Granola alternative
Call notes without a bot, plus memory of everything else
Granola is a good notetaker, and people like it for good reason. Cachejay takes call notes too, on your Mac, and keeps them next to everything else you worked on.
Granola vs Cachejay
| Cachejay | Granola | |
|---|---|---|
| Bot joins the call | No | No |
| Transcription | On your Mac, with Apple's speech engine | In the cloud |
| Beyond calls | Screen text, agent sessions, files, time and projects | Meetings |
| AI agents can look things up | Claude, Cursor and Codex over MCP | Through its own integrations |
| Price | $12 a month | Free Basic plan; Business is $14 per user per month |
| Team sharing, templates, iPhone app | Teams plan coming soon | Yes |
Sources: Granola pricing · BuildBetter roundup · Monologue comparison. Checked October 2026. Something out of date? Email hello@cachejay.com.
Which one to pick
Granola is the better pick for shared team notes, templates and workflows built around meetings.
Cachejay if you want calls to be one part of a bigger memory that ChatGPT and Claude can read, transcribed on the Mac with no bot.
Questions
Is Cachejay a meeting notetaker?
It includes one, with no bot. It also remembers what was on your screen.
Does Cachejay have team sharing?
Not yet. Cachejay for Teams ($18 per seat per month, shared project notes) is coming. Until then, Granola is the better choice for shared team notes.
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