Migrate from otter to grain.
1 documentation-derived translation pattern — what carries over and what to watch for. Cited to the Feature Parity Map; the audit tells you whether the move is worth it.
Replace Grain's record-and-transcribe with Otter's live transcription. In Otter, connect Google or Outlook calendar so the Otter AI Meeting Agent auto-joins scheduled Zoom, Google Meet, and Microsoft Teams calls — this is the Otter equivalent of Grain's 'capture rules' for which meetings get recorded. Recreate Grain's bot-free preference by using Otter's manual recording / Otter for Desktop for in-person or non-supported calls rather than the calendar auto-join. Migrate history by exporting each Grain transcript (one-click AI export / Markdown) and importing or archiving it; Otter does not ingest another tool's library automatically, so treat past Grain meetings as an archive and start fresh capture in Otter.
- Warning: Capture model differs: Grain's default is bot-free desktop audio capture (no participant shows a bot), while Otter's AI Meeting Agent joins the call as a visible bot participant — attendees will see a notetaker present.
- Warning: Free-tier limits are not equivalent: Grain offers unlimited recordings on Free (each capped at 45 minutes), whereas Otter's Free plan caps transcription at 300 minutes/month total (with a 30-minute limit per conversation), so heavy recorders may need Otter Pro or Business.
- Warning: Grain transcripts ship in Markdown across 100+ languages; Otter exports as TXT/DOCX/PDF/SRT, so downstream tooling that expects Grain's Markdown will need reformatting.