Granola vs Zoom AI Companion

as AI assistants see them, week of 2026-10-12

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Granola comes out ahead of Zoom AI Companion in how AI assistants talk about note takers. Granola lands an overall score of 44, named in 38 of 62 answers, versus Zoom AI Companion's 19, named in 22 of 62. Claude rates them closest (58 vs 40), while Perplexity favors Granola by a wider margin (27 vs 12) and ChatGPT barely mentions Zoom AI Companion at all (7 vs 49). Head-to-head, Granola is named more often in 12 questions, Zoom AI Companion in just 2, with 6 ties. Granola is named in every answer for startup teams, meeting-without-a-bot, and solo founder questions, while Zoom AI Companion's strongest showing is 3 of 3 for turning meetings into action items.

Head to head

metric	Granola	Zoom AI Companion
score	44	18
questions won	21	18

By assistant

Granola

assistant	score	named in, this week	usual spot, this week
ChatGPT	52	70% of answers	#2.8
Claude	58	85% of answers	#4.3
Gemini	not sampled this week
Perplexity	24	32% of answers	#4.5

Zoom AI Companion

assistant	score	named in, this week	usual spot, this week
ChatGPT	8	15% of answers	#7.3
Claude	36	65% of answers	#7.8
Gemini	not sampled this week
Perplexity	11	16% of answers	#6.0

Where they differ

Only Granola gets named for

What's the best AI note taker for Mac that records system audio?
What's the best AI note taker that integrates with Notion or Slack?
What are the best alternatives to Zoom AI Companion?
What's the best AI note taker for in-person meetings?
What's the best AI tool to record and summarize customer interviews?

Only Zoom AI Companion gets named for

What are the best alternatives to Granola?
What's the best AI note taker for meetings in languages other than English?

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