Krisp
- Real-time
- Win · Mac
- Paid
9.1DexScore
Both directions, every app, both desktops. The one to beat.
✓ Verified
| Platforms | Windows, macOS (desktop apps) |
|---|---|
| Price | Core $8/mo billed annually · $16 month-to-month |
| Free tier | No — 7-day free trial, every feature, no card; access stops unless you subscribe (re-checked Oct 8, 2026) |
| Direction | Both — your noise going out, callers' noise coming in |
| Mechanism | AI — on-device ML behind a virtual mic/speaker |
| Founded / status | 2017 · active, regular releases |
| Data processing | On-device — cancellation runs locally; only optional extras (notes, transcription) touch Krisp's cloud |
| Best for | Mixed Windows/Mac teams standardising on one tool; anyone who needs inbound cleanup on every call |
Every figure above was checked against vendor pages — pricing, help center, release notes — on the printed date. Tables are re-verified quarterly; a tool that dies between passes is removed from the index, not annotated.
In one paragraph
Krisp puts a virtual microphone between your real one and whatever app you call from, and cleans both directions on-device — your noise going out, other people's coming in. It works with anything that has an audio-device picker, on Windows and macOS alike, which is coverage most of this index can't match. The old free plan is gone: new accounts get seven days with every feature, then Core or nothing. Rivals beat it on price or on a single platform; none of them match its coverage. Best at: being the one tool a mixed team can standardise on.
Strengths
- Cleans inbound audio too — a rarity this index can count on one hand
- App-agnostic: works with anything that exposes an audio-device picker
- Cancellation runs on the machine itself, so call audio is never uploaded to be filtered
Limitations
- No free plan: once the 7-day trial ends, cancellation needs Core at $8/mo billed annually
- Month-to-month billing doubles the effective price to $16
- Meeting notes and transcription crowd the app if all you want is quiet
Best alternative
Own a GeForce RTX card on Windows? NVIDIA Broadcast does uncapped two-way cleanup for free, and the only thing it ever costs is the GPU you already have. NVIDIA Broadcast — full profile →
Mini-FAQ
Is Krisp free?
For seven days. Krisp has dropped its free plan: the trial unlocks every premium feature without a card, and when it lapses Krisp stops working unless you have subscribed. Core costs $8/mo billed annually or $16 month-to-month. Verified Oct 8, 2026.
Is Krisp safe to use?
Cancellation runs on-device — call audio isn't routed through Krisp's cloud to be filtered. Optional extras like transcription and AI notes do use cloud processing; leave them off if that matters to you.
9.1 of 10, inked hole by hole
- Win Windows: yes
- Mac macOS: yes
- Lnx Linux: no
- Web Web: no
- iOS iOS: no
- Free Free tier: no
- Live Real-time: yes
- Post Post-production: no