Verified review · July 2026
Krisp Review: Is the AI Noise Cancellation Worth It?
We cross-checked Krisp's own claims against G2, Capterra, Trustpilot, and Product Hunt data, then verified pricing and features directly on krisp.ai.
Summary
This Krisp review checks the AI noise cancellation app against its own claims: we verified pricing, tier limits, and integrations directly on krisp.ai, then aggregated ratings across G2 (4.7/5, 782 reviews), Capterra (4.5/5, 11 reviews), Product Hunt (4.8/5, 16 reviews), and Trustpilot (3.4/5, 401 reviews). The core noise removal holds up well for remote workers and podcasters. The billing complaints on Trustpilot are the main thing to watch before you commit to annual pricing.
Krisp is a background-noise remover that sits between your microphone and any call or recording app, and in 2026 it has grown into a broader AI meeting assistant with transcription and note-taking. Across G2, Capterra, and Product Hunt it holds a 4.5+ average, but Trustpilot sits at 3.4/5 across 401 reviews, mostly over billing complaints. Verdict: strong on the core noise removal, worth reading the fine print on annual billing.
- Noise cancellation quality
- 9/10
- Pricing transparency
- 6.5/10
- Platform support
- 7/10
- Customer support
- 6/10
- Works as a virtual audio device inside any app, no per-platform integration needed
- Processes audio on-device, so nothing leaves your machine for privacy-sensitive workflows
- Bidirectional noise removal cleans both your mic and incoming callers in real time
- Trustpilot rating sits at 3.4/5 across 401 reviews, driven largely by billing and auto-renewal complaints
- Free tier caps noise cancellation at 60 minutes per day, tight for anyone on back-to-back calls
- Accent Conversion is capped at 1 hour/day even on the $8/month Core plan, unlimited only on the $15/month Advanced tier
Free plan available, 60 min/day noise cancellation, no card required
How we verified this review
- Tested for
- 14 days
- Plan paid
- Verified against Krisp's public Free Trial, Core ($8/mo annual), and Advanced ($15/mo annual) tiers
- Version tested
- Krisp desktop app (Mac/Windows) and marketing site, verified July 2026
- Test period
- 2026-07-15 → 2026-07-28
We did not run Krisp as a paid daily driver for this piece, and we say so plainly rather than implying a hands-on trial we didn't do. Instead we cross-verified every claim over two weeks in July 2026 against primary sources: Krisp's own pricing and feature pages, scraped and screenshotted directly rather than taken from a press kit, and four independent review platforms (G2, Capterra, Trustpilot, Product Hunt) pulled on July 28, 2026. Where sources disagreed, for instance G2 showing a materially higher score than Trustpilot, we report both numbers instead of averaging them away. Every price, tier limit, and integration count below traces back to krisp.ai/pricing as it stood in July 2026; Krisp updates pricing periodically, so treat exact dollar figures as a snapshot, not a permanent quote.
Should you route your calls through Krisp?
YES if you...
- Remote workers and support agents on 4+ hours of calls a day who need consistent mic cleanup across whatever app they're stuck using
- Podcasters and audiobook narrators recording raw takes at home who want cleaner input before they touch a compressor
- Teams that already live in Zoom, Teams, Slack huddles, or Discord and want one noise layer instead of per-app plugins
NO if you...
- Anyone under the 60 min/day free cap looking for a permanent free option, Core starts at $8/month billed annually
- Teams who need native mobile noise cancellation on iOS or Android calls without paying for Core or Advanced
- Users who've read the Trustpilot thread on auto-renewal and want a vendor with a looser billing posture
Krisp pricing
Verified directly on krisp.ai/pricing, July 2026
Free Trial
60 min/day noise cancellation, full feature unlock during the trial window
- Unlimited transcription during trial
- Unlimited noise cancellation during trial
- Unlimited audio and video recording during trial
- Limited AI accent conversion
Core
For individual remote workers and podcasters
- Unlimited noise cancellation
- Unlimited AI note-taker
- Mobile app
- Multilingual transcript
- 1 hr/day accent conversion
- 10 GB storage
- Integrations: HubSpot, Slack, Notion, Zapier, Teams, plus API
Advanced
For teams that need admin controls and more storage
- Everything in Core
- Unlimited accent conversion
- Manager view
- Company deal grouping
- Trim and comment
- 60 GB storage
Enterprise
For compliance-heavy orgs
- SSO/SCIM
- On-device private transcription
- HIPAA compliance
- Dedicated account manager
- Unlimited storage
ROI breakdown: At the Core tier ($8/month billed annually), 60 minutes/day of cleanup across roughly 20 work days a month works out to under $0.02 per hour of clean audio, cheaper than re-recording a single blown podcast take.
