Can I use Grain without the meeting bot?

Yes. Grain's desktop capture feature transcribes your computer's audio directly, avoiding bots in the call. Full video recording still requires the bot.

How does the AI agent integration actually work?

Grain exports enriched Markdown transcripts for direct use with LLMs. The MCP Server lets your agents query transcripts via API, accessing your full meeting library programmatically.

Is my meeting data used to train AI models?

No. Grain states that neither it nor its subprocessors use your data for model training. You can view their subprocessor list on their security page.

What are 'Teams' and how do they help?

Teams are groups that admins configure for automatic recording and sharing rules, ensuring the right meetings are automatically distributed to the right people.

Can I switch from a paid plan to a free one?

Yes, you can downgrade at any time. The change takes effect at the start of your next billing cycle, and you'll retain access to paid features until then.

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Grain

Grain is an AI-powered meeting intelligence platform that records, transcribes, and enriches video calls, Slack huddles, and in-person meetings. It generates accurate summaries, action items, and coaching insights, then delivers this structured data to AI tools like Claude, ChatGPT, or custom agents via API and MCP. The platform is designed for sales, customer success, product, and research teams to automate follow-ups, sync insights to CRMs (HubSpot, Salesforce), and create a searchable meeting knowledge base. Key capabilities include bot-less desktop capture, multilingual transcription (130+ languages), collaborative workspaces, and granular sharing controls. It replaces manual note-taking and scattered call data, aiming to save teams 8+ hours per person weekly.

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Product information

Everything worth knowing about Grain

The complete picture — from everyday features to the technical detail builders and IT folks dig for.

Core features

What it actually does

Universal Meeting Capture

Records video calls, Slack huddles, and in-person meetings with bot-less transcription and optional bot recording for video.

AI Meeting Notes & Transcripts

Generates accurate summaries, action items, and transcripts in 100+ languages, enriched with participant and cross-meeting context.

Team Collaboration & Sharing

Organize into Teams for automatic sharing, create highlight reels, and collaborate on notes and clips within a shared workspace.

CRM & Integration Sync

Integrates with HubSpot, Salesforce, Slack, and Zapier to automatically sync notes, transcripts, and insights to deal records.

Technical capabilities

AI Agent & API Access

Provides a MCP Server, API, and one-click export of enriched Markdown transcripts for use in Claude, ChatGPT, or custom AI tools.

Desktop Capture

Captures computer audio for transcription without needing a meeting bot to join the call.

Must watch videos

Turn your Grain calls into content | Live Webinar

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Turn your Grain calls into content | Live Webinar

Turn Your Grain Calls Into Content Every call you record is raw material for content. In this live session, Ben from Grain walks through the exact workflow our team uses to turn one recording into a week of assets: a blog post, LinkedIn posts, and polished short-form video, all built with Grain + Claude. You'll see the real process end to end, including a live demo (hiccups and all), the prompts and checks we run to keep AI output authentic, and how we turn plain call clips into professional-looking video. Chapters 0:00 Preview: one call, a week of content 1:15 Welcome & introductions 4:21 What we'll cover today 5:42 Why your calls are your best content source 7:17 What you need to get started 8:44 The 3 checks we run on every AI draft 13:07 What you'll get from this session 15:32 Live demo begins 16:56 Inside the "meeting-to-content" skill 21:36 Running it on a real recording 24:16 Generating the blog + LinkedIn posts 30:25 Optimizing for SEO + AI search (SurferSEO) 39:41 Turning clips into polished video (Remotion) 46:48 Rendering the final LinkedIn-ready video 50:39 Q: recording quality & settings 57:18 Q: will these be built into Grain? 58:34 Audience Q&A + wrap-up Tools mentioned • Grain (recording, transcripts, clips) + the Grain app for Claude/ChatGPT • Remotion for video editing: https://remotion.dev • SurferSEO for SEO/GEO (what we use, not required) Join the community Grain Slack: https://join.slack.com/t/grain-community/shared_invite/zt-3taj7k7hx-ihjsncwRxxNePFIhXStNaA Learn more at https://grain.com Grab this workflow (and more!) at https://grain.com/ai-workflows

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Using teams in Grain

Teams in Grain help you organize people into groups that match how your company actually works, so recordings, insights, and access line up with the right departments or squads. In this tutorial, we'll walk through how to set up and use teams in Grain. You'll learn how to create a team, add members, control what each team can see and share, and use teams to keep recordings and insights organized as your workspace grows. We'll also cover how teams work alongside your broader workspace settings so access stays clean and nothing gets shared too widely. Whether you're splitting things up by department, region, or function, this video shows you how to use teams to keep a growing workspace organized. Try Grain free: https://grain.com Learn more in the Help Center: https://support.grain.com Subscribe for more walkthroughs and tips on getting the most out of your meetings.

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The Grain recording page, explained

The recording page is where you'll spend most of your time in Grain: it's where the video, transcript, notes, and AI summary all live after a meeting wraps. In this tutorial, we'll give you a full tour of the recording page so you know where everything is and how to use it. We'll also point out the smaller features that make reviewing a call faster, so you get everything useful out of a meeting after it ends. Whether you're reviewing your own call or catching up on one you missed, this video shows you how to get the most out of the recording page. Try Grain free: https://grain.com Learn more in the Help Center: https://support.grain.com Subscribe for more walkthroughs and tips on getting the most out of your meetings.

Who uses it

Real use cases, no hype

Sales Coaching & Intelligence

Automatically record calls, analyze talk-to-listen ratios, and coach reps with AI-generated insights and clip sharing.

Customer Success Retrospectives

Capture and share customer feedback, track action items, and sync meeting context directly to CRM deals.

Product & User Research

Conduct interviews without distraction. Grain captures every nuance in 100+ languages, enriching transcripts with notes.

AI Agent Workflow Fuel

Feed enriched meeting data and transcripts to Claude, ChatGPT, or custom agents via one-click export or MCP API.

Remote Team Alignment

Create teams for automatic recording and sharing, ensuring everyone has the same context from standups and syncs.

What's great

Generous free plan with unlimited meetings (45-min limit)
Clean, bot-less desktop transcription available
Simple, transparent pricing without long contracts
Rich integrations: Slack, HubSpot, Salesforce, Zapier, API

Technical strengths

Provides enriched Markdown transcripts for easy AI consumption
Offers a dedicated MCP Server for programmatic transcript querying

Where it falls short

Free plan enforces a strict 45-minute meeting duration cap
Video recording still requires the in-meeting bot
Advanced conversation intelligence is locked behind paid tiers

Technical limitations

Enterprise-grade SSO (SAML) requires contacting sales
API access for workspace automation starts at the Business plan

For technical folks

The deep-dive specs

FAQ

Includes technical Q&A

The Free plan has a 45-minute meeting limit and 90-day history. Starter removes both, adding advanced AI notes, custom prompts, and unlimited duration/history.

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Traffic has remained stable.

Honest pricing

No sneaky tiers, no “contact sales”

Here's who each plan is actually for — and where the hidden charges might hit.

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