Granola vs. tl;dv: data protection per plan
Granola (3 plans) and tl;dv (4 plans) side by side: DPA, training on inputs, hosting and data retention per plan, based on the providers’ public documents. Without rating.
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At a glance
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| Feature | Granola | tl;dv |
|---|---|---|
| Provider based in | Granola, Inc., 1151 Walker Rd Ste 417, Dover DE 19904, USA | Tldx Solutions GmbH, Kaiser-Friedrich-Allee 51, 52074 Aachen, Germany |
| Plans recorded | 3 | 4 |
| Hosting | US only: all 3 plans | EU option: all 4 plans |
| Training on inputs | opt-out available: Basic, Businessno: Enterprise | no: all 4 plans |
| DPA | yes: all 3 plans | yes: all 4 plans |
| As of | 18 Oct 2026 | 18 Oct 2026 |
Plans compared
Comparing: Granola Business vs. tl;dv Business
| Feature | GranolaBusiness | tl;dvBusiness |
|---|---|---|
| yes | yes | |
| Details: DPA available | yes (pricing page: 'DPA available' in all plans; security page: DPA 'available upon request'; DPA with EU SCCs Module One or Module Two, Irish law, UK Addendum) Provider’s DPA | yes (Data Processing Agreement publicly viewable in the Trust Center, as of 2026-09-11, as a template for signature by the customer; applicability per plan not stated) Provider’s DPA |
| differs by plan | opt-out available | no |
| Details: Training on inputs | Privacy Policy: 'We do not allow third parties such as OpenAI or Anthropic to use your Personal Data to train AI models.' Granola uses de-identified, aggregated data to train its own models; opt-out in the account settings. Pricing page: 'Model training opt-out' per user. According to the Privacy Policy, de-identified data already incorporated into models is not removed. | Privacy Policy section 9: tldx does not use customer content (recordings, transcripts, notes) for training/fine-tuning foundation or language models; AI service providers used process content only to provide the service and do not use it to train their general-purpose models. DPA section 1.4.3: 'The Data Processor does not and will not use any of the CLIENT’s data for AI model training.' DPA section 1.5.7: neither Anthropic nor Google Cloud trains on the customer's data under either of the two AI configurations. Security page: 'No customer data is used to train the AI'. Documentation does not differentiate by plan. |
| differs by plan | US only | EU option |
| Details: Data residency | Security page: notes are stored in a 'US-hosted AWS Virtual Private Cloud'. Privacy Policy: AWS servers 'located in the U.S.' or 'located primarily in the US'; services are hosted and operated 'in the U.S.'. Sub-processor list: all sub-processors with hosting in the US, except Plain (UK). An EU hosting option is not documented; the documentation does not differentiate by plan. | DPA section 1.4.6 and Trust Center (Subprocessors): storage with Google Cloud (Germany), Wasabi (Germany) and Hetzner (Germany/Finland). AI summaries: according to DPA section 1.5.7, Anthropic is accessed via its direct API, 'used by default, including for users located outside the European Union/European Economic Area'; only if the customer actively selects the EU AI hosting configuration in the account or organisation-wide does the same Anthropic model run via Google Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform (formerly Vertex AI), with the data remaining in the EU. Transcription via AssemblyAI and ElevenLabs, each listed in the Trust Center with the location 'Europe'. Privacy Policy section 5 and the security page additionally name AWS as hosting; the DPA and the Trust Center list do not include AWS. Documentation does not differentiate by plan. |
| list available | list available | |
| Details: List published |
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| differs by plan | Privacy Policy: recordings are captured… | Privacy Policy: recordings and… |
| Details: Data retention | Privacy Policy: recordings are captured only for transcription and are not retained once the transcript has been created; other data is retained as long as the account is active or as needed to operate the business; de-identified, aggregated data may be retained indefinitely. Security page: only the transcript and notes are stored; individual notes or all data can be deleted on request. DPA: return or deletion after termination of the agreement at the customer's written direction. Pricing page: unlimited meeting history; transcript retention and auto-deletion configurable per user. | Privacy Policy: recordings and transcripts for paying users until account deletion; logs 10 days. DPA section 1.5.10: at the end of the contract, deletion or return of all personal data at the choice of the parties; deletion is confirmed in writing. The DPA does not state a fixed retention period. |
| differs by plan | 14 USD/user/mo | 39 EUR/user/mo… (further prices in the details) |
| Details: Price | 14 USD per user/month (billing interval and net/gross indication not stated; 'Great for individuals or small teams') | EUR 39 per user/month with monthly billing; EUR 29 per user/month with annual billing (structured price data: EUR 348 per seat/year) (pricing page; no indication whether VAT is included) |
| yes | yes | |
| Details: AI features included | yes (as Basic plus unlimited meeting notes and history, advanced AI models with model selection, integrations including Notion, HubSpot, Zapier, MCP, API access, centralised billing and user management) | yes |
| 6 sources | 6 sources | |
| Details: Sources with retrieval date |
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Contract / DPA
- Granola Businessyes
- tl;dv Businessyes
- Granola Business
yes (pricing page: 'DPA available' in all plans; security page: DPA 'available upon request'; DPA with EU SCCs Module One or Module Two, Irish law, UK Addendum)
Provider’s DPAtl;dv Businessyes (Data Processing Agreement publicly viewable in the Trust Center, as of 2026-09-11, as a template for signature by the customer; applicability per plan not stated)
Provider’s DPA
Training
- differs by plan
- Granola Businessopt-out available
- tl;dv Businessno
- Granola Business
Privacy Policy: 'We do not allow third parties such as OpenAI or Anthropic to use your Personal Data to train AI models.' Granola uses de-identified, aggregated data to train its own models; opt-out in the account settings. Pricing page: 'Model training opt-out' per user. According to the Privacy Policy, de-identified data already incorporated into models is not removed.
