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Grain vs Granola: who uses which

Customers, public proof and the companies that use both.

On usedby, 30 companies use Grain and 20 use Granola. 2 companies use both, including Zapier and AngelList. Grain leads among the Marketing Tech companies on usedby that use either tool, Granola among the DevTools & Infrastructure companies.Latest check Oct 7, 2026: 44 of 50 public lines checked. Counts include every proof level, job-post signals included. Companies named on both have a confirmed or observed line on each side.

Who uses Grain, Granola, or both

Every company with a public proof for at least one of the two tools.

28

use only Grain

2

companies use both

18

use only Granola

28 companies use only Grain, 18 use only Granola and 2 use both, out of the 48 companies on usedby that use at least one of them.

30customers
19 confirmed 11 observed

Where it lands

Marketing Tech5
Sales Tech & CRM3
DevTools & Infrastructure2

Newest customers

No new customer since tracking started on October 7, 2026.

20customers
5 confirmed 15 observed

Where it lands

DevTools & Infrastructure7
Investment & VC4
Fintech & Payments2

Newest customers

No new customer since tracking started on October 4, 2026.

Who uses both

Companies with a confirmed or observed line on both tools.

Companies that use both Grain and Granola
Company
Zapier
AngelList

By industry

Which tool the companies on usedby use, by industry. Shares of the companies on usedby that use Grain, Granola or both: a share of the companies on usedby, not of the market.

IndustryGrain onlyBothGranola only
DevTools & Infrastructure8 companies on usedby
13%12%75%
Marketing Tech5 companies on usedby
100%0%0%

Grain onlyBothGranola only

More common with Grain

  • Marketing Tech5 of the 5 Marketing Tech companies on usedby that use either tool use Grain.

More common with Granola

  • DevTools & Infrastructure7 of the 8 DevTools & Infrastructure companies on usedby that use either tool use Granola, 1 of them alongside Grain.

Source: confirmed and observed usedby lines. Job-post signals, the weakest proof level, are left out of these shares.

Side by side

Facts from our data and from each vendor's public pages. Each line says where it comes from.

GrainGranola
Customersusedby, latest check Oct 7, 2026Grain: 30 (19 confirmed, 11 observed)Granola: 20 (5 confirmed, 15 observed)
Top industryusedby, latest check Oct 7, 2026Grain: Marketing Tech (5)Granola: DevTools & Infrastructure (7)
CategoryusedbyGrain: Meeting AssistantsGranola: Meeting Assistants
PricingGrain: Free: $0 Free for everyone; Starter: $15 per seat/month billed annually; Business: $29 per seat/month billed annually; Enterprise: contact salesgrain.com, checked Oct 7, 2026Granola: Basic: $0 per user per month; Business: $14 per user per month; Enterprise: $35 per user per monthgranola.ai, checked Oct 7, 2026
Free trialGrain: Free trial or free plan available.grain.com, checked Oct 7, 2026Granola: Free trial or free plan available.granola.ai, checked Oct 7, 2026
SecurityGrain: SOC 2 Type IIgrain.com, checked Oct 7, 2026Not checked yet
IntegrationsGrain: Webex, Microsoft Teams, Google Meet, Zoom, HubSpot, Salesforce, Aircall, Slack, Productboard, Zapiergrain.com, checked Oct 7, 2026Granola: Affinity, Attio, HubSpot, Salesforce, Gmail, Google Calendar, Outlook, Slack, Notion, Zapier, Claude, ChatGPTgranola.ai, checked Oct 7, 2026
WebsiteGrain: grain.comGranola: granola.ai

What customers report

Results as the vendor or the customer published them, with the source and the date.

Grain

No reviewed story for Grain yet.

Granola

427 hours saved per week

Brex

Vendor case study, granola.ai, captured Oct 4, 2026

Read the story

Zapier saves 830+ hours per month with Granola

Zapier

Vendor case study, granola.ai, captured Oct 4, 2026

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Questions about Grain and Granola

Which is used more, Grain or Granola?

Grain has more customers on usedby: 30 against 20 for Granola. Grain leads among the Marketing Tech companies on usedby that use either tool, Granola among the DevTools & Infrastructure companies.

Do companies use both Grain and Granola?

Yes. 2 companies use both on usedby, including Zapier and AngelList.

Who uses Grain?

30 companies on usedby, each with the public page that shows it. See who uses Grain.

Who uses Granola?

20 companies on usedby, each with the public page that shows it. See who uses Granola.

How does usedby count customers?

A company counts when a public page shows it: a vendor's customer page, a case study, a press release or a job post, most saved with a dated capture. Every line is a customer, at one of three proof levels: confirmed, observed or signal (a job post, the weakest). A company is named as using both tools when its lines on both are confirmed or observed.