Krisp vs Otter.ai
These solve different problems and are often complementary: Krisp Core ($8/user/mo annual, $16 monthly) is a real-time audio layer — unlimited noise cancellation, echo and background-voice removal on any call — plus transcription and AI notes. Otter.ai Pro ($16.99/user/mo monthly; annual view shows $8.33/user/mo average, annual total not shown on the pricing page; 1,200 minutes/mo, 90-minute meeting cap; Basic free with 300 min/mo) is a live-transcription specialist with in-call editing, six languages, and deep meeting search. Noisy home office ruining calls? Krisp. Need searchable transcripts of everything said? Otter. Many remote workers end up with both. No transcription-accuracy shootout was run.
| Decision point | Krisp | Otter.ai |
|---|---|---|
| Best suited to | People who want cleaner call audio and may separately enable meeting capture. | Capturing a meeting, reviewing its transcript, and turning verified discussion into a short recap and action list. |
| Plans and cost | Krisp lists a seven-day trial without a credit card. Paid prices show a dollar sign without a clearly stated currency. | Basic is free. The monthly selector shows Pro at US$16.99 per user/month and Business at US$30 per user/month (a US$24 first-time-subscriber offer for 3 months is not the standard price). Annual views show Pro at US$8.33 and Business at US$19.99 per user/month averages (save 51% and 33%); annual charged totals are not shown on the pricing page, so verify the annual total in checkout before quoting it. |
| Limitations | Noise cancellation and AI recording use different data paths; storage and notices depend on mode and settings. | Basic allows 300 transcription minutes per month, 30 minutes per conversation, and three lifetime audio/video imports; Basic exports text as TXT only. Transcription minutes are a shared pool across transcription types. Otter lists six transcription languages, with Simplified Chinese and German marked beta on its Help page. |
Use the same input
Take a week of calls from a noisy home office and end with searchable notes.
What a successful result must preserve
Call clarity in noisy environments versus transcript depth and meeting-minute allowances.
Evidence and test status
Pricing and feature comparison based on publicly available information. Pricing from both companies' official pricing pages (via third-party comparison roundups: Krisp checked 2026-10-11, krisp.ai/pricing; Otter.ai checked 2026-10-25, otter.ai/pricing). We did not run a scored comparison. Note: Krisp monthly billing is twice the annual price; Otter free tier tightened in 2026 (300 min/mo, 30-minute per-session limit).
- Krisp — Official trial and paid plans ↗ (reviewed 2026-10-15), Official AI Assistant data handling ↗ (reviewed 2026-10-15), Official recording modes and notices ↗ (reviewed 2026-10-15), Official meeting exports ↗ (reviewed 2026-10-15), Official privacy policy ↗ (reviewed 2026-10-15)
- Otter.ai — Official product homepage ↗ (reviewed 2026-10-15), Official plans, prices, and free limits ↗ (reviewed 2026-10-25), Official Help Center: transcription languages ↗ (reviewed 2026-10-15), Official Help Center: export formats ↗ (reviewed 2026-10-25), Official Help Center: Notetaker behavior and recording notice ↗ (reviewed 2026-10-15), Official Help Center: Otter Desktop App botless recording ↗ (reviewed 2026-10-25)