tl;dv BusinessPrivacy Policy section 9: tldx does not use customer content (recordings, transcripts, notes) for training/fine-tuning foundation or language models; AI service providers used process content only to provide the service and do not use it to train their general-purpose models. DPA section 1.4.3: 'The Data Processor does not and will not use any of the CLIENT’s data for AI model training.' DPA section 1.5.7: neither Anthropic nor Google Cloud trains on the customer's data under either of the two AI configurations. Security page: 'No customer data is used to train the AI'. Documentation does not differentiate by plan.
Hosting
- differs by plan
- Granola BusinessUS only
- tl;dv BusinessEU option
- Granola Business
Security page: notes are stored in a 'US-hosted AWS Virtual Private Cloud'. Privacy Policy: AWS servers 'located in the U.S.' or 'located primarily in the US'; services are hosted and operated 'in the U.S.'. Sub-processor list: all sub-processors with hosting in the US, except Plain (UK). An EU hosting option is not documented; the documentation does not differentiate by plan.
tl;dv BusinessDPA section 1.4.6 and Trust Center (Subprocessors): storage with Google Cloud (Germany), Wasabi (Germany) and Hetzner (Germany/Finland). AI summaries: according to DPA section 1.5.7, Anthropic is accessed via its direct API, 'used by default, including for users located outside the European Union/European Economic Area'; only if the customer actively selects the EU AI hosting configuration in the account or organisation-wide does the same Anthropic model run via Google Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform (formerly Vertex AI), with the data remaining in the EU. Transcription via AssemblyAI and ElevenLabs, each listed in the Trust Center with the location 'Europe'. Privacy Policy section 5 and the security page additionally name AWS as hosting; the DPA and the Trust Center list do not include AWS. Documentation does not differentiate by plan.
Sub-processors
- Granola Businesslist available
- tl;dv Businesslist available
- Granola Business
- Anthropic, PBC – AI processing (hosting: United States)
- OpenAI – AI processing (hosting: United States)
- Google Cloud – cloud hosting, AI and compute (hosting: United States)
- Amazon Web Services – cloud hosting, data storage, AI and compute (hosting: United States)
- xAI – AI processing (hosting: United States)
- AssemblyAI, Inc. – transcription (hosting: United States)
- Deepgram – transcription (hosting: United States)
- Braintrust – evaluation and testing of AI performance (hosting: United States)
- Fireworks.ai – AI processing (hosting: United States)
- Parallel Web Systems Inc. – web search and data enrichment for AI features (hosting: United States)
- Turbopuffer – vector search and embeddings storage (hosting: United States)
- ClickHouse – storage of usage and telemetry data (hosting: United States)
- Stripe, Inc. – payment processing and billing (hosting: United States)
- Plain – customer support platform (hosting: United Kingdom)
- Twilio – telephony for the in-product calling feature (hosting: United States)
- Knock – notifications (in-app, email, push) (hosting: United States)
tl;dv Business- Google Cloud Platform – cloud and AI infrastructure (Europe; DPA: Google Cloud EMEA Limited, Germany)
- Wasabi – data storage for recordings and metadata (Europe; DPA: Germany)
- Hetzner – infrastructure/hosting (Europe; DPA: Germany)
- Cloudflare – DNS, load balancing, DDoS protection, WAF (Worldwide (Local to Customers); DPA: data centres in Finland, Germany, Ireland and France)
- AssemblyAI – transcription for paying customers (Europe)
- ElevenLabs – transcription for paying customers (Europe)
- Anthropic – AI models (Trust Center: US, EU alternative via Google Agent Platform; DPA table states 'Germany')
- Vanta – security and compliance monitoring (Europe; according to the DPA no customer data)
- Paragon – integration platform (Europe; DPA: European Union)
- CustomerIO – marketing (Europe)
- Cello – referral programme (Europe; DPA: Germany)
- GitLab – version control (US)
- HubSpot – CRM/marketing (European Union / Germany; DPA: Ireland)
- Intercom – customer support (US; DPA: 'In contact to move over to EU data centers')
- Stripe – payments (Worldwide; DPA: Stripe Payments Europe, European Union)
- Abicom – security audits, penetration testing, GDPR support (France)
Retention
- differs by plan
- Granola BusinessPrivacy Policy: recordings are captured…
- tl;dv BusinessPrivacy Policy: recordings and…
