Capvo vs Granola
Capvo and Granola both record meetings without sending a bot into the call. Granola is a Mac notepad focused on personal meeting notes, while Capvo runs on Windows and macOS, captures Meet, Zoom, Teams, and phone calls, and pushes structured transcripts to your tools through a REST API and webhooks, hosted in the EU.
| Feature | Capvo | Granola |
|---|---|---|
| How it captures | Desktop app that records in the background. No bot joins the call, no browser extension. | Mac app that captures audio on your device. No bot. |
| Platforms | Google Meet, Zoom, Microsoft Teams, phone, and microphone, on Windows and macOS. | macOS, capturing audio on the device. |
| Developer API and webhooks | Yes. REST API, signed webhooks, and an MCP server for AI agents on the Pro plan. | No public API focus; check their site. |
| Data residency | European Union (Frankfurt), encrypted at rest, operated under the GDPR. | US-based; review their data processing terms. |
| Best for | Teams and developers who want transcripts as automatable data, hosted in the EU. | Individuals taking personal meeting notes on a Mac. |
Granola pricing and features reflect publicly available information and may change. Check their site for the latest.
Granola and Capvo agree on one thing: no bot joins your meeting. Granola is designed as a personal AI notepad on the Mac, capturing the audio on your device and enhancing your own notes.
Capvo is broader and more developer-facing. It runs on Windows and macOS, records phone calls as well as video meetings, and turns each transcript into structured data you can pull from a REST API or receive by webhook, with all data stored in the EU.
Capvo is built and used daily at Astry, where every internal meeting is recorded and the transcripts flow into the team’s own tooling through the API.
Questions
- Is Capvo a good alternative to Granola?
- Capvo suits you if you need Windows support, phone-call capture, a developer REST API and webhooks, or EU data residency. Granola is a Mac-first personal notepad.
- Do Capvo and Granola use a meeting bot?
- Neither sends a bot into the call. Both capture audio without joining the meeting as a participant.
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