pros and cons
Granola
Productivity · freemium
Pros
- ✓No bot joins the meeting — completely invisible to other participants via system audio capture
- ✓Enhances your own notes rather than replacing them, producing summaries that reflect your priorities
- ✓Native desktop app feels fast and lightweight, not another clunky Electron wrapper
- ✓Works with any meeting platform that outputs audio — not locked to specific integrations
Cons
- ×Requires you to actually take some notes — if you want fully passive transcription, look elsewhere
- ×Free tier capped at 25 meetings, which runs out quickly for heavy meeting schedules
- ×No mobile app — you need your laptop open and running Granola during the meeting
- ×Fewer CRM and third-party integrations than Otter.ai or Fireflies.ai
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Dia
Productivity · freemium
Pros
- ✓Pulls calendar, inbox, Slack and Notion context together instead of reasoning only about the tab in front of it
- ✓Decks and Reports produce something usable rather than stopping at a summary
- ✓Tab organisation, Profiles and Splits are genuinely good browser ergonomics, independent of the AI
- ✓Trackers and ads blocked by default, with SOC 2 coverage stated on the site
- ✓Free to download with AI chat included on the free tier
Cons
- ×macOS 14 or later on M1 or newer only, which excludes Intel Macs and every Windows machine
- ×Windows support is stated only as "coming this fall" with a beta waitlist and no firm date
- ×The site publishes no server-rendered pricing table, so the Dia Pro price cannot be checked without installing the browser
- ×Free-tier chat is capped, and the site does not state where the cap sits
- ×Deep workspace integration means granting a browser access to Slack, Notion, calendar and mail, which is a broad permission surface
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Updated 2026-08-02. Spec data sourced from official product pages and tracked in our public directory at /tools.