- Granola BusinessPrivacy Policy: recordings are captured only for transcription and are not retained once the transcript has been created; other data is retained as long as the account is active or as needed to operate the business; de-identified, aggregated data may be retained indefinitely. Security page: only the transcript and notes are stored; individual notes or all data can be deleted on request. DPA: return or deletion after termination of the agreement at the customer's written direction. Pricing page: unlimited meeting history; transcript retention and auto-deletion configurable per user.tl;dv BusinessPrivacy Policy: recordings and transcripts for paying users until account deletion; logs 10 days. DPA section 1.5.10: at the end of the contract, deletion or return of all personal data at the choice of the parties; deletion is confirmed in writing. The DPA does not state a fixed retention period.
Price
- differs by plan
- Granola Business14 USD/user/mo
- tl;dv Business39 EUR/user/mo… (further prices in the details)
- Granola Business
14 USD per user/month (billing interval and net/gross indication not stated; 'Great for individuals or small teams')
tl;dv BusinessEUR 39 per user/month with monthly billing; EUR 29 per user/month with annual billing (structured price data: EUR 348 per seat/year) (pricing page; no indication whether VAT is included)
- Granola Businessyes
- tl;dv Businessyes
- Granola Business
yes (as Basic plus unlimited meeting notes and history, advanced AI models with model selection, integrations including Notion, HubSpot, Zapier, MCP, API access, centralised billing and user management)
tl;dv Businessyes
Evidence
- Granola Business6 sources
- tl;dv Business6 sources
- Granola Business
- Pricing plans | GranolaPricing page, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Security at GranolaSecurity page, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Privacy Policy (Effective from 8th September 2026)Privacy notice, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Data Processing Addendum (Last updated: July 17, 2026)DPA, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Granola Platform Terms (Last updated: 19th December 2025, PDF)Terms of service, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Granola Trust Center: Subprocessors (16 entries, rendered in browser)Sub-processor list, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
tl;dv Business- Pricing (rendered in browser, monthly and annual view)Pricing page, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Privacy Policy (as of 2026-09-09)Privacy notice, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Terms of Use (effective 2026-05-18)Terms and conditions, retrieved 8 Oct 2026
- Security CommitmentTrust Center, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Trust Center: Data Processing Agreement (last updated 2026-09-11)DPA, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Trust Center: Subprocessors (16 entries with location)Sub-processor list, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
| Feature | Granola | tl;dv |
|---|---|---|
| yesall 3 plans | yesall 4 plans | |
| Details: DPA available |
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| differs by tool |
| noall 4 plans |
| Details: Training on inputs |
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| differs by tool | US onlyall 3 plans | EU optionall 4 plans |
| Details: Data residency |
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| list availableall 3 plans | list availableall 4 plans | |
| Details: List published |
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| differs by tool | Privacy Policy: recordings are captured…all 3 plans |
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| Details: Data retention |
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| differs by tool |
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| Details: Price |
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| yesall 3 plans | yesall 4 plans | |
| Details: AI features included |
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| 7 sources | 6 sources | |
| Details: Sources with retrieval date |
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Contract / DPA
- Granolayesall 3 plans
- tl;dvyesall 4 plans
- Granola
- Basic
yes (pricing page: 'DPA available' in all plans; security page: DPA 'available upon request'; DPA with EU SCCs Module One or Module Two, Irish law, UK Addendum)
Provider’s DPA - Business
yes (pricing page: 'DPA available' in all plans; security page: DPA 'available upon request'; DPA with EU SCCs Module One or Module Two, Irish law, UK Addendum)
Provider’s DPA - Enterprise
yes (pricing page: 'DPA available' in all plans; security page: DPA 'available upon request'; DPA with EU SCCs Module One or Module Two, Irish law, UK Addendum)
Provider’s DPA
tl;dv- Free
yes (Data Processing Agreement publicly viewable in the Trust Center, as of 2026-09-11, as a template for signature by the customer; applicability per plan not stated)
Provider’s DPA - Pro
