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AI Voice & Speech Comparison

Granola vs. Hume AI

At a glance

At a glance

Granola

Best for

Best for laptop-first teams in back-to-back external calls who want structured notes without a recording bot in the room.

  • Freelancers
  • Small and mid-sized
  • Enterprise

Hume AI

Best for

Best for apps and content that need expressive, emotionally aware speech and real-time voice interactions.

  • Freelancers
  • Small and mid-sized
  • Enterprise

Cataleo does not name a winner. Both statements come from the vendors themselves.

Full Comparison

Criterion Granola Hume AI
Starting price Free tier, then $14 / user / month Business is $14 per user per month and Enterprise $35. The free Basic plan takes unlimited notes but limits how far back the history reaches. lower value Free tier; paid from $3 / month Paid tiers are metered by monthly TTS characters and EVI minutes.
Free trial Free Basic plan with AI meeting notes, AI chat, shared folders and custom templates Free tier with 10,000 TTS characters and 5 minutes of EVI per month
Commercial use Not stated Yes
Output Transcripts and structured meeting notes with summaries and action items Expressive text-to-speech (Octave) and empathic speech-to-speech (EVI)
API Yes, on Business and Enterprise, alongside an MCP server Yes
Hosting Cloud, with desktop apps for macOS and Windows, iOS and Android apps and Apple Watch support Not stated
Voice cloning No, Granola transcribes and summarises speech and does not synthesise or clone voices Yes, from about 15 seconds of audio
Real-time use Yes, it transcribes the computer's own audio live during a call without joining as a bot, and on mobile it captures in-person meetings and phone calls Yes, Octave 2 streaming with latency as low as about 100ms
Languages Multi-language support, included from the free Basic plan upwards Octave 2 in 11 languages
Speech-to-speech and dubbing No dubbing or speech-to-speech translation Yes, the EVI empathic voice interface
Editing and controls Customisable note templates, shorthand typed during the call expanded against the transcript, AI chat across the whole meeting history, shared folders and search Voice design from text prompts (English), plus emotional expression from context
Consent and trust Opt-out of model training on every plan, with an org-wide opt-out, SSO, admin controls over sharing and API use, usage analytics, org-wide auto-deletion and an org-wide usage notification on Enterprise Cloning requires filling out a legal agreement confirming you hold the rights or consent for the sample, and use is bound by Hume's Terms of Use and Ethical Guidelines
MCP-ready stated Yes No
Deployment Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based
Support Not stated Community forum
Onboarding Not stated Documentation and knowledge base
Company size Freelancers, Small and mid-sized, Enterprise Freelancers, Small and mid-sized, Enterprise
Integrations Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, Attio, Notion, Slack, HubSpot, Affinity, Zapier Not stated

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The short version

Key Differences

  • Starting price Granola Free tier, then $14 / user / month Hume AI Free tier; paid from $3 / month
  • Free trial Granola Free Basic plan with AI meeting notes, AI chat, shared folders and custom templates Hume AI Free tier with 10,000 TTS characters and 5 minutes of EVI per month
  • MCP-ready Granola Yes Hume AI No
  • Output Granola Transcripts and structured meeting notes with summaries and action items Hume AI Expressive text-to-speech (Octave) and empathic speech-to-speech (EVI)
  • API Granola Yes, on Business and Enterprise, alongside an MCP server Hume AI Yes

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The trade-offs

Strengths and Limitations

Granola

Strengths

  • No bot joins the call, so nothing appears in the attendee list
  • Expands shorthand typed during the meeting instead of replacing note-taking
  • AI chat runs across the whole meeting history, not a single transcript
  • Opt-out of model training on every plan, including the free one
  • MCP server and API on Business, so meeting context reaches other AI tools

Limitations

  • Capture depends on a machine being in the meeting, since it records local computer audio
  • The free plan limits how far meeting history reaches back
  • Integrations, API and MCP start on the Business plan

Hume AI

Strengths

  • Expressive, emotionally aware speech
  • Voice cloning from about 15 seconds and voice design from text prompts
  • Low-latency streaming for real-time voice agents

Limitations

  • Voice design and acting instructions are English only or still in preview
  • Character and EVI-minute caps scale the monthly cost

Plans

Pricing

Granola

  • Basic $0 Per user per month. AI meeting notes, limited meeting history, AI chat, shared folders, customised templates, multi-language support and opt-out of model training.
  • Business $14 Per user per month. Adds unlimited meeting notes and history, advanced AI thinking models, integrations with Attio, Notion, Slack, HubSpot, Affinity and Zapier, centralised billing, MCP integration and API access.
  • Enterprise $35 Per user per month. Adds enterprise security and admin controls, SSO, priority support, usage analytics, org-wide auto-deletion, admin control over sharing and API, a team-wide model training opt-out and an org-wide usage notification.
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Hume AI

  • Free $0 10,000 TTS characters and 5 minutes of EVI per month.
  • Starter $3 / month 30,000 TTS characters and 40 minutes of EVI per month.
  • Creator $14 / month 140,000 TTS characters and 200 minutes of EVI per month; 50% off the first month.
  • Pro $70 / month 1M TTS characters and 1,200 minutes of EVI per month.
  • Scale $200 / month 3.3M TTS characters and 5,000 minutes of EVI per month.
  • Business $500 / month 10M TTS characters and 12,500 minutes of EVI per month.
  • Enterprise Not stated Custom pricing with unlimited usage.
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What users say

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Granola

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Hume AI

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Where this comes from

Where this comes from

Granola https://www.granola.ai · checked against the official source on 2026-09-15

Hume AI https://www.hume.ai · no check date recorded yet

This table lists factual criteria taken from information the vendors publish themselves. For how we put it together, see the methodology.