Auphonic vs Krisp Comparison 2026
Auphonic masters a finished recording: loudness normalised to a broadcast target, noise and reverb cleaned up, billed by the hour with two hours free a month. Krisp works live, sitting between your microphone and whatever call you are on, removing noise from any application in real time and turning the same call into notes and action items afterward, priced per user with no free tier, only a seven-day trial. One cleans a file after the recording is over. The other cleans the call while it is happening.
Automatic levelling and noise removal, by the hour
Noise removal and AI notes on any call
At a glance
- Krisp starts cheaper, at $8.
- Only Auphonic has a free tier.
Side by side
Auphonic | Krisp | |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price (they differ) | From $11 | From $8 |
| Pricing model (they differ) | Free plan, paid tiers | Free trial, then paid |
| Free tier (they differ) | Yes | No |
| Billing | Monthly or annual | Not stated |
| Free trial (they differ) | None | 7 days |
Auphonic
Automatic levelling and noise removal, by the hour
Auphonic does one job on a finished file: loudness normalisation to a broadcast target, noise and reverb reduction, and a transcript if you want one. It is the step between a recording that is done and a file that sounds like somebody mastered it. Billing counts processed audio hours rather than seats, which suits a show that publishes irregularly. Two hours a month are free, and free productions carry a jingle.
Only on this side
- Works with Podcast
Krisp
Noise removal and AI notes on any call
Krisp sits between your microphone and whatever application is listening, so the noise removal works on any call rather than only inside one meeting tool. The same audio gets transcribed and summarised into notes and action items afterwards. Accent conversion is the unusual feature and it is metered by the hour on the cheaper plan. There is no free tier here, only a seven-day trial.
Our note
The reason to pick this over the meeting-notes tools is that it cleans the audio going out, not just the transcript coming back. If you only want notes, Otter or Fireflies cost less and do more with them.
Why people weigh these two
- Krisp instead of Auphonic
- Noise removal done live on calls from $8 with a free trial, catching at the source what Auphonic cleans from the finished file.
- Auphonic instead of Krisp
- Auphonic bills noise removal by the hour processed rather than a flat monthly rate, with a free plan to test it before Krisp's trial-only $8 start.
Which one should you pick
Pick Auphonic if the job is a podcast or video file that already exists and needs to sound mastered. Two hours a month are free, and $11 a month buys 9 hours, which suits a show that does not publish on a fixed schedule. It does not clean a call in real time; it processes a recording after the fact.
Pick Krisp if the room cannot be controlled while the call is happening: a shared office, a kitchen table, a client on a hotel connection. Core is $8 a month per user for unlimited noise cancellation plus transcription and notes, with no free tier beyond a seven-day trial. A show built on recorded interviews could run Krisp live during the call and Auphonic afterward on the exported file, since Auphonic is built for a recording that is already done.
Common questions
- Does Auphonic clean noise on a live call?
- No, it processes a finished audio file after recording, normalising loudness and reducing noise and reverb by the hour. Krisp works during the call itself, sitting between the microphone and whatever application is listening, so noise is removed while people are still talking.
- Is there a free plan for either?
- Auphonic gives two hours of processing free every month, though free productions carry a jingle. Krisp has no free plan, only a seven-day trial that states no card is required and includes the premium features.
- How is each one billed?
- Auphonic is billed by the hour of audio processed, from $11 a month for 9 hours up to $245 for 250. Krisp is billed per user, at $8 a month for Core or $15 for Advanced, which adds more accent conversion and admin controls.
- Can Krisp replace a meeting-notes tool?
- For notes and action items, yes, since transcription and AI notes are unlimited on Core at $8 a month per user. What it adds over a notes-only tool is that the noise removal happens on the audio going out, not only on the transcript coming back. Auphonic does not produce meeting notes; its output is a mastered audio file and an optional transcript.
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