Install Krisp on a supported Mac or Windows computer, sign in, and select Krisp Microphone and Krisp Speaker as the input and output devices in the calling application. Turn on the desired audio features before or during the call; for meeting intelligence, Krisp records or receives the meeting audio and produces transcripts, notes, summaries, and action items.
What is Krisp?
Krisp is an AI meeting assistant built around real-time audio enhancement. Its desktop application can reduce background noise, competing voices, and echo during online calls, while its meeting features can record conversations, transcribe speech, and produce notes, summaries, and action items.
The product is different from a general-purpose chatbot or an AI search tool. Its main purpose is to improve voice communication and turn meetings into usable records. It can work alongside communication applications rather than replacing them, which makes it relevant for people who regularly use video-conferencing, calling, CRM, support, or contact-center workflows.
How people use Krisp
After installing Krisp on a supported Mac or Windows computer, a user selects Krisp Microphone and Krisp Speaker as the input and output devices in the calling application. Krisp then processes audio in real time. Noise cancellation and voice isolation can be used during calls, while recording and meeting intelligence features can be enabled when a user needs a transcript or meeting summary.
This setup is useful because it does not require the user to change communication platforms. Krisp can sit in the audio path for supported calling workflows, while its meeting assistant handles recording, transcription, notes, and follow-up information separately. The resulting records can be connected to workplace tools through selected integrations, webhooks, APIs, or MCP access.
Core capabilities
Real-time noise and voice cleanup
Krisp's most established function is audio enhancement. It can reduce environmental background noise, competing voices, and echo from calls. Depending on the workflow, processing can address audio from the user's side and, where supported, sound coming from other participants. This makes Krisp particularly relevant to people working from shared offices, homes, public spaces, or other acoustically imperfect environments.
Recording, transcription, and meeting notes
Krisp can record meeting audio and video without relying on a meeting bot joining the call. It can turn supported meeting audio into searchable transcripts and use those transcripts to generate summaries, notes, and action items. These features are useful when the main problem is not only call quality but also the time required to document discussions and distribute follow-up work.
In this respect, Krisp overlaps with dedicated meeting-note products such as Otter, Fireflies.ai, and Fathom. Krisp's distinguishing emphasis is that meeting intelligence is combined with a desktop audio-processing layer rather than offered only as a transcription or notes service.
Accent conversion and voice translation
Selected Krisp plans support real-time accent conversion. This can be used to make a speaker's accent clearer to listeners or to convert another participant's accent for the listener, depending on the selected mode and plan. Krisp also documents voice translation for supported enterprise and developer use cases, with coverage of more than 60 languages varying by product and configuration.
These functions should be treated as specialized voice workflows rather than as a general translation or language-learning product. Availability and usage limits depend on the plan and the particular Krisp service being used.
Plans, pricing, and access
Krisp offers a seven-day premium trial without requiring a credit card, rather than a continuing free tier. The trial includes access to features such as transcription, noise cancellation, audio and video recording, and AI notes and action items, although some accent-conversion and meeting-understanding capabilities are limited.
Meeting AI Core starts at $8 per user per month when billed annually. Monthly billing is listed at $16 per user per month. The Advanced plan starts at $15 per user per month with annual billing, or $30 per user per month with monthly billing. Enterprise pricing is custom, and Krisp also presents separate call-center and developer offerings.
Usage limits matter. Core includes one hour per day of speaker- and listener-side accent conversion shared between the modes. Advanced includes unlimited listener-side accent conversion and four hours per day of speaker-side conversion. Listed storage is 10 GB for Core, 60 GB for Advanced, and unlimited for Enterprise. Integrations, administration, analytics, storage, and advanced voice functions can therefore depend significantly on the chosen plan.
Platforms and integrations
The main Krisp application is designed for macOS and Windows. Official requirements state that Linux and ChromeOS are not supported for the primary application. Krisp also provides web account and workspace interfaces, mobile access on supported plans, and separate APIs and SDKs for selected voice and administrative functions.
Publicly documented integrations include Slack, Notion, Microsoft Teams, HubSpot, Zapier, Pipedrive, Affinity, Salesforce, and ConnectWise. Calendar connections with Google and Outlook are also supported, and MCP access can expose meeting data such as transcripts, summaries, action items, and calendar information. These connections make Krisp more useful for teams that need meeting outcomes to move into CRM, collaboration, or automation workflows.
Krisp can be compared with workplace meeting features such as Zoom AI Companion, but the products are not identical: Krisp is centered on cross-application desktop audio processing as well as meeting intelligence, while a platform-native assistant is more closely tied to its host collaboration service.
