Grain vs Spinach
as AI assistants see them, week of 2026-09-14
Grain edges out Spinach overall, with a score of 4 versus 2 out of 100. Grain shows up in 5 of 62 answers, while Spinach appears in 3 of 62. Grain's strongest showing is customer interview tools, named in 2 of 3 answers, and it also picks up mentions for startup note taking and sales call CRM updates. Spinach's best spots are turning meetings into action items and Zoom/Teams note taking, each at 1 of 3 answers. Head to head, Grain leads on 3 questions, Spinach on 2, and the two tie on 15.
Head to head
| metric | Grain | Spinach |
|---|---|---|
| score | 4 | 2 |
| questions won | 4 | 3 |
By assistant
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 |
Spinach
| assistant | score | named in, this week | usual spot, this week |
|---|---|---|---|
| ChatGPT | 0 | 0% of answers | |
| Claude | 4 | 10% of answers | #14.5 |
| Gemini | not sampled this week | ||
| Perplexity | 3 | 5% of answers | #4.0 |
Where they differ
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 sales calls that updates the CRM?
- What's the best AI note taker for a startup team?
Only Spinach gets named for
- What's the best AI tool to turn meetings into action items and follow-up emails?
- What's the best AI note taker for Zoom, Google Meet and Teams?
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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