Hidden costs & gotchas
- Annual billing is what gets you the $8/mo Core price, month-to-month jumps to $16/mo
- Accent Conversion beyond 1 hr/day requires the $15/mo Advanced tier, not Core
- Storage caps (10 GB Core, 60 GB Advanced) can matter if you keep raw recordings, not just transcripts
What we verified
Pulled from Krisp's live pricing page and feature docs, July 2026
- Free plan daily cap
- 60 minutes/day of noise cancellation krisp.ai/pricing, verified 2026-07-28
- Core plan price (annual billing)
- $8 /month ($16/mo if billed monthly) krisp.ai/pricing
- Native integrations on Core
- 6 apps: HubSpot, Slack, Notion, Zapier, Teams, plus API krisp.ai/pricing feature list
- Accent Conversion cap on Core
- 1 hour/day (unlimited on the $15/mo Advanced tier) krisp.ai/pricing
Homepage: what the current product actually leads with
Pricing page: how the four tiers actually gate features
AI Meeting Assistant page: what ships beyond noise cancellation
Pros and cons, in detail
Pros
- Works as a system-level virtual mic, not an app plugin Because Krisp installs as a virtual audio device, it cleans audio for Zoom, Teams, Discord, Loom, OBS, or any app that lets you pick an input, with no per-app integration to configure.
- On-device processing keeps audio off Krisp's servers Noise cancellation runs locally rather than routing audio through the cloud, which matters for support teams and anyone under GDPR-style data-handling requirements.
- Bidirectional cancellation cleans incoming callers too Krisp filters the noise on the other end of the call as well as your own mic, useful when a client dials in from a noisy street or an open-plan office.
Cons
- Trustpilot's 3.4/5 across 401 reviews sits well below the 4.5+ seen on G2, Capterra, and Product Hunt The gap traces mostly to billing threads: auto-renewal on dormant accounts and a strict no-refund policy that some users only discovered after being charged for a full year.
- Mobile noise cancellation only ships inside paid tiers, not the free plan If your calls happen on a phone rather than a laptop, the Core plan's mobile app is the entry point, the free trial is desktop-first.
- CPU and memory overhead shows up in review threads on older machines during long calls Some Trustpilot and Capterra reviewers report noticeable memory use even when Krisp sits idle in the background, worth watching on a machine already under load during a video call.
Final verdict
Krisp does the thing it was built for. The core noise cancellation is consistently the most-praised feature across every platform we checked, and the bidirectional cleanup, filtering noise from the other person on the call too, is still a real differentiator against built-in Zoom or Teams suppression.
Where Krisp gets more mixed is everything around the core feature: billing transparency, the free tier's 60 min/day cap, and support response times that show up as the recurring complaint on Trustpilot's 3.4/5. None of that is disqualifying, but it means the decision to commit to annual billing deserves more attention than the noise cancellation quality itself, which is not really in question.
Recommended for: remote workers, podcasters, and support agents who want one noise layer that works across every app they already use.
Not recommended for: anyone who wants a permanent free tier past 60 minutes a day, or buyers who've read the Trustpilot billing threads and want to avoid that friction entirely.
- Noise cancellation quality 9/10 The most consistently praised feature across all four platforms
- Pricing transparency 6.5/10 Annual vs monthly gap is steep, and the free cap is easy to miss
- Platform support 7/10 Works with any app via virtual audio device, mobile is paid-tier only
- Customer support 6/10 3.4/5 on Trustpilot, largely billing and refund friction
Questions people actually ask before signing up
Does Krisp work with Discord and OBS, not just Zoom?
Is Krisp's noise cancellation processed on-device or in the cloud?
What happens when the 60 minutes/day free cap runs out mid-call?
Can Krisp cancel noise from the other person on the call, not just my mic?
Does Krisp's AI meeting assistant work if I only want noise cancellation, not transcripts?
Why is Krisp's Trustpilot score lower than its G2 score?
Is there a Krisp app for iPhone or Android?
Update log
- Initial publication after a two-week multi-platform verification (G2, Capterra, Trustpilot, Product Hunt) and a live pricing and screenshot audit of krisp.ai.