Chorus vs Grain
as AI assistants see them, week of 2026-09-14
Chorus and Grain both stay on the sidelines in most AI answers, with overall scores of 3 and 4 out of 100. Chorus turns up in 4 of 62 answers, doing best on "best AI note taker for sales calls that updates the CRM" (2 of 3 answers), but it's absent from questions about free tools, non-English support, startups, open-source options, and in-person meetings. Grain edges ahead slightly, named in 5 of 62 answers, with its strongest showing on "best AI tool to record and summarize customer interviews" (2 of 3). Head-to-head, they tie on 16 questions, each leading on 2.
Head to head
| metric | Chorus | Grain |
|---|---|---|
| score | 3 | 4 |
| questions won | 3 | 4 |
By assistant
Chorus
| assistant | score | named in, this week | usual spot, this week |
|---|---|---|---|
| ChatGPT | 0 | 0% of answers | |
| Claude | 7 | 15% of answers | #9.7 |
| Gemini | not sampled this week | ||
| Perplexity | 3 | 5% of answers | #7.0 |
Grain
| assistant | score | named in, this week | usual spot, this week |
|---|---|---|---|
| ChatGPT | 5 | 5% of answers | #1.0 |
| Claude | 8 | 20% of answers | #11.5 |
| Gemini | not sampled this week | ||
| Perplexity | 0 | 0% of answers |
Where they differ
Only Chorus gets named for
- What are the top AI meeting assistants in 2026?
Only Grain gets named for
- What's the best AI tool to record and summarize customer interviews?
- What's the best AI note taker for a startup team?
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Scores count how often each assistant names a product, weighted by position. How the score works · Full AI meeting note takers leaderboard