Barking dogs, a neighbor’s leaf blower, keyboard clatter, a roommate’s TV in the next room — none of it belongs on a work call, but it shows up anyway. The Krisp app is built to strip that noise out in real time, on both sides of the conversation, without asking you to buy a better microphone or move to a quieter room. This Krisp review covers what the app actually does, what it costs, and where it fits into a remote work setup.
What Is Krisp
Krisp is an AI-powered app that cancels background noise and echo on voice and video calls, working as a layer between your microphone (or speakers) and whatever calling app you’re using — Zoom, Google Meet, Discord, Microsoft Teams, Slack huddles, and most others. It sits in the background as a virtual audio device, so you don’t need built-in noise suppression from each individual app; Krisp handles it once, system-wide.
Beyond noise cancellation, Krisp has expanded into an AI meeting assistant that transcribes calls and generates notes and summaries automatically, positioning the product as more than a one-trick noise filter. The two halves — audio cleanup and meeting intelligence — are sold together in current plans, so most users end up touching both even if they only came for the noise cancellation.
Key Features
Two-Way Noise Cancellation
Krisp cancels noise on both the microphone side (removing sounds around you before they reach the other person) and the speaker side (removing background noise from what you hear), which matters when you’re on a call with someone in a noisy environment you don’t control. Most consumer noise suppression tools only handle one direction.
Voice Isolation for Multiple Speakers
Krisp can isolate a single speaker’s voice and suppress other voices talking in the background, which is useful in shared spaces like open offices, co-working spots, or a house with other people on their own calls nearby.
AI Meeting Notes and Transcription
The app can join or listen in on meetings to produce a transcript along with an AI-generated summary — action items, key discussion points, and searchable notes — without a separate note-taker app. This works for both online meetings and, on supported plans, in-person conversations recorded through the app.
Accent Conversion
A more unusual feature: Krisp offers accent conversion that adjusts speech patterns to sound closer to a standard American accent in real time. This is aimed at global teams and customer support use cases where clearer intelligibility across accents affects communication.
Works Across Apps System-Wide
Because Krisp installs as a virtual microphone and speaker device at the operating system level, it doesn’t require per-app plugins. Once it’s set up, it applies to whichever calling, recording, or streaming app you have selected as active — video conferencing tools, podcast recording software, or game voice chat included.
Storage and Integrations
Paid plans include cloud storage for recordings and transcripts, plus integrations with tools teams already use for scheduling and note-sharing, such as Slack, Notion, Zapier, Microsoft Teams, and HubSpot, so meeting summaries can land where the rest of the team’s work already lives.
Meeting Manager View for Teams
On the Advanced plan, team admins get a manager view that groups usage and meeting activity across a company’s Krisp deal, which helps larger teams keep licenses and usage patterns in one place instead of tracking individual accounts separately. This is aimed more at IT or team leads managing rollout than at individual users.
Pricing
Krisp’s Meeting AI plans start with a free trial that unlocks premium features for a limited period with no credit card required. Paid tiers are billed per user: a Core plan runs in the range of $8 to $16 per month depending on whether you pay annually or monthly, and an Advanced plan runs roughly $15 to $30 per month, adding features like extended accent conversion time, more storage, and deeper integrations. An Enterprise tier with custom pricing adds SSO, on-device processing, and compliance features like HIPAA support. Krisp also runs separate pricing tracks for call centers and developers building noise cancellation into their own products. Because pricing and plan names shift over time, check Krisp’s current pricing page before committing to a specific tier.
Pros and Cons
Pros:
- Works across almost any calling app since it operates system-wide, not per-app
- Cancels noise in both directions — yours and the other person’s
- Free trial available with no credit card required
- Built-in meeting transcription and AI notes reduce the need for a separate tool
- Useful for shared or noisy environments where a quiet room isn’t an option
Cons:
- Full functionality requires a paid plan once the trial ends
- Per-user pricing adds up quickly for larger teams
- Runs as a background system process, so it uses some CPU and battery on laptops
- Accent conversion is a niche feature that won’t matter to every user, even though it factors into the pricing
Who Should Use Krisp
Krisp app makes the most sense for remote workers, freelancers, and hybrid teams who take calls from environments they can’t fully control — a shared apartment, a co-working space, a home office next to a busy street. Customer support teams and call centers, where consistent audio quality directly affects customer experience, are another strong fit given the dedicated Call Center AI plans.
It’s less necessary for people who already work in a quiet, dedicated office with a good headset and rarely deal with background noise complaints on calls — in that case, the meeting notes feature might be the more compelling reason to try it rather than the noise cancellation itself.
How to Get Started
- Download the Krisp app for your operating system (Windows, macOS, or the mobile app) from krisp.ai.
- Create an account and start the free trial to test premium features without entering payment details.
- Set Krisp as your default microphone and speaker device in your calling app’s audio settings.
- Join a test call to confirm noise cancellation is active — Krisp shows a live indicator during calls.
- Turn on AI meeting notes if you want automatic transcription and summaries for that call.
- After the trial period, compare the Core and Advanced plans against your actual usage before choosing a paid tier.
FAQ
Does the Krisp app work with Zoom?
Yes. Krisp works with Zoom and most other calling apps because it installs as a system-level virtual audio device rather than a Zoom-specific plugin, so it applies automatically once selected as your microphone and speaker.
Is Krisp free to use?
Krisp offers a free trial with full access to premium features for a limited time, no credit card required. After the trial, continued use of the full noise cancellation and meeting AI features requires a paid Core or Advanced plan.
Does Krisp record my calls?
Krisp’s noise cancellation itself processes audio in real time without storing it. The separate AI meeting notes feature does record and transcribe calls when you turn it on for that purpose, and those recordings are stored according to the storage limits of your plan.
Can Krisp cancel noise from the other person on the call?
Yes, Krisp includes two-way noise cancellation, meaning it can filter background noise coming from whoever you’re speaking with, not just noise on your own end.
Does Krisp work on Discord?
Yes, because Krisp operates as a virtual microphone at the system level, it works with Discord voice channels the same way it works with any other app that lets you select an input device.
Does Krisp slow down my computer?
Krisp runs as a background audio process, which uses some CPU and, on laptops, some additional battery during calls, since it’s processing audio in real time. Most modern laptops and desktops handle this without noticeable slowdown, though older or lower-spec machines may notice more of an impact during long calls.
For anyone who spends a meaningful chunk of the week on calls from a less-than-quiet environment, the Krisp app solves a specific, recurring annoyance rather than promising something vague — it makes you sound like you’re in a quiet room even when you’re not. Combined with the AI meeting notes, it’s worth trying the free trial to see whether the noise cancellation and transcription together are worth the subscription for your setup. Try Krisp’s free trial here.
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