Earmark vs Granola
Granola perfects the notes. Earmark ships the work.
Granola is a best-in-class AI notepad — botless capture, private notes, and a searchable meeting memory. Earmark goes further for product and engineering teams: it turns the live conversation into PRDs, Linear and Jira tickets, decision logs, and stakeholder updates before the call ends.
Earmark vs Granola, side by side
Both capture your meetings botlessly. Only one turns them into finished work.
| Capability | Earmark | Granola |
|---|---|---|
| Primary output | Shippable work: PRDs, tickets, decision logs, updates | AI notes, summaries & meeting memory |
| Botless, device-side capture (no bot joins your call) | Yes | Yes |
| Captures in-person meetings | Yes | Yes |
| Privacy-first: raw audio not retained | Yes | Audio deleted after transcription |
| Turns the conversation into finished deliverables | Yes | No |
| Builds the work in real time during the meeting | Yes | No |
| Drafts PRDs, specs & acceptance criteria | Yes | No |
| Creates Jira / Linear tickets | Built-in, in real time | Via Recipes / integrations |
| Purpose-built for product & engineering teams | Yes | General-purpose notepad |
| Hands deliverables to local coding agents | One-click to Claude Code, Cursor, Codex | No |
| Starting price | Starter: $8/month | Free; Business $14 / user / mo |
Reviewed August 28, 2026 using the first-party sources below. Granola is a trademark of its respective owner and is not affiliated with Earmark.
Why product teams pick Earmark
Notes vs. deliverables
Granola is a best-in-class notepad — it enhances your rough notes into clean summaries and a memory you can query. Earmark drafts the PRD, the tickets, and the recap themselves, so you leave with the deliverable, not a doc to turn into one.
Work happens during the meeting
Granola does its magic after you finish and hit Enhance. Earmark builds artifacts in real time as the conversation unfolds — decisions become tickets and specs before anyone leaves the call.
Built for how product teams ship
Decision logs, acceptance criteria, Linear and Jira tickets, stakeholder updates — generated in the formats your team already executes with, not a generic summary that goes to everyone.
Hand the work straight to your local agents
Earmark doesn’t stop at the artifact. Every PRD, ticket spec, and decision log saves as local markdown your coding agents read instantly — and one click from any artifact kicks off your agent on the spot. No other meeting tool does this.
Saved as local markdown
Deliverables are written to your machine as clean markdown — the format Claude Code, Cursor, and Codex read natively. No export step, no copy-paste, no lock-in.
One-click agent actions
Launch a local agent directly from any Earmark artifact. The spec becomes a working coding session in one click, while the meeting context is still fresh.
Trusted by product teams who ship through conversation
“Earmark transforms planning calls straight into PRDs and JIRA tickets. An indispensable PM tool that saves hours of documentation.”
“No other AI transcription tool gives this level of flexibility. Cuts my admin time by about 75%.”
“Earmark is far beyond a basic meeting tool — task agents build summaries, follow-ups, and deliverables while we’re still talking.”
Questions?
How is Earmark different from Granola?
Granola is an AI notepad: it captures meetings botlessly and turns your rough notes into clean summaries and a searchable memory. Earmark turns the same conversation into finished work — PRDs, tickets, decision logs, and updates — generated in real time for product and engineering teams.
Do both work without a bot joining the call?
Yes. Like Granola, Earmark captures device-side, so no bot appears in the participant list. Both work across Zoom, Meet, Teams, and in person.
Can Earmark create Jira and Linear tickets?
Yes — with titles, descriptions, and acceptance criteria, pushed to Linear and Jira before the meeting ends. Granola can route action items into those tools via Recipes and integrations after the meeting.
Does Earmark generate the work during the meeting?
Yes. Earmark drafts deliverables in real time as you talk. Granola produces its notes after the meeting once you hit Enhance.
Is my meeting data private?
Yes. Earmark is privacy-first: it doesn't store raw audio by default and never trains on your data. Granola is also privacy-conscious, deleting source audio after transcription — both keep a bot out of your call.
Leave your next meeting with the work already done.
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