The open-source Grain alternative
Grain A meeting recorder and conversation-intelligence tool aimed largely at revenue teams, with AI notes and recaps and no bot required. Ledgeur does the same core job — an accurate transcript and notes you can act on — but as open-source software that runs in your browser, so the audio never leaves your machine.
Free tier, then per-seat plans from roughly $19 a seat a month billed annually; recording, transcription and analysis all happen in Grain's cloud.
Where Ledgeur differs from Grain
- Ledgeur is a record you own rather than a coaching and revenue-intelligence layer; if you want deal scorecards, Grain is the better fit and we would say so.
- On-device transcription and diarization, against Grain's cloud pipeline.
- Voice prints that recognise a person across meetings, kept on your device and never synced.
- Free for one person permanently, and MIT-licensed.
The audio never leaves
Whisper runs in your browser. So does speaker separation. There is no upload step to trust us about — open the network tab and check.
It learns who people are
Ledgeur separates the voices in a recording, and once you have named one, it recognises that person in every meeting afterwards. The voice prints stay on your device.
Nobody joins your call, and nobody can lock it out
No bot in the participant list, no awkward pause while people ask what it is. Ledgeur listens to the tab, the way you would. Which also means no video platform can revoke its access, the way they can with a bot that has to be admitted as a guest.
Free is the whole product
Unlimited recording, transcription, speakers, notes and search — permanently, for nothing. You pay when you want the record shared across a team, or open to your AI agents.
Try the Grain alternative
No account, no card, and no bot in your meeting. Open it and record your next call — or drag in one you already have.
Search demand (live Google Ads, US): grain alternative 140/mo · grain meetings 10/mo. The comparison reflects each tool’s publicly described model at the time of writing, not a judgement about its quality — Grain is good software that made a different architectural choice.