Grain

A meeting recorder for sales and customer teams, with clips, AI notes and bot-optional capture.

Free plan + paidAI meeting assistants and transcription tools

Verified facts: 5 of 5
Alternatives ranked: 4
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About Grain

Grain records and transcribes meetings on any platform, either with a bot that joins to capture video or bot-free by transcribing your computer's audio. Every plan includes AI meeting notes, next steps and recaps, and you can ask Grain's AI questions about recordings. It grew up around sales and customer success: highlight and clip key moments, share them in Slack or a CRM, build playlists of examples for coaching, and track deals across calls. Transcripts come in more than 100 languages, and meeting memory can be fed to Claude, ChatGPT and other AI tools. Grain is free forever for individuals, with paid Pro and Business seats for longer meetings, full history and team features; people who only view meetings can join on a free seat. There's a 14-day trial of paid features. It is SOC 2 audited and GDPR compliant. Teams outside sales may find many features unnecessary.

Best for: Sales and customer success teams that share call clips and coach from recordings.

What works

Free forever for individuals
Clips and playlists for sharing key moments
Bot or bot-free capture

Why people leave

Free plan limits meeting length and history
Features skew toward sales use
Paid seats needed for anyone who records

Top Grain alternatives

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1
Fathom
Unlimited free recordings and CRM sync on team plans.
66.5
2
Avoma
Adds scheduling, coaching and deal intelligence for revenue teams.
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3
tl;dv
Free recorder with multi-meeting AI reports for sales.
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4
Fireflies.ai
Broader integrations and conversation analytics.
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Grain: common questions

Is Grain free?

Grain has a free plan and paid plans. Free plan: Free forever for individuals (checked on Grain's own site).

Is Grain open source?

No, Grain is not open source.

What platforms does Grain run on?

Grain is available for Web, Windows and macOS.

What are the best alternatives to Grain?

The highest-ranked Grain alternatives right now are Fathom, Avoma and tl;dv. See the full ranked list for pricing, platforms and verified facts.

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Grain facts

5 of 5 verified

Free plan: Free forever for individuals; Checked Oct 25, 2026grain.com(opens source in a new tab); “Free forever for individuals.”
Free trial: 14 days; Checked Oct 25, 2026grain.com(opens source in a new tab); “14-day free trial Free and paid seats”
Bot-free transcription: Yes; Checked Oct 25, 2026grain.com(opens source in a new tab); “Grain transcribes your computer's audio without meeting bots joining your call.”
Languages: 100+; Checked Oct 25, 2026grain.com(opens source in a new tab); “Available in 100+ languages in clean Markdown.”
Compliance: SOC 2, GDPR; Checked Oct 25, 2026grain.com(opens source in a new tab); “Top teams use Grain to power their AI SOC 2 audited GDPR compliant”