Cleanvoice vs Krisp Comparison 2026
Cleanvoice works on a recording that is already finished, stripping filler words, mouth sounds, breaths and dead air, billed by the hour processed from $11 for a subscription covering ten hours a month. Krisp works during the call itself, sitting between a microphone and whatever app is listening so noise removal happens live, then transcribes and summarises afterward, from $8 a month per user with no free tier, only a seven-day trial. Cleanvoice cleans the file after the fact. Krisp cleans the room while recording is still happening, and a lot of podcasters end up wanting both.
At a glance
- Krisp starts cheaper, at $8.
- Neither has a free tier.
Side by side
Cleanvoice | Krisp | |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price (they differ) | From $11 | From $8 |
| Pricing model | Free trial, then paid | Free trial, then paid |
| Free tier | No | No |
| Billing | Monthly or annual | Not stated |
| Free trial | Not stated | 7 days |
| API | Yes |
Cleanvoice
Filler words and mouth sounds removed
Cleanvoice takes a finished recording and strips out the parts nobody wants to hear: filler words, mouth sounds, breaths and dead air. It handles video podcasts as well as audio and hands back a timeline export you can drop into whatever you edit in. Billing counts hours of audio processed rather than seats, so an occasional show is cheap to run. Credits bought outright stay valid for two years.
Our note
Buying by the hour rather than by the seat is the right shape for a fortnightly show, and it is why this beats a general editor's subscription for that use. Descript is the better buy if you want to edit the words as well as clean them.
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.
Why people weigh these two
- Krisp instead of Cleanvoice
- Krisp removes noise and takes notes on any live call at $8, cleaning audio as it happens rather than after the recording is done.
- Cleanvoice instead of Krisp
- Cleanvoice edits out filler words and mouth sounds after the fact rather than cleaning noise live on a call, at $11 a month with a trial like Krisp's.
Which one should you pick
Pick Cleanvoice for the post-production pass on a recording that already happened: filler words, mouth sounds and dead air removed automatically, with a timeline export that drops into whatever is used to edit. The subscription is the cheaper way to buy it, from $11 a month for ten hours, with unused hours rolling over up to three times the plan limit. It does not touch noise during the recording itself.
Pick Krisp if the room cannot be controlled: a shared office, a kitchen table, a call taken from a hotel. Core is $8 a month per user for unlimited noise cancellation, transcription and notes, plus an hour a day of accent conversion, with no free tier and only a seven-day trial to test it. If the recording setup is already treated and quiet, the noise removal is the part being paid for and will not be needed.
Common questions
- Do Cleanvoice and Krisp do the same job?
- No. Krisp removes noise live, during the call or recording itself, working underneath whatever app is listening. Cleanvoice works afterward on a finished file, stripping filler words, mouth sounds and dead air that Krisp does not touch.
- Is Krisp cheaper than Cleanvoice?
- Hard to compare directly: Krisp is $8 a month per user, though the page does not state whether that is billed monthly or annually. Cleanvoice charges by hours of audio processed instead, from $11 a month for ten hours, so the cheaper one depends on team size versus hours recorded.
- Would a podcaster ever need both?
- Plausibly, since they solve different moments: Krisp suppresses background noise while recording in an untreated room, and Cleanvoice removes filler words, breaths and dead air from the resulting file afterward. Neither one does the other's job.
- Does either one offer a free plan?
- Neither does. Krisp gives a seven-day trial with no card and the premium features included. Cleanvoice also offers a free trial without stating its length, with pay-as-you-go credits valid for two years as the alternative to a subscription.
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