Krisp

What is Krisp?

Krisp is a voice AI product family that sits between your microphone, your speakers and the calling app you already use. Krisp builds three product lines: an AI Meeting Assistant for individuals and teams, Call Center AI for BPOs and contact centers, and Krisp for Developers, which offers the same voice models as SDKs and APIs.

The meeting product bundles four jobs that are often bought as separate tools: AI noise cancellation, meeting transcription and recording, AI-generated notes with action items, and real-time accent conversion. Because the desktop app behaves like a virtual microphone and speaker, it can clean audio and capture a transcript without sending a bot into the call.

Krisp is operated by Krisp Technologies, Inc., a Delaware corporation with its listed address in Berkeley, California. The current self-serve path is a seven-day free trial followed by paid Core or Advanced seats; the current pricing page lists no permanent free meeting plan.

Core features

AI noise cancellation

• Both sides of the call: Krisp lists Noise Cancellation for both sides of the call, so noise coming from other participants can be filtered as well as your own.
• Noise, echo and cross-talk: the company describes its model as AI noise cancellation for any meeting that removes noise, echo, and cross-talk.
• Not a separate purchase: Noise Cancellation is built into every Krisp plan, and the Meeting Assistant can be switched off for people who only want clean audio.

AI note taker, transcription and recording

• Bot-free capture: the AI Meeting Assistant is a bot-free AI note taker that works across Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Google Meet, Slack Huddles and other calling apps.
• 16 transcription languages: English, Spanish, French, German, Russian, Italian, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Hindi, Czech, Korean, Ukrainian, Danish, Swedish and Norwegian.
• AI Chat on meetings: after a call you can ask follow-up questions about a meeting with AI Chat instead of rereading the transcript.
• File uploads: on Core and Advanced, the Upload and Transcribe feature imports one audio or video file at a time.
• CRM and chat sync: notes and action items can be pushed directly to Salesforce, HubSpot and Slack.

Recording mode decides what you can fix later. For multilingual meetings, Krisp advises the Audio Recording mode, because a transcript with inaccuracies can then be regenerated from the recording; a transcript-only capture has no audio to fall back on.

Accent conversion on both ends

The speaker-side feature changes how you sound to everyone else; the listener-side feature changes how other people sound to you only.

• Speaker side: in the Meeting Assistant, Krisp currently uses a Universal Accent model that converts any accent to US English, with no accent type to select first.
• Output by accent: for the speaker being converted, output can be US English or British English; British English output is limited to Indian, Filipino, Pakistani and African English input, while other English accents convert to US English only.
• Listener side: listener-side conversion runs fully on-device (CPU-only) in near real time, quoted at 200 ms or less, and works with Zoom, Teams, Meet and other conferencing apps through Krisp's virtual audio layer.
• Private to the listener: other participants do not hear the adapted audio; it is only for the listener who turned it on.
• Voice preservation claim: Krisp says the speaker's tone, character and expression stay unchanged and only the accent is adjusted.
• YouTube: a Chrome extension offers free accent conversion for YouTube videos, with no subscription or credit card required.

Call Center AI and developer models

Call Center AI bundles Noise Cancellation, Accent Conversion, Voice Translation, Agent Assist, Speech Analytics and Voice Security for agent teams. Voice Security includes deepfake detection that flags AI-generated and synthetic voices during live calls.

For builders, Krisp sells two SDK families plus a self-serve Translation API: VIVA models for voice AI agents and RTC models for human-to-human calls. The Voice Translation API offers real-time speech-to-speech translation across 61 languages in any-to-any pairs.

Guide

Setting up the desktop app

1. Create an account with email, Google or Microsoft. By default, the AI Meeting Assistant requires a Google or Outlook calendar connection during signup; skipping that step goes through the sales team.
2. Install the Krisp app from your account dashboard (Mac and Windows have slightly different installer steps).
3. Turn on the Noise Cancellation toggles for your microphone and speaker, then select Krisp Microphone and Krisp Speaker as the input and output audio devices in your calling app.
4. Test Accent Conversion before a real call: start a test recording and speak for 30 to 40 seconds as you normally would, then listen to the converted sample.
5. Turn Note Taker on and pick Transcript-only, Audio or Video, depending on how much of the meeting you want captured.
6. To tell participants you are recording, go to Settings, then Privacy & Consent, and enable "Notify others you're using Krisp".

Krisp notes that some platforms may block these chat messages or audio prompts.

Use cases and examples

• Live calls, recordings and streams: accent conversion is aimed at live calls and meetings, recordings, livestreams and accented videos, and recording or streaming requires routing audio through Krisp Microphone.
• In-person meetings: the mobile app is built for people who meet face-to-face, work remotely or want to transcribe voice notes on the go, recording a meeting with a single tap.
• Offshore contact centers: bidirectional accent conversion is pitched as especially valuable for outsourced or offshore contact centers, where agents and customers are often based in different regions.
• Sales and client calls: Krisp positions accent conversion for sales and account calls, where it says clarity affects trust.

Who is it for

• Individuals and small teams that want an AI note taker plus noise cancellation: Krisp describes Core as perfect for individuals or small teams, with Advanced aimed at teams with admin, compliance, or sales needs.
• Organizations rolling out company-wide: Enterprise is positioned for org-wide rollout, security and custom controls, including SSO and SCIM.
• BPOs and call centers: Call Center AI is built for BPOs and call centers, running in real time during customer calls for agents and their admins.
• Developers: VIVA targets human-to-AI conversations such as voice agents and bots, while RTC targets human-to-human calls, meetings and contact centers.

Krisp fits less well if you work on Linux or ChromeOS, need noise cancellation on a phone, or want a free meeting note taker for ongoing use, since the current meeting plans move to paid seats after the trial.

