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At a Glance
Market Segments
Small-Business (76.2% of reviews)
Small-Business (94.5% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
Free 1 seat Per Month
Starting at $29.00 1 Seat Per Month
Grain
Star Rating
(299)4.6 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (76.2% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
Free 1 seat Per Month
Browse all 4 pricing plansSimplified
Star Rating
(4,991)4.6 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (94.5% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
Starting at $29.00 1 Seat Per Month
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AI Generated Summary
AI-generated. Powered by real user reviews.
- Users report that Grain excels in ease of use, scoring 9.4, with many reviewers mentioning its intuitive interface and seamless navigation, making it a favorite for small businesses looking for quick adoption.
- Reviewers mention that Simplified, while still user-friendly, has a slightly lower ease of use score at 8.9, with some users noting a steeper learning curve due to its more complex feature set.
- G2 users highlight Grain's superior ease of setup, scoring 9.5, with many praising the straightforward onboarding process and minimal configuration needed to get started, which is particularly beneficial for small teams.
- Users on G2 report that Simplified's setup can be more challenging, reflected in its score of 8.6, with some reviewers expressing frustration over initial configuration and integration with existing tools.
- Reviewers say that both products have strong support, but Grain edges out with a quality of support score of 9.1, with users appreciating the responsiveness and helpfulness of the support team, while Simplified scores slightly lower at 9.0.
- Users mention that Grain has been a great partner in business, scoring 9.7, with many highlighting its consistent updates and feature improvements, while Simplified, with a score of 9.2, is also seen as reliable but with fewer notable enhancements over time.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Grain
Free
Free
1 seat Per Month
The quickest and easiest way to try Grain
- 20 meetings
- View team's meetings
- Basic AI Notes
Simplified
Simplified One
Starting at $29.00
1 Seat Per Month
Best for freelancers, solo creators
- 7 Social Media Accounts, 1 User
- 1 Brand Style & Voice
- 100K AI words
Free Trial
Grain
Free Trial is available
Simplified
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
9.1
200
9.0
723
Ease of Use
9.4
201
8.9
1,145
Ease of Setup
9.5
68
8.7
587
Ease of Admin
9.1
62
9.1
210
Quality of Support
9.1
147
8.9
555
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
9.7
63
9.1
200
Product Direction (% positive)
9.3
180
9.0
665
Features by Category
Social Analytics
Not enough data
8.7(won by default)
5
Not enough data
8.0(won by default)
5
Not enough data
9.3(won by default)
5
Not enough data
8.3(won by default)
5
Not enough data
8.0(won by default)
5
Not enough data
8.7(won by default)
5
Not enough data
8.7(won by default)
5
Reports & Dashboards
Not enough data
9.0(won by default)
5
Not enough data
8.7(won by default)
5
Not enough data
8.0(won by default)
5
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Social Media Analytics
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Content Creation
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Optimization
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Logistics
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Core Conversational Capabilities - AI Chatbots
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Interaction
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Task & Flow Management - AI Chatbots
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Learning
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Deployment & Embedding - AI Chatbots
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Content Generation
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Admin & Configuration - AI Chatbots
Not enough data
Not enough data
System
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - AI Chatbots
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Monitoring & Improvement - AI Chatbots
Not enough data
Not enough data
Reliability & Safety - AI Chatbots
Not enough data
Not enough data
Template Creation
Not enough data
9.0
116
Not enough data
8.7
110
Not enough data
8.9
117
Not enough data
8.8
108
Design & Editing
Not enough data
8.8
107
Not enough data
8.6
108
Not enough data
8.7
100
Ad Management
Not enough data
8.7
96
Not enough data
8.8
104
Not enough data
8.8
85
Analytics
Not enough data
8.7
59
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Lead Facilitation
6.3
17
Not enough data
7.8
15
Not enough data
7.8
18
