Grain vs tl;dv

Grain's annual per-seat price is $15/seat/mo, well below tl;dv's $18/seat/mo, a real difference for agencies billing many small accounts. Grain also publishes in-person and mobile capture, which tl;dv does not list as a fact, and Grain's transcript export covers PDF, SRT, VTT, and DOCX, formats tl;dv does not publish. Both tools offer a bot-free capture option and unlimited recording storage on their paid plans. On price and documented in-person capture, Grain fits consultants and agencies better. Verdict: Grain wins.

tl;dv's key integrations run through Slack and Zapier with access to over 5000 apps, giving engineering teams a much wider net to land action items in Notion, Jira, or wherever else standups need to go. Grain lists Slack, Zapier, and Aircall, a narrower set. Both tools generate automatic action items, offer a public API, and provide an AI meeting summary. Grain is cheaper on an annual per-seat basis at $15/seat/mo versus tl;dv's $18/seat/mo, but that matters less than reach into the tools engineering teams already use. Verdict: tl;dv wins.

Neither tool publishes a HIPAA BAAHIPAA BAA - A signed Business Associate Agreement that lets you handle protected health information under US healthcare privacy law.. Both exclude call data from AI training and both confirm GDPR and EU data residency support, so those top concerns are evenly matched. Both also offer a bot-free capture option. The difference shows up in admin data-retention controls: Grain publishes auto-retention policies on its Enterprise plan, while tl;dv does not publish a comparable retention control fact. With everything else tied, that documented retention control gives Grain a slight edge for privacy and compliance-minded teams. Verdict: Grain wins.

Grain and tl;dv both offer clips and highlight reels and both include video recording, so the two features researchers rely on most are evenly matched. Grain publishes transcript export in PDF, SRT, VTT, and DOCX formats, while tl;dv does not list export formats as a fact, an advantage for researchers building a session archive. tl;dv supports 30 languages, a figure Grain does not publish. Both tools offer an ask-your-meeting AI chat. With clips and video tied and export formats favoring Grain, Grain is the better fit for product and UX research. Verdict: Grain wins.

Grain publishes transcript export in PDF, SRT, VTT, and DOCX formats, a direct fit for recruiters who need clean files to move into an ATS, while tl;dv does not list export formats. Both tools offer an AI meeting summary and speaker identification. Grain's annual per-seat price of $15/seat/mo is also lower than tl;dv's $18/seat/mo. tl;dv's integrations reach over 5000 apps through Zapier, wider than Grain's Slack, Zapier, and Aircall, but that matters less than having documented export formats ready for interview records. Verdict: Grain wins.

Grain's CRM integrations cover Salesforce and HubSpot, while tl;dv's cover HubSpot, Zoho, and Salesloft, so Grain keeps Salesforce, the CRM most sales teams already run on, and tl;dv adds two others in its place. Both tools generate automatic action items and both offer clips and highlight reels for coaching. Grain also publishes live real-time transcription, which tl;dv does not list, and Grain's annual per-seat price of $15/seat/mo undercuts tl;dv's $18/seat/mo. With Salesforce support plus live transcription and a lower price, Grain is the stronger pick for sales teams. Verdict: Grain wins.

Grain's free plan allows 20 recorded meetings per month with a hard cap, while tl;dv's free plan caps full AI notes at 10 meetings with three month storage and 10 AI prompts, so Grain's free tier covers double the meetings before hitting a wall. tl;dv's free transcription is unlimited but capped at 3 hours per meeting. On price, Grain is clearly cheaper at $19/seat/mo versus tl;dv's $29/seat/mo. Both offer an AI meeting summary. With a more generous meeting cap and a lower paid seat price, Grain is the better fit for solo users and tiny teams. Verdict: Grain wins.