Granola Hidden Costs 2026
What they don't show you on the pricing page
Granola costs Free to $35 per user/month as of June 2026, with 4 plans available including a free tier. Plans: Free (Basic) (free), Individual at $18/user/month, Business at $14/user/month, and Enterprise at $35/user/month. Pricing depends on your chosen tier, contract length, and negotiated discounts.
Use the interactive pricing calculator to estimate your exact cost based on team size and requirements.
- Free tier: Yes
Granola offers 4 pricing tiers: Free (Basic), Individual, Business, Enterprise. A free plan is available. Paid plans include Individual at $18/user/month, Business at $14/user/month, Enterprise at $35/user/month. The Individual plan is solo professionals who want reliable ai-enhanced meeting notes without team features.
Granola true cost runs -99% above the listed $0-$35/user/month price as of June 2026. For a 25-person team, expect ~$70 in year-one costs vs the $5,400 base license. Key hidden costs: 25-meeting lifetime cap on free plan - granola's free tier is effectively a trial, not a permanent free plan. once you hit 25 meetings total (ever, not per month), you must upgrade or lose access to new meeting notes, no annual billing discount - unlike competitors such as otter.ai and fireflies.ai that offer 40-50% annual savings, granola charges the same rate monthly with no published annual discount, making it more expensive over time for committed users, sso requires 100+ users on enterprise - single sign-on is only available on the enterprise plan and requires a minimum of 100 users, forcing smaller security-conscious teams to manage accounts manually or pay enterprise pricing for their entire org. Verified from 2 sources by CostBench.
Example: True Cost for 25 Users
| License (25 × $18 × 12) | $5,400/yr |
| Implementation (one-time) | +$15,000–$50,000 |
| Premium Support (20%) | +$1,080/yr |
| Training (25 × $500) | +$12,500 |
| Admin (part-time) | +$15,000–$25,000/yr |
| Estimated Year 1 Total | ~$70 |