Krisp vs Otter.ai

Krisp (Voice AI for meetings: noise cancellation, accent AI, translation and an AI note taker.) and Otter.ai (AI meeting transcription and summaries for Zoom, Meet and Teams.) compared side by side: plans and prices, vendor-stated features, platforms and sign-in, with the date each fact was checked. Matches based on official product information.

Based on official vendor pages, linked below
Krisp pricing checked: 2026-10-27
Otter.ai pricing checked: 2026-10-27

At a glance

Krisp

Krisp Technologies

AI meeting & notes tools

What it does: Voice AI for meetings: noise cancellation, accent AI, translation and an AI note taker.
Strong at: Strong fit for calls that need cleaner audio and AI notes, with noise cancellation, accent conversion and transcription.
Free plan: No free plan
Paid plans from: US$16 / month

Pricing checked 2026-10-27 · Full Krisp record · Official site

Otter.ai

AI meeting & notes tools

What it does: AI meeting transcription and summaries for Zoom, Meet and Teams.
Strong at: Strong fit for transcribing and summarizing live meetings with a monthly shared minute pool.
Free plan: Yes - mixed free access
Paid plans from: US$16.99 / month

Pricing checked 2026-10-27 · Full Otter.ai record · Official site

Plans & pricing

Krisp plans & pricing

Checked 2026-10-27. · Vendor pricing page Confirm prices and terms with the vendor before buying.

Free Trial

$0 / month

7-day trial of premium features, no credit card required; not an ongoing free plan

Core (Meeting AI)

$8/user/mo billed annually, $16 monthly

Bot-free AI note-taker, transcription, audio & video recording, AI notes, unlimited noise cancellation; 1 hr/day accent conversion; 10 GB storage

Advanced (Meeting AI)

$15/user/mo billed annually, $30 monthly

Accent conversion 4 hrs/day speaker side, unlimited listener side; Salesforce and ConnectWise; 60 GB storage

Enterprise (Meeting AI)

Custom (talk to sales)

SSO/SCIM, SOC2 report access, on-device private transcription, unlimited storage

Call Center AI - CC Core

$15 per agent/mo, billed annually

Separate call-center product line: agent/customer noise cancellation, voice isolation, after-call summary

Otter.ai plans & pricing

Checked 2026-10-27. · Vendor pricing page Confirm prices and terms with the vendor before buying.

Basic

$0 / month

Pro

$16.99 /user/month ($8.33 /user/month billed annually)

The vendor also shows promotional prices; their terms are not shown.

Business

$30 /user/month

Enterprise

Custom pricing

Side-by-side facts

	Krisp	Otter.ai
Free plan	No free plan	Yes - mixed free access
Paid plans from	US$16 / month	US$16.99 / month
API	Not stated	Yes, for Enterprise workspaces. Contact the account manager if unavailable.

What each tool says it does

Krisp - vendor-stated features

Noise Cancellation
Transcription & Recording
Accent Conversion
AI Meeting Notes
Ask Krisp

Otter.ai - vendor-stated features

Meeting assistant
Playback
Custom vocabulary

Worth knowing before you choose

Krisp - worth knowing

Krisp sells three product lines: AI Meeting Assistant (priced above), Call Center AI (CC Core $15/agent/mo annual), and a developer Voice AI SDK.
Monthly and annual billing are both listed.
Bot-free note-taker; also offers 'Record with bot'.
Record covers the Krisp Meeting AI product line (Core/Advanced Meeting AI plans); the separate noise-cancellation line is out of scope for this record.

Otter.ai - worth knowing

300 monthly transcription minutes (renewable) plus 3 lifetime file imports (one-time) - mixed.
Entry price: Pro $16.99 /user/month monthly; $8.33 /user/month annual-billed view Also offers a Chrome extension and a Slack app; OS-level platforms listed.
Mac/Windows surfaces evidenced via the official apps page; "record from Mac or Windows desktop" wording alone is not proof of a native app - desktop-app identity from the apps listing.

Common questions

Is Krisp or Otter.ai free to use?

Krisp: No free plan (checked 2026-10-27). Otter.ai: Yes - mixed free access (checked 2026-10-27).

What do Krisp and Otter.ai cost?

Krisp's entry paid plan is US$16 / month and Otter.ai's is US$16.99 / month, from each vendor's pricing page (2026-10-27 and 2026-10-27 respectively). The tables above list every plan each vendor published.

Which is better, Krisp or Otter.ai?

It depends on the job. Krisp: Strong fit for calls that need cleaner audio and AI notes, with noise cancellation, accent conversion and transcription. Otter.ai: Strong fit for transcribing and summarizing live meetings with a monthly shared minute pool. The feature and pricing tables above show where they differ.

Where do these facts come from?

Every fact on this page is read from the vendors' own product and pricing pages, with the checked date shown beside it. Links to both official pages are at the top of each column.

Keep comparing

This comparison is not a recommendation: it sets out what each vendor states on its own pages, with the dates those pages were checked. Prices and features change - confirm with the vendor before buying.