Krisp
AI noise cancellation for calls and meetings
What it does
Krisp is AI noise cancellation for calls and meetings, it runs a local neural network in real time to strip out background noise (barking dogs, traffic, keyboard clatter, other people talking) from both your microphone and incoming audio, working across Zoom, Teams, Google Meet, and any other call app system-wide. Also does meeting notes and call summaries on paid tiers.
Free tier
Yes
Starts at
$8/mo
Setup
easy
Key features
Integrates with
Zoom, Teams, Google Meet, Slack
Who this fits
- Remote workers taking calls from noisy home environments (kids, pets, roommates, coffee shops)
- Call centers and sales teams needing consistently clean audio regardless of individual agent environments
- Any team wanting one noise-cancellation layer that works across every call app rather than app-specific solutions
Who it does NOT fit
- Anyone on older or lower-spec hardware, real-time neural noise suppression is genuinely CPU-intensive, users on older laptops report lag, choppy audio, and fans spinning up, particularly when Krisp runs alongside a video call app already taxing the system (Source: user reviews via WebSearch summary, 2026)
- Linux users, there's no Linux version, a specific and repeated complaint in review threads, Windows and Mac are well covered but Linux users are simply left out (Source: user reviews via WebSearch summary, 2026)
- Anyone relying on the free tier's 60 minutes/day without realizing it's a hard cutoff, noise cancellation simply stops working once the daily limit is hit mid-call, which can be a jarring surprise if the client isn't expecting it (Source: user reviews via WebSearch summary, 2026)
Pricing
Real gotchas
- Krisp automatically reduces filtering strength (or disables itself) if it detects CPU is spiking, sensible engineering to prevent a crash, but this means noise cancellation can silently degrade or drop mid-call on older hardware without clear warning, test on the client's actual machine before promising reliable noise cancellation on every call (Source: product behavior via WebSearch summary, 2026)
- The free tier's 60-minute daily cap is a hard cutoff, not a soft warning, cancellation stops mid-call once hit, warn any client relying on the free tier for calls that might run long
- No Linux support at all, confirm the client's OS before recommending, this is a dealbreaker for Linux-based teams
- On older/budget hardware, expect real performance tradeoffs, this isn't a lightweight background process
Integrations that matter
Otto’s take on this tool
Recommend Krisp for remote teams and call centers dealing with noisy environments, it's a genuinely useful, low-friction fix. Confirm the client isn't on Linux and has reasonably modern hardware before promising smooth performance, and warn that the free tier's daily cap is a hard stop mid-call, not a gentle warning. For call centers at scale, the Enterprise tier's admin controls are worth discussing upfront.
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