Who is Krisp for?
- Remote and hybrid workers: People who need cleaner microphone and speaker audio in noisy environments.
- Consultants and meeting-heavy professionals: Users who want recordings, transcripts, summaries, and action items without documenting every conversation manually.
- Sales and support teams: Teams that need searchable meeting records and connections to CRM or workflow tools.
- Contact centers and enterprises: Organizations that require administration, analytics, security controls, voice-quality features, or custom enterprise deployment options.
Krisp is less suitable for someone seeking a general-purpose conversational assistant, an image or video creation tool, a browser-only meeting assistant, or a full project-management system. Users who work primarily on Linux or ChromeOS also face a significant platform limitation.
Privacy and data considerations
Krisp's privacy and security materials cover account information, recordings, meeting content, transcripts, and support interactions. The company states that meeting data is not used to train its AI models, while its API terms include a no-training provision. This does not mean that data is never processed: operational processing, support access, retention rules, and third-party services can still apply to particular features.
Krisp states that some processing, including accent-conversion testing, can occur locally and that enterprise plans may provide private on-device transcription and recording options. Its security materials describe encryption at rest with AES-256, encryption in transit with TLS 1.3, and enterprise controls such as SSO, SCIM, data-center choice, and access to security documentation for qualifying customers. Retention varies by account status, content type, feature, and operational or legal requirements, so organizations should review the applicable privacy and contractual terms before enabling recording or transcription for sensitive meetings.
Strengths and limitations
Krisp's strongest use case is the combination of reliable real-time call cleanup with practical meeting records. A person can improve the sound of a live conversation and then use the same product to retrieve a transcript, summary, or list of action items. Its bot-free recording approach, integrations, enterprise administration, and voice features extend the product beyond basic microphone noise suppression.
The trade-offs are equally important. The main workflow requires a Mac or Windows installation, and advanced features are divided across plans and related Krisp offerings. Pricing is per user, which can become substantial for larger teams. Accent conversion, storage, integrations, and enterprise controls have usage or plan restrictions. Krisp is also specialized: it supports meeting and voice workflows well, but it is not intended to replace a general AI assistant, a full project-management workspace, or a broad content-generation platform.
Is Krisp a good fit?
Krisp is a good fit when poor call audio and the administrative work around meetings are both recurring problems. It is especially practical for professionals who use several communication tools and want a desktop audio layer that is independent of any single meeting platform. Teams may also benefit from its integrations, workspace controls, APIs, and meeting-data access.
It is a weaker fit when a team needs only browser-based transcription, works on unsupported operating systems, or wants a broad AI workspace rather than a focused voice and meeting product. Before adopting it, users should test the audio workflow on their operating system, confirm which recording and transcription features their plan includes, and establish consent and retention practices for recorded meetings.
Krisp combines desktop noise cancellation and voice processing with meeting recording, transcription, AI summaries, notes, action items, accent conversion, and enterprise integrations. It is best for meeting-heavy users and teams on Mac or Windows who need clearer calls and structured meeting records.
Answers to Frequently Asked Questions
Is Krisp suitable for recording and transcribing sensitive meetings?
Krisp states that meeting data is not used to train its AI models and describes security measures such as AES-256 encryption at rest and TLS 1.3 encryption in transit. However, recordings and transcripts are still processed and may be subject to retention, support access, operational requirements, and third-party services. Organizations should review the applicable privacy and contractual terms and establish consent procedures before recording sensitive meetings.
How much does Krisp cost?
Krisp offers a seven-day premium trial without requiring a credit card. Meeting AI Core starts at $8 per user per month when billed annually, while the Advanced plan starts at $15 per user per month with annual billing. Monthly prices are higher, and Enterprise, call-center, and developer offerings may use custom pricing.
What operating systems does Krisp support?
The main Krisp application supports macOS and Windows. Linux and ChromeOS are not supported for the primary desktop application, although Krisp also offers web interfaces, supported mobile access, APIs, and SDKs for selected use cases.
What is Krisp used for?
Krisp is an AI meeting assistant and real-time audio enhancement tool. It reduces background noise, competing voices, and echo during calls, and can also record meetings, create transcripts, generate summaries, and identify action items.
Does Krisp work with Zoom, Microsoft Teams, and other calling apps?
Yes. Krisp works alongside supported communication applications by using Krisp Microphone and Krisp Speaker as the selected input and output devices. It is designed to provide desktop audio processing without requiring users to change their primary communication platform.