Sales Enablement · head to head
Claap vs Grain
Claap
Sales Enablement
Meeting recorder and AI notetaker that writes back to the CRM and gives free seats to people who only need to watch
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- Free
- Rated
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The short version
- Each has a real cost: Claap conversation intelligence depth, coaching analytics and forecasting are thinner than at the large United States revenue intelligence platforms, so a team wanting deal risk scoring will find the analysis shallow.; Grain no concurrent recording - only one meeting per account at a time
- They diverge on capability: Claap covers Meeting recording, Grain covers Auto-recording.
- Prices and features above were last checked on 1 September 2026.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which Claap and Grain actually diverge.
Identical on both: starting price (Free), free tier (Yes), user rating (Not yet rated).
What each one covers
Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.
Only in Claap
- Meeting recording
- AI notes and summaries
- CRM auto-complete
- Free viewer and guest seats
- Async video
- Sales coaching
- Deal collaboration spaces
- Agent gallery
Only in Grain
- Auto-recording
- AI highlights
- Video clips
- Transcription
- Zoom
- Google Meet
- Notion
- Slack
What people use each for
The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.
Claap
- A twenty person revenue team where only eight people run customer calls and the rest just need to watch, making per-seat pricing wastefulnot Grain
- A European sales organisation that needs call recording with EU data handling and multilingual transcriptionnot Grain
- A sales manager who wants CRM fields populated from calls instead of chasing reps for notes every Fridaynot Grain
- A distributed team replacing status meetings with recorded async video updates alongside the customer call librarynot Grain
Grain
- ai tools managementnot Claap
- Workflow automationnot Claap
- Reportingnot Claap
Where each one falls short
Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.
Claap
- Conversation intelligence depth, coaching analytics and forecasting are thinner than at the large United States revenue intelligence platforms, so a team wanting deal risk scoring will find the analysis shallow.
- The most useful capabilities including CRM auto-complete and coaching sit on the Pro tier at roughly three times the Starter price, so the cheap entry point is not the price most teams end up paying.
- Advertised rates are annual billing; monthly billing costs materially more, and the published figures do not make that obvious at first glance.
- The integration catalogue is smaller than the incumbents, so a team running a less common CRM or sales engagement tool may have to fall back on manual export.
- As a smaller European vendor it carries fewer enterprise security and compliance references, which slows or blocks procurement at large regulated buyers.
Grain
- No concurrent recording - only one meeting per account at a time
- No automatic slide capture for presentations
- Limited video demo context - audio-focused with poor video file support
- Cannot record in-person meetings
- No native mobile app
- Limited admin controls for company-wide automatic recording
- Free plan limited to 20 recordings if using personal email
- No automatic file uploads on free tier
- Lacks advanced sales analytics features of enterprise competitors
- Limited CRM integration compared to higher-end platforms
Pricing, plan by plan
Claap
Free- BasicFree
- Ten videos per user
- Three hundred minutes total
- Free contributor and guest access
- Starter$8/month
- Billed yearly
- AI meeting notes
- Unlimited recording for the licensed contributor
- Pro$24/month
- Billed yearly
- CRM auto-complete
- Sales coaching and scorecards
- Business and Enterprise$undefined/month
- Advanced security and administration
- Custom agent automations
- Dedicated support
Grain
Free- Free ForeverFree
- Unlimited meetings up to 45 minutes each
- AI transcription and notes
- 90-day history
- Starter$15/month
- Unlimited meeting length
- Unlimited AI highlights
- Video clip creation
- Business$33/month
- All Starter features
- Advanced team coaching
- Deeper analytics
Which should you pick?
Choose Claap if
- You need meeting recording.
- You want to start without paying.
- You work on Web, macOS, Windows, Chrome extension.
- You also want ai notes and summaries.
Choose Grain if
- You need auto-recording.
- You want to start without paying.
- You work on Web, Chrome Extension, Desktop Audio Capture.
- You also want ai highlights.
Questions people ask
- Is Claap or Grain better?
- Neither clearly leads. Claap starts at Free and Grain at Free, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, Claap or Grain?
- Claap starts at Free and Grain at Free.
- Does Claap or Grain run on more platforms?
- Claap runs on Web, macOS, Windows, Chrome extension. Grain runs on Web, Chrome Extension, Desktop Audio Capture.
- Can I use Claap for free?
- Both have a free tier, so you can try either at no cost before committing.
- What is Claap best used for?
- Claap is most often used for a twenty person revenue team where only eight people run customer calls and the rest just need to watch, making per-seat pricing wasteful, a european sales organisation that needs call recording with eu data handling and multilingual transcription, a sales manager who wants crm fields populated from calls instead of chasing reps for notes every friday, a distributed team replacing status meetings with recorded async video updates alongside the customer call library. Of those, a twenty person revenue team where only eight people run customer calls and the rest just need to watch, making per-seat pricing wasteful and a european sales organisation that needs call recording with eu data handling and multilingual transcription are not what Grain is typically brought in for.
- What can Claap do that Grain cannot?
- Claap covers Meeting recording, AI notes and summaries, CRM auto-complete, Free viewer and guest seats. Grain covers Auto-recording, AI highlights, Video clips, Transcription.
Answered from the vendors’ own pages
Claap: Why is Claap cheaper than per-seat competitors?
Because viewers and guests are free. You pay only for contributors who record, which suits teams where most people just consume recordings.
Grain: Is Grain free?
Grain offers a Free Forever plan with unlimited meetings up to 45 minutes each and 90-day history. Paid plans start at $15/month per user for unlimited meeting length and advanced AI features.
SourceClaap: What does it cost?
Starter at around eight euros per licence a month and Pro at around twenty four euros, both billed yearly, plus a free Basic tier and quoted Business and Enterprise plans.
Grain: Does Grain require a bot in meetings?
No. Grain uses bot-less transcription to capture meeting audio without requiring a bot participant, though video recording requires bot participation if you want recording visible.
SourceClaap: Does it write to the CRM?
Yes, CRM auto-complete populates deal fields from the call, but it is a Pro tier feature rather than being available on Starter.
Grain: What platforms does Grain work with?
Grain integrates with Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, and supports desktop audio capture. It exports to Claude, ChatGPT, Slack, and CRM platforms like HubSpot and Salesforce.
SourceClaap: Is it suitable for enterprise?
It fits small and mid sized revenue teams best. Large regulated buyers will find fewer compliance references than at the established United States vendors.
Grain: Can Grain record multiple meetings at once?
No. Grain does not support concurrent meeting recordings, meaning only one meeting per account can be recorded at a time.
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