Grain vs MinutesLink

Price, free plan and alternatives, side by side

The comparison in short

Cheapest per year

MinutesLink

$108/yr

40% less than Grain

Who has a free plan
  • Grainhas a free plan
  • MinutesLinkhas a free plan
Easiest to rebuild

Grain, MinutesLink

With trade-offs

On price, MinutesLink wins.

Side-by-side comparison

APPLICATIONGrainMeeting notesMinutesLinkMeeting notes
Monthly billing$19/moStarter$16.99/moPro
Per year$180/yrannual plan · −21%$108/yrannual plan · −47%
Billing modelPer personPer person
Free tier1 Notetaker seat per workspace; recordings are unlimited but capped at 45 minutes each; personal-email accounts can record 20 meetings before upgrade; unlimited viewers.10 AI-processed calls per month; pricing card says 30 minutes per call, while an official FAQ says 60.
Additional costsEvery recording user needs a paid seat and all paid seats in one workspace must be on the same tier. After downgrade, meetings owned by users beyond the single free Notetaker can be deleted after 30 days.The pricing page says subscriptions can be billed 'upon limit,' implying early rebilling when the included call allowance is exhausted, but it does not publish a separate overage rate.
Can you rebuild it?With trade-offsmulti-dayWith trade-offsmulti-day
Free alternatives
Checked on10/20/202610/20/2026
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