yes (Data Processing Agreement publicly viewable in the Trust Center, as of 2026-09-11, as a template for signature by the customer; applicability per plan not stated)
Provider’s DPA - Business
yes (Data Processing Agreement publicly viewable in the Trust Center, as of 2026-09-11, as a template for signature by the customer; applicability per plan not stated)
Provider’s DPA - Enterprise
yes (Data Processing Agreement publicly viewable in the Trust Center, as of 2026-09-11, as a template for signature by the customer; applicability per plan not stated)
Provider’s DPA
- Basic
Training
- differs by tool
- Granola
- opt-out availableBasic, Business
- noEnterprise
- tl;dvnoall 4 plans
- Granola
- Basic
Privacy Policy: 'We do not allow third parties such as OpenAI or Anthropic to use your Personal Data to train AI models.' Granola uses de-identified, aggregated data to train its own models; opt-out in the account settings. Pricing page: 'Model training opt-out' per user. According to the Privacy Policy, de-identified data already incorporated into models is not removed.
- Business
Privacy Policy: 'We do not allow third parties such as OpenAI or Anthropic to use your Personal Data to train AI models.' Granola uses de-identified, aggregated data to train its own models; opt-out in the account settings. Pricing page: 'Model training opt-out' per user. According to the Privacy Policy, de-identified data already incorporated into models is not removed.
- Enterprise
Privacy Policy: Enterprise workspaces have admin-enforced settings and are 'opted-out by default' from training; according to the Privacy Policy, Enterprise users 'may opt-in'. Pricing page: model training opt-out 'Workspace-wide'. Enterprise page: 'Your conversation data is never used to train shared AI models.' Third parties such as OpenAI or Anthropic may not use data for training.
tl;dv- Free
Privacy Policy section 9: tldx does not use customer content (recordings, transcripts, notes) for training/fine-tuning foundation or language models; AI service providers used process content only to provide the service and do not use it to train their general-purpose models. DPA section 1.4.3: 'The Data Processor does not and will not use any of the CLIENT’s data for AI model training.' DPA section 1.5.7: neither Anthropic nor Google Cloud trains on the customer's data under either of the two AI configurations. Security page: 'No customer data is used to train the AI'. Documentation does not differentiate by plan.
- Pro
Privacy Policy section 9: tldx does not use customer content (recordings, transcripts, notes) for training/fine-tuning foundation or language models; AI service providers used process content only to provide the service and do not use it to train their general-purpose models. DPA section 1.4.3: 'The Data Processor does not and will not use any of the CLIENT’s data for AI model training.' DPA section 1.5.7: neither Anthropic nor Google Cloud trains on the customer's data under either of the two AI configurations. Security page: 'No customer data is used to train the AI'. Documentation does not differentiate by plan.
- Business
Privacy Policy section 9: tldx does not use customer content (recordings, transcripts, notes) for training/fine-tuning foundation or language models; AI service providers used process content only to provide the service and do not use it to train their general-purpose models. DPA section 1.4.3: 'The Data Processor does not and will not use any of the CLIENT’s data for AI model training.' DPA section 1.5.7: neither Anthropic nor Google Cloud trains on the customer's data under either of the two AI configurations. Security page: 'No customer data is used to train the AI'. Documentation does not differentiate by plan.
- Enterprise
Privacy Policy section 9: tldx does not use customer content (recordings, transcripts, notes) for training/fine-tuning foundation or language models; AI service providers used process content only to provide the service and do not use it to train their general-purpose models. DPA section 1.4.3: 'The Data Processor does not and will not use any of the CLIENT’s data for AI model training.' DPA section 1.5.7: neither Anthropic nor Google Cloud trains on the customer's data under either of the two AI configurations. Security page: 'No customer data is used to train the AI'. Documentation does not differentiate by plan.
- Basic
Hosting
- differs by tool
- GranolaUS onlyall 3 plans
- tl;dvEU optionall 4 plans
- Granola
- Basic
Security page: notes are stored in a 'US-hosted AWS Virtual Private Cloud'. Privacy Policy: AWS servers 'located in the U.S.' or 'located primarily in the US'; services are hosted and operated 'in the U.S.'. Sub-processor list: all sub-processors with hosting in the US, except Plain (UK). An EU hosting option is not documented; the documentation does not differentiate by plan.
