Comparison
Saykeep vs. Granola
Both record your calls without a bot joining them. Granola sends the audio to its transcription provider and writes notes for you in its cloud; Saykeep makes the transcript on your Mac, and we never receive your recordings. Here is when each one is the better pick, and what each costs over three years.
A notetaker with a botNotetaker + bot
a notetaker’s cloud
Granola
At their transcription provider, in the cloud
Saykeep
no Saykeep cloud
Recording light: on your screen, not in the call
Quick take
Choose Granola if you want notes written for you as soon as a call ends, with no model to set up, shared with your team and on your phone too. Granola deletes the audio once it is transcribed.
Choose Saykeep if your client calls shouldn’t go to a notetaker’s cloud, or you simply want to own the tool: one payment, a key checked on your Mac, and every connection the app can make published so you can check it on the wire. You get the full transcript with who said what, after the call — not ready-made notes.
Privacy, side by side
Granola
Saykeep
Bot joins the call
No
No
Where the transcript is made
At their transcription provider, in the cloud
On your Mac
Audio after the call
Deleted once transcribed
Saved in your folder by default; you can have it deleted once the transcript is written
Account required
Yes — Google, Microsoft or SSO sign-in
No
Used to improve AI models
Anonymised data, by default on the free and Business plans; you can opt out
No — we never receive your recordings or transcripts
Privacy claim checkable
Policy you trust
A published list of every connection (saykeep.app/network), which you can check on the wire
Tells the others in the call
If you switch it on: a chat message or a badge on your video
No — it sends nothing into the call; before your first meeting, a notice explains when everyone has to agree
Features
Granola
Saykeep
Meeting transcription
Yes
Yes — local
Speaker labels, renameable
Display names in Meet/Zoom/Teams
Yes
Templated summaries
Yes (their cloud)
Yes (your endpoint)
Notes ready
Right after the call
The transcript, about 35 minutes per meeting-hour with speaker labels on (M5); 3–7 minutes with them off
Action items
Built in
With a model you connect: topics, decisions, action items
System-wide dictation
No — voice questions in Granola Chat only
Yes — push-to-talk
Custom vocabulary
Yes — up to 30 terms
Yes
Team sharing / sync
Yes — their strength
No — files are yours to share
Platforms
macOS, Windows, iOS, Android
macOS (Apple Silicon); Windows in testing
Cost over three years
Granola
Saykeep
Free plan
Basic: $0, meeting history 30 days
None — a 30-day trial with every feature
Year 1
Business: ~$168 ($14 per user a month)
$39
Year 2
~$168
$0
Year 3
~$168
$0
Total
~$504 per user on Business
$39 once
Switching guide
- Export your existing notes from Granola (CSV); their export includes your full note history.
- Download Saykeep — the 30-day trial is full-featured, no card, so you can run both side by side.
- Record your next call with Saykeep; rename the speakers; connect a model if you want summaries.
- Run LuLu or Little Snitch during the call and compare what you see with saykeep.app/network.
Verdict
Granola removed the bot and kept the cloud; that’s the right trade for teams who want notes ready the moment a call ends, shared and synced. Saykeep removed both, for the client calls you’d rather not send to a notetaker’s cloud. If that’s you, the trial is free and answers the question in one call.
Download the free trial
Buy — $39
30 days · all features · no credit card · no account · macOS 14.2+ (Apple Silicon)