Not enough data
7.4
17
Not enough data
Organization
8.0
14
Not enough data
7.9
15
Not enough data
8.2
17
Not enough data
Performance Analysis
8.1
17
Not enough data
7.4
17
Not enough data
Sales Analysis
6.4
12
Not enough data
7.6
14
Not enough data
Generative AI
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Agentic AI - AI Sales Assistant
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Call Analytics
9.6
36
Not enough data
8.1
21
Not enough data
8.8
28
Not enough data
7.9
13
Not enough data
Agent Performance Management
7.8
19
Not enough data
8.8
37
Not enough data
8.4
35
Not enough data
Generative AI
9.3
12
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Conversation Intelligence
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Grammar
Not enough data
8.9
366
Not enough data
8.8
356
Not enough data
9.0
391
Formatting
Not enough data
8.9
286
Not enough data
8.9
318
Not enough data
8.6
248
Content
Not enough data
9.0
337
Not enough data
9.1
393
Not enough data
8.9
277
Product Type
Not enough data
9.0
275
Not enough data
8.7
211
Generative AI
Not enough data
8.2
29
Not enough data
8.5
29
Platform Basics
Not enough data
9.7
6
Not enough data
9.2
6
Not enough data
9.2
6
Platform Content
Not enough data
9.2
6
Not enough data
9.4
6
Not enough data
8.9
6
Not enough data
9.4
6
Platform Additional Functionality
Not enough data
9.4
6
Not enough data
8.9
6
Not enough data
9.7
6
Generative AI
Not enough data
9.2
6
Not enough data
8.9
6
Not enough data
9.2
6
Not enough data
9.7
6
Not enough data
9.2
6
Not enough data
9.2
6
Not enough data
8.9
6
Content & Collaboration
Not enough data
8.8
137
Not enough data
8.7
157
Not enough data
8.2
57
Not enough data
8.7
113
Not enough data
8.7
119
Not enough data
9.0
185
Social Management
Not enough data
8.7
127
Not enough data
9.0
155
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.7
141
Not enough data
8.7
135
Not enough data
8.8
121
Not enough data
8.2
14
Agentic AI - Social Media Management
Not enough data
9.0
5
Not enough data
8.3
5
Not enough data
8.7
5
Not enough data
8.7
5
Not enough data
9.0
5
Not enough data
9.0
5
Not enough data
8.3
5
Customization
8.8
11
Not enough data
8.7
9
Not enough data
8.5
10
Not enough data
9.0
18
Not enough data
Organization
7.8
9
Not enough data
8.0
11
Not enough data
8.5
14
Not enough data
8.3
13
Not enough data
9.0
8
Not enough data
9.1
15
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Video CMS
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Voice
8.7
77
Not enough data
8.0
102
Not enough data
Transcription
8.3
99
Not enough data
8.9
76
Not enough data
7.9
57
Not enough data
7.3
24
Not enough data
Editing
8.6
71
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
7.9
67
Not enough data
7.2
34
Not enough data
Integration
8.3
33
Not enough data
7.4
26
Not enough data
8.4
39
Not enough data
7.8
41
Not enough data
8.9
66
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Transcription
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Responses
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Platform
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Generative AI
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Platform Features
9.4
22
Not enough data
6.3
8
Not enough data
8.7
9
Not enough data
7.1
7
Not enough data
9.5
14
Not enough data
7.7
15
Not enough data
Organization
8.3
16
Not enough data
8.3
12
Not enough data
8.2
15
Not enough data
Customization
6.9
6
Not enough data
8.3
13
Not enough data
6.7
5
Not enough data
Analytics
6.3
8
Not enough data
8.3
10
Not enough data
8.8
10
Not enough data
Editing
Not enough data
8.6
49
Not enough data
9.1
49
Not enough data
9.1
55
Not enough data
9.1
50
Not enough data
9.0
50
Not enough data
8.8
52
Not enough data
9.1
55
Platform
Not enough data
9.0
51
Not enough data
8.9
50
Not enough data
9.0
50
Generative AI
Not enough data
7.5
8
Not enough data
7.7
8
Agentic AI - Video Editing
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Audio
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Video
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Image
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Text
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Platform
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Generative AI
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Image Generation
Not enough data
7.8
12
Not enough data
7.6
12
Not enough data
7.4
12
Not enough data
7.1
12
Not enough data
8.1
12
Advanced Functionality
Not enough data
7.7
11
Not enough data
6.7
11
Not enough data
7.1
11
Not enough data
8.0
11
Model
Not enough data
7.4
11
Not enough data
8.0
11
Not enough data
7.9
11
Commercial Rights & Licensing - AI Image Generators
Not enough data
Not enough data
License Type Transparency - AI Image Generators
Not enough data
Not enough data
Planning