- Business
Security page: notes are stored in a 'US-hosted AWS Virtual Private Cloud'. Privacy Policy: AWS servers 'located in the U.S.' or 'located primarily in the US'; services are hosted and operated 'in the U.S.'. Sub-processor list: all sub-processors with hosting in the US, except Plain (UK). An EU hosting option is not documented; the documentation does not differentiate by plan.
- Enterprise
Security page: notes are stored in a 'US-hosted AWS Virtual Private Cloud'. Privacy Policy: AWS servers 'located in the U.S.' or 'located primarily in the US'; services are hosted and operated 'in the U.S.'. Sub-processor list: all sub-processors with hosting in the US, except Plain (UK). An EU hosting option is not documented; the documentation does not differentiate by plan.
tl;dv- Free
DPA section 1.4.6 and Trust Center (Subprocessors): storage with Google Cloud (Germany), Wasabi (Germany) and Hetzner (Germany/Finland). AI summaries: according to DPA section 1.5.7, Anthropic is accessed via its direct API, 'used by default, including for users located outside the European Union/European Economic Area'; only if the customer actively selects the EU AI hosting configuration in the account or organisation-wide does the same Anthropic model run via Google Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform (formerly Vertex AI), with the data remaining in the EU. Transcription via AssemblyAI and ElevenLabs, each listed in the Trust Center with the location 'Europe'. Privacy Policy section 5 and the security page additionally name AWS as hosting; the DPA and the Trust Center list do not include AWS. Documentation does not differentiate by plan.
- Pro
DPA section 1.4.6 and Trust Center (Subprocessors): storage with Google Cloud (Germany), Wasabi (Germany) and Hetzner (Germany/Finland). AI summaries: according to DPA section 1.5.7, Anthropic is accessed via its direct API, 'used by default, including for users located outside the European Union/European Economic Area'; only if the customer actively selects the EU AI hosting configuration in the account or organisation-wide does the same Anthropic model run via Google Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform (formerly Vertex AI), with the data remaining in the EU. Transcription via AssemblyAI and ElevenLabs, each listed in the Trust Center with the location 'Europe'. Privacy Policy section 5 and the security page additionally name AWS as hosting; the DPA and the Trust Center list do not include AWS. Documentation does not differentiate by plan.
- Business
DPA section 1.4.6 and Trust Center (Subprocessors): storage with Google Cloud (Germany), Wasabi (Germany) and Hetzner (Germany/Finland). AI summaries: according to DPA section 1.5.7, Anthropic is accessed via its direct API, 'used by default, including for users located outside the European Union/European Economic Area'; only if the customer actively selects the EU AI hosting configuration in the account or organisation-wide does the same Anthropic model run via Google Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform (formerly Vertex AI), with the data remaining in the EU. Transcription via AssemblyAI and ElevenLabs, each listed in the Trust Center with the location 'Europe'. Privacy Policy section 5 and the security page additionally name AWS as hosting; the DPA and the Trust Center list do not include AWS. Documentation does not differentiate by plan.
- Enterprise
DPA section 1.4.6 and Trust Center (Subprocessors): storage with Google Cloud (Germany), Wasabi (Germany) and Hetzner (Germany/Finland). AI summaries: according to DPA section 1.5.7, Anthropic is accessed via its direct API, 'used by default, including for users located outside the European Union/European Economic Area'; only if the customer actively selects the EU AI hosting configuration in the account or organisation-wide does the same Anthropic model run via Google Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform (formerly Vertex AI), with the data remaining in the EU. Transcription via AssemblyAI and ElevenLabs, each listed in the Trust Center with the location 'Europe'. Privacy Policy section 5 and the security page additionally name AWS as hosting; the DPA and the Trust Center list do not include AWS. The pricing page additionally lists privately hosted AI for Enterprise; details not publicly documented.
