Comparison

Omit Meet vs Granola

Granola is a polished desktop notepad that transcribes meeting audio and cleans up your notes, storing transcripts in its cloud. Omit Meet keeps the recording, transcript, and summary entirely on your device, with nothing stored on a server.

How they compare	Omit	Granola
Where transcripts are stored	On your device only. No server-side copy.	Stored in Granola's US-hosted AWS cloud, encrypted.
Where transcription happens	On-device, fully offline.	Cloud transcription; audio is deleted after processing.
Model training on your data	Never. Nothing leaves the device to train anything.	Does not permit third parties to train on your data.
Note-taking experience	Structured local summaries after the meeting.	Refined, well-liked notepad that merges your live notes.
Cross-device cloud sync	Local-first, so no automatic multi-device sync.	Cloud storage syncs notes across your devices.
Speaker diarization	Local diarization labels who spoke.	Captures and stores the transcript.

Where transcripts are stored

Omit: On your device only. No server-side copy.
Granola: Stored in Granola's US-hosted AWS cloud, encrypted.

Where transcription happens

Omit: On-device, fully offline.
Granola: Cloud transcription; audio is deleted after processing.

Model training on your data

Omit: Never. Nothing leaves the device to train anything.
Granola: Does not permit third parties to train on your data.

Note-taking experience

Omit: Structured local summaries after the meeting.
Granola: Refined, well-liked notepad that merges your live notes.

Cross-device cloud sync

Omit: Local-first, so no automatic multi-device sync.
Granola: Cloud storage syncs notes across your devices.

Speaker diarization

Omit: Local diarization labels who spoke.
Granola: Captures and stores the transcript.

Rows where Granola leads are marked plainly and explained below. We concede what we do not win.

When Granola is the better choice

When Granola is the better choice: its note-taking craft is genuinely excellent, and if you want a refined notepad that syncs across devices and you are comfortable with encrypted cloud storage, Granola is a strong pick. It also does not allow third parties to train on your data. Omit's difference is that the transcript never reaches a server at all, so there is no cloud copy to trust, sync, or secure.

Switching to Omit

If Granola's cloud storage is the sticking point in a security review, Omit gives you the same local capture and summaries without any server-side transcript to account for.

Questions people ask

Does Omit store my transcript in the cloud like Granola?

No. Recordings, transcripts, and summaries stay on your device. Granola stores transcripts in an encrypted US cloud, whereas Omit keeps nothing server-side.

Does either product train AI on my meetings?

Granola states it does not let third parties train on your data. Omit goes further by design: nothing leaves the device, so there is no data available to train on anywhere.

Do I lose cross-device sync with Omit?

Yes, that is the trade. Granola syncs via its cloud. Omit is local-first, so files live on the machine that made them.

Keep the data on your device

Omit runs fully offline and is releasing soon. Read the Trust Center and verify the offline promise yourself.

Releasing soon Read the Trust Center