jo vs Granola

Granola captures device audio without a meeting bot, turns it into AI meeting notes, and provides AI chat within and across meetings. Its paid plans add pre-meeting briefs, follow-up emails, advanced integrations, MCP, and API access. ¹

Granola is for meeting history and shared notes. jo can connect to Granola as a source, then relate that context to email, calendars, messages, files, and ongoing projects.

Granola deletes audio after transcription and lets users set transcript retention and auto-deletion. It does not let third-party model providers train on personal data; Granola can use de-identified data for its own model training unless a user opts out. ^{1, 2}

jo keeps relevant context across sources. Each user has isolated cloud machine and storage; jo uses zero-retention model endpoints and does not train on mail, messages, or screen content.

Granola has desktop, iOS, Android, and Apple Watch apps. ¹

jo works on Apple Silicon Mac and the web, with mobile access through mobile web, iMessage, WhatsApp, and Telegram. There is no native mobile app yet.

Granola Basic is free. Business is $14 per user per month, and Enterprise is $35 per user per month. ¹

jo is free while in beta, with no waitlist.

Which is right for you? Choose Granola for dedicated meeting notes and cross-meeting chat. Choose jo when you want an agent that can use Granola alongside the broader context of your work and life, with approval before sending, booking, buying, or changing a calendar.