Granola vs Otter.ai
as AI assistants see them, week of 2026-09-14
Granola and Otter.ai land close together overall, scoring 44 and 46 out of 100. Otter.ai edges ahead on mentions too, showing up in 42 of 62 answers versus Granola's 38 of 62. Head-to-head, Otter.ai comes out more often named in 6 questions, Granola in 4, with 10 ties. Granola scores best with ChatGPT and Claude (49 and 58), while Otter.ai leads on ChatGPT at 54. Both tools are named in every answer for "top AI meeting assistants in 2026," and both are never named for open-source or CRM-updating sales call questions.
Head to head
| metric | Granola | Otter.ai |
|---|---|---|
| score | 44 | 46 |
| questions won | 17 | 18 |
By assistant
Granola
| assistant | score | named in, this week | usual spot, this week |
|---|---|---|---|
| ChatGPT | 49 | 58% of answers | #2.2 |
| Claude | 58 | 85% of answers | #4.1 |
| Gemini | not sampled this week | ||
| Perplexity | 27 | 40% of answers | #4.4 |
Otter.ai
| assistant | score | named in, this week | usual spot, this week |
|---|---|---|---|
| ChatGPT | 54 | 74% of answers | #3.5 |
| Claude | 52 | 85% of answers | #5.3 |
| Gemini | not sampled this week | ||
| Perplexity | 33 | 45% of answers | #3.3 |
Where they differ
Only Granola gets named for
nothing exclusive
Only Otter.ai gets named for
- What's the best AI note taker for meetings in languages other than English?
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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