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Avoma vs Grain
Avoma and Grain are AI meeting assistants, which join video calls, record and transcribe them, and write up notes and action items afterward. Our editors read both companies' own sites, then read what sales and customer teams say about the two tools in public reviews, community boards and chat forums. The table below compares price, limits and features.
| What buyers compare | Avoma | Grain |
|---|---|---|
| Price per monthSources 3, 4 | Startup $19 per recorder seat billed annually, $29 billed monthly. Organization $39 billed monthly, less billed annually. Enterprise $39, billed annually only | Starter $15 per seat billed annually, $19 monthly. Business $29 per seat billed annually, $39 monthly. Enterprise: quote |
| Free plan or trialSources 3, 4 | 14-day trial of Organization with every add-on switched on | Free plan: unlimited meetings up to 45 minutes each, 30-day meeting history Free plan |
| How usage is countedSources 3, 4 | Unlimited recording, transcription and AI notes on every plan | Free caps each meeting at 45 minutes and keeps 30 days of history. Paid plans remove both limits |
| Seats and usersSources 3, 4 | You pay only for people who record. Viewers and collaborators are free. Startup up to 25 paid seats, Organization up to 100, Enterprise at least 10 | Unlimited notetaker seats on Free. Paid plans are per seat, with free viewer seats. No required annual contract |
| Integrations and featuresSources 3, 4 | CRM note sync and dialer integration on Startup. API and webhooks from Organization. Conversation and Revenue Intelligence add-ons at $29 per seat per month each | Slack, personal Zapier and API on Starter. HubSpot, Salesforce, workspace API and advanced MCP access on Business |
| Security and deploymentSources 3, 4 | Enterprise: SSO (SAML or OIDC), HIPAA compliance, data retention policies and signed DPAs | Enterprise: SAML single sign-on, priority API support and a dedicated customer success manager |
| Best forSources 1, 2 | B2B sales and customer teams that want automatic notes plus optional call scoring and forecasting without paying for a full revenue-intelligence platform | Revenue teams that want call clips, coaching and shareable highlights from customer conversations |
List prices in US dollars per month before tax, as published on each vendor's site on October 16, 2026, billed monthly unless the cell says otherwise. "Quote" means the vendor sets the price through its sales team. A green check marks a row where the published data shows a clear edge.
Which one fits
Both sell per seat, so the choice comes down to whether you want sales analytics or shareable call clips.
Choose Avoma if
- You run a sales or customer team and want call scoring, deal risk and forecasting on top of meeting notes. Avoma sells them as add-ons at $29 per seat per month each.
- Most of your team only reads the notes. Avoma charges for people who record, and viewers and collaborators are free.
- You need scheduling in the same tool. Every plan includes a 1:1 scheduler, and Organization adds group and round-robin booking.
Choose Grain if
- You want to clip and share moments from customer calls. Grain builds clips and highlight reels into every plan, including Free.
- You coach a sales team. Business adds AI coaching, trackers and team interaction metrics, plus HubSpot and Salesforce sync.
- You want monthly billing without an annual contract. Grain says none of its plans require one.
What buyers say
“Grain is better for clipping moments and sharing highlights with the team. Avoma is better when you want the coaching layer, talk ratios, templates, deal risk, on top of the recording.”
jharohit · HN · · source
“We stuck with Grain because the team already lived in the clips. I’d only push Avoma if managers start asking for methodology scoring instead of just shareable snippets.”
Nosky92 · r/demandmyths · · source
“Avoma works for us because only the reps who record are billed, and everyone else reads the notes for free. Grain's clips are great for sharing customer moments, but we needed forecasting more than highlight reels.”
VP of sales, B2B software company
Representative buyer view
Verdict
Go with Avoma (7.9 out of 10, Recommend) if sales managers want scoring, deal risk and forecasting, and most of the team only reads the notes, since viewers are free. Go with Grain (6.8 out of 10, Conditional recommend) if your team works from clips and highlight reels of customer calls and you want monthly billing with no annual contract.
Methodology
We read the Avoma and Grain pricing pages and product sites on October 16, 2026 and recorded every published price, limit and plan feature. A cell reads "Not published" when the vendor does not state that detail on its site, and rows where neither vendor publishes anything were left out.
Scores, best-fit notes and buyer quotes come from the AIR reviews of each product, which weight practitioner reviews at 40%, hands-on product checks at 35%, pricing at 15% and docs at 10%. Paid reviews and pay-for-play sites are excluded. Quotes marked Representative buyer view are written by AIR to reflect buyer feedback and carry no source link.