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name: granola-rate-limits description: | Understand Granola usage limits, quotas, and plan restrictions. Use when hitting usage limits, planning capacity, or understanding plan differences. Trigger with phrases like "granola limits", "granola quota", "granola usage", "granola plan limits", "granola restrictions". allowed-tools: Read, Write, Edit version: 1.0.0 license: MIT author: Jeremy Longshore jeremy@intentsolutions.io

Granola Rate Limits

Overview

Understand and manage Granola usage limits across different plan tiers.

Plan Comparison

Free Plan

Pro Plan ($10/month)

Business Plan ($25/month)

Enterprise Plan (Custom)

Current Usage Check

Check in Granola App

1. Open Granola
2. Go to Settings > Account
3. View "Usage" section
4. See:
   • Meetings this month
   • Storage used
   • Days until reset

Usage Dashboard Elements

CopyMonthly Usage:
[========--] 8/10 meetings

Storage:
[====------] 2.1 GB / 5 GB

Integrations:
[==========] 2/2 connected

Reset Date: February 1, 2025

Rate Limit Behaviors

When Approaching Limits

What Happens at Limits

• Meeting limit reached: New recordings blocked until reset
• Storage full: Cannot save new notes until space cleared
• Duration exceeded: Recording stops at limit

Optimizing Usage

Reduce Meeting Count

Copy## Strategies
1. Combine related meetings
2. Skip recording for informal chats
3. Use selective recording
4. Delete draft/test meetings

Manage Storage

Copy## Storage Tips
1. Export old notes and delete from Granola
2. Compress attachments before linking
3. Archive completed projects
4. Delete duplicate recordings

Calculate Needs

Copy## Usage Estimation

Monthly meetings: 20
Average duration: 45 min
Storage per meeting: ~50 MB

Required Plan: Pro
- Meeting limit: Unlimited (need > 10)
- Duration: 4 hrs (need 45 min) ✓
- Storage: 50 GB (need ~1 GB/month) ✓

Limit Reset Schedule

• Monthly limits: Reset on billing date
• Daily limits: Reset at midnight UTC
• Storage: Does not auto-reset (manual management)

Handling Limit Errors

Error: "Meeting Limit Reached"

Solutions:

1. Wait for monthly reset
2. Upgrade to Pro plan
3. Delete unused meetings from current period

Error: "Recording Duration Exceeded"

Solutions:

1. Upgrade plan for longer limits
2. Split long meetings into parts
3. Start new recording if needed

Error: "Storage Full"

Solutions:

1. Export notes to external storage
2. Delete old meetings
3. Upgrade to higher storage plan

API/Integration Limits

Zapier Integration

Webhook Limits

• Rate: 10 requests/second
• Payload: 1 MB max
• Timeout: 30 seconds

Resources

• Granola Pricing
• Plan Comparison
• Upgrade Options

Next Steps

Proceed to granola-security-basics for security best practices.