What is Grain?
Grain is an AI notetaker that records, transcribes, and enriches meetings for use with external AI tools like Claude or ChatGPT. It targets teams in sales, customer success, and product research who need meeting context to power automated workflows. The service offers a free individual tier and paid team plans, capturing video calls, Slack huddles, and in-person meetings without requiring a bot to join the call.
What are the features of Grain?
- Bot-less transcriptionTranscribes computer audio locally without a meeting bot joining the call.
- Video recording with botsRecords video using a bot when the host cannot attend the meeting.
- Enriched transcriptsOutputs transcripts with participant and cross-meeting context in Markdown across 130+ languages.
- AI exportSends enriched Markdown transcripts directly to Claude or ChatGPT, or allows bulk downloads.
- MCP Server & APILets external AI agents query transcripts, search across meetings, and access full meeting history.
- CRM syncAutomatically syncs notes and properties to HubSpot, Salesforce, or Pipedrive contacts and deals on Business and Enterprise plans.
What are the use cases of Grain?
- Sales follow-up automationAgents complete follow-up tasks directly from Grain meeting context synced to CRM deal records.
- Team coaching and alignmentManagers create groups to automatically share specific meeting types with designated teammates for feedback.
- AI agent workflowsExternal AI tools query the meeting library to generate deliverables without manual data entry.
Grain Pricing Information:
- Free planFree forever for individuals; includes unlimited meetings up to 45 minutes each, 30-day history, unlimited AI notes, live transcripts, bot-free capture, and Claude and ChatGPT connections.
- Pro plan$15 per month for one person.
- Business plan$29 per seat per month, billed annually with a 2-seat minimum; adds a shared workspace for teams, sharing features, automatic group sharing, and CRM sync.
- Enterprise planPricing not stated; includes team collaboration features such as CRM sync.
- Free trial14-day free trial available for paid plans.