Platforms

The desktop app works as a virtual audio device, so a calling app must be compatible with virtual devices and offer its own audio settings or system-level enforcement. The Krisp app is not supported on Linux or ChromeOS.

The mobile apps can also send the Krisp bot to Zoom, Google Meet or Microsoft Teams calls, but the mobile app does not support Noise Cancellation yet. As captured on October 6, 2026, the iOS app was a free download requiring iOS 16.2 or later and averaged above 4.7 out of 5 across 266 ratings. The Android listing showed 3.9 stars from 383 reviews and 100K+ downloads.

The Google Meet Chrome extension showed 60,000 users and 4.0 out of 5 from 35 ratings as captured on October 6, 2026.

Pricing

AI Meeting Assistant plans

The annual toggle is labelled "Save 50%". Core includes unlimited transcription, noise cancellation, recording and AI notes, plus an MCP integration. Advanced adds Salesforce and ConnectWise integrations, manager view and admin controls such as note-taking mode enforcement. Enterprise adds SSO/SCIM, SOC 2 report access, data center location choice and private on-device transcription and recordings, and BAA signing is available only for teams with 100+ seats.

Extra storage is sold as a per-user add-on: Core and Advanced add-ons top out at 2 TB, and storage add-on payments are non-refundable.

Call Center AI and API pricing

• CC Core: $15 per agent per month, billed annually, covering agent and customer noise cancellation, agent voice isolation and after-call summaries.
• CC Advanced: no public price; buyers book a demo or start a 14-day evaluation, with Voice Translation and Voice Security sold as add-ons.
• Voice Translation API: Starter costs $249/mo for 45 hrs/month, 3 concurrent sessions and a $7.00 / hr overage; Advanced costs $799/mo for 150 hrs/month, 10 concurrent sessions and a $6.50 / hr overage; Enterprise is custom. Every new account gets 60 minutes of free translation credit.
• SDKs: the Early stage and Enterprise developer plans are by application, with no public price.

Billing, renewals and refunds

Subscriptions renew automatically, and fees charged because you did not cancel before the renewal date are non-refundable. Cancelling downgrades the account at the end of the current cycle, and Krisp's help center states that payments are not refundable unless otherwise stated in the Terms of Use. The terms do provide a refund of prepaid fees for the rest of the term when a customer terminates for cause, which requires 30 days' written notice of an uncured material breach. A yearly plan cannot be switched to monthly from the account; the workaround is to cancel and resubscribe after the cycle ends.

Krisp alternatives

A third-party review platform's "people also looked at" list for Krisp includes AI meeting note takers such as the two below. Neither one's pricing page listed noise cancellation or accent conversion among the plan features reviewed.

Krisp makes more sense when audio quality in the call matters as much as the notes; a transcription-first note taker makes more sense when an ongoing free tier matters more than call audio.

Limitations

• Trial ends hard: unless you buy a subscription before the trial ends, all access to Krisp stops; you keep access to your content for 90 days only to export it.
• Inconsistent plan names: the accent conversion page still says the feature is available for Free, Pro, and Business users, while the current pricing page lists Free Trial, Core, Advanced and Enterprise.
• Accent conversion is metered: on Core, 1 hour per day is shared between listener-side and speaker-side conversion; on Advanced, listener side is unlimited and speaker side is capped at 4 hours per day.
• Accent output quality: in an independent technology-media test of the March 2025 beta, the processed voice did not sound natural and missed some words at times; the company attributed this to the beta release.
• Mixed user ratings: as captured on October 6, 2026, a third-party review platform showed a 3.0 average across 412 company-level reviews, split between 78% five-star and 15% one-star, and noted the company had not invited reviewers recently, so the sample may not be representative.
• Consent is on you: the terms make users responsible for notifying and obtaining consent from meeting guests, and say anyone who cannot do so should not use the recording or transcription features.

Privacy and data handling

• Local noise cancellation: during calls, noise cancellation is done locally on the device, and the audio is not sent to or stored on clouds or servers.
• Local accent conversion: accent conversion runs locally on the user's device.
• Cloud transcription: AI Meeting Assistant meetings are transcribed in the cloud, and the data used for transcription is deleted immediately after processing.
• Stored recordings: recordings and meeting notes are kept on Krisp's servers until you ask Krisp to delete them or your account.
• Non-English speech: in transcribe-only mode, Krisp may automatically record audio when non-English speech is detected, then deletes that audio once the transcript is generated.
• Third-party summarization: meeting content may be shared with third-party service providers to produce AI-generated summaries.
• Model training: Krisp states that meeting data is never used to train its AI models.
• Data location: Krisp primarily processes and stores information in the United States, with data center location choice offered on Enterprise.
• Certifications: Krisp says it is certified for SOC 2 Type II, GDPR and HIPAA and adheres to PCI-DSS, with AES-256 encryption at rest and TLS 1.3 in transit; these are vendor statements, not independent findings.

FAQ

Q1. Does Krisp have a free plan?

Not for ongoing meeting use: the meeting product offers a seven-day trial, then paid seats. Free exceptions are accent conversion on YouTube through the Chrome extension and 60 free minutes on the Voice Translation API.

Q2. Does Krisp put a bot into my meetings?

Not by default. The desktop app and the Google Meet Chrome extension capture meetings without a bot. The mobile apps can send a Krisp bot to Zoom, Google Meet or Microsoft Teams if you choose that option.

Q3. Does accent conversion clone or replace my voice?

Krisp describes it as keeping your own voice, tone and inflections while adjusting the accent, and the pages reviewed do not describe it as voice cloning. An independent test of the 2025 beta found the output did not always sound natural.

Q4. Can I use Krisp only for AI noise cancellation?

Yes, the Meeting Assistant can be disabled, but after the trial you still need a paid seat.