Cohearo vs Granola: Notes vs Documents

At a glance

Feature	Granola	Cohearo
Approach	AI note-taking	Voice-to-document
Output	Meeting notes	Structured documents (user stories, specs, reports)
Templates	General notes	Per-use-case templates (agile, audit, consulting)
Offline mode	No	Yes
Linux app	No	Yes
Pricing	Not public (likely per-user)	From $19.99/month

The key difference: notes vs documents

Granola is a great AI note-taker. It transcribes meetings and generates summaries. But the output is always notes — a record of what was said.

Cohearo goes further. It transforms conversation into documents you can use:

• A product discussion → a structured user story with acceptance criteria
• A consulting call → a client summary ready to send
• A standup meeting → sprint notes with action items and owners
• An inspection → a formatted audit report

This matters because the gap between "we discussed this" and "here's the deliverable" is where work gets lost. Cohearo closes that gap.

When to choose Cohearo over Granola

• You need formatted outputs, not just notes
• Your team uses Linux — Granola has no Linux client
• You work offline — Granola requires internet
• You want one tool for multiple documentation use cases

Try Cohearo free and see the difference between notes and documents.