- Basic
Sub-processors
- Granolalist availableall 3 plans
- tl;dvlist availableall 4 plans
- Granola
- Basic
- Anthropic, PBC – AI processing (hosting: United States)
- OpenAI – AI processing (hosting: United States)
- Google Cloud – cloud hosting, AI and compute (hosting: United States)
- Amazon Web Services – cloud hosting, data storage, AI and compute (hosting: United States)
- xAI – AI processing (hosting: United States)
- AssemblyAI, Inc. – transcription (hosting: United States)
- Deepgram – transcription (hosting: United States)
- Braintrust – evaluation and testing of AI performance (hosting: United States)
- Fireworks.ai – AI processing (hosting: United States)
- Parallel Web Systems Inc. – web search and data enrichment for AI features (hosting: United States)
- Turbopuffer – vector search and embeddings storage (hosting: United States)
- ClickHouse – storage of usage and telemetry data (hosting: United States)
- Stripe, Inc. – payment processing and billing (hosting: United States)
- Plain – customer support platform (hosting: United Kingdom)
- Twilio – telephony for the in-product calling feature (hosting: United States)
- Knock – notifications (in-app, email, push) (hosting: United States)
- Business
- Anthropic, PBC – AI processing (hosting: United States)
- OpenAI – AI processing (hosting: United States)
- Google Cloud – cloud hosting, AI and compute (hosting: United States)
- Amazon Web Services – cloud hosting, data storage, AI and compute (hosting: United States)
- xAI – AI processing (hosting: United States)
- AssemblyAI, Inc. – transcription (hosting: United States)
- Deepgram – transcription (hosting: United States)
- Braintrust – evaluation and testing of AI performance (hosting: United States)
- Fireworks.ai – AI processing (hosting: United States)
- Parallel Web Systems Inc. – web search and data enrichment for AI features (hosting: United States)
- Turbopuffer – vector search and embeddings storage (hosting: United States)
- ClickHouse – storage of usage and telemetry data (hosting: United States)
- Stripe, Inc. – payment processing and billing (hosting: United States)
- Plain – customer support platform (hosting: United Kingdom)
- Twilio – telephony for the in-product calling feature (hosting: United States)
- Knock – notifications (in-app, email, push) (hosting: United States)
- Enterprise
- Anthropic, PBC – AI processing (hosting: United States)
- OpenAI – AI processing (hosting: United States)
- Google Cloud – cloud hosting, AI and compute (hosting: United States)
- Amazon Web Services – cloud hosting, data storage, AI and compute (hosting: United States)
- xAI – AI processing (hosting: United States)
- AssemblyAI, Inc. – transcription (hosting: United States)
- Deepgram – transcription (hosting: United States)
- Braintrust – evaluation and testing of AI performance (hosting: United States)
- Fireworks.ai – AI processing (hosting: United States)
- Parallel Web Systems Inc. – web search and data enrichment for AI features (hosting: United States)
- Turbopuffer – vector search and embeddings storage (hosting: United States)
- ClickHouse – storage of usage and telemetry data (hosting: United States)
- Stripe, Inc. – payment processing and billing (hosting: United States)
- Plain – customer support platform (hosting: United Kingdom)
- Twilio – telephony for the in-product calling feature (hosting: United States)
- Knock – notifications (in-app, email, push) (hosting: United States)
tl;dv- Free
- Google Cloud Platform – cloud and AI infrastructure (Europe; DPA: Google Cloud EMEA Limited, Germany)
- Wasabi – data storage for recordings and metadata (Europe; DPA: Germany)
- Hetzner – infrastructure/hosting (Europe; DPA: Germany)
- Cloudflare – DNS, load balancing, DDoS protection, WAF (Worldwide (Local to Customers); DPA: data centres in Finland, Germany, Ireland and France)
- AssemblyAI – transcription for paying customers (Europe)
- ElevenLabs – transcription for paying customers (Europe)
- Anthropic – AI models (Trust Center: US, EU alternative via Google Agent Platform; DPA table states 'Germany')
- Vanta – security and compliance monitoring (Europe; according to the DPA no customer data)
- Paragon – integration platform (Europe; DPA: European Union)
- CustomerIO – marketing (Europe)
- Cello – referral programme (Europe; DPA: Germany)
- GitLab – version control (US)
- HubSpot – CRM/marketing (European Union / Germany; DPA: Ireland)
- Intercom – customer support (US; DPA: 'In contact to move over to EU data centers')
- Stripe – payments (Worldwide; DPA: Stripe Payments Europe, European Union)
- Abicom – security audits, penetration testing, GDPR support (France)
- Pro
- Google Cloud Platform – cloud and AI infrastructure (Europe; DPA: Google Cloud EMEA Limited, Germany)
- Wasabi – data storage for recordings and metadata (Europe; DPA: Germany)
- Hetzner – infrastructure/hosting (Europe; DPA: Germany)
