Pick Grain if
product, research, and CS teams who want every call in one workspace and will pay when the 45-minute Free cap is too short.
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Our take
Pick Grain if product, research, and CS teams who want every call in one workspace and will pay when the 45-minute Free cap is too short. Pick Riverside if hosts who will stay on Free at $0 (2 hours of multi-track, 720p, watermark) while they open a first Marsha / Stephen edit, then Pro + Live Studio at $24/month yearly ($288) when they need 4K / 48 kHz / no watermark — not Grow $34 first unless they need 1080p live
Best for
Grain A shared library of customer calls
Riverside A remote studio you start at a public $
Free plan
Grain $0 · unlimited meetings with a 45-minute limit; AI notes; 30-day history; basic MCP; unlimited notetaker seats
Riverside $0 · / month. Card: 2 hours of multi-track recordings (one-off), full editor, up to 720p, Riverside watermark, 44.1 kHz, unlimited single-track recording / editing
Lowest paid
Grain Starter $15/user/mo, monthly only
Riverside Pro + Live Studio $24/mo
Next step up
Grain Business $29/user/mo
Riverside Grow + Live Studio from $34
Watch out
Grain Free recordings stop at 45 minutes
Riverside Free is 720p + watermark + 2 hours of multi-track
Last checked
Grain 2026-10-22 · grain.com/pricing
Riverside 2026-10-23 · riverside.fm/pricing
Which one, then?
Pick Riverside if
hosts who will stay on Free at $0 (2 hours of multi-track, 720p, watermark) while they open a first Marsha / Stephen edit, then Pro + Live Studio at $24/month yearly ($288) when they need 4K / 48 kHz / no watermark — not Grow $34 first unless they need 1080p live / multistream, and not Webinar + Live Studio unless they need registration / HubSpot.
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