Not enough data
8.5
14
Publishing
Not enough data
8.3
14
Social Media
Not enough data
8.2
14
Planning
Not enough data
7.9
15
Generative AI
Not enough data
8.3
15
Not enough data
8.3
15
Not enough data
8.1
15
Not enough data
8.0
15
Not enough data
7.6
14
Agentic AI - Content Creation
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Generative AI
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Photo Editing
Not enough data
Not enough data
Video Creation - AI Video Generation
Not enough data
7.9
12
Not enough data
7.9
12
Not enough data
7.4
12
Not enough data
8.2
11
Not enough data
6.1
12
Not enough data
6.7
11
Generative AI - AI Video Generation
Not enough data
7.5
6
Editing - AI Video Generation
Not enough data
7.9
12
Not enough data
7.9
11
Storage & Management - AI Video Generation
Not enough data
7.6
12
Not enough data
7.1
12
Not enough data
7.5
12
Not enough data
7.5
12
Video creation - Video Content Creation
Not enough data
7.7
10
Not enough data
7.2
10
Not enough data
6.8
10
Not enough data
7.2
10
Not enough data
6.5
10
Not enough data
7.0
10
Not enough data
7.2
10
Not enough data
7.2
10
Not enough data
7.3
10
Distribution - Video Content Creation
Not enough data
7.0
10
Not enough data
7.2
10
Not enough data
7.8
10
Analytics - Video Content Creation
Not enough data
6.5
10
Not enough data
7.5
10
Training & Support - Video Content Creation
Not enough data
7.3
10
Not enough data
6.8
10
Integrations - Video Content Creation
Not enough data
7.3
10
Not enough data
7.3
10
Not enough data
7.0
10
Other - Video Content Creation
Not enough data
7.0
10
Not enough data
7.0
10
Agentic AI - Video Content Creation
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Meeting Prep - AI Meeting Assistants
8.3
9
Not enough data
7.0
10
Not enough data
5.7
9
Not enough data
Meeting Automation - AI Meeting Assistants
9.8
10
Not enough data
9.3
9
Not enough data
9.4
9
Not enough data
Meeting Insights - AI Meeting Assistants
8.0
10
Not enough data
8.1
9
Not enough data
9.8
9
Not enough data
Accessibility - AI Meeting Assistants
5.4
8
Not enough data
8.3
10
Not enough data
8.5
9
Not enough data
Agentic AI - AI Meeting Assistants
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Sales Coaching
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Training
7.8
12
Not enough data
9.7
10
Not enough data
6.9
7
Not enough data
9.9
15
Not enough data
Feedback
9.7
11
Not enough data
9.3
7
Not enough data
9.1
9
Not enough data
10.0
6
Not enough data
10.0
5
Not enough data
8.6
7
Not enough data
7.5
6
Not enough data
Generative AI
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Note-Taking Software
Not enough data
Not enough data
Pre-Meeting Tools
7.4
11
Not enough data
8.9
19
Not enough data
7.4
18
Not enough data
Meeting Tools
8.9
25
Not enough data
9.0
33
Not enough data
8.8
26
Not enough data
8.4
27
Not enough data
Post-Meeting Tools
8.2
14
Not enough data
8.4
15
Not enough data
8.7
15
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Meeting Management
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Grain and Simplified are categorized as Transcription
Unique Categories
Grain is categorized as AI Meeting Assistants, Video Communications, Conversation Intelligence, AI Sales Assistant, Video CMS, Sales Coaching, Meeting Management, and Note-Taking Software
Simplified is categorized as AI Video Generators, AI Image Generators, AI Chatbots, AI Writing Assistant, Display Ad Design, Graphic Design, Video Editing, Presentation, Social Media Analytics, Social Media Suites, Social Media Management, Chatbots, Content Creation, Photo Editing, and Video Content Creation
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Grain
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Simplified
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Small-Business
(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
Reviewers' Industry
Computer Software
28.9%
Marketing and Advertising
9.9%
Information Technology and Services
8.8%
Management Consulting
4.1%
Higher Education
3.7%
Other
44.6%
Writing and Editing
8.7%
Marketing and Advertising
7.5%
Animation
4.5%
Accounting
4.2%
Arts and Crafts
4.1%
Other
70.9%
Discussions
Grain has no more discussions with answers
How can i optimise the long writer ? and is their a video that explains the video editor better
2 Comments
KD
Here you go https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShtGcsuz0PY&feature=emb_logo&ab_channel=SimplifiedRead more
Can I embed your services in my website..
2 Comments
KD
You can ping online support, based on your use case we can explore the optionsRead more
Can Simplified AI writer really create readers-intent content?
2 Comments
MG
Hi Ganiyu! Yes! You can try it for yourself for free at simplified.co/aiRead more
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