- Cloudflare – DNS, load balancing, DDoS protection, WAF (Worldwide (Local to Customers); DPA: data centres in Finland, Germany, Ireland and France)
- AssemblyAI – transcription for paying customers (Europe)
- ElevenLabs – transcription for paying customers (Europe)
- Anthropic – AI models (Trust Center: US, EU alternative via Google Agent Platform; DPA table states 'Germany')
- Vanta – security and compliance monitoring (Europe; according to the DPA no customer data)
- Paragon – integration platform (Europe; DPA: European Union)
- CustomerIO – marketing (Europe)
- Cello – referral programme (Europe; DPA: Germany)
- GitLab – version control (US)
- HubSpot – CRM/marketing (European Union / Germany; DPA: Ireland)
- Intercom – customer support (US; DPA: 'In contact to move over to EU data centers')
- Stripe – payments (Worldwide; DPA: Stripe Payments Europe, European Union)
- Abicom – security audits, penetration testing, GDPR support (France)
- Business
- Google Cloud Platform – cloud and AI infrastructure (Europe; DPA: Google Cloud EMEA Limited, Germany)
- Wasabi – data storage for recordings and metadata (Europe; DPA: Germany)
- Hetzner – infrastructure/hosting (Europe; DPA: Germany)
- Cloudflare – DNS, load balancing, DDoS protection, WAF (Worldwide (Local to Customers); DPA: data centres in Finland, Germany, Ireland and France)
- AssemblyAI – transcription for paying customers (Europe)
- ElevenLabs – transcription for paying customers (Europe)
- Anthropic – AI models (Trust Center: US, EU alternative via Google Agent Platform; DPA table states 'Germany')
- Vanta – security and compliance monitoring (Europe; according to the DPA no customer data)
- Paragon – integration platform (Europe; DPA: European Union)
- CustomerIO – marketing (Europe)
- Cello – referral programme (Europe; DPA: Germany)
- GitLab – version control (US)
- HubSpot – CRM/marketing (European Union / Germany; DPA: Ireland)
- Intercom – customer support (US; DPA: 'In contact to move over to EU data centers')
- Stripe – payments (Worldwide; DPA: Stripe Payments Europe, European Union)
- Abicom – security audits, penetration testing, GDPR support (France)
- Enterprise
- Google Cloud Platform – cloud and AI infrastructure (Europe; DPA: Google Cloud EMEA Limited, Germany)
- Wasabi – data storage for recordings and metadata (Europe; DPA: Germany)
- Hetzner – infrastructure/hosting (Europe; DPA: Germany)
- Cloudflare – DNS, load balancing, DDoS protection, WAF (Worldwide (Local to Customers); DPA: data centres in Finland, Germany, Ireland and France)
- AssemblyAI – transcription for paying customers (Europe)
- ElevenLabs – transcription for paying customers (Europe)
- Anthropic – AI models (Trust Center: US, EU alternative via Google Agent Platform; DPA table states 'Germany')
- Vanta – security and compliance monitoring (Europe; according to the DPA no customer data)
- Paragon – integration platform (Europe; DPA: European Union)
- CustomerIO – marketing (Europe)
- Cello – referral programme (Europe; DPA: Germany)
- GitLab – version control (US)
- HubSpot – CRM/marketing (European Union / Germany; DPA: Ireland)
- Intercom – customer support (US; DPA: 'In contact to move over to EU data centers')
- Stripe – payments (Worldwide; DPA: Stripe Payments Europe, European Union)
- Abicom – security audits, penetration testing, GDPR support (France)
- Basic
Retention
- differs by tool
- GranolaPrivacy Policy: recordings are captured…all 3 plans
- tl;dv
- Privacy Policy: video/audio recordings…Free
- Privacy Policy: recordings and…Pro, Business
- The Privacy Policy distinguishes only…Enterprise
- Granola
- BasicPrivacy Policy: recordings are captured only for transcription and are not retained once the transcript has been created; other data is retained as long as the account is active or as needed to operate the business; de-identified, aggregated data may be retained indefinitely. Security page: only the transcript and notes are stored; individual notes or all data can be deleted on request. DPA: return or deletion after termination of the agreement at the customer's written direction. Pricing page: meeting history in the Basic plan 30 days ('See limited meeting history'); transcript retention and auto-deletion configurable per user.
- BusinessPrivacy Policy: recordings are captured only for transcription and are not retained once the transcript has been created; other data is retained as long as the account is active or as needed to operate the business; de-identified, aggregated data may be retained indefinitely. Security page: only the transcript and notes are stored; individual notes or all data can be deleted on request. DPA: return or deletion after termination of the agreement at the customer's written direction. Pricing page: unlimited meeting history; transcript retention and auto-deletion configurable per user.
- EnterprisePrivacy Policy: recordings are captured only for transcription and are not retained once the transcript has been created; other data is retained as long as the account is active or as needed to operate the business; de-identified, aggregated data may be retained indefinitely. Security page: only the transcript and notes are stored; individual notes or all data can be deleted on request. DPA: return or deletion after termination of the agreement at the customer's written direction. Enterprise: organisation-wide retention periods and auto-deletion via admin policy ('Org-wide auto-deletion periods').
tl;dv- FreePrivacy Policy: video/audio recordings and transcripts for free users 3 months; logs 10 days; account and profile data until account deletion. DPA section 1.5.10: at the end of the contract, deletion or return of all personal data at the choice of the parties; deletion is confirmed in writing.
- ProPrivacy Policy: recordings and transcripts for paying users until account deletion; logs 10 days. DPA section 1.5.10: at the end of the contract, deletion or return of all personal data at the choice of the parties; deletion is confirmed in writing. The DPA does not state a fixed retention period.
- BusinessPrivacy Policy: recordings and transcripts for paying users until account deletion; logs 10 days. DPA section 1.5.10: at the end of the contract, deletion or return of all personal data at the choice of the parties; deletion is confirmed in writing. The DPA does not state a fixed retention period.
- EnterpriseThe Privacy Policy distinguishes only between free and paying users (paying: recordings and transcripts until account deletion; logs 10 days). DPA section 1.5.10: at the end of the contract, deletion or return of all personal data at the choice of the parties; deletion is confirmed in writing. Enterprise-specific periods not publicly documented.
Price
- differs by tool
- Granola
- 0 USD/user/moBasic
- 14 USD/user/moBusiness
- 35 USD/user/moEnterprise
- tl;dv
- 0 EURFree
- 29 EUR/user/mo… (further prices in the details)Pro
- 39 EUR/user/mo… (further prices in the details)Business
- customEnterprise
- Granola
- Basic
0 USD per user/month
- Business
14 USD per user/month (billing interval and net/gross indication not stated; 'Great for individuals or small teams')
- Enterprise
35 USD per user/month; according to the Enterprise FAQ purchasable in the app with no minimum number of seats, for 50+ seats contact sales (no indication whether net or gross)
tl;dv- Free
EUR 0 (pricing page; no indication whether VAT is included)
- Pro
EUR 29 per user/month with monthly billing; EUR 18 per user/month with annual billing (structured price data: EUR 216 per seat/year) (pricing page; no indication whether VAT is included)
- Business
EUR 39 per user/month with monthly billing; EUR 29 per user/month with annual billing (structured price data: EUR 348 per seat/year) (pricing page; no indication whether VAT is included)
- Enterprise
Custom price: the pricing page states 'custom' (Benutzerdefiniert) and refers to contact/demo for prices; no public price
- Basic
- Granolayesall 3 plans
- tl;dvyesall 4 plans
- Granola
- Basic
yes (AI meeting notes, AI chat within and across meetings, templates, multi-language support; meeting history 30 days; AI chat 'Auto' only without model selection)
- Business
yes (as Basic plus unlimited meeting notes and history, advanced AI models with model selection, integrations including Notion, HubSpot, Zapier, MCP, API access, centralised billing and user management)
- Enterprise
yes (as Business plus SSO, SCIM, Audit API, usage analytics, admin controls for MCP, API and integrations, organisation-wide retention and participant notification, HIPAA workspaces, advanced integrations such as Salesforce)
tl;dv- Free
yes (recording, transcription, AI notes with limits according to the pricing page)
- Pro
yes
- Business
yes
- Enterprise
yes (everything in Business plus, among others, SCIM provisioning, custom SSO, privately hosted AI, company activity logs and optional usage-based pricing according to the pricing page)
- Basic
Evidence
- Granola7 sources
- tl;dv6 sources
- Granola
- Pricing plans | GranolaPricing page, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Granola for Enterprise (incl. FAQ)Product page, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Security at GranolaSecurity page, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Privacy Policy (Effective from 8th September 2026)Privacy notice, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Data Processing Addendum (Last updated: July 17, 2026)DPA, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Granola Platform Terms (Last updated: 19th December 2025, PDF)Terms of service, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Granola Trust Center: Subprocessors (16 entries, rendered in browser)Sub-processor list, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
tl;dv- Pricing (rendered in browser, monthly and annual view)Pricing page, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Privacy Policy (as of 2026-09-09)Privacy notice, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Terms of Use (effective 2026-05-18)Terms and conditions, retrieved 8 Oct 2026
- Security CommitmentTrust Center, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Trust Center: Data Processing Agreement (last updated 2026-09-11)DPA, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Trust Center: Subprocessors (16 entries with location)Sub-processor list, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
not documentedmeans: not publicly documented, not verifiable in any provider source. It does